The opinion
1 HON. JOHN C. COUGHENOUR
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WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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10 Wolfire Games, LLC, Sean Colvin, Susann
Davis, Daniel Escobar, William Herbert,
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Stephens, individually and on behalf of all
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13 Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-00563-JCC
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15 Valve Corporation,
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17 DARK CATT STUDIOS HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation, and DARK CATT Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-00872-JCC
18 STUDIOS INTERACTIVE LLC, an Illinois
limited liability company, on behalf of STIPULATED MOTION TO
19 themselves and all others similarly situated, CONSOLIDATE RELATED ACTIONS
UNDER LOCAL CIVIL RULE 42
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NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: July 22,
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Pursuant to Local Civil Rule (“LCR”) 42(a), Plaintiffs Wolfire Games, LLC, Dark Catt
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Studios Holdings, Inc., Dark Catt Studios Interactive LLC, William Herbert, Daniel Escobar, Sean
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Colvin, Everett Stephens, Ryan Lally, Susann Davis, and Hope Marchionda (collectively
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“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Valve Corporation (collectively with Plaintiffs, the “Parties”)
1 respectfully submit this Stipulated Motion to Consolidate Related Actions and for Leave to File a
2 Consolidated Amended Complaint.
3 This Stipulated Motion seeks to consolidate two related actions currently pending in this
4 Court: Wolfire Games et al. v. Valve Corporation, Case No. 2:21-cv-00563-JCC (W.D. Wash.)
5 (“Wolfire”), and Dark Catt Studios et al. v. Valve Corporation, Case No. 2:21-cv-00872-JCC
6 (W.D. Wash.) (“Dark Catt”).
7 The Wolfire and Dark Catt actions involve claims asserted on behalf of overlapping
8 putative classes regarding allegedly anticompetitive conduct against the same Defendant.
9 Consolidating the cases under LCR 42 will promote efficiency and conserve judicial resources, as
10 well as the Parties’ resources.
11 IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED AND AGREED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF
12 RECORD, THAT:
13 The Court should consolidate the Dark Catt action into the lower-numbered Wolfire action,
14 under the master caption In re Valve Antitrust Litigation; and
15 If the Court consolidates the Wolfire and Dark Catt cases, Plaintiffs will file a single
16 consolidated complaint in the consolidated action on behalf of game publishers by August 26,
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18 Plaintiffs having further stated an intention not to add to any consolidated complaint any
19 substantively new allegations that were not previously included in either the Wolfire or Dark Catt
20 complaints, and recognizing that certain of the claims in the Wolfire complaint were dismissed
21 with prejudice, but seeking to preserve the appeal rights as to those allegations, IT IS
22 THEREFORE FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED THAT:
23 Pursuant to established law in this Circuit, Plaintiffs do not intend to include in any
24 consolidated complaint those claims dismissed with prejudice in the Wolfire action (Wolfire Dkt.
25 No. 80), but expressly state their intent to preserve their right to appeal the dismissal of those
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1 See, e.g., Lacey v. Maricopa Cnty., 693 F.3d 896, 928 (9th Cir. 2012) (“For claims dismissed
1 DATED July 22, 2022.
2 /s/ Alicia Cobb /s/ Stephanie L. Jensen
Alicia Cobb, WSBA #48685 Stephanie L. Jensen, WSBA #42042
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &
SULLIVAN, LLP ROSATI P.C.
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1109 First Avenue, Suite 210 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
Seattle, Washington 98101 Seattle, WA 98104-7036
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Phone (206) 905-7000 Phone (206) 883-2500
Fax (206) 905-7100 Fax (206) 883-2699
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aliciacobb@quinnemanuel.com sjensen@wsgr.com
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Steig D. Olson (pro hac vice) Kenneth R. O’Rourke (pro hac vice)
David LeRay (pro hac vice) Scott A. Sher (pro hac vice)
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & Allison B. Smith (pro hac vice)
SULLIVAN, LLP WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &
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51 Madison Avenue ROSATI, P.C.
New York, New York 10010 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 500
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Phone (212) 849-7231 Washington, DC 20006
Fax (212) 849-7100 Phone (202) 973-8800
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steigolson@quinnemanuel.com Fax (202) 973-8899
korourke@wsgr.com
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Adam Wolfson (pro hac vice) ssher@wsgr.com
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & allison.smith@wsgr.com
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SULLIVAN, LLP
865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor W. Joseph Bruckner (pro hac vice)
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Los Angeles, California 90017 Joseph C. Bourne (pro hac vice)
Phone (213) 443-3285 LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
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Fax (213) 443-3100 100 Washington Avenue S, Suite 2200
adamwolfson@quinnemanuel.com Minneapolis, MN 55401
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Phone (612) 339-6900
Charles Stevens (pro hac vice) Fax (612) 339-0981
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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & wjbruckner@locklaw.com
SULLIVAN, LLP jcbourne@locklaw.com
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50 California St., 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Phone (415) 875-6600
Fax (415) 875-6700
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charliestevens@quinnemanuel.com /s/ Gavin W. Skok
21 David Golden (pro hac vice) Gavin W. Skok, WSBA #29766
CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
22 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., 22nd Floor 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 4500
Washington, D.C. 20004 Seattle, WA 98154
23 Phone (202) 204-4527 Telephone: (206) 624-3600
Fax (202) 204-3501 Fax: (206) 389-1708
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with prejudice and without leave to amend, we will not require that they be repled in a
27 subsequent amended complaint to preserve them for appeal.”); see also Vien-Phuong Thi Ho v.
Reconstruct Co., NA, 858 F.3d 568, 577 (9th Cir. 2017).
1 A. Owen Glist (pro hac vice) MONTGOMERY McCRACKEN WALKER
Ankur Kapoor (pro hac vice) & RHOADS LLP
2 Jeffrey I. Shinder (pro hac vice) 1735 Market Street, 21st Floor
CONSTANTINE CANNON LLP Philadelphia, PA 19103
3 335 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor Phone (215) 772-1500
New York, NY 10017 ccasper@mmwr.com
4 Phone (212) 350-2700
Fax (212) 350-2701 Attorneys for Defendant Valve Corporation
5 oglist@constantinecannon.com
6 Proposed Interim Co-Lead Counsel
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Kenneth J. Rubin (pro hac vice)
Timothy B. McGranor (pro hac vice)
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Kara M. Mundy (pro hac vice)
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND
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PEASE LLP
52 East Gay Street
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Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone (614) 464-6400
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Fax (614) 719-4796
kjrubin@vorys.com
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tbmcgranor@vorys.com
kmmundy@vorys.com
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Thomas N. McCormick (pro hac vice)
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VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND
PEASE LLP
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4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 700
Newport Beach, California 92660
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Phone (949) 526-7903 ǀ Fax (949) 383-2384
tnmccormick@vorys.com
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Proposed Interim Executive Committee
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1 It is so ORDERED this 22nd day of July 2022.
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I hereby certify that on July 22, 2022, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing to
3 be filed in this Court’s CM/ECF system, which sent notification of such filing to counsel of
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5 DATED July 22, 2022.
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/s/ Alicia Cobb
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