Party Discovery: Yen VS Mosser

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                                1   KAUFMAN DOLOWICH & VOLUCK, LLP
     Katherine S. Catlos (SBN 184227)
 2   425 California Street, Suite 2100
     San Francisco, California 94104
 3   Telephone: (415) 926-7600
     Facsimile: (415) 926-7601
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     Attorneys for Defendants
 5   NEVEO MOSSER, THE MOSSER
     COMPANIES, INC., 553 SYCAMORE
 6   STREET ASSOCIATES, LP, 1428
     JACKSON STREET ASSOCIATES, LP,
 7   OAK 406 VAN BUREN AVE PROPERTY,
     LLC, OAK-553 SYCAMORE, LLC, OAK
 8   1425 HARRISON STREET PROPERTY,
     LLC, and OAK-1428 JACKSON, LLC
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                         SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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                                          COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
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14   ANDREW YEN, JAMES BALL, KAITLIN                    CASE NO.: RG21100261
     BLANCO, and MELINA TESSIER, on behalf
15   of themselves and all others similarly situated,   ASSIGNED FOR ALL PURPOSES TO:
                                                        JUDGE Hon. Evelio Grillo
16                          Plaintiffs,                 DEPARTMENT 21

17                  v.                                  JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
                                                        CONFERENCE STATEMENT
18   NEVEO MOSSER; THE MOSSER
     COMPANIES, INC.; 553 SYCAMORE                      Complaint filed: May 25, 2021
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     STREET ASSOCIATES, LP; 1428 JACKSON                Trial date: March 15, 2024
20   STREET ASSOCIATES, LP; CONSERVICE,
     LLC; FPI MANAGEMENT, INC.; OAK9
21   PORTFOLIO OWNER, LP; OAK 406 VAN
     BUREN AVE PROPERTY, LLC; OAK-553
22   SYCAMORE, LLC; OAK 1425 HARRISON
     STREET PROPERTY, LLC; OAK-1428
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     JACKSON, LLC; PACH AFFORDABLE
24   HOLDINGS, LLC; YARDI SYSTEMS, INC.;
     YES ENERGY MANAGEMENT, INC.,
25   DOES one through five hundred,
26                          Defendants.

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                             JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
 1                 PRIOR FEBRUARY 17, 2023 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
 2           On February 17, 2023, this Court made the following orders
             1. The Court set a bench trial [for the Rogachevsky matter] on Plaintiff’s UCL claim
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                against Defendant DepositIQ and a UCL conspiracy claim against the Mosser
 4              Defendants for November 16, 2023.

 5           2. Plaintiff’s utility splitting claims in Rogachevsky VS Mosser RG21100506,
                BOULAKDEM VS MOSSER RG 21100186, and Rosenberg, RG21100160), shall be
 6              dismissed without prejudice and included in the Yen class action case. Those claims
                will be tried in Court on March 15, 2024 at 10:00am in Department 21 [for the Yen
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                matter]. The parties are to prepare a stipulation to dismiss the claims without prejudice
 8              and for the filing of an amended complaint containing utility and software claims.

 9           3. Rogachevsky VS Mosser RG21100506, BOULAKDEM VS MOSSER RG 21100186,
                and Rosenberg v. Mosser, RG21100160, and Annus VS Mosser RG21100259, are
10              consolidated for discovery and case management purposes. The lead case shall be
                Rosenberg, RG21100160. All filings in all of the cases shall be made under
11              RG21100160 and shall indicate on the caption that the case is consolidated under Case
12              No. RG21100160, and shall also contain the case number of the individual case. The
                parties are to file one joint case management statement in narrative form
13              addressing/raising case management issues in all of the consolidated cases. The court
                reserves on the issue of consolidation for the purposes of trial. The court anticipates
14              that the tenant protection claims and the tenant harassment claims and reduction in
                service claims will be addressed in the consolidated action
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16           4. Parties are to submit briefs to the court not exceeding five pages in length addressing
                the issue of whether discovery taken in the consolidated action may be used in each
17              individual case, to be filed with CMC Statements.

