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`Patricia L. Peden (SBN 206440)
`E-mail: ppeden@bwslaw.com
`Kristin E. Charbonnier (SBN 294919)
`E-mail: kcharbonnier@bwslaw.com
`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
`1901 Harrison Street, Suite 900
`Oakland, CA 94612-3501
`Tel: 510.273.8780 Fax: 510.839.9104
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
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`SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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`COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO — UNLIMITED JURISDICTION
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`XTPULSE, LLC, a Delaware Limited
`Liability Corporation,
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`Plaintiff,
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`D RELATED CROSS-ACTION
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`RUNSWICK CORPORATION,a Delaware
`orporation, and DOES1-25inclusive,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. CGC-18-571065
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`STIPULATION TO DISCOVERY
`REFEREE; AND
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`[PROPOSED] ORDER
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`Complaint Filed:
`Trial Date:
`Dept:
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`November2, 2018
`August 2, 2021
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`WHEREFORE,on March 23, 2021 the Court granted Nextpulse’s motion to appoint a
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`discovery referee and orderedthe parties to prepare a stipulation and proposed order including
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`specific procedures for recommendations, objections, and responses.
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`WHEREFORE Brunswick continuesto object to the use of a discovery referee but enters
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`this stipulation for the sole purpose of complying with the Court’s March 23, 2021 Order.
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`WHEREFORE,theparties agree that Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte (Ret.) of JAMS, Two
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`Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500, San Francisco, CA 94111, Telephone: 415-774-2611, SBN:
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`106670 will serve as discovery referee. Judge Laporte’s hourly rate is $800 per hour.
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`WHEREFORE,thereferee shall file with the court a report that includes a
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`recommendation on the merits of any disputed issue, a statementof the total hours spent and the
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`total fees charged bythe referee, and the referee’s recommendedallocation of payment. The
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`referee shall serve the report on all parties. Any party mayfile an objection to the referee’s report
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`or recommendations within 10 days after the referee serves andfiles the report. The objection shall
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`be served on the referee andall other parties. Responses to the objections shall befiled with the
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`court and served on the referee and all other parties within 10 days after the objection is served.
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`The court shall review any objectionsto the report and any responses submitted to those objections
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`and shall thereafter enter appropriate orders. Nothingin this section is intended to deprive the
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`court of its power to changethe termsofthe referee’s appointment or to modify or disregard the
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`referee’s recommendations, and this overriding power maybe exercised at anytime,either on the
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`motion of any party for good cause shown oron the court’s own motion.
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`IT IS HEREBY STIPULATEDbyand betweenthe Parties by and through their respective
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`attorneys of records, that Hon. Elizabeth Laporte (Ret.) will serve as discoveryreferee for the
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`above captioned matter underthe procedures specified in this Stipulation.
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`Dated: April 6, 2021
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`BURKE, WILLIAMS & SORENSEN, LLP
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`By: /s/ Patricia L. Peden
`Patricia L. Peden
`Kristin E. Charbonnier
`Attorneys for Defendant
`BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
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`By: /s/ David E. Marks
`David E. Marks
`Kathryn C. Curry
`Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant
`NEXTPULSE, LLC and Cross-Defendants
`NETPULSE,Inc. and THOMAS PROULX
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`16||Dated: April 6, 2021 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
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`By: /s/ Catherine Y. Liu
`Catherine Y. Lui
`Andrew K. Davidson
`Attorneys for Cross-Defendant
`EGYM,INC.
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`After considering the parties stipulation, the Court findsthat:
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`. Hon. Elizabeth Laporte (Ret.) will serve as discovery referee; and
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`. Pursuant to CCP section 643, the referee shall file with the court a report that includes a
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`recommendation on the merits of any disputed issue, a statementof the total hours spent
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`and the total fees charged by the referee, and the referee’s recommendedallocation of
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`payment. The referee shall serve the report onall parties. Any party mayfile an objection
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`to the referee’s report or recommendations within 10 days after the referee servesandfiles
`the report. The objection shall be served on the referee andall other parties. Responsesto
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`the objectionsshall be filed with the court and served on the referee andall other parties
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`within 10 days after the objection is served. The court shall review any objectionsto the
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`report and any responses submitted to those objections and shall thereafter enter
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`appropriate orders. Nothing in this section is intended to deprive the court ofits power to
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`changethe termsofthe referee’s appointmentor to modify or disregard the referee’s
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`recommendations, and this overriding power may be exercised at any time, either on the
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`motion of any party for good cause shown oron the court’s own motion.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`THE HON. Andrew Y.S. Cheng
`JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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