UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

In re GROUPON, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

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Master File No.: 12 CV 2450 

CLASS ACTION 

This Document Relates To 

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Hon. Charles R. Norgle 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING FOR 

BRIEFING OF LEAD PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED MOTION 

FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

Subject to this Court’s approval, the parties have agreed to the following stipulation: 

1. The motion for class certification filed by Lead Plaintiff Michael Carter Cohn 

(“Lead Plaintiff”) on September 26, 2013 consistent with Damasco v. Clearwire Corp., 662 F.3d 

891 (7th Cir. 2011) (see Doc. No. 159) shall be entered and continued. The presentment of said 

motion previously noticed for October 4, 2013 is hereby withdrawn and no appearance shall be 

necessary. 

2. Lead Plaintiff shall amend and supplement his motion for class certification no 

later than December 6, 2013. 

3. Defendants Groupon, Inc. and Jason Child, Joseph M. Del Preto, Kevin Efrusy, 

Eric P. Lefkofsky, Theodore J. Leonsis, Andrew D. Mason, Howard Schultz, Morgan Stanley & 

Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (collectively, 

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“Defendants”) shall file their response[s] to Lead Plaintiff’s amended class certification motion 

no later than March 6, 2014. 

4. Lead Plaintiff shall file any reply in support of an amended class certification 

motion no later than April 21, 2014. 

5. The parties shall work together to schedule class discovery as necessary to 

accommodate this schedule. Nothing in this schedule shall prevent any party from commencing 

class discovery at any time. 

6. The parties agree that there is good cause to enter this stipulated schedule, and it 

will not prejudice any party. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED this 2nd

 day of October 2013: 

/s/ Joshua B. Silverman

Patrick V. Dahlstrom 

Joshua B. Silverman 

Louis C. Ludwig 

Pomerantz Grossman Hufford 

Dahlstrom & Gross LLP

10 South LaSalle Street, Ste. 3505 

Chicago, Illinois 60603 

Tel: (312) 377-1181 

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff and 

Proposed Class Counsel 

/s/Howard S. Suskin

Anton R. Valukas (Illinois Bar #2883678) 

Elizabeth A. Coleman (Illinois Bar #6236597) 

Howard S. Suskin (Illinois Bar #6185999) 

Marc D. Sokol (Illinois Bar #6276263) 

Jenner & Block LLP 

353 N. Clark Street 

Chicago, IL 60654-3456 

Tel: (312) 222-9350 

Attorneys for Defendants Groupon Inc., 

Andrew D. Mason, Jason E. Child, Joseph M. 

Del Preto, Eric P. Lefkofsky, Theodore J. 

Leonsis, Kevin J. Efrusy, and Howard Schultz 

 

/s/ Kevin B. Duff

Kevin B. Duff

Michael Rachlis 

Rachlis Duff Adler & Peel, LLC 

542 South Dearborn Street 

Suite 900 

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Chicago, IL 60605 

Jonathan Rosenberg 

Allen W. Burton 

Edward N. Moss 

O’Melveny & Myers LLP 

Times Square Tower 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & 

Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Credit 

Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 

 

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SO ORDERED this _____day of _____________________, 2013 

 

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 Hon. Charles R. Norgle, Sr. 

 United States District Judge 

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