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Parties Involved:
Cutera, Inc.
Plaintiff
Lutronic Aesthetics, Inc.
Defendant

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ULRICO S. ROSALES, State Bar No. 139809 

Email: rrosales@wsgr.com

MEAGHAN A. SNYDER, State Bar No. 279392 

Email: msnyder@wsgr.com

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

CUTERA, INC. 

JAMES A. ODLUM, State Bar No.109766 

Email: jodlum@mohlaw.com

MARSHALL L. BRUBACHER, State Bar No. 199100 

Email: mbrubacher@mohlaw.com

MUNDELL, ODLUM & HAWS, LLP 

650 E. Hospitality Lane, Suite 470 

San Bernardino, CA 92408 

Telephone: (909) 890-9500 

Facsimile: (909) 890-9580 

Attorneys for Defendant 

LUTRONIC AESTHETICS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CUTERA, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

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LUTRONIC AESTHETICS, INC., and 

Does 1-20, 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO.: 2:20-CV-00235-KJM-DB 

STIPULATED REQUEST AND 

ORDER TO AMEND COURT’S 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Before: The Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes 

Complaint Filed: January 31, 2020 

Jury Trial Demanded 

Plaintiff Cutera, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Cutera”) and Defendant Lutronic Aesthetics, Inc. 

(“Defendant” or “Lutronic”), together the “Parties,” by and through their respective counsel of 

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record, hereby submit the following joint request to amend the Court’s Scheduling Order in this 

matter as set forth in their proposed order: 

WHEREAS, the Parties are involved in a related and ongoing arbitration proceeding with 

JAMS (JAMS Reference No. 1110025250) involving Cutera and ten (10) current Lutronic 

employees formerly employed by Cutera (the “Lutronic Respondents”); 

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that the discovery from the JAMS matter, and 

specifically, the discovery obtained from an arbitrator-appointed neutral forensics examiner, may 

be used in this matter; 

WHEREAS, the Court’s August 4, 2020, Scheduling Order memorialized the Parties’ 

agreement that discovery in their related JAMS proceeding shall be shared in this case, subject to 

the Federal Rules; 

WHEREAS, on June 19, 2020, the arbitrator in the JAMS proceeding appointed a Neutral 

Forensic Special Master (“Special Master”) to oversee ESI discovery, assist the discovery process, 

and conduct a forensic analysis of the Lutronic Respondents’ devices and accounts, and the Special 

Master issued an order and forensic protocol (“Forensic Protocol”) on October 2, 2020; 

WHEREAS, per the Forensics Protocol, during November and December 2020, the 

Lutronic Respondents provided the Special Master with 54 devices and accounts for inspection, 

and the Special Master has categorized the devices and accounts with high, medium, and low 

priority designations to facilitate his and the Parties’ review of the files obtained from the devices 

and accounts. As of March 25, 2021, counsel for the Lutronic Respondents have been provided 

with the files obtained from the high priority devices in order to review for privilege, and have 

until April 2 to review those files. Following the Lutronic Respondents’ review, Cutera will then 

have the opportunity to begin its review of the files and identify those that Cutera believes may 

contain potential evidence and/or trade secrets, and this process will then be repeated for the 

medium and low priority devices. Pursuant to the Forensic Protocol, within a “reasonable 

timeframe” of receiving the items that Cutera has identified, the Special Master will perform his 

forensic analysis on each file. As such, as of March 25, Cutera has not yet had access to or 

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commenced its review of any files responsive to the Special Master’s search for documents 

responsive to the Parties’ agreed-upon search terms. The slow forensics progress to date has 

delayed the Parties being able to undertake necessary discovery regarding their respective claims 

and defenses in this matter. The Parties anticipate that the forensic examination process will be 

complete in approximately three months. 

WHEREAS, as set forth above, the Special Master and the Parties require additional time 

to complete the forensic examination process and discovery in both the JAMS matter and the 

instant case; 

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that due to the above-referenced forensics activities and 

resulting lapse of time it is necessary to, and good cause exists to, extend the fact discovery, expert, 

and dispositive motion schedule set forth in the Court’s Scheduling Order by 180 days, as set forth 

below and subject to this Court’s approval; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the parties, and subject to the Court’s 

approval, by and through the undersigned counsel, as follows: 

1. Fact discovery shall be completed by November 1, 2021. 

2. Expert disclosures shall be completed by December 1, 2021. 

3. Rebuttal expert witnesses shall be exchanged by December 22, 2021. 

4. Expert discovery shall be completed by January 24, 2022. 

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5. All dispositive motions shall be heard by March 4 , 2022. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 25, 2021 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Ulrico S. Rosales________________

 Ulrico S. Rosales 

 Meaghan Snyder 

 Telephone: 650.493.9300 

 Email: rrosales@wsgr.com

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 CUTERA, INC. 

Dated: March 25, 2021 MUNDELL, ODLUM & HAWS, LLP 

By: /s/ _James A. Odlum_______________ James A. Odlum 

 Marshall L. Brubacher 

 Telephone: 909.890.9500 

 Email: jodlum@mohlaw.com

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 LUTRONIC AESTHETICS, INC. 

ATTESTATION 

I hereby attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from 

every Signatory. 

By: /s/ Ulrico S. Rosales

 Ulrico S. Rosales 

ULRICO S. ROSALES (SBN 139809) 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 5, 2021. 

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