Bauman v. Saxe Management LLC ( 2019 )

1 JEFF SILVESTRI Nevada Bar No. 5779 2 McDONALD CARANO WILSON LLP 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 1200 3 Las Vegas, NV 89102 Telephone: (702) 873-4100 4 Fax: (702) 873-9966 E-mail: jsilvestri@mcdonaldcarano.com 5 KENNETH E. PAYSON (admitted pro hac vice) 6 Washington Bar No. 26369 JAMES HARLAN CORNING (admitted pro hac vice) 7 Washington Bar No. 45177 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 8 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, Washington 98104-1610 9 Telephone: (206) 622-3150 Facsimile: (206) 757-7700 10 Email: kennethpayson@dwt.com jamescorning@dwt.com 11 Attorneys for the Saxe Defendants 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 15 JEREMY BAUMAN, et al., 16 Case No. 2:14-cv-01125-RFB-BNW Plaintiffs, 17 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO CONTINUE vs. STAY 18 DAVID SAXE; et al., 19 Defendants. 20 21 In consolidation with BIJAN RAZILOU, et al., Case No.: 2:14-cv-01160-RFB-BNW 22 Plaintiffs, 23 vs. 24 DAVID SAXE; et al., 25 Defendants. 26 27 28 1 UNOPPOSED MOTION 2 The Saxe Defendants1 and Plaintiffs Jeremy Bauman and Bijan Razilou jointly move the 3 Court to enter the following Order (i) continuing the staying this case for a period of (30) days 4 while they finalize a written settlement agreement memorializing the settlement reached at the 5 mediation on May 15, 2019, and (ii) vacating the briefing schedule on the Saxe Defendants’ 6 Renewed Motion for Reconsideration [Dkt. 209; corrected image at Dkt. 212] while they finalize 7 their settlement and prepare to present it to the Court for approval. The Saxe Defendants and 8 Plaintiffs are informed and understand that Twilio does not oppose this motion. In support of their 9 request, the Saxe Defendants and Plaintiffs represent the following: 10 1. On May 15, 2019, the Saxe Defendants and Plaintiffs participated in a mediation on 11 May 15, 2019, and reached an agreement in principle to resolve this case on a class-wide basis. 12 2. The parties are finalizing a written settlement agreement, pursuant to which 13 Plaintiffs intend to present the Court with a motion for preliminary approval of a class-wide 14 settlement. The parties anticipate the settlement agreement will be finalized and signed within two 15 weeks. Plaintiffs further anticipate they will be in a position to file a motion for preliminary 16 approval of the settlement within two weeks following the execution of the settlement agreement. 17 3. In the Court’s July 8, 2019 Minute Order [Dkt. 207], the Court denied without 18 prejudice the Saxe Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration [Dkt. 196] in light of the parties’ 19 representations concerning the negotiation of a formal settlement agreement. As the Court is 20 aware, on January 10, 2019, it entered an Opinion and Order [Dkt. 193], granting in part and 21 denying in part Plaintiffs’ Motion to Certify Class. Ordinarily, any petition to the Ninth Circuit 22 Court of Appeals seeking interlocutory review of that order must be filed within fourteen (14) 23 days after the order is entered, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f); however, that deadline resets upon the 24 filing and resolution of a motion for reconsideration. See, e.g., Lambert v. Nutraceutical Corp., 25 870 F.3d 1170, 1178, 98 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 981 (9th Cir. 2017)(“[A]s a baseline matter … a motion 26 27 1 The Saxe Defendants are V Theater Group, LLC; Saxe Theater, LLC; David Saxe Productions, 28 1 for reconsideration filed within fourteen days of a certification decision tolls the Rule 2 23(f) deadline.”). 3 4. Because the parties’ negotiated resolution of this case is contingent on the Court’s 4 preliminary and final approval of the proposed class-wide settlement—approval which the Court 5 could ultimately grant or deny—the Saxe Defendants wish to avoid prejudicing their option to 6 seek interlocutory review of the class-certification order under Rule 23(f) should the Court deny 7 approval of the settlement. To that end, the Saxe Defendants have submitted a Renewed Motion 8 for Reconsideration of the Court’s class certification order [Dkt. 209; corrected image at Dkt. 9 212]. 10 5. In the interest of avoiding expense to the parties and conserving the Court’s 11 resources, the Saxe Defendants and Plaintiffs agree (subject to Court approval) to continue the 12 stay in this matter for thirty days, to vacate the briefing schedule on the Saxe Defendants’ Motion 13 for Reconsideration, and to defer the Court’s consideration of that Motion until after the Court 14 rules on Plaintiffs’ to-be-filed motion for preliminary (and, if granted, final) approval of the class- 15 wide settlement. Doing so will afford Plaintiffs and the Saxe Defendants the opportunity to 16 finalize their settlement and prepare to present it to the Court for approval. 17 6. Based on the foregoing, the Saxe Defendants and Plaintiffs request that the Court 18 enter the accompanying Order. 19 /// 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 Stipulated to and respectfully submitted this 24th day of July 2019, by: 2 /s/ Albert H. Kirby /s/ Kenneth E. Payson 3 Albert H. Kirby Kenneth E. Payson Washington Bar No. 40187 Washington Bar No. 26369 4 Admitted Pro Hac Vice Admitted Pro Hac Vice 5 SOUND JUSTICE LAW GROUP, PLLC James Harlan Corning 936 North 34th Street, Suite 300 Washington Bar No. 45177 6 Seattle, Washington 98103 Admitted Pro Hac Vice DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 7 Philip S. Aurbach 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Nevada Bar No. 1501 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 8 Michael David Maupin Nevada Bar No. 13721 Jeff Silvestri 9 MARQUIS AURBACH COFFING Nevada Bar No. 5779 10 10001 Park Run Drive McDONALD CARANO Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 2300 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 1200 11 Las Vegas, NV 89102 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Jeremy Bauman Attorneys for the Saxe Defendants 13 /s/ Matthew R. Mendelsohn 14 Matthew R. Mendelsohn New Jersey Bar No. 015582005 15 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 16 MAZIE SLATER KATZ & FREEMAN, LLC 17 103 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland, New Jersey 07068 18 Payam Shahian 19 California Bar No. 228406 Admitted Pro Hac Vice 20 STRATEGIC LEGAL PRACTICES, APC 21 1875 Century Park East, Suite 700 Los Angeles, California 90067 22 Dennis L. Kennedy 23 Nevada Bar No. 14625 Paul C. Williams 24 Nevada Bar No. 12524 BAILEY KENNEDY 25 8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 27 Attorneys for Plaintiff Bijan Razilou 28 1 ORDER 2 Having considered the Saxe Defendants’ and Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion to Continue 3 || Stay, and good cause appearing therefore, the Court hereby GRANTS the Unopposed Motion. 4 || This case shall remain STAYED until August 23, 2019, and the Court suspends all case-related 5 || deadlines and activities. The briefing schedule for the Saxe Defendants’ [208] Renewed Motion 6 || for Reconsideration is suspended pending further order of the Court. 7 By no later than August 23, 2019, either a motion for preliminary approval of settlement 8 || shall be filed or a Joint Status Report shall be submitted to the Court proposing how this matter 9 | will proceed. 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 1] DATED: _ August 8 , 2019 mea 2 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE "83 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on July 24, 2019, I caused the foregoing to be electronically filed with 3 the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notifications of such filing to all 4 counsel of record as of the time of the filing. 5 /s/ James Harlan Corning James Harlan Corning 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28