Thomson v. Russell Investment Management LLC

Opinion

1 Paul S. Padda 2 NV Bar No. 10417 PAUL PADDA LAW, PLLC 3 4560 South Decatur Blvd., Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89103 4 Tel: 702.366.1888 psp@paulpaddalaw.com 5

6 Paul J. Lukas, MN Bar No. 22084X* lukas@nka.com 7 Kai H. Richter, MN Bar No. 0296545* krichter@nka.com 8 Brock J. Specht, MN Bar No. 0388343* bspecht@nka.com 9 Benjamin J. Bauer, MN Bar No. 0398853* 10 bbauer@nka.com NICHOLS KASTER, PLLP 11 4700 IDS Center 80 S 8th Street 12 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Telephone: (612) 256-3200 13 Facsimile: (612) 338-4878 14 *admitted pro hac vice 15 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AND THE PROPOSED CLASS 16 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 18 MAGGIE THOMSON, as representative of a 19 class of similarly situated persons, and on Case No. 2:21-cv-00961-GMN-BNW behalf of the Caesars Entertainment 20 Corporation Savings & Retirement Plan, STIPULATION REGARDING SECOND 21 Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEADLINE TO ANSWER OR 22 v. OTHERWISE RESPOND

23 (FIRST REQUEST) RUSSELL INVESTMENTS TRUST INC., THE PLAN INVESTMENT 25 COMMITTEE, and THE 401(K) PLAN COMMITTEE. 26

27 Defendants. 28 1 Plaintiff Maggie Thomson, as representative of a class of similarly situated persons, and on 2 behalf of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation Savings & Retirement Plan, and Defendants 3 Russell Investments Trust Company, Caesars Holdings, Inc., the Plan Investment Committee, and 4 the 401(k) Plan Committee (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their undersigned counsel, 5 hereby stipulate and agree that Plaintiff Maggie Thomson, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B), 6 will file a Second Amended Complaint as of right on or before September 20, 2021 in response to 7 Defendants’ motions to dismiss. See Ramirez v. Cty. of San Bernardino, 806 F.3d 1002, 1006-1007 8 (9th Cir. 2015).1 The Parties further stipulate that the deadline for Defendants to answer or 9 otherwise respond to the Second Amended Complaint, which would otherwise be on October 4, 10 2021, shall be extended to October 20, 2021. Plaintiff avers that there is good cause to enter into 11 this stipulation to allow Plaintiff to address the issues raised in Defendants’ motions, and that this 12 stipulation is not made for purposes of delay. This is the first request for an extension of time to 13 respond to the anticipated Second Amended Complaint. 14 Accordingly, the Parties request that the Court approve this stipulation and grant Defendants 15 until October 20, 2021 to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, 16 which she will file on or before September 20, 2021. Defendants do not waive any defenses by 17 entering into this stipulation. 18

19 Dated: September 8, 2021 Dated: September 8, 2021

/s/ Benjamin J. Bauer /s/ Adam Hosmer-Henner 21 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 22 Brock J. Specht, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice) Jane Susskind, Esq., NSBN 15099 23 Benjamin J. Bauer, Esq. (admitted pro hac 100 West Liberty Street, 10th Floor vice) Reno, NV 89501 24 4700 IDS Center Telephone: (775) 788-2000 80 S. 8th Street 25 Minneapolis, MN 55402 MAYER BROWN LLP Telephone: (612) 256-3200 Nancy G. Ross (admitted pro hac vice) 26 Richard E. Nowak (admitted pro hac vice) 27 PAUL PADDA LAW, PLLC 71 South Wacker Drive

28 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 3 Attorneys for Plaintiff 401(k) Plan Committee 4 5 PARSONS, BEHLE & LATIMER 6 /s/ Michael R. Kealy Rew R. Goodenow, Esq. NSBN 3722 7 Michael R. Kealy, Esq. NSBN 971 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 750 8 Reno, NV 89501 9 Telephone: (775) 323-1601 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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Order 25 DATED: 10:18 am, September 09, 2021 26 Gu les Aree = \ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28