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1 RANDALL S. LUSKEY (SBN 240915)
rluskey@paulweiss.com 11/1/2023
2 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
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535 Mission Street, 24th Floor
4 San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: (628) 432-5112
5 Facsimile: (202) 204-7391
6 ARPINE S. LAWYER (SBN 313671)
alawyer@paulweiss.com
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PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
8 WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
2001 K Street, NW
9 Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 223-7443
10 Facsimile: (202) 315-3407
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OLIVER Q. DUNLAP (SBN 225566)
12 odunlap@bzbm.com
STEVE VIEUX (SBN 315133)
13 svieux@bzbm.com
BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER
14 One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
15 San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: (415) 956-1900
16 Facsimile: (415) 956-1152
17 Attorneys for Defendant Massage Envy Franchising, LLC
18 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
19 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO – UNLIMITED CIVIL JURISDICTION
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JANE DOE #23 (A.H.); JANE DOE #27 Case Nos. 19CIV00392H, 19CIV00392I,
21 (R.L.); JANE DOE #4 (D.T.); JANE DOE #10 19CIV4095C, 19CIV05035B, 19CIV05035D,
(E.D.); JANE DOE #12 (A.H.); JANE DOE 19CIV05035I, 19CIV05035D, 19CIV05035
22 #15 (J.M.); JANE DOE #16 (T.R.); JANE
DOE #18 (L.N.) Assigned to Hon. Marie S. Weiner
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Plaintiff,
24 DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY
v. FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO
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ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND
MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC; NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS
26 JKKD ENTERPRISES, LLC; and DOES 1-
400, inclusive,
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Defendants.
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2990.000/1918342.1 1
DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023,
AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS
1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
2 Counsel for Defendant Massage Envy Franchising, LLC (“MEF”) submit the following
3 response to the Court’s October 13, 2023 Case Management Order #17, and notification of
4 settlements.
5 I. NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS
6 To avoid unnecessary confusion or orders, and/or any waste of judicial resources going
7 forward, MEF’s counsel provides notice that all Jane Doe plaintiffs named in the actions here, in
8 Case Management Order #17, and listed again below have now settled their cases as to MEF, on the
9 dates indicated below. As such, MEF is no longer involved in any of these cases.
10 • Jane Doe #23 (A.H.) 19CIV00392H; September 2, 2022
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• Jane Doe #27 (R.L.) 19CIV00392I; August 19, 2022
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• Jane Doe #4 (D.T.) 19CIV4095C; August 12, 2022
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14 • Jane Doe #10 (E.D.) 19CIV05035B; August 16, 2022
15 • Jane Doe #12 (A.H.) 19CIV05035D; August 23, 2022
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• Jane Doe #15 (J.M.) 19CIV05035I; October 17, 2022
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• Jane Doe #16 (T.R.) 19CIV05035D; August 26, 2022
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19 • Jane Doe #18 (L.N.) 19CIV05035; February 10, 2023
20 II. UPDATED NOTICES OF ATTORNEY ADDRESS
21 Notwithstanding the above settlements, and that MEF is no longer involved in any of these
22 case, counsel for MEF provides the following updated addresses for its counsel of record, pursuant
23 to the Court’s request in Case Management Order #17:
24 RANDALL S. LUSKEY (SBN 240915)
rluskey@paulweiss.com
25 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
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535 Mission Street, 24th Floor
27 San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: (628) 432-5112
28 Facsimile: (202) 204-7391
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DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023,
AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS
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ARPINE S. LAWYER (SBN 313671)
2 alawyer@paulweiss.com
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
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WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
4 2001 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
5 Telephone: (202) 223-7443
Facsimile: (202) 315-3407
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OLIVER Q. DUNLAP (SBN 225566)
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odunlap@bzbm.com
8 STEVE VIEUX (SBN 315133)
svieux@bzbm.com
9 BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
10 San Francisco, California 94111
11 Telephone:(415) 956-1900
Facsimile: (415) 956-1152
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13 DATED: November 1, 2023
14 By:
15 Oliver Q. Dunlap
Attorney for Defendant Massage Envy
16 Franchising, LLC
17 DATED: November 1, 2023
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By: /s/ Randall S. Luskey
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Arpine S. Lawyer
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Franchising, LLC
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DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023,
AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
2 Jane Doe #7 (D.G.), et al. v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC, et al.
San Mateo Superior Court Case No. 19CIV00392H, et al.
