STIPULATION FOR CONTINUANCE OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT AND MODIFIED ORDER

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS, Magistrate Judge.

WHEREAS the above-referenced Plaintiff filed the above-captioned case;

WHEREAS 21 other complaints have been filed to-date in federal district courts throughout the United States by Plaintiffs purporting to bring consumer class actions on behalf of purchasers of computers manufactured by Defendant Lenovo (United States), Inc. ("Lenovo") containing software manufactured by Defendant Superfish, Inc. ("Superfish") (collectively, including the above-captioned matter, the "In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases");

WHEREAS a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") to transfer the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases for coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 ("MDL Motion"), and has not yet been set for hearing before the JPML;

WHEREAS the MDL Motion is not on the docket for the JPML's upcoming hearing session, scheduled for March 26, 2015, and the next hearing session is scheduled for May 28, 2015;

WHEREAS the parties anticipate that one or more consolidated complaints will be filed following transfer and consolidation of the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases;

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants Superfish and Lenovo have agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to the pleadings in the In re Lenovo Adware Litig. cases would be more efficient for the parties and for the Court;

WHEREAS Plaintiff agrees that the deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to answer, move, or otherwise respond to his complaint shall be extended until forty-five days after the JPML issues an order deciding the MDL Motion, or as otherwise ordered by the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted;

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants agree that preservation of evidence in the case is vital, that Defendants have received litigation hold letters, that they are complying with and will continue to comply with all of their evidence preservation obligations under governing law;

WHEREAS, in light of the pending MDL Motion, the parties have agreed that the parties' obligations under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26(f) and any other pending deadlines shall be stayed until further order from the Court or the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted;

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by the parties of any of their respective claims, defenses or any other rights or positions they may have with respect to the same, including, with respect to Defendants, the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process;

Now, therefore, pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiff and Defendants, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby stipulate as follows:

1. The deadline for Defendants Superfish and Lenovo to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the complaint shall be extended until forty-five days after the JPML issues an order deciding the MDL Motion, or as otherwise ordered by the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted;

2. The parties' obligations under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16 and 26(f) and any other pending deadlines—whether set by the Local Rules of this District, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, an order of this Court, or otherwise—shall be stayed until further order from the Court or the MDL transferee Court if the MDL Motion is granted.

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by the parties of any of their respective claims, defenses or any other rights or positions they may have with respect to the same, including, with respect to Defendants, the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, lack of subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process, or service of process.

4. The parties agree that they are complying with and will continue to comply with all evidentiary preservation obligations under governing law.

5. Nothing herein precludes any of the parties from moving to lift the stay prior to the extended deadlines requested herein.

6. The case management conference scheduled for April 29, 2015 is continued to June 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. before Magistrate Judge Cousins in Courtroom 7, 4th Floor, San Jose.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.