Defendants_opposition_to_plaintiffs_motion_to_strike_andor_tax_costs

Opposition

Cal. Super. - 1st Dist.January 11, 2018

~N O Y B A W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOHN W. SPIEGEL (SBN 78935) john.spiegel @mto.com ROBERT L. DELL ANGELO (SBN 160409) robert.dellangelo@mto.com JOHN M. GILDERSLEEVE (SBN 284618) john.gildersleeve@mto.com MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 350 South Grand Avenue, 50th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071-3426 Telephone: (213) 683-9100 Facsimile: (213) 687-3702 Attorneys for Defendants Andy D. Bryant, Brian M. Krzanich, Robert H. Swan, Charlene Barshefsky, Aneel Bhusri, Reed E. Hundt, Omar Ishrak, Tsu-Jae King Liu, David S. Pottruck, Gregory D. Smith, Andrew Wilson, Frank D. Yeary, and David B. Yoffie PAUL J. COLLINS (SBN 187709) pcollins @gibsondunn.com GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1881 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304-1211 Telephone: (650) 849-5309 Facsimile: (650) 849-5009 Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Intel Corporation Electronically by Supenor Court of California, County of San Mateo ON 7/20/2020 By [/s/WaiShanlee Deputy Clerk SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN MATEO IN RE INTEL CORPORATION SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION This Document Relates To: ALL ACTIONS. 45164219.2 Lead Case No. 18-CIV-00170 DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR TAX COSTS [DECLARATION OF ROBERT L. DELL ANGELO FILED SEPARATELY] Judge: Hon. Richard H. DuBois Dept.: 16 Date: July 31, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR TAX COSTS ~N O Y B A W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs move to strike or tax costs on two grounds. Both grounds fail. First, Plaintiffs argue that the costs were not identified. Plaintiffs note that “while supporting documentation is not required to be filed with the cost memorandum, once an item is properly objected to and put at issue, the burden of proof shifts to the party claiming it as cost to show that it is reasonable and necessary.” Plts.” Mot. at 5 (citing Ladas v. Cal. St. Auto. Ass’n, 19 Cal. App. 4th 761 (1993)). Defendants have met their burden through the Declaration of Robert L. Dell Angelo, which itemizes each cost incurred. The costs are all recoverable and consist of: (i) first appearance fees for the multiple derivative actions Plaintiffs filed in the Court’s complex division before consolidation; and (i1) filing fees for motion practice. These costs are recoverable because each defendant was required to pay the fee. See Townzen v. County of El Dorado, 64 Cal. App. 4th 1350, 1352, 1357- 58 (1998) (holding that 11 separately named defendants were each entitled to recover as costs their first appearance fees, even though they filed joint legal briefs, because the law requires that each defendant pay the first appearance fee); see also G.R. v. Intelligator, 185 Cal. App. 4th 606, 620 (2010) (rejecting argument that first appearance fees are not recoverable as costs); Slavin v. Fink, 25 Cal. App. 4th 722, 725 (1994) (affirming award of first appearance fee as a recoverable cost, while taxing other claimed costs). Second, Plaintiffs argue that the “Court has the power to disallow costs even if allowable as a matter of right, if they were not reasonably necessary.” Plts.” Mot. at 5 (citing Perko’s Enters., Inc. v. RRNS Enters., 4 Cal. App. 4th 238, 244 (1992)). Perko’s is inapposite. In that case, the prevailing defendant incurred costs unnecessarily after it already had prevailed. The plaintiff brought an ex parte application; defense counsel appeared and objected at a hearing on the application and it was denied; and the defendant then filed an opposition to the already- denied application and incurred a filing fee of $415. The court in Perko’s remanded for the trial court to determine whether the filing fee was reasonable and necessary. Here, Defendants’ costs were undoubtedly reasonable and necessary. Defendants were required to pay first appearance fees. And Defendants incurred filing fees for