Greenberg v. Amazon.com Inc

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT SEATTLE ALVIN GREENBERG, MICHAEL NO. 2:21-CV-00898-RSL CHRISTINA KING, and RONNELL STIPULATED MOTION AND ROBERTSON, on behalf of themselves and ORDER RE STATE OF all others similarly situated, WASHINGTON’S INTERVENTION AS PLAINTIFF Plaintiffs, UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 5.1 AND 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b) and

Proposed Plaintiff- Intervenor,

v.

AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant. Pursuant to LCR 7(d)(1), the undersigned parties respectfully stipulate to Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenor the State of Washington’s intervention in the above-captioned matter, and the State of Washington respectfully requests that the Court grant intervention as a matter of right. Such intervention shall be for the limited purpose of defending the constitutionality of the Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA), RCW 19.86, as interpreted by the Washington Supreme Court in Greenberg, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 3 Wash. 3d 434, 553 P.3d 626 (2024). Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.’s Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) and Motion to Strike Class Allegations under Rule 12(f) (Dkt. 73), among other things, challenges the application of the CPA, as interpreted and applied by the Washington Supreme Court’s answer to this Court’s certified questions to Plaintiffs’ allegations in this case. See Dkt. 73 at 13 n.10. On November 21, 2024, Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. filed a notice of constitutional challenge. Dkt. 77. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.1(c) and 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b), the State “shall [be] permit[ted] . . . to intervene . . . on the question of constitutionality.” 28 U.S.C. § 2403(b). The parties are not requesting any alteration of dates previously set by the Court, but request the Court enter the following stipulated briefing schedule regarding the State’s substantive brief in opposition to Amazon’s Motion to Dismiss:  The State’s opposition brief shall be filed on or before January 29, 2025;  Replies by Plaintiffs and/or Amazon to the State’s brief, if any, shall be filed on or before February 26, 2025. DATED this 15th day of January, 2025. Attorney General

s/ Ben Brysacz BEN BRYSACZ, WSBA #54683 Assistant Attorney General 800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98104-3188 (206) 464-7744 Ben.Brysacz@atg.wa.gov Attorneys for Proposed Plaintiff-Intervenor State of Washington HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

/s Steve W. Berman (via email) STEVE W. BERMAN, WSBA #12536 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2000 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 623-7292 steve@hbsslaw.com

BEN HARRINGTON (pro hac vice) BENJAMIN SIEGEL (pro hac vice) John Michael Grant (pro hac vice forthcoming) 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300 Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 725-3000 benh@hbsslaw.com bens@hbsslaw.com john.grant@hbslaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs and the Proposed Class

s/ John Goldmark (via email) STEPHEN M. RUMMAGE, WSBA #11168 JOHN GOLDMARK, #40980 MARYANN T. ALMEIDA, WSBA #49086 NICK VALERA, WSBA #54220 CAITLYN G. COWAN, WSBA #62344 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 (206) 622-3150 steverummage@dwt.com johngoldmark@dwt.com maryyannalmeida@dwt.com nickvalera@dwt.com caitlyncowan@dwt.com JOHN D. FREED (pro hac vice) 50 California St., Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 276-6500 jakefreed@dwt.com CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP

RYAN SHORES (pro hac vice) NOWELL D. BAMBERGER (pro hac vice) 2112 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20057 (202) 974-1500 rshores@cgsh.com nbamberger@cgsh.com JENNIFER KENNEDY PARK (pro hac vice) MATTHEW YELOVICH (pro hac vice) 1841 Page Mill Road, Suite 250 Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 815-4100 jkpark@cgsh.com myelovich@cgsh.com

CHARITY E. LEE (pro hac vice) One Liberty Plaza New York, New York 10006 (212) 225-2000 charitylee@cgsh.com Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk of Court is directed to renote defendant’s motion to dismiss (Dkt. # 73) on the Court’s calendar for February 26, 2025. Dated this 16th day of January, 2025.

Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge