Free Status Report - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-02126-BEN-RBB

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1 NANCY SHER COHEN (Bar No. 81706) [email protected] 2 RONALD A. VALENZUELA (Bar No. 210025) [email protected] 3 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor 4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3043 5 Telephone: +1.213.689.0200 Facsimile: +1.213.614.1868 6 Attorneys for Defendant 7 SONY ELECTRONICS INC. 8 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CV No. 07cv2126 - BEN (RBB) PARTIES' JOINT STATUS REPORT RE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT IN DATE V. SONY ELECTRONICS INC., ET AL. The Honorable Roger T. Benitez Courtroom: 3

11 JASON DEMAS and JOHN RENNINGER, on their own behalves and on behalf of all others 12 similarly situated, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 16 SONY ELECTRONICS INC., 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Defendant.

PARTIES' JOINT STATUS REPORT RE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT IN DATE v. SONY ELECTRONICS INC. ET AL. CV No. 07cv2126 ­ BEN (RBB)

Case 3:07-cv-02126-BEN-RBB

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On April 14, 2008, this Court issued an order staying all proceedings in this action

2 pending preliminary approval of a proposed class-action settlement in Date v. Sony 3 Electronics Inc., et al., and further provided that if preliminary approval were granted, the 4 stay would be extended pending final approval of the settlement. On July 25, 2008, Judge 5 Paul D. Borman, the District Court Judge presiding over the Date action, issued an order 6 granting preliminary approval of the class-action settlement and scheduled a fairness 7 hearing for November 3, 2008. A true copy of that Order is attached as Exhibit 1. The 8 parties will advise this Court of the Eastern District of Michigan's decision on final 9 approval once Judge Borman has ruled on the matter. 10 11 12 DATED: August 5, 2008 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2
PARTIES' JOINT STATUS REPORT RE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT IN DATE v. SONY ELECTRONICS INC. ET AL. CV No. 07cv2126 ­ BEN (RBB)

Respectfully submitted, HELLER EHRMAN LLP By s/ Ronald A. Valenzuela RONALD A. VALENZUELA Attorneys for Defendant SONY ELECTRONICS INC. DATED: August 5, 2008 KamberEdelson LLC

By s/Jay Edelson JAY EDELSON Attorneys for Plaintiffs