JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO MODIFY CASE SCHEDULE

RICHARD SEEBORG, District Judge.

STIPULATION

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, the parties respectfully request a modification to the case schedule in this matter in order to permit the parties to attempt to settle this litigation.

WHEREAS, on November 8, 2012, after considering a Joint Case Management Statement submitted by the parties, Judge Seeborg entered an order extending the deadlines for: fact discovery, expert designations, supplemental and rebuttal expert designations, and expert witness discovery (Dkt. Nos. 104, 107);

WHEREAS, on November 28, 2012, the parties participated in a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Beeler;

WHEREAS, on December 17, 2012, the parties stipulated to extend certain discovery deadlines to allow them to focus their efforts on the production of discovery particularly relevant to settlement (Dkt. Nos. 115, 118);

WHEREAS, on February 25, 2013, and March 11, 2013, the parties participated in further settlement conferences before Magistrate Judge Beeler;

WHEREAS, the parties have held further telephonic settlement conferences since that time, and have made further progress in their attempts to reach a negotiated resolution of this matter; and

WHEREAS, the parties have continued these settlement efforts while also pressing forward with discovery and related meet-and-confer efforts;

WHEREAS, the press of looming discovery deadlines is inhibiting further progress on settlement;

WHEREAS, the current schedule for this case would set trial for November 2013 (Dkt. No. 107);

WHEREAS, the parties have agreed to modify the schedule to permit them to apply good faith efforts to settlement for a limited two-month period of time;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to approval of the Court, that the schedule and deadlines for this case be modified as follows:

1. DISCOVERY. Further production of documents and depositions will be stayed, pursuant to the terms of the agreement of the parties, until July 12, 2013. This stay does not extend the deadline to propound additional discovery requests or to notice additional depositions. While the parties do not anticipate noticing any further depositions, they reserve the right to seek relief from the Court for good cause shown.

If an agreement in principle to settle has not been reached by the end of the stay period, Defendants will produce documents responsive to Plaintiffs' Fourth Set of Requests for Production, and Plaintiffs will produce documents, if any, responsive to Defendants' Second Set of Requests for Production by July 19, 2013. The parties will submit a joint letter to Judge Westmore, if necessary, on or about August 9, 2013. The period for fact depositions will run from August 9, 2013 through October 31, 2013.

2. EXPERT WITNESSES. The disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses and opinions shall proceed as follows:

a. On or before November 18, 2013, the parties will designate experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

b. On or before December 18, 2013, the parties will designate their supplemental and rebuttal experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

c. On or before January 24, 2014, all discovery of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) shall be completed.

3. DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS. Dispositive motions will be filed in accordance with the following schedule:

4. TRIAL. A five-day trial will be set for July 28, 2014, with a pre-trial conference to be set at the Court's convenience

[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. DISCOVERY. Further production of documents and depositions will be stayed, pursuant to the terms of the agreement of the parties, until July 12, 2013. This stay does not extend the deadline to propound additional discovery requests.

If an agreement in principle to settle has not been reached by the end of the stay period, Defendants will produce documents responsive to Plaintiffs' Fourth Set of Requests for Production, and Plaintiffs will produce documents, if any, responsive to Defendants' Second Set of Requests for Production by July 19, 2013. The parties will submit a joint letter to Judge Westmore, if necessary, on or about August 9, 2013. The period for fact depositions will run from August 9, 2013 through October 31, 2013.

2. EXPERT WITNESSES. The disclosure and discovery of expert witnesses and opinions shall proceed as follows:

a. On or before November 18, 2013, the parties will designate experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

b. On or before December 18, 2013, the parties will designate their supplemental and rebuttal experts in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2).

c. On or before January 24, 2014, all discovery of expert witnesses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(4) shall be completed.

3. DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS. Dispositive motions will be filed in accordance with the following schedule:

4. FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. A Further Case Management Conference shall be held on November 14, 2013 at 10:00_____ a.m. in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

5. PRETRIAL MOTIONS. All pretrial motions must be filed and served pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7. All pretrial motions shall be heard on ____ May 29, 2014 at _____1:30 p.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

6. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. A pretrial conference will be held on July 17, 2014 at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

7. TRIAL. A five-day trial will commence on July 28, 2014 in Courtroom 3, 17th Floor, United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.