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Parties Involved:
CDC Software Corporation
Defendant
CDC Software, INC.
Defendant
California Valley Land Company
Plaintiff
Harris Woolf Almonds
Plaintiff
Ross Systems, INC.
Defendant
Woolf Enterprises
Plaintiff

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; SUPPORTING DECLARATIONS OF GEORGE W. DOWELL AND 

TARA K. CLANCY; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER [CASE NO: 1:11-CV-01362-AWI-SMS] 

ALEXANDER F. STUART, SBN 96141 

GEORGE W. DOWELL, SBN 234759 

WILLOUGHBY, STUART & BENING 

50 W. San Fernando Street, Suite 400 

San Jose, California 95113 

Telephone: (408) 289-1972 

Facsimile: (408) 295-6375 

E-Mail: afs@wsblaw.net 

JONATHAN A. AZRAEL, ESQ. (Pending Admission Pro Hac Vice) 

JOHN R. SOLTER JR., ESQ. (Pending Admission Pro Hac Vice) 

AZRAEL, FRANZ, SCHWAB & LIPOWITZ, LLC 

101 E. Chesapeake Avenue, 5th Floor 

Baltimore, Maryland 21286 

Telephone: (410) 821-6800 

Facsimile: (410) 821-1265 

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CALIFORNIA VALLEY LAND COMPANY 

dba WOOLF ENTERPRISES and HARRIS 

WOOLF ALMONDS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

CALIFORNIA VALLEY LAND 

COMPANY dba WOOLF 

ENTERPRISES; and HARRIS WOOLF 

ALMONDS 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ROSS SYSTEMS, INC; CDC 

SOFTWARE, INC.; CDC SOFTWARE 

CORPORATION; and DOES 1 through 

100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

CASE NO: 1:11-CV-01362-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE ORDER; SUPPORTING 

DECLARATIONS OF GEORGE W. 

DOWELL AND TARA K. CLANCY; 

ORDER THEREON 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; SUPPORTING DECLARATIONS OF GEORGE W. DOWELL AND 

TARA K. CLANCY; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER [CASE NO: 1:11-CV-01362-AWI-SMS] 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between, Plaintiffs CALIFORNIA VALLEY 

LAND COMPANY dba WOOLF ENTERPRISES and HARRIS WOOLF ALMONDS and 

Defendants ROSS SYSTEMS, INC; CDC SOFTWARE, INC.; and CDC SOFTWARE 

CORPORATION that the Scheduling Conference Order issued on February 6, 2012 may be 

modified so that the trial date is continued one hundred and twenty (120) days to July 15, 2013. 

Furthermore, the parties stipulate that related discovery, motion, and court dates set forth in said 

Order may be modified by one hundred and twenty (120) days, as follows: 

Original Date: New Date: 

Expert Disclosure Deadline: 10/05/12 02/05/13 

Supplemental Expert 

Disclosure Deadline: 

10/19/12 02/19/13 

Discovery Deadline 

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10/19/12 02/19/13 

Discovery Deadline 

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11/09/12 03/08/13 

Settlement Conference: 11/14/12 1/18/13 

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Filing Deadline: 

11/15/12 03/15/13 

Dispositive Motion Filing 

Deadline: 

12/07/12 04/05/13 

Pre-Trial Conference: 1/25/13 at 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom 2/AWI 

5/24/13 at 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom 2/AWI 

Trial Date: 3/11/13 at 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom 2/AWI (JT ~ 3 

weeks) 

7/15/13 at 8:30 a.m. 

Courtroom 2/AWI (JT ~ 3 

weeks) 

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STIPULATION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER; SUPPORTING DECLARATIONS OF GEORGE W. DOWELL AND 

TARA K. CLANCY; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER [CASE NO: 1:11-CV-01362-AWI-SMS] 

This stipulation is made in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 

16(b)(4), United States District Court Eastern District Local Rule 143, and the provisions of this 

Court’s February 6, 2012 Scheduling Conference Order. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

Dated: September 26, 2012 BROWN EASSA & McLEOD LLP

By: /s/ Tara Clancy 

ROBERT D. EASSA 

TARA K. CLANCY 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ROSS SYSTEMS, INC.; 

CDC SOFTWARE CORPORATION; and 

CDC SOFTWARE, INC. 

Dated: October 1, 2012 WILLOUGHBY, STUART & BENING

By: /s/ George W. Dowell 

ALEXANDER F. STUART 

GEORGE W. DOWELL 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CALIFORNIA VALLEY LAND 

COMPANY dba WOOLF ENTERPRISES 

and HARRIS WOOLF ALMONDS 

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DECLARATION OF TARA K. CLANCY

I, TARA K. CLANCY, declare as follows: 

1. I am an attorney at law admitted to practice before the courts of the State of 

California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I am an 

attorney with the law firm of Brown, Eassa, & McLeod LLP, counsel of record for defendants 

Ross Systems, Inc.; CDC Software Corporation; and CDC Corporation (collectively 

“Defendants”) in the above-referenced matter. The facts set forth in this declaration are based on 

my personal knowledge, on matters of which I am informed as counsel, and on my review of the 

firms’ papers and records. If sworn as a witness, I could and would testify competently to these 

facts. 

