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NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY, 10-09198 JVS(RNBx)
JONATHAN A. SHAPIRO (257199) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel: (650) 858-6101 Fax: (650) 858-6100 jonathan.shapiro@wilmerhale.com
ANDREA J. ROBINSON (PRO HAC VICE) TIMOTHY J. PERLA (PRO HAC VICE) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Tel: (617) 526-6000 Fax: (617) 526-5000 andrea.robinson@wilmerhale.com timothy.perla@wilmerhale.com Attorneys for Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation, and DOES 1-50, Defendant.
Case No.: 10-09198 JVS(RNBx) NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY IN SUPPORT OF LSW’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION Judge: James Selna Date: September 10, 2012 Time: 1:30 PM Courtroom: 10C
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NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (“LSW”) respectfully
submits and brings to the attention of the Court and counsel supplemental authority that
was issued after LSW’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification was
filed.
Tucker v. Pacific Bell Mobile Services, 145 Cal.Rptr.3d 340 (Cal. App. 2012) was
decided on August 7, 2012, approximately three weeks after LSW’s Opposition was
filed. It is attached hereto as Exhibit A. This decision provides additional support for (1)
LSW’s contention that Plaintiffs’ fraud and UCL claims are not suitable for class
certification where there are individualized questions as to whether putative class
members were exposed to the alleged omissions in the first instance; (id. at 357-62) and
(2) LSW’s contention that the measure of damages used by Plaintiffs’ expert is not
appropriate under the UCL (id. at 363).
DATED: September 6, 2012 Respectfully submitted, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP By: /s/ Jonathan A. Shapiro
Jonathan A. Shapiro (257199) Andrea J. Robinson (pro hac vice) Timothy J. Perla (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest
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PROOF OF SERVICE
I am a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action. My business address is Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109. On September 6, 2012 I served the within document(s):
NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY
I placed the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Palo Alto, CA addressed as set forth below.
I personally caused to be emailed the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the address(es) set forth below.
I electronically filed the document(s) listed above via the CM/ECF system. I personally caused to be delivered by Facsimile the document(s) listed above to the person(s) at the facsimile number(s) set forth below. Brian P. Brosnahan Charles N. Freiberg Jacob Foster KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP 101 California Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 358-4278 Harvey R. Levine LEVINE & MILLER 550 West C. Street, Suite 1810 San Diego, CA 92101-8596 (619) 231-8638
/s/ Joel Fleming
Joel Fleming
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