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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`IN RE ZOOM SECURITIES
`LITIGATION.
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`Case No. 20-cv-02353-JD
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`ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION
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`Drieu v. Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (No. 20-cv-02353-JD) and Brams v. Zoom
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`Video Communications, Inc. (No. 20-cv-02396-JD) are related putative class actions with
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`substantially similar allegations of securities fraud against Zoom Video Communications, Inc. and
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`two of its officers. The cases involve common questions of law and fact. Consequently, as has
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`been requested without opposition, the cases are consolidated for all purposes, including trial.
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a).
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`The cases are consolidated into the lowest-numbered case, No. 20-cv-02353-JD, which is
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`re-captioned as In re Zoom Securities Litigation. All filings must be made in that case. The other
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`case will be closed.
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`If a related action is subsequently filed in or transferred to this District, it will be
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`consolidated into this action for all purposes. This order will apply to every subsequently related
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`action without a further order of the Court. A party that objects to consolidation, or to any other
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`provision of this order, must file an application for relief from this order within ten (10) days after
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`the date on which the party’s counsel receives a copy of the order.
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`The parties must file a Notice of Related Cases pursuant to Civil Local Rule 3-12
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`whenever a case that should be consolidated into this action is filed in, or transferred to, this
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`Case 3:20-cv-02396-JD Document 15 Filed 05/18/20 Page 2 of 2
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`District. If the Court determines that the case is related, the Clerk of the Court will:
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`file a copy of this order in the separate file for such action;
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`serve on plaintiff’s counsel in the new case a copy of this order;
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`c. direct that this order be served upon defendants in the new case; and
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`d. make the appropriate entry in the master docket sheet (No. 20-cv-02353-JD).
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`If there are any disputes about whether a new action should be related to this consolidated
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`action, they must promptly be brought to the Court’s attention or any objection may be deemed
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`waived.
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`Pending appointment of a lead plaintiff under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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`(“PSLRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), and the filing of a consolidated amended complaint,
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`defendants do not need to respond to the current complaint. Defendants are not deemed to have
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`waived any defenses available to them under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any other
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`statute or common law.
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`Counsel are directed to file by May 29, 2020, a proposed schedule for appointment of lead
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`plaintiff, the filing of the consolidated complaint, and motion to dismiss briefing.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: May 18, 2020
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`JAMES DONATO
`United States District Judge
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