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Parties Involved:
Lee Lahtinen
Plaintiff
Repro Media
Defendant
Arno Ruben
Defendant

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WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway

Suite 200

Alnmcda,CA 94501-1091

510.337.1001

WILLIAM A. SOKOL, Bar No. 072740

LINDA BALDWIN JONES, Bar No. 178922

WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501-1 091

Telephone 510.337.1001

Fax 5 10.337. 1023

Attorneys for Plaintiff

NANCY L. OBER, Bar No. 49683

LITTLER MENDELSON

A Professional Corporation

650 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94108.2693

Telephone: 415.433.1940

Facsimile: 415.399.8490

Attorneys for Defendants

REPRO MEDIA and ARNO RUBEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEE LAHTINEN in his capacity as Trustee of ) No. C06-04047 (MEJ)

the SAN FRANCISCO LITHOGRAPHERS )

PENSION TRUST, ) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

) ORDER CONTINUING CASE

Plaintiff, ) MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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v- )

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REPRO MEDIA, a California Corporation; )

ARNO RUBEN, individually and doing ))

business as REPRO MEDIA; ARNO RUBEN, )

individually, )

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Defendants.

Plaintiff Lee Lahtinen, in his capacity as Trustee of the San Francisco Lithographers

Pension Trust ("Plaintiff), and Defendants Repro Media, a California Corporation, Arno Ruben,

individually and doing business as Repro Media, and Arno Ruben, individually ("Defendants"),

through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate to and request that the Court continue the Initial

Case Management Conference and related deadlines to September 13 or 20, 2007 at 10 a.m. in

order to allow the parties time to continue and complete their discussions regarding a possible

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Continuing Case Management Conference (Case No. 06-04047 (MEJ))

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WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway

Suite 200

Alamedn, CA 94501-1091

510.337.11)01

resolution of this action without the necessity of further litigation time and expense.

1. Pursuant to the Court's Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference

and ADR Deadlines, the Initial Case Management Conference in this action was set for September

28, 2006. Pursuant to stipulation of the parties, on September 25, 2006 the Court issued an Order

continuing the Initial Case Management Conference to December 21, 2006 in view of Defendants'

very recent first appearance in the action and the parties' stated interest in exploring settlement

through direct discussions. Pursuant to a subsequent stipulation of the parties, the Court on

December 7, 2006 issued a further Order continuing the Initial Case Management Conference to

March 22, 2007 in order to afford the parties additional time to explore settlement of their dispute.

Pursuant to a further stipulation of the parties, the Court on March 13, 2007 issued a further Order

continuing the Initial Case Management Conference to May 31, 2007.

2. At the time the parties requested the most recent continuance of the Initial

Case Management Conference (to May 31, 2007), the parties anticipated that they might be able to

conclude their settlement discussions before the compliance dates for case management-related

activities. As of mid-March Defendants had provided certain information and documentation to

Plaintiff, Plaintiff had requested supplemental information, and Defendants had furnished the

requested information to Plaintiff, whose Board of Trustees was meeting at the end of March.

However, following the Board of Trustees meeting Plaintiff requested supplemental financial

information, which Defendants have just provided to Plaintiffs counsel and Plaintiff has not yet

had time to evaluate.

3. On May 9, 2007 counsel for the parties conducted a telephone meet and

confer regarding an ADR process and preparation of the case management statement and Rule

26(f) report. In the course of their discussion of ADR it emerged that Plaintiffs counsel and her

client will likely have additional questions for Defendants regarding the most recent information

and documents provided to them before they will be in a position to discuss that information and a

possible resolution of this action with Plaintiffs Board of Trustees. Answering further questions

from Plaintiffs will likely require Defendants additional time to obtain information from their

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WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway

Suite 200

Alameda, CA 94501-1091

S10.337.1001

outside accounting firm. The parties agree that the information that they are exchanging is also

material to preparation for an ADR process should direct negotiations for a settlement fail.

4. The parties agree that additional time is needed to permit the further

exchange of information and exploration of settlement. Counsel for the parties have discussed a

possible continuance of the Initial Case Management Conference for a period of 60 to 90 days.

However, due to scheduling of other matters, client availability and vacations, an August date for

the continued Case Management Conference is not feasible. The parties believe that an extension

of the conference date to September will afford them the time they need to continue and conclude

informal discovery and direct discussions regarding a possible resolution of this action without the

necessity of further litigation time and expense.

5. As noted above, there have been three previous continuations of the Initial

Case Management Conference and related case management activities.

6. The parties expect that the requested extension of the date for the Initial

Case Management Conference will have no adverse effect on the schedule for the case. No trial

date or other deadlines have yet been set. The requested extension may facilitate the resolution of

the parties' dispute, and will at a minimum enable the parties to exchange additional information

about their respective positions that may streamline case management.

Therefore, Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their respective counsel, stipulate and

agree as follows:

1. The Initial Case Management Conference date of May 31, 2007 and related

deadlines are vacated.

2. The Initial Case Management Conference date is extended to September 13

or 20, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.

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WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Morinn Village Parkway

Suite 200

Alameda,CA 94501-1091

510.337.1001

3. Related deadlines for ADR and case management activities are extended

accordingly, as provided in the Court's Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and

ADR Deadlines.

Dated: May , 2007

WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

Bv:

LINDA BALDWIN JONES

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: May / , 2007

LITTLER ME^DELSON/1

A Professional Corgwration /

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WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway

Suite 200

Alameda,CA 94501-1091

510.337.1001

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Case Management

Conference in this matter is rescheduled to September , 2007 at 10 a.m.

Dated:

THE HONORABLE MARIA ELENA JAMES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Firmwide:82446905.1 052726.1001

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