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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STIP AND [PROP] ORDER TO ESTABLISH SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING ON 

DEFENDANTS’ ANTICIPATED MTD AND TO RESET INITIAL CMC

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GILBERT R. SEROTA (SBN 75305)

MARJORY GENTRY (SBN 240887)

RYAN KEATS (SBN 296463)

ARNOLD & PORTER LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, 10th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 471-3100

Facsimile: (415) 471-3400

Email: Gilbert.Serota@aporter.com

Email: Marjory.Gentry@aporter.com

Email: Ryan.Keats@aporter.com

Attorneys for Defendants

YELP INC., JEREMY STOPPELMAN, ROB KROLIK and

GEOFFREY DONAKER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH CURRY, Individually and on Behalf of 

All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

vs.

YELP INC., JEREMY STOPPELMAN, ROB 

KROLIK and GEOFFREY DONAKER,

Defendants.

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Case No. 3:14-cv-03547

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER TO ESTABLISH SCHEDULE 

FOR BRIEFING ON DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST 

AMENDED CLASS ACTION 

COMPLAINT AND TO RESET 

INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

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WHEREAS, on January 5, 2015, Plaintiffs filed their Consolidated Class Action 

Complaint (Dkt. No. 33);

WHEREAS, on February 6, 2015, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the Consolidated 

Class Action Complaint (Dkt. No. 34);

WHEREAS, on April 21, 2015, the Court granted Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the 

Consolidated Class Action Complaint, and gave Plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint on or 

before May 21, 2015 (Dkt. No. 48);

WHEREAS, on April 23, 2015 the Court set the Initial Case Management Conference for 

August 26, 2015 (Dkt. No. 49);

WHEREAS, on May 21, 2015, Plaintiffs’ filed their First Amended Class Action 

Complaint (Dkt. No. 55);

WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred concerning a briefing and hearing 

schedule that takes into account scheduling conflicts of counsel, personal medical issues and 

planned summer vacations; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the in light of the foregoing concerns the interest of 

judicial efficiency, administration of justice and conservation of judicial and private resources 

would be best served by establishing a schedule for briefing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss 

and to defer the initial case management conference and related deadlines (including ADR 

deadlines) until the Court has ruled on Defendants’ motion to dismiss.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, SUBJECT 

TO APPROVAL BY THIS COURT, by the parties through their respective counsel of record, 

as follows:

1. Defendants shall file and serve their motion to dismiss the First Amended 

Complaint on or before June 26, 2015;

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2. Plaintiffs shall file and serve their opposition to defendants’ motion to dismiss on 

or before July 31, 2015;

3. Defendants shall file and serve their reply in support of their motion to dismiss on 

or before August 21, 2015;

4. The hearing on Defendants’ motion to dismiss shall be set for September 10, 2015, 

at 2:00 p.m.; 

5. The case management conference presently scheduled in the above-captioned 

action for August 26, 2015, along with any associated deadlines under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure and Local Rules (including ADR deadlines), shall be vacated, and reset to a date after 

the Court rules on Defendants’ anticipated motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint;

6. The parties have sought (and received) one other extension of time in this action in 

connection with the time for Defendants to respond to the initial class action complaint until after 

a lead plaintiffs was appointed and given the opportunity to file a consolidated complaint. (Dkt. 

No. 8). The parties have not sought any other extensions of time related to the First Amended 

Complaint; and

7. The parties do not seek to reset these dates for the purpose of delay. The proposed 

new dates will not have an effect on any pre-trial and trial dates as the Court has yet to schedule 

these dates.

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: May ___, 2014 /s/ Gilbert R. Serota

GILBERT R. SEROTA

Arnold & Porter LLP

Counsel for Defendants

DATED: May ___, 2014 /s/ Shawn Williams

SHAWN WILLIAMS

ROBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP

Counsel for Plaintiff Joseph Curry

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Certificate Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3)

I, Gilbert R. Serota, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to 

file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order To Establish Schedule for Briefing on Defendants’ 

Anticipated Motion To Dismiss the First Amended Class Action Complaint and To Reset Initial 

Case Management Conference. In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that 

counsel for defendants, Shawn A. Williams concurs in this filing.

DATED: May ___, 2014 /s/ Gilbert R. Serota

GILBERT R. SEROTA

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ORDER

Based on the stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the Stipulation is approved.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 29, 2015 ________________________________________

THE HONORABLE. JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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