2. After the commencement of this action, the parties engaged in an early attempt to 

resolve this dispute by way of mediation at JAMS on January 12, 2012, prior to undertaking 

significant discovery. As the parties were unable to resolve the dispute at that time, the parties 

appeared telephonically at an initial scheduling conference on January 31, 2012. This Court 

issued a Scheduling Conference Order on February 6, 2012. Thereafter, the parties began 

conducting non-expert discovery by propounding special interrogatories and requests for 

production of documents. In light of the extensive nature of the information requested, the parties 

granted mutual extensions of time to respond to the discovery requests. In accordance with 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rules 29, 33, and 34, and Local Rule 143, counsel for both 

parties filed their respective stipulations regarding these extensions of time on June 19, 2012 

(Defendants’ Responses), July 16, 2012 (Defendants’ Responses), and July 31, 2012 (Plaintiffs’ 

Responses). 

3. Although the parties have served verified written discovery responses, the parties 

have not yet produced responsive documents, pending the final execution and entry of a stipulated 

protective order that is acceptable to both sides. Over the course of the past several weeks, the 

parties have been meeting and conferring regarding the parameters of an acceptable protective 

order, given that disclosure of information in this case will lead to the release of confidential, 

proprietary information, and trade secrets. On September 18, 2012, George Dowell (Plaintiffs’ 

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TARA K. CLANCY; AND [PROPOSED] ORDER [CASE NO: 1:11-CV-01362-AWI-SMS] 

counsel) indicated to me that Plaintiffs will agree to the stipulated protective order as proposed by 

Defendants. Once the stipulated protective order is finalized and executed by the parties, it will 

be submitted forthwith to this Court for consideration, and if acceptable, entry of the order. 

4. In light of the foregoing, I believe that good cause exists for granting the parties 

additional time to complete non-expert discovery proceedings, including document review and 

depositions, so that they may prepare the case for trial. The current deadline for completing nonexpert discovery proceedings is October 19, 2012. Given that the parties will have executed the 

stipulated protective order a few weeks before this deadline, it will not be possible to complete 

non-expert discovery by the current deadline of October 19, 2012. I recently met and conferred 

with Plaintiff’s counsel, George Dowell, and we believe that at this juncture, an extension of 120 

days will afford the parties with a reasonable amount of time to complete the necessary discovery 

while also advancing this case towards trial or other resolution. 

I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this 1st day of October, 2012 at Oakland, California. 

 /s/ Tara Clancy 

TARA K. CLANCY 

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DECLARATION OF GEORGE W. DOWELL

I, GEORGE W. DOWELL, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law admitted to practice before the courts of the State of 

California and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. I am an 

attorney with the law firm of Willoughby, Stuart & Bening, counsel of record for Plaintiffs 

California Valley Land Company and Harris Woolf Almonds (collectively “Plaintiffs”) in the 

above-referenced matter. The facts set forth in this declaration are based on my personal 

knowledge, on matters of which I am informed as counsel, and on my review of the firms’ papers 

and records. If sworn as a witness, I could and would testify competently to these facts. 

 2. Following the commencement of this action, the parties engaged in early 

settlement efforts which proved fruitless. Shortly thereafter, the partied exchanged written 

discovery and requests for the product of documents. 

 3. Due to scheduling conflicts the responsive dates for the discovery responses were 

continued for both sides pursuant to stipulations filed with this Court. In addition to the 

extensions of time, there have been ongoing discussions about the need for a Protective Order in 

this matter. After a lengthy meet and confer period, the parties have agreed to submit stipulated 

Protective Order for this Court’s consideration. Upon entry of that order, or some variant thereto, 

the parties will exchange documents. 

 4. There is good cause to continue the trial and related dates based on the parties 

efforts to resolve the discovery disputes to date and need to conduct depositions of relevant 

witnesses following review of the documents sought in discovery. The parties believe that the 

brief extension of time sought in this Stipulation will provide ample opportunity to review the 

produced documents and conduct the necessary depositions. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

 Executed this 1st day of October, 2012 at San Jose, California. 

 /s/ George W. Dowell 

GEORGE W. DOWELL 

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Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulation to Modify Scheduling Conference Order submitted 

herewith, the supporting declarations of George W. Dowell and Tara K. Clancy; and good cause 

showing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the dates set forth in the Scheduling Conference Order 

issued on February 6, 2012 be modified as follows: 

Trial in this matter is hereby continued one hundred and twenty (121) days to July 16, 

2013. Furthermore, the following dates shall be extended by one hundred and twenty (121) days, 

with the new dates set as reflected below: 

Original Date: New Date: 

Expert Disclosure Deadline: 10/05/12 02/05/13 

Supplemental Expert 

Disclosure Deadline: 

10/19/12 02/19/13 

Discovery Deadline 

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10/19/12 02/19/13 

Discovery Deadline 

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11/09/12 03/08/13 

Settlement Conference: 11/14/12 1/22/13 at 10:30 

Non-Dispositive Motion 

Filing Deadline: 

11/15/12 03/15/13 

Dispositive Motion Filing

Deadline: 

12/07/12 04/05/13 

Pre-Trial Conference: 1/25/13 at 8:30 a.m.

Courtroom 2/AWI 

5/24/13 at 8:30 a.m.

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Trial Date: 3/11/13 at 8:30 a.m.

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7/16/13 at 8:30 a.m.

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 All other matters contained in this Court’s initial Scheduling Conference Order issued on 

February 6, 2012 shall remain in full effect as though completely restated herein. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 10/4/2012 /s/ SANDRA M. SNYDER 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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