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19                 CURRENT STATUS OF REMAINING CASE MANAGEMENT ISSUE

20           The parties in the Yen matter hereby submit their joint case management statement pursuant to the

21 Court’s January 3, 2023 Case Management Conference Order and pursuant to the Court’s February 17,

22 2023 Case Management Conference Order. The parties briefly address herein the current status of this

23 matter.

24           The parties acknowledge the Court’s setting of the March 15, 2024 bench trial date to resolve the

25 equitable UCL claims. The parties also acknowledge that the Court intends for Plaintiffs to bring their

26 motion for class certification prior to March 15, 2024. The parties have not yet met and conferred as to

27 the precise timing of the class certification motion.

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                               JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
 1           As to the parties’ discovery efforts, Plaintiffs served each of the Defendants1 with discovery
 2 requests on February 28, 2023. The Mosser Defendants intend to respond to the requests in due time and

 3 will propound their own requests in the coming days.

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 5 DATED: March 8, 2023                           Katherine S. Catlos
                                                  kcatlos@kdvlaw.com
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 7                                                 /s/ Katherine S. Catlos
                                                  Attorneys for Defendants NEVEO MOSSER, THE
 8                                                MOSSER COMPANIES, INC., 553 SYCAMORE
                                                  STREET ASSOCIATES, LP, 1428 JACKSON STREET
 9                                                ASSOCIATES, LP, OAK 406 VAN BUREN AVE
                                                  PROPERTY, LLC, OAK-553 SYCAMORE, LLC, OAK
10                                                1425 HARRISON STREET PROPERTY, LLC, OAK-
                                                  1428 JACKSON, LLC
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12                                                KAUFMAN DOLOWICH & VOLUCK, LLP
                                                  425 California Street, Suite 2100
13                                                San Francisco, California 94104
                                                  Telephone: (415) 926-7600
14                                                Facsimile: (415) 926-7601
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16 DATED: March 8, 2023                        HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON
                                               & GUSLANI, LLP
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18                                             By: /s/Stephen A. Scott
                                                  STEPHEN A. SCOTT
19                                                CHARLES E. TILLAGE
                                                  Attorneys for Defendants
20                                                CONSERVICE, LLC
                                                  OAK9 PORTFOLIO OWNER, LP
21                                                FPI MANAGEMENT, INC. and
                                                  PACH AFFORDABLE HOLDINGS, LLC
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27 1 Of the Mosser Defendants, only NEVEO MOSSER and the MOSSER COMPANIES, INC.. were served discovery requests;
     553 SYCAMORE STREET ASSOCIATES, LP, 1428 JACKSON STREET ASSOCIATES, LP, OAK 406 VAN BUREN
28 AVE PROPERTY, LLC, OAK-553 SYCAMORE, LLC, OAK 1425 HARRISON STREET PROPERTY, LLC, OAK-1428
     JACKSON, LLC were omitted.
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                                  JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
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     DATED: March 8, 2023                 Abraham A. Tabaie
 2                                        Abraham.Tabaie @skadden.com
                                          Raza Rasheed
 3                                        Raza.Rasheed@skadden.com
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                                          /s/ Raza Rasheed
 5                                        Attorneys for Defendant YES Energy Management,
                                          Inc.
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                                          SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER
 7                                        & FLOM LLP
                                          525 University Avenue, Suite 1400
 8                                        Palo Alto, California 94301
                                          Telephone: (650) 470-4500
 9                                        Facsimile: (650) 470-4570
10 DATED: March 8, 2023                   Robert Salinas
                                          bob@ssrplaw.com
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                                          /s/ Robert Salinas
12                                        Attorneys for Plaintiffs
13                                       SALINAS LAW GROUP
                                         Rocio Toriz
14                                       rtoriz@ssrplaw.com
15                                       Annie B. Banh
                                         abanh@ssrplaw.com
16                                       428 13th Street, Eighth Floor
                                         Oakland, California 94612
17                                       Telephone: (510) 663-9240
                                         Facsimile: (510) 663-9241
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19                                       ACCE INSTITUTE
                                         Leah Simon-Weisberg
20                                       lsw@calorganize.org
                                         Jackie Zaneri
21                                       jzaneri@calorganize.org
                                         Ethan Silverstein
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                                         esilverstein@calorganize.org
23                                       PO Box 7226
                                         Oakland, California, 94601
24                                       Telephone: (510) 916-2034
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                            JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
                                              PROOF OF SERVICE
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 2                               Andrew Yen, et al. v. Neveo Mosser, et al.
                            Alameda County Superior Court Case No. RG21100261
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             I am employed in the County of San Francisco, State of California. I am over the age of 18
 4 and not a party to this action. My business address is 425 California Street, Suite 2100, San
     Francisco, California 94104. On the execution date below and in the manner stated herein, I served
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     the following documents:
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         1. JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
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     on all interested parties in this action by placing [ ] the original or [X] a true copy of the original
 8 thereof enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed as follows:

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     Robert A. Salinas                                      Leah Simon-Weisberg
10   Rocio Del Sagrario Toriz                               Jackie Zaneri
     Annie B. Banh                                          Ethan Silverstein
11   Genesis Alejo                                          ACCE INSTITUTE
     SALINAS LAW GROUP                                      PO Box 7226
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     428 13th Street, Eighth Floor                          Oakland, California, 94601
13   Oakland, California 94612                              Telephone: (510) 916-2034
     Telephone: (510) 663-9240                              Email: lsw@calorganize.org
14   Facsimile: (510) 663-9241                              jzaneri@calorganize.org
     Email: bob@ssrplaw.com                                 esilverstein@calorganize.org
15          rtoriz@ssrplaw.com
            abanh@ssrplaw.com                               Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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             galejo@ssrplaw.com
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     Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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     Abraham A. Tabaie                                     Stephen A. Scott
19 Raza Rasheed                                            Charles E. Tillage
     Brigitte Travaglini                                   Benjamin L. Chen
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     SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER                         HAYES SCOTT BONINO ELLINGSON
21   & FLOM LLP                                            GUSLANI SIMONSON & CLAUSE LLP
     525 University Avenue, Suite 1400                     999 Skyway Road, Suite 310
22   Palo Alto, California 94301                           San Carlos, California 94070
     Telephone: (650) 470-4500                             Telephone: (650) 637-9100
23   Facsimile: (650) 470-4570                             Facsimile: (650) 637-8071
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     Email: Abraham.Tabaie@skadden.com                     Email: sscott@hayesscott.com
     Raza.Rasheed@skadden.com                              CTillage@hayesscott.com
25   Brigitte.Travaglini@skadden.com                       BChen@hayesscott.com

26 Attorneys for Defendants Yardi Systems, Inc.            Attorneys for Defendants Conservice, LLC,
     and YES Energy Management, Inc.                       Oak9 Portfolio Owner, LP, FPI Management,
27                                                         Inc., and Pach Affordable Holdings, LLC
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                                                 PROOF OF SERVICE
   [ ]     BY MAIL I deposited such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid in the United
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   States mail at a facility regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service at San Francisco,
 2 California. I am readily familiar with the firm’s practice of collecting and processing
   correspondence for mailing. Under the practice it would be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service
 3 on that same day with postage thereon fully prepaid at San Francisco, California in the ordinary
   course of business.
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   [X]    BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Based on a court order or an agreement of the parties
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   to accept service by e-mail or electronic transmission, I caused the documents to be sent to the
 6 person(s) at the e-mail address(es) so indicated on the attached list. I did not receive, within a
   reasonable time after the transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the
 7 transmission was incomplete or unsuccessful.

 8 [ ]     BY PERSONAL SERVICE I caused such envelope(s) to be delivered by hand to the offices
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   of the addressee(s) pursuant to CCP §1011.

10 [ ]     BY FED EX I caused such envelope(s) to be placed for FedEx collection and delivery at San
   Francisco, California. I am readily familiar with the firm’s practice of collection and processing
11 correspondence for FedEx mailing. Under that practice it would be deposited with the FedEx office
   on that same day with instructions for overnight delivery, fully prepaid, at San Francisco, California
12 in the ordinary course of business.

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   [ ]     BY FACSIMILE I caused the transmission of the foregoing document by facsimile to the
14 offices of the addressee(s), and such transmission was reported as complete and without error.

15 [X]      (STATE) I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
     above is true and correct.
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            Executed on March 8, 2023, at San Francisco, California.
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                                             PROOF OF SERVICE