ORDER AMENDING CASE SCHEDULE

JENNIFER L. THURSTON, Magistrate Judge.

To coordinate discovery with the related case, Howard v. AM Retail Group, Inc., Case number 1:17-cv-01751 JLT, the Court ORDERS the case schedule to be amended as follows:

1. The parties SHALL complete all non-expert discovery related to class issues by February 1, 2019;

2. The parties SHALL disclose their experts related to class issues by March 11, 2019 and any rebuttal experts on this topic by March 25, 2019;

3. The parties SHALL complete all expert discovery related to class issues by March 25, 2019;

4. The briefing related to the class certification motion and the hearing date for the class certification motion is VACATED. Within 10 days of the ruling on the class certification motion in the case, Sanchez v. AM Retail Group, Inc., Case No. 3:18-cv-00287 JCS (proceeding in the Northern District of California), the parties SHALL file a joint report detailing the ruling in the Sanchez case and its impact on this action. If any party contends this action should proceed to a class certification motion, counsel SHALL propose dates for the motion, opposition and reply and the hearing date. If they do not believe such a motion is needed, they SHALL propose deadlines for any remaining discovery, non-dispositive and dispositive motions, the pretrial conference and the trial. The Court will set a hearing on these issues as needed or if requested;

5. The mid-discovery status conference is CONTINUED to November 5, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED.