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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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3118.000/ Case No. 2:24-cv-00244-KJM-DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

PATRICK M. RYAN (SBN 203215) 

pryan@bartkolaw.com 

JOHN F. McLEAN (SBN 55914) 

jmclean@bartkolaw.com 

TYLER M. CUNNINGHAM (SBN 243694) 

tcunningham@bartkolaw.com

BARTKO LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 956-1900 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1152 

JASON A. ZWEIG (admitted pro hac vice) 

jzweig@bartkolaw.com 

One South Wacker Drive, 36th Floor 

Chicago, Illinois 60606 

Telephone: (415) 956-1900 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1152 

Attorneys for MetroList Services, Inc., Sacramento 

Association of REALTORS®, Inc., El Dorado 

County Association of REALTORS®, Yolo County 

Association of REALTORS®, Central Valley 

Association of REALTORS®, Amador County 

Association of REALTORS®, Sutter-Yuba 

Association of REALTORS®, Inc., Guide Real 

Estate, Inc., Nevada County Association of 

REALTORS® and Placer County Association of 

REALTORS® 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

Willsim Latham, LLC, Individually and on Behalf of 

All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MetroList Services, Inc.; Sacramento Association of 

Realtors, Inc.; Placer County Association of 

Realtors, Inc.; El Dorado County Association of 

Realtors; Lodi Association of Realtors; Yolo County 

Association of Realtors; Central Valley Association 

of Realtors; Amador County Association of 

Realtors; Nevada County Association of Realtors, 

Inc.; Sutter-Yuba Association of Realtors, Inc.; 

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.; Anywhere Real Estate 

Inc.; Keller Williams Realty, Inc.; eXp World 

Holdings, Inc.; Norcal Gold Inc.; Century 21 Select 

Real Estate, Inc.; William L. Lyon & Associates, 

Inc.; Paul M. Zagaris, Inc.; Guide Real Estate, Inc.; 

and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING DEADLINE TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Judge: Kimberly J. Mueller 

Courtroom: 3, 15th Floor 

Action Filed: January 18, 2024 

 

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3118.000/ 2 Case No. 2:24-cv-00244-KJM-DB

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Plaintiff Willsim Latham, LLC (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants MetroList Services, Inc.; 

Sacramento Association of Realtors, Inc.; Placer County Association of Realtors, Inc.; El Dorado 

County Association of Realtors; Lodi Association of Realtors; Yolo County Association of Realtors; 

Central Valley Association of Realtors; Amador County Association of Realtors; Nevada County 

Association of Realtors, Inc.; Sutter-Yuba Association of Realtors, Inc.; eXp World Holdings, Inc.; 

and Guide Real Estate, Inc., (collectively, the “Undersigned Defendants”)1 (collectively “the 

parties”), pursuant to Local Rules 143 and 144, stipulate as follows: 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff initiated this case on January 18, 2024 (ECF No. 1) (the “Lawsuit”); 

WHEREAS, all Defendants have been served with the Complaint (ECF Nos. 8-23, 27, 28, 

33); 

WHEREAS, the parties previously agreed to extend all Defendants’ deadline to respond to 

the Complaint until March 5, 2024; 

WHEREAS, on December 27, 2023, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, plaintiffs in two actions 

pending before Judge Stephen R. Bough in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of 

Missouri, filed a motion with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) to transfer and 

consolidate certain actions that the movants allege assert similar claims related to real estate 

commissions. See In re Real Estate Commission Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 3100 (ECF No. 1) (the 

“MDL Motion”). 

WHEREAS, a Notice of Related Action was filed with the JPML for this Lawsuit on 

January 23, 2024. See In re Real Estate Commission Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 3100 (ECF No. 

204); 

WHEREAS, on February 5, 2024, the Clerk of the JPML Panel issued a minute order 

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 This proposed schedule applies does not apply to defendants RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., Anywhere 

Real Estate Inc., or Keller Williams Realty, Inc., for whom the Court entered an order staying the 

case pending final approval of the nationwide settlements. See ECF No. 48. Plaintiff will file a 

similar unopposed motion to stay the case as to Norcal Gold Inc. and Century 21 Select Real Estate, 

Inc., which are franchisees of Keller Williams Realty, Inc. and Anywhere Real Estate, Inc., 

respectively, and, as such, are part of the nationwide settlements. 

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3118.000/ 3 Case No. 2:24-cv-00244-KJM-DB

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closing briefing on the MDL Motion. See In re Real Estate Commission Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 

3100 (ECF No. 352); 

WHEREAS, a hearing has been scheduled on the MDL Motion on March 28, 2024. See In 

re Real Estate Commission Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 3100 (ECF No. 394); 

WHEREAS, no deadlines have been issued by this Court, and the Initial Scheduling 

Conference has been scheduled for July 11, 2024 (ECF No. 38); 

WHEREAS, on February 23, 2024, the parties met and conferred regarding an extension 

to respond to the Complaint given the pending MDL Motion; and 

WHEREAS, the parties negotiated the following stipulation on case deadlines. 

STIPULATION 

NOW, THEREFORE, in an effort to conserve party and judicial resources while the 

MDL Motion is pending, the parties stipulate as follows: 

1. In the event that the JPML issues an order that does not transfer the Lawsuit, all 

Defendants, other than those referenced in footnote 1 above, shall have fourteen (14) 

days from the date of that Order to respond to the Complaint. 

2. In the event that the JPML issues an order transferring the Lawsuit, the parties shall 

inform this Court and follow the instructions of the transferee court. 

DATED: March 6, 2024 BARTKO LLP 

By: /s/ Patrick M. Ryan 

 Patrick M. Ryan 

Attorneys for MetroList Services, Inc., 

Sacramento Association of REALTORS®, Inc., El 

Dorado County Association of REALTORS®, 

Yolo County Association of REALTORS®, 

Central Valley Association of REALTORS®, 

Amador County Association of REALTORS®, 

Sutter-Yuba Association of REALTORS®, Inc., 

Guide Real Estate, Inc., Nevada County 

Association of REALTORS® and Placer County 

Association of REALTORS® 

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DATED: March 6, 2024 SAUL EWING LLP 

By: /s/ Jason W. McElroy

 Jason W. McElroy 

Attorneys for eXp World Holdings, Inc. 

DATED: March 6, 2024 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

By: /s/ Justin P. Raphael

 Justin P. Raphael 

Rebecca L. Sciarrino 

Attorneys for the Lodi Association of Realtors 

DATED: March 6, 2024 LAGASSE BRANCH BELL & KINKEAD 

By: /s/ Traci S. Lagasse 

 Traci S. Lagasse 

Jeffrey V. Ta 

Attorneys for the Lodi Association of Realtors 

DATED: March 6, 2024 PEARSON WARSHAW, LLP 

 

By: /s/ Jill M. Manning 

 Jill M. Manning 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Willsim Latham, LLC 

ATTESTATION OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE 

I, Patrick M. Ryan attest that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from each of the other signatories. Executed on March 6, 2024. 

 /s/ Patrick M. Ryan 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 11, 2024. 

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