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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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41475062.1 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Steve W. Berman (pro hac vice) 

Mark S. Carlson (pro hac vice) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

markc@hbsslaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

KELLY M. KLAUS (SBN 161091) 

ROHIT K. SINGLA (SBN 213057) 

ELIA HERRERA (SBN 293278) 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

560 Mission Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2907 

Telephone: (415) 512-4000 

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077 

kelly.klaus@mto.com 

rohit.singla@mto.com 

elia.herrera@mto.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REARDEN LLC, REARDEN MOVA LLC, 

California limited liability companies, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, WALT 

DISNEY MOTION PICTURES GROUP, INC., 

BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT, 

INC., MARVEL STUDIOS, LLC, and 

MANDEVILLE FILMS, INC., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 3:17-cv-04006-JST 

 3:17-cv-04191-JST 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT ON CAUSAL NEXUS 

ISSUE 

Judge: Hon. Jon s. Tigar 

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA LLC, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM 

CORPORATION and TWENTIETH 

CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT 

LLC, 

 Defendants. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 1 

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WHEREAS, the Studio Defendants requested leave to file an early summary judgment 

motion on the issue whether Plaintiffs can establish the causal nexus for a claim of “indirect profits” 

under the Copyright Act (Dkt. 127, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 93, No. 17-cv04192). 

WHEREAS, the Court granted the Studio Defendants’ request to file a summary judgment 

motion on the causal nexus issue and set a briefing schedule (Dkt. 128, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 94, 

No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 94, No. 17-cv-04192). 

WHEREAS, the Court entered a stipulation and order granting the Studio Defendants an 

additional two weeks to file their moving papers, and that the other dates in the Court-ordered 

briefing schedule should likewise be adjusted by two weeks (Dkt. 128, No. 17-cv-04006; Dkt. 99, 

No. 17-cv-04191; Dkt. 94, No. 17-cv-04192). 

WHEREAS, the plaintiffs have requested, and defendants have agreed, that plaintiffs may 

have an additional week to provide their email letter identifying discovery they contend they need to 

oppose the motion, and that the other dates in the Court-ordered briefing schedule should likewise be 

adjusted by one week. 

THE PARTIES THEREFORE STIPULATE: 

[1] The schedule for the Studio Defendants’ summary judgment motion on the causal 

nexus issue shall be continued by one week, as follows: 

Defendants file motion for summary 

judgment on causal nexus issue 

February 28, 2019 

Plaintiffs email a letter to Defendants 

identifying the discovery Plaintiffs contend 

they need to oppose the motion 

March 14, 2019 

Deadline for parties to complete meet-andconfer on Plaintiffs’ discovery requests 

relating to motion 

March 28, 2019 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 2 

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Parties file either: 

a. Stipulation and proposed order with 

schedule (i) for completing agreed-upon 

discovery relating to motion and (ii) filing 

opposition and reply briefs on motion 

or 

b. Simultaneous letter briefs (each not to 

exceed five single-spaced pages) setting forth 

their respective positions on discovery 

requests and schedule for finishing discovery 

and briefing on motion 

April 11, 2019 

[2] Should the parties submit simultaneous letter briefs as set forth above, they shall 

submit a separate, jointly prepared summary of their meet-and-confer efforts. The first draft of such 

summary shall be prepared by Defendants and shall be served (but not filed) by April 5, 2019. Any 

proposed revisions shall be served by Plaintiffs by April 9, 2019. Defendants shall file the final 

version of the summary on April 11, 2019.

DATED: March 8, 2019 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By: /s/ Mark S. Carlson 

Mark S. Carlson 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: March 8, 2019 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

By: /s/ Kelly Klaus1

 

Kelly Klaus 

Attorneys for Defendants 

 

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 Signed electronically by Mark S. Carlson with the concurrence of Kelly M. Klaus, pursuant to 

L.R. 5-1(i)(3). 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED 

__________________, 2019 ________________________________________ 

The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

United States District Judge 

March 12

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