Thomson v. Russell Investment Management LLC

1 Paul S. Padda NV Bar No. 10417 PAUL PADDA LAW, PLLC 4560 South Decatur Blvd., Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89103 Tel: 702.366.1888 [email protected] Paul J. Lukas, MN Bar No. 22084X* [email protected] Kai H. Richter, MN Bar No. 0296545* [email protected] Brock J. Specht, MN Bar No. 0388343* [email protected] Benjamin J. Bauer, MN Bar No. 0398853* [email protected] NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP 4700 IDS Center S 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 256-3200 Facsimile: (612) 338-4878 *admitted pro hac vice ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND THE PROPOSED CLASS 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA MAGGIE THOMSON, as representative of a class of similarly situated persons, and on Case No. 2:21-cv-00961-GMN-BNW behalf of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation Savings & Retirement Plan, STIPULATION REGARDING SECOND Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEADLINE TO ANSWER OR v. OTHERWISE RESPOND (FIRST REQUEST) RUSSELL INVESTMENTS TRUST COMPANY, CAESARS HOLDINGS, INC., THE PLAN INVESTMENT COMMITTEE, and THE 401(K) PLAN COMMITTEE.

Defendants.

Plaintiff Maggie Thomson, as representative of a class of similarly situated persons, and on behalf of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation Savings & Retirement Plan, and Defendants Russell Investments Trust Company, Caesars Holdings, Inc., the Plan Investment Committee, and the 401(k) Plan Committee (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree that Plaintiff Maggie Thomson, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B), will file a Second Amended Complaint as of right on or before September 20, 2021 in response to Defendants’ motions to dismiss. See Ramirez v. Cty. of San Bernardino, 806 F.3d 1002, 1006-1007 (9th Cir. 2015).1 The Parties further stipulate that the deadline for Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the Second Amended Complaint, which would otherwise be on October 4, 2021, shall be extended to October 20, 2021. Plaintiff avers that there is good cause to enter into this stipulation to allow Plaintiff to address the issues raised in Defendants’ motions, and that this stipulation is not made for purposes of delay. This is the first request for an extension of time to respond to the anticipated Second Amended Complaint.

Accordingly, the Parties request that the Court approve this stipulation and grant Defendants until October 20, 2021 to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, which she will file on or before September 20, 2021. Defendants do not waive any defenses by entering into this stipulation.

19 Dated: September 8, 2021 Dated: September 8, 2021 NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP MCDONALD CARANO LLP /s/ Benjamin J. Bauer /s/ Adam Hosmer-Henner Paul J. Lukas, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Adam Hosmer-Henner, Esq., NSBN. 12779 Kai H. Richter, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Chelsea Latino, Esq., NBSN 14227 Brock J. Specht, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Jane Susskind, Esq., NSBN 15099 Benjamin J. Bauer, Esq. (admitted pro hac 100 West Liberty Street, 10th Floor vice) Reno, NV 89501 4700 IDS Center Telephone: (775) 788-2000 S. 8th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 MAYER BROWN LLP Telephone: (612) 256-3200 Nancy G. Ross (admitted pro hac vice) Richard E. Nowak (admitted pro hac vice) PAUL PADDA LAW, PLLC 71 South Wacker Drive 1 I Paul S. Padda, Esq. Chicago, IL 60606 4560 South Decatur Blvd., Suite 300 Telephone: (312) 701-8788 2 Las Vegas, NV 89103 Attorneys for Defendant Caesars Holdings, Telephone: (702) 366-1888 Inc., the Plan Investment Committee, and the Attorneys for Plaintiff 401(k) Plan Committee 5 PARSONS, BEHLE & LATIMER 6 /s/ Michael R. Kealy Rew R. Goodenow, Esq. NSBN 3722 7 Michael R. Kealy, Esq. NSBN 971 West Liberty Street, Suite 750 8 Reno, NV 89501 9 Telephone: (775) 323-1601 10 MILBANK LLP Sean Murphy, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 11 Robert Hora, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Vanessa Gonzalez-Ahmed, Esq. (admitted 12 pro hac vice) B Maria Esperanza Ortiz, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) 14 55 Hudson Yards New York, NY 10001 15 Telephone: (212) 530-5000 Attorneys for Defendant Russell Investments 16 Trust Company 23 Order 24 IT ISSO ORDERED 25 DATED: 10:18 am, September 09, 2021 26 Gu les Aree = \ 27 BRENDA WEKSLER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE