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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

Philip Charvat on behalf of himself and )

others similarly situated, )

 )

Plaintiff, ) Case No. 1:12-cv-5746

 )

v. ) Judge Andrea R. Wood

 ) 

Elizabeth Valente, Resort Marketing Group, Inc., ) Magistrate Judge Mary M. Rowland

Travel Service Network, Inc., TSN Travel, Inc., )

TSN International, Inc., TSN Marketing LLC, )

Carnival Corporation & PLC, )

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., )

NCL (Bahamas) Ltd., )

 )

Defendants. )

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AGREED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE 

RESPONSES, IF ANY, TO MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES 

AND MOTION FOR CLASS REPRESENTATIVE INCENTIVE AWARD

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (“RCL”), NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. (“NCL”) and Carnival 

Corporation & PLC (collectively “Defendants”) hereby respectfully request that this Court enter 

an Order granting an Enlargement of Time to File Responses to Motion for Attorney’s Fees and 

Costs and Motion for a Class Representative Incentive Award [DE 579-80] and state as follows: 

 1. The Parties entered into a Class Action Settlement Agreement [DE 569-1], which 

referred to the filing of the above-described Motions. While the agreement was under 

negotiation, the parties agreed that if the Defendants filed Responses to either Motion, the 

Responses would be due twenty (20) days before the Final Approval Hearing or on or before 

March 15, 2018. 

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 2. It appears that during the back and forth of drafting the agreement, this agreed 

upon date was inadvertently deleted and/or omitted from the final Class Action Settlement 

Agreement. 

 3. The Defendants request that they be allowed until March 15, 2018 to file any 

Responses to the above-described Motions consistent with the parties’ intent when negotiating 

their settlement agreement. 

 4. The Plaintiff has agreed to the requested relief sought herein. 

 WHEREFORE, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. and Carnival 

Corporation & PLC respectfully request that this Honorable Court grant the Defendants’ Request 

for Additional Time to Produce Revised Privilege Logs and Revised Discovery Responses. 

Dated: August 9, 2017 

 Miami, FL 

 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/Jeffrey S. Becker

 Jeffrey S. Becker (ARDC #6282492)

 Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP

 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 3300

 Chicago, IL. 60611

 Tel: 312-321-9100 

         jbidzinski@smbtrials.com

         jbecker@smbtrials.com

 Attorneys for Carnival Corporation 

 & PLC

By: /s/Catherine J. MacIvor

 Catherine J. MacIvor 

                cmacivor@fflegal.com 

 Florida bar No. 932711 

 Jeffrey E. Foreman

                jforeman@fflegal.com

 ARDC #6193309

 FOREMAN FRIEDMAN, P.A.

 One Biscayne Tower, Suite 2300

 2 South Biscayne Boulevard

 Miami, FL 33131

 Phone: 305-358-6555

 Fax: 305-374-9077

 Attorneys for Defendants, Royal 

 Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 

 NCL (Bahamas) Ltd.

 

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

On August 9, 2017, I electronically submitted the foregoing document with the clerk of 

court for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, using the electronic case filing 

system of the court, which will automatically send notice of the filing to all counsel of record. I 

hereby certify that I have served all counsel and/or pro se parties of record electronically in 

accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 By: /s/ Catherine J. MacIvor

 Catherine J. MacIvor

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SERVICE LIST 

CASE NO. 12-CV-5746 

Alexander H. Burke

Burke Law Offices, LLC

155 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 9020

Chicago, IL 60601 

ABurke@burkelawllc.com

Tel: 312-729-5288/Fax: 312-729-5289

Daniel J. Marovitch 

Burke Law Offices, LLC 

155 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 9020

Chicago, IL 60601 

dmarivitch@burkelawllc.com

Tel: 312-729-5288/Fax: 312-729-5289

Edward A. Broderick

Broderick Law, P.C.

125 Summer Street, Suite 1030

Boston, MA 02110 

ted@broderick-law.com

Tel: 617-738-7080

Matthew P. McCue

Law Office of Matthew P. McCue

1 South Avenue – Third Floor

Natick, MA 01760 

mmcue@massattorneys.net

Tel: 508-655-1415

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

John M. Scheldon 

Wiczer & Sheldon, LLC 

500 Skokie Blvd., Suite 325 

Northbrook, IL 60062 

jsheldon@wiczersheldon.com

Tel: 874-849-4850/Fax: 847-849-4851 

Elliot S. Wiczer (ARDC #6208432) 

Foreman Friedman, PA 

500 Skokie Blvd., Suite 325 

Northbrook, IL 60062 

ewiczer@fflegal.com

Tel: 847-849-4850/ Fax: 847-849-4851

Catherine J. MacIvor (Pro Hac Vice)

Jeffrey E. Foreman (ARDC #6193309) 

Foreman Friedman, PA 

2 South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 

Miami, FL 33131 

Tel: 305-358-6555 

cmacivor@fflegal.com

jforeman@fflegal.com

Attorneys for Royal Caribbean Cruises, 

Ltd. and NCL (Bahamas), Ltd.

Joshua E. Bidzinski (ARDC #6302408)

Jeffrey S. Becker (ARDC #6282492)

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP

330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 3300

Chicago, IL. 60611

Tel: 312-321-9100 

jbidzinski@smbtrials.com

jbecker@smbtrials.com

Attorneys for Carnival Corporation & 

PLC

Michael J. Zink

Michael J. Zink 

1101 Ridge Avenue 

Evanston, IL 60202 

Tel: 847-475-1019 

sbzlaw@gmail.com

Attorney for Elizabeth Valente and Travel 

Services 

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