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Parties Involved:
John Chapman
Plaintiff
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Defendant
Steve Rabin
Plaintiff

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] ORDER

RE AGE PROXY AND COMPARATORS 

CASE NO. 3:16-CV-02276-JST 

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Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Email: michael.esser@kirkland.com 

Emily Nicklin (admitted pro hac vice) 

Gabor Balassa (admitted pro hac vice)

Christina Breisacher (admitted pro hac vice) 

Mark Premo-Hopkins (admitted pro hac vice) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 N. LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654 

Telephone: (312) 862-2000 

Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 

Email: enicklin@kirkland.com 

Email: gabor.balassa@kirkland.com 

Email: christina.briesacher@kirkland.com

Email: mark.premohopkins@kirkland.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 638-8800 

Facsimile: (415) 638-8810 

E-mail: jsagafi@outtengolden.com 

[Additional counsel listed on next page] 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Proposed Class 

and Collective Members 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

STEVE RABIN and JOHN CHAPMAN, on behalf 

of themselves, and all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, 

Defendant. 

 Case No. 3:16-cv-02276-JST 

Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

JOINT STIPULATION & [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE AGE PROXY AND 

COMPARATORS 

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Adam T. Klein (admitted pro hac vice) 

Daniel Stromberg (admitted pro hac vice) 

Melissa L. Stewart (admitted pro hac vice) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (646) 509-2060 

Email: atk@outtengolden.com 

Email: dstromberg@outtengolden.com

Email: mstewart@outtengolden.com 

Daniel Kohrman (admitted pro hac vice) 

Laurie McCann (admitted pro hac vice) 

Dara Smith (admitted pro hac vice) 

AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION 

601 E. Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20049 

Telephone: (202) 434-2060 

Facsimile: (202) 434-2082 

E-mail: dkohrman@aarp.org 

E-mail: lmccann@aarp.org 

E-mail: dsmith@aarp.org 

Jennifer L. Liu (Cal. Bar No. 279370) 

THE LIU LAW FIRM, P.C. 

1390 Market Street, Suite 200 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 896-4260 

Facsimile: (415) 231-0011 

E-mail: jliu@liulawpc.com 

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Plaintiffs Steve Rabin and John Chapman (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on April 19, 2017, the Court denied Plaintiffs’ request for PwC’s entire 

applicant database and ordered that, at this pre-conditional certification stage, the Parties should 

pursue an agreed-upon two-step process for Plaintiffs’ selection of an age proxy and for PwC’s 

production of information from certain data fields related to potential class members and their 

comparators. Dkt. No. 105 (“Discovery Order”) at 3; 

WHEREAS, the Parties are in discussions about an age proxy, including about the propriety 

and substance of Plaintiffs’ request for additional information about PwC’s applicant database, as 

well as the next question of what constitutes an appropriate “comparator” for purposes of providing 

data at this stage; 

WHEREAS, if the Parties do not reach agreement on these issues, they will submit a joint 

letter brief on May 23, 2017, presenting their disagreement; 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT, the Parties’ 

briefing on these issues shall adhere to the following schedule: 

• May 10 and 12, 2017 -- Plaintiffs provided PwC with an update on Plaintiffs’ position on the 

age proxy and comparator issues; 

• May 16, 2017 -- PwC to provide Plaintiffs with any revision to its position on the age proxy 

and comparator issues; 

• May 18, 2017 -- Plaintiffs to provide PwC with initial text for the joint letter brief to the 

Court, including legal argument and attachments; 

• May 22, 2017 -- PwC to provide Plaintiffs with initial text for the joint letter brief to the 

Court, including legal argument and attachments; and 

• May 26, 2017, by 3:00 p.m. PT -- the Parties to file the joint letter brief. 

To the extent that the Parties’ negotiations in the interim are productive, the Parties may 

inform the Court and request an extension of these dates. 

Finally, given that there are two issues under consideration and given the substance of the 

issues, the Parties request that each side be allowed up to five pages, in total, for briefing them. 

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Dated: May 12, 2017 

/s/ Jahan C. Sagafi 

Jahan C. Sagafi (Cal. Bar No. 224887) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

One Embarcadero Center, 38th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 638-8800 

Facsimile: (415) 638-8810 

Email: jsagafi@outtengolden.com 

/s/ Gabor Balassa 

Emily Nicklin (pro hac vice) 

Gabor Balassa (pro hac vice)

Christina Breisacher (pro hac vice) 

Mark Premo-Hopkins (pro hac vice) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 N. LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654 

Telephone: (312) 862-2000 

Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 

Email: enicklin@kirkland.com 

Email: gabor.balassa@kirkland.com 

Email: christina.briesacher@kirkland.com

Email: mark.premohopkins@kirkland.com

Adam T. Klein (admitted pro hac vice) 

Daniel Stromberg (admitted pro hac vice) 

Melissa L. Stewart (admitted pro hac vice) 

OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP 

685 Third Avenue, 25th Floor 

New York, NY 10017 

Telephone: (212) 245-1000 

Facsimile: (646) 509-2060 

Email: atk@outtengolden.com 

Email: dstromberg@outtengolden.com

Email: mstewart@outtengolden.com 

Daniel Kohrman (admitted pro hac vice) 

Laurie McCann (admitted pro hac vice) 

Dara Smith (admitted pro hac vice) 

AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION 

601 E. Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20049 

Telephone: (202) 434-2060 

Facsimile: (202) 434-2082 

E-mail: dkohrman@aarp.org 

E-mail: lmccann@aarp.org 

E-mail: dsmith@aarp.org 

Jennifer L. Liu (Cal. Bar No. 279370) 

THE LIU LAW FIRM, P.C. 

1390 Market Street, Suite 200 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

Telephone: (415) 896-4260 

Facsimile: (415) 231-0011 

E-mail: jliu@liulawpc.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Proposed Class 

and Collective Members

Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Email: michael.esser@kirkland.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP 

 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to the Stipulation, it is so ORDERED. 

Dated: May __, 2017 By: 

 The Honorable Jon S. Tigar 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

May 1516, 2017

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