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At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My
4 business address is One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94111.
5 On November 1, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as
DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF
6 OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS on the interested parties
in this action as follows:
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SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST
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BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: I caused a copy of the
9 document(s) to be sent from e-mail address tingroff@bzbm.com to the persons at the e-mail
addresses listed in the Service List. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the
10 transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful.
11 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing is true and correct.
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1 SERVICE LIST
Jane Doe #7 (D.G.), et al. v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC, et al.
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3 Robert W. Thompson, Esq. Telephone: (650) 513-6111
Kristen A. Vierhaus, Esq. Facsimile : (650) 513-6071
4 TLO LAW, P.C. Email: bobby@tlopc.com
700 Airport Blvd., Suite 160 kris@tlopc.com
5 Burlingame, CA 94010 kat@tlopc.com
6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs
7 Brian D. Kent, Esq. Telephone: (215) 399-9255
V. Paul Bucci, II, Esq. Facsimile: (215) 241-8700
8 M. Stewart Ryan, Esq. Email: bkent@laffeybuccikent.com
LAFFEY, BUCCI & KENT, LLP sryan@laffeybuccikent.com
9 1435 Walnut Street, Suite 700 pbucci@laffeybuccikent.com
Philadelphia, PA 19102 stabassum@laffeybuccikent.com
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1 RANDALL S. LUSKEY (SBN 240915) rluskey@paulweiss.com 11/1/2023 2 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 3 535 Mission Street, 24th Floor 4 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (628) 432-5112 5 Facsimile: (202) 204-7391 6 ARPINE S. LAWYER (SBN 313671) alawyer@paulweiss.com 7 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, 8 WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 2001 K Street, NW 9 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 223-7443 10 Facsimile: (202) 315-3407 11 OLIVER Q. DUNLAP (SBN 225566) 12 odunlap@bzbm.com STEVE VIEUX (SBN 315133) 13 svieux@bzbm.com BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER 14 One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800 15 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 956-1900 16 Facsimile: (415) 956-1152 17 Attorneys for Defendant Massage Envy Franchising, LLC 18 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 19 COUNTY OF SAN MATEO – UNLIMITED CIVIL JURISDICTION 20 JANE DOE #23 (A.H.); JANE DOE #27 Case Nos. 19CIV00392H, 19CIV00392I, 21 (R.L.); JANE DOE #4 (D.T.); JANE DOE #10 19CIV4095C, 19CIV05035B, 19CIV05035D, (E.D.); JANE DOE #12 (A.H.); JANE DOE 19CIV05035I, 19CIV05035D, 19CIV05035 22 #15 (J.M.); JANE DOE #16 (T.R.); JANE DOE #18 (L.N.) Assigned to Hon. Marie S. Weiner 23 Department 2 Plaintiff, 24 DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY v. FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO 25 ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC; NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS 26 JKKD ENTERPRISES, LLC; and DOES 1- 400, inclusive, 27 Defendants. 28 2990.000/1918342.1 1 DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS 1 TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 2 Counsel for Defendant Massage Envy Franchising, LLC (“MEF”) submit the following 3 response to the Court’s October 13, 2023 Case Management Order #17, and notification of 4 settlements. 5 I. NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS 6 To avoid unnecessary confusion or orders, and/or any waste of judicial resources going 7 forward, MEF’s counsel provides notice that all Jane Doe plaintiffs named in the actions here, in 8 Case Management Order #17, and listed again below have now settled their cases as to MEF, on the 9 dates indicated below. As such, MEF is no longer involved in any of these cases. 