demurrers filed in advance of hearings on those demurrers, not (as in Perko’s) after orders sustaining them. 451642192 P= OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR TAX COSTS A N nn Bk W N 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Plaintiffs’ motion to strike or tax costs should be denied in full. DATED: July 20, 2020 DATED: July 20, 2020 451642192 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP By: /s/ Robert L. Dell Angelo ROBERT L. DELL ANGELO Attorneys for Defendants Andy D. Bryant, Brian M. Krzanich, Robert H. Swan, Charlene Barshefsky, Aneel Bhusri, Reed E. Hundt, Omar Ishrak, Tsu-Jae King Liu, David S. Pottruck, Gregory D. Smith, Andrew Wilson, Frank D. Yeary, and David B. Yoffie GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP By: /s/ Paul J. Collins PAUL J. COLLINS Attorneys for Nominal Defendant Intel Corporation 3. OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR TAX COSTS A N nn Bk W N 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES At the time of service, I was over 18 years of age and not a party to this action. I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. My business address is 350 South Grand Avenue, Fiftieth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-3426. On July 20, 2020, I served true copies of the following document(s) described as DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STRIKE AND/OR TAX COSTS on the interested parties in this action as follows: SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: I electronically filed the document(s) with the Clerk of the Court by using the Court’s approved E-filing provider One Legal. Participants in this case are listed in the E-Service list through One Legal. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on July 20, 2020, at Los Angeles, California. Is] Denise Olguin Denise Olguin 42491666.1 2 PROOF OF SERVICE ~N O Y B A W 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Joseph Tola, Derivatively on behalf of Intel Corporation v. Andy D. Bryant, et al. Case No. 18-CIV-00170 MARK C. MOLUMPHY Counsel for Plaintiff Joseph Tola STEPHANIE D. BIEHL COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 Burlingame, CA 94010 mmolumphy @cpmlegal.com asummer @cpmlegal.com sbiehl @cpmlegal.com Robert B. Weiser Counsel for Plaintiff Joseph Tola Brett D. Stecker James M. Ficaro THE WEISER LAW FIRM, P.C. 22 Cassatt Avenue Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312 Telephone: (610) 225-2677 Facsimile: (610) 408-8062 rw @weiserlawfirm.com bds @weiserlawfirm.com jmf@weiserlawfirm.com RM Law, P.C. Richard A. Maniskas 1055 Westlakes Dr., Suite 300 Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312 Telephone: (484) 324-6800 Facsimile: (484) 631-1305 rmaniskas @rmclasslaw.com FRANCIS A. BOTTINI, JR. Counsel for Plaintiff Joanne Bicknese ALBERT Y. CHANG and Jaci Haas YURY A. KOLESNIKOV BOTTINI & BOTTINI 7817 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 102 La Jolla, California 92037 Tel: (858) 914-2001 fbottini @bottinilaw.com achang @bottinilaw.com ykolesnikov@bottinilaw.com FRANK J. JOHNSON Counsel for Plaintiff Michael Kellogg PHONG L. TRAN KRISTEN O’CONNOR JOHNSON FISTEL, LLP 600 West Broadway, Suite 1540 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 230-0063 Frank] @J ohnsonFistel.com Phong T@JohnsonFistel.com KristenO @JohnsonFistel.com 42491666.1 3 PROOF OF SERVICE A N nn Bk W N 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARC G. REICH ADAM T. HOOVER REICH RADCLIFF & HOOVER LLP 4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 550 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Telephone: (949) 975-0512 mgr@reichradcliffe.com adhoover@reichradcliffe.com EDWARD W. MILLER LIFSHITZ & MILLER 821 Franklin Avenue, Suite 209 Garden City, NY 11530 Telephone: (516) 493-9780 edmilleresq@aol.com PAUL J. COLLINS GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1881 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94303 Telephone: (650) 849-5300 pcollins @ gibsondunn.com 42491666.1 Counsel for Jeffrey Lockwood Counsel for Nominal Defendant Intel Corporation PROOF OF SERVICE