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Case 3:07-cv-02852-VRW 3:07-cv-04903-VRW

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1 Alan Himmelfarb (Cal. Bar. No. 90480) KAMBEREDELSON LLC 2 2757 Leonis Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90058 3 (323) 585-8696 [email protected] 4 Ethan Preston (pro hac vice) 5 KAMBEREDELSON LLC The Monadnock Building 6 53 West Jackson, Suite 550 Chicago, IL 60604 7 (312) 589-6370 [email protected] 8 Scott A. Kamber 9 KAMBEREDELSON LLC 11 Broadway, 22d Floor 10 New York, NY 10004 (212) 920-3072 11 [email protected] 12 David Christopher Parisi (Cal. Bar. No. 162248) Suzanne L. Havens Beckman (Cal. Bar. No. 162248) 13 Parisi & Havens LLP 15233 Valleyheart Drive 14 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 990-1299 15 [email protected] [email protected] 16 Counsel for Plaintiffs 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 19 MATTHEW ELVEY, an individual, BRAD No. C 07 2852 VRW 20 ZIGLER, an individual, and JOEL No. C 07 4903 VRW GRIFFITHS, an individual, on their own 21 behalf and on behalf of all others similarly Judge Vaughn R. Walker situated, 22 STIPULATION FOR Plaintiffs CONSOLIDATION AND FOR LEAVE 23 TO FILE CONSOLIDATED v. COMPLAINT 24 TD AMERITRADE, INC., a New York 25 corporation, and DOES 1 to 100, 26 27 28
Stipulation for Consolidation for Leave to File Consolidated Complaint No. C 07 2852 VRW No. C 07 4903 VRW

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STIPULATION FOR CONSOLIDATION AND FOR LEAVE TO FILE CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT Pursuant to Federal Rules 42 and 15, and Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Matthew Elvey, Brad Zigler, and Joel Griffiths (collectively "Plaintiffs") and Defendant TD Ameritrade, Inc. ("Ameritrade") and hereby stipulate to consolidate Elvey v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., No. C07 2852 VRW (N.D. Cal.) ("Elvey Action") and Zigler v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., No. 07-4903 VRW (N.D. Cal.) ("Zigler Action") (together the "Actions") and to filing the attached Consolidated Complaint. Rule 42 provides the Court with the authority to "join for hearing or trial any and all matters at issue" in separate actions which involve "common question[s] of law or fact." Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). "[U]nder Rule 42, the main question a court must address is whether there are common questions of law or fact [and] then must weigh the saving of time and effort consolidation would produce against any inconvenience, delay or expense that it would cause." Single Chip Systems Corp. v. Intermec IP Corp., 495 F. Supp. 2d 1052, 1057 (S.D. Cal. 2007). Here, the Elvey action and the Zigler action involve substantially the same claims and class. Further, Plaintiffs and Defendant have reached a proposed class settlement on behalf of a national class of current and former Ameritrade accountholders. This consolidation will facilitate and promote the Court's review of the proposed settlement ­ the first step towards expeditiously disposing of two closely related matters on the Court's docket. Rule 15 provides that Plaintiffs "may amend [their] pleading . . . with the opposing party's written consent." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Ameritrade has again consented to the amendment of Plaintiffs' claims and the filing of the Consolidated Complaint. The Consolidated Complaint conforms to the claims which the proposed settlement is intended to compromise and release, and is an essential prerequisite to the proposed settlement. STIPULATION IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, that the Elvey Action and the Zigler Action shall be consolidated for all purposes and Plaintiffs shall have leave to file the attached Consolidated Complaint.
Stipulation for Consolidation for Leave to File Consolidated Complaint No. C 07 2852 VRW No. C 07 4903 VRW

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Dated: May 30, 2008

By: s/Ethan Preston Ethan Preston (pro hac vice) KAMBEREDELSON LLC The Monadnock Building 53 West Jackson, Suite 550 Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 589-6370 [email protected] Alan Himmelfarb (Cal. Bar. No. 90480) KAMBEREDELSON LLC 2757 Leonis Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90058 (323) 585-8696 [email protected] Scott A. Kamber KAMBEREDELSON LLC 11 Broadway, 22d Floor New York, NY 10004 (212) 920-3072 [email protected] David Christopher Parisi Suzanne L. Havens Beckman Parisi & Havens LLP 15233 Valleyheart Drive Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 990-1299 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiffs

Pursuant to Section X of the Northern District of California's General Order No. 45 on 19 electronic case filing and 28 U.S.C.§ 1746, the filer attests that the undersigned concurred to the statement above on May 30, 2008. 20 Dated: May 30, 2008 By: s/Lee H. Rubin 21 Lee H. Rubin Shirish Gupta 22 Mayer Brown LLP Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300 23 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306-2112 24 Counsel for Defendant, TD 25 AMERITRADE, Inc. 26 27 28 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: June 13, 2008
Stipulation for Consolidation for Leave to File Consolidated Complaint

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THE HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
No. C 07 2852 VRW No. C 07 4903 VRW