10 • Jane Doe #23 (A.H.) 19CIV00392H; September 2, 2022 11 • Jane Doe #27 (R.L.) 19CIV00392I; August 19, 2022 12 • Jane Doe #4 (D.T.) 19CIV4095C; August 12, 2022 13 14 • Jane Doe #10 (E.D.) 19CIV05035B; August 16, 2022 15 • Jane Doe #12 (A.H.) 19CIV05035D; August 23, 2022 16 • Jane Doe #15 (J.M.) 19CIV05035I; October 17, 2022 17 • Jane Doe #16 (T.R.) 19CIV05035D; August 26, 2022 18 19 • Jane Doe #18 (L.N.) 19CIV05035; February 10, 2023 20 II. UPDATED NOTICES OF ATTORNEY ADDRESS 21 Notwithstanding the above settlements, and that MEF is no longer involved in any of these 22 case, counsel for MEF provides the following updated addresses for its counsel of record, pursuant 23 to the Court’s request in Case Management Order #17: 24 RANDALL S. LUSKEY (SBN 240915) rluskey@paulweiss.com 25 PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 26 535 Mission Street, 24th Floor 27 San Francisco, CA 94105 Telephone: (628) 432-5112 28 Facsimile: (202) 204-7391 2990.000/1918342.1 2 DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS 1 ARPINE S. LAWYER (SBN 313671) 2 alawyer@paulweiss.com PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, 3 WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 4 2001 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 5 Telephone: (202) 223-7443 Facsimile: (202) 315-3407 6 OLIVER Q. DUNLAP (SBN 225566) 7 odunlap@bzbm.com 8 STEVE VIEUX (SBN 315133) svieux@bzbm.com 9 BARTKO ZANKEL BUNZEL & MILLER One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800 10 San Francisco, California 94111 11 Telephone:(415) 956-1900 Facsimile: (415) 956-1152 12 13 DATED: November 1, 2023 14 By: 15 Oliver Q. Dunlap Attorney for Defendant Massage Envy 16 Franchising, LLC 17 DATED: November 1, 2023 18 By: /s/ Randall S. Luskey 19 Randall S. Luskey Arpine S. Lawyer 20 Attorneys for Defendant Massage Envy Franchising, LLC 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2990.000/1918342.1 3 DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 Jane Doe #7 (D.G.), et al. v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC, et al. San Mateo Superior Court Case No. 19CIV00392H, et al. 3 At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. My 4 business address is One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94111. 5 On November 1, 2023, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as DEFENDANT MASSAGE ENVY FRANCHISING, LLC’S RESPONSE TO ORDER OF 6 OCTOBER 13, 2023, AND NOTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS on the interested parties in this action as follows: 7 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 8 BY E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION: I caused a copy of the 9 document(s) to be sent from e-mail address tingroff@bzbm.com to the persons at the e-mail addresses listed in the Service List. I did not receive, within a reasonable time after the 10 transmission, any electronic message or other indication that the transmission was unsuccessful. 11 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. 12 Executed on November 1, 2023, at San Francisco, California. 13 14 15 Terry Ingroff 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 SERVICE LIST Jane Doe #7 (D.G.), et al. v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC, et al. 2 3 Robert W. Thompson, Esq. Telephone: (650) 513-6111 Kristen A. Vierhaus, Esq. Facsimile : (650) 513-6071 4 TLO LAW, P.C. Email: bobby@tlopc.com 700 Airport Blvd., Suite 160 kris@tlopc.com 5 Burlingame, CA 94010 kat@tlopc.com 6 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 7 Brian D. Kent, Esq. Telephone: (215) 399-9255 V. Paul Bucci, II, Esq. Facsimile: (215) 241-8700 8 M. Stewart Ryan, Esq. Email: bkent@laffeybuccikent.com LAFFEY, BUCCI & KENT, LLP sryan@laffeybuccikent.com 9 1435 Walnut Street, Suite 700 pbucci@laffeybuccikent.com Philadelphia, PA 19102 stabassum@laffeybuccikent.com 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2