Liqwd, Inc. et al v. L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al

MOTION to Bifurcate -

D. Del.January 18, 2019

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE LIQWD, INC. and OLAPLEX LLC, Plaintiffs, v. L’ORÉAL USA, INC., L’ORÉAL USA PRODUCTS, INC, L’ORÉAL USA S/D, INC., and REDKEN 5TH AVENUE NYC, L.L.C., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) C. A. No. 17-14 (JFB) (SRF) PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO BIFURCATE Plaintiffs Liqwd, Inc. and Olaplex LLC hereby move to bifurcate (the “Motion”) seven out of the eleven Counterclaims (the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, and Eleventh) filed in this case by Defendants L’Oréal USA, Inc., L’Oréal USA Products, Inc., L’Oréal USA S/D, Inc., and Redken 5th Avenue NYC, LLC. The grounds for the Motion are set forth in Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief in Support of Motion to Bifurcate filed contemporaneously herewith. Case 1:17-cv-00014-JFB-SRF Document 616 Filed 01/18/19 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 33445 - 2 - OF COUNSEL: Joseph M. Paunovich Ali Moghaddas QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 443-3000 Adam J. DiClemente QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 (212) 849 7000 Matthew K. Blackburn DIAMOND MCCARTHY LLP 150 California Street, Suite 2200 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 692-5202 MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Anthony D. Raucci Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Jeremy A. Tigan (#5239) Anthony D. Raucci (#5948) 1201 North Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9200 jblumenfeld@mnat.com jtigan@mnat.com araucci@mnat.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs January 18, 2019 Case 1:17-cv-00014-JFB-SRF Document 616 Filed 01/18/19 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 33446 RULE 7.1.1 CERTIFICATION Pursuant to D. Del. Local Rule 7.1.1, Delaware counsel for Olaplex discussed the foregoing motion with Delaware counsel for L’Oréal in several phone calls over the course of the past week. To date, L’Oréal has not provided its position on the motion. In the event L’Oréal consents to the motion, in part or otherwise, Olaplex will promptly update the Court. /s/ Anthony D. Raucci Anthony D. Raucci (#5948) Case 1:17-cv-00014-JFB-SRF Document 616 Filed 01/18/19 Page 3 of 4 PageID #: 33447 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 18, 2019, I caused the foregoing to be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will send notification of such filing to all registered participants. I further certify that I caused copies of the foregoing document to be served on January 18, 2019 upon the following in the manner indicated: Frederick L. Cottrell, Esquire Jeffrey L. Moyer, Esquire Jason J. Rawnsley, Esquire Katharine Lester Mowery, Esquire RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, PA One Rodney Square 920 North King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Defendants VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Dennis S. Ellis, Esquire Katherine Murray, Esquire Adam M. Reich, Esquire PAUL HASTINGS LLP 515 South Flower Street, 25th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Attorneys for Defendants VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Naveen Modi, Esquire Joseph E. Palys, Esquire Daniel Zeilberger, Esquire PAUL HASTINGS LLP 875 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Attorneys for Defendants VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Scott F. Peachman, Esquire PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 Attorneys for Defendants VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL /s/ Anthony D. Raucci Anthony D. Raucci (#5948) Case 1:17-cv-00014-JFB-SRF Document 616 Filed 01/18/19 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 33448