Court Opinion

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1   Kelly M. Dermody (State Bar No. 171716)
     Heather H. Wong (State Bar No. 238546)
 2   LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN &
     BERNSTEIN, LLP
 3   275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
     San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
 4   Telephone: (415) 956-1000
     Facsimile: (415) 956-1008
 5   kdermody@lchb.com
 6   Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class
      [Additional Counsel listed on Signature Page]
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     Mark Dichter (pro hac vice)
 8   MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
     1701 Market Street
 9   Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
     Telephone: 215.963.5000
10   Facsimile: 215.963.5001
     mdichter@morganlewis.com
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     Attorneys for Defendant Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
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                                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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     RENEE FASSBENDER AMOCHAEV,                        Case No. C- 05-1298 PJH
17   DEBORAH ORLANDO, KATHRYN N.
     VARNER and IVY SO, on behalf of                   CLASS ACTION
18   themselves and all others similarly situated,
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19                      Plaintiffs,                    TRANSFERRING CASE TO THE
                                                       DISTRICT OF THE DISTRICT OF
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21   CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.,
     d/b/a SMITH BARNEY,
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 1                  WHEREAS, the Court entered the final order and judgment in this gender
 2   discrimination class action on August 13, 2008, but retained continuing jurisdiction over the
 3   settlement;
 4                  WHEREAS, on January 13, 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup announced that
 5   they had reached agreement to combine Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group
 6   and Citigroup’s Smith Barney group (which employed the Financial Advisor class members in
 7   this case);
 8                  WHEREAS, prior to the merger, Morgan Stanley had previously entered into a
 9   settlement of a separately-pending gender discrimination class action on behalf of its female
10   Financial Advisors, Augst-Johnson, et al v. Morgan Stanley & Co, Incorporated, Case No. 1:06-
11   CV-01142 (RWR) (D.D.C.);
12                  WHEREAS, since the merger, the parties in this case and Augst-Johnson worked
13   diligently to enter into a Consolidated Settlement Agreement combining the material terms
14   negotiated in both cases;
15                  WHEREAS, the parties executed a Consolidated Settlement Agreement in late
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17                  WHEREAS, in early June, 2011, counsel in this case alerted the Court to the
18   merger, the Consolidated Settlement Agreement, and the need to locate the Consolidated
19   Agreement combining both settlements under one judge;
20                  WHEREAS, the Augst-Johnson was settled first and Morgan Stanley represents
21   the superior shareholder in the merged companies, the parties have proposed that the District of
22   Columbia be the venue for the Consolidated Settlement to proceed; and
23                  WHEREAS, having discussed this matter with this Court and thereafter providing
24   the same information to Judge Richard W. Roberts, the presiding judge in Augst-Johnson, Judge
25   Roberts advised the parties in Augst-Johnson by Minute Order dated September 19, 2011, "This
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 1                  IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the parties through their
 2   respective counsel of record, that the parties respectfully propose that the Court transfer the file in
 3   this case to the District of Columbia for consolidation with the Augst-Johnson case so that the
 4   Consolidated Settlement Agreement may be considered, and with continuing jurisdiction to
 5   remain over the settlement in the District of Columbia.
 6                  SO STIPULATED.
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     Dated: September 30, 2011              Respectfully submitted,
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                                            LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
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                                            By:            /s/ Kelly M. Dermody
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12                                          Kelly M. Dermody (State Bar No. 171716)
                                            Heather H. Wong (State Bar No. 238546)
13                                          LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP
                                            Embarcadero Center West
14                                          275 Battery Street, 30th Floor
                                            San Francisco, CA 94111-3339
15                                          Telephone: (415) 956-1000
                                            Facsimile: (415) 956-1008
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                                            Adam T. Klein (Pro Hac Vice)
17                                          OUTTEN & GOLDEN LLP
                                            3 Park Avenue, 29th Floor
18                                          New York, New York 10016
                                            Telephone: (212) 245-1000
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20                                          Cyrus Mehri (Pro Hac Vice)
                                            MEHRI & SKALET, PLLC
21                                          1250 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 300
                                            Washington, DC 20036
22                                          Telephone: (202) 822-5100
                                            Facsimile: (202) 822-4997
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 1   DATED: September, 30, 2011   MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
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                                  By:        /s/ Mark Dichter
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                                  MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
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                                  Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
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                                  Facsimile: 215.963.5001
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 4                   PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk’s Office is

 5   hereby directed to transfer the file in this case to the U.S. District Court for the District of

 6   Columbia for consideration of relation to Augst-Johnson, et al v. Morgan Stanley & Co,

 7   Incorporated, Case No. 1:06-CV-01142 (RWR) (D.D.C.).

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