Liss v. Lenovo United States Inc

1 The Honorable Jamal N. Whitehead 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 9 GIAUNIE HENDRIX, individually and on 10 behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 2:25-cv-01663-JNW 11 Plaintiff, STIPULATED MOTION AND 12 v. [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR CONSOLIDATION AND FILING 13 LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., OF CONSOLIDATED AMENDED COMPLAINT 14 Defendant. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: 15 November 6, 2025 16 STEPHEN LISS and JOSHUA TAYLOR, on No. 3:25-cv-05840-JNW 17 their own behalf and on behalf of others similarly situated, STIPULATED MOTION AND 18 [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR Plaintiffs, CONSOLIDATION AND FILING 19 OF CONSOLIDATED AMENDED v. COMPLAINT 20 LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: 21 November 6, 2025 Defendant. 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 STIPULATED MOTION 2 Pursuant to Local Civil Rules 7(d)(1), 10(g) and 42(b), and Federal Rules of Civil 3 Procedure 6 and 42, the Parties stipulate and agree as follows: 4 1. The above-captioned proposed class actions (“Hendrix” and “Liss/Taylor”) each 5 allege claims against Lenovo (United States) Inc. (“Lenovo”) based on Lenovo’s alleged 6 violations of the Commercial Electronic Mail Act and Consumer Protection Act. See Hendrix, 7 Dkt. 1-2 (“Hendrix Compl.”); Liss/Taylor, Dkt. 1-1 (“Liss/Taylor Compl.”). 8 2. Both cases are putative class actions with overlapping classes. Hendrix Compl. 9 ¶ 47 (defining putative class as “all Washington residents who received promotional emails from 10 Lenovo with subject lines advertising sales or discounts on Lenovo Products”); Liss/Taylor 11 Compl. ¶ 92 (defining putative class as “[a]ll Washington citizens holding an email address to 12 which Defendant sent or caused to be sent any email listed in Exhibit A during the Class 13 Period.”). Exhibit A to the Liss/Taylor Complaint lists alleged promotional emails from Lenovo 14 with subject lines purportedly advertising sales or discounts on Lenovo products. Liss/Taylor 15 Compl., Ex. A. 16 3. Recognizing the similarities between the cases, Lenovo filed notices of related 17 case in both Hendrix and Liss/Taylor pursuant to LCR 3(g). See Hendrix Dkt. 15; Liss/Taylor 18 Dkt. 14. 19 4. Counsel for Lenovo and counsel for the Plaintiffs in both Hendrix and Liss/Taylor 20 have conferred about consolidating the two actions. The Parties agree that consolidation of the 21 Hendrix and Liss/Taylor actions is appropriate because the actions involve materially similar 22 factual and legal allegations and consolidation will result in substantial efficiencies in managing 23 both cases. See In re Valve Antitrust Litig., 2024 WL 5009034, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 6, 2024) 24 (finding “that given the sole defendant and overlapping factual and legal issues, consolidation 25 will promote judicial economy, ensure consistent results, and streamline matters overall” and 26 consolidating cases); Doe v. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Ctr., 2024 WL 69881, at *1 (W.D. Wash. 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Jan. 5, 2024) (“Consolidation is appropriate [where] … the [two] actions present common 2 questions of law and fact and there are substantial efficiencies to be gained.”). 3 5. Because consolidation will require the filing of a consolidated amended 4 complaint, the Parties have discussed and agreed upon a schedule for filing the consolidated 5 amended complaint. 6 6. Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate and agree as follows, subject to the 7 Court’s approval: 8 • The Hendrix and Liss/Taylor actions shall be consolidated under the earlier- 9 filed Hendrix case number; 10 • Plaintiffs shall file a consolidated amended complaint within 30 days of the 11 Court’s order granting this stipulation to consolidate; and 12 • The parties request that the Court issue an Amended Initial Scheduling Order 13 following any order granting this stipulation to consolidate, to allow for the 14 filing of the consolidated amended complaint before the initial case deadlines. 15 7. The Parties have previously sought and obtained prior extensions of time in these 16 matters. The deadline for Lenovo to respond to the consolidated amended complaint and 17 associated briefing schedule for any responsive motion will be addressed by later stipulation of 18 the Parties. 19 20 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 DATED this 6th day of November, 2025. 2 DOVEL & LUNER, LLP DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 3 By: s/ Jonas B. Jacobson By s/ Lauren B. Rainwater* 4 Jonas B. Jacobson, WSBA #62890 Lauren B. Rainwater, WSBA #43625 Martin Brenner, pro hac vice Rachel Herd, WSBA #50339 5 201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600 Caleah N. Whitten, WSBA #60209 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Katie Chan, WSBA #56970 6 Tel.: 310-656-7066 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 E-mail: jonas@dovel.com Seattle, WA 98104-1610 7 E-mail: martin@dovel.com Telephone: 206-622-3150 8 E-mail: laurenrainwater@dwt.com BARG SINGER HOESLY PC E-mail: rachelherd@dwt.com 9 Cody Hoesly, WSBA #41190 E-mail: caleahwhitten@dwt.com 121 SW Morrison St., Suite 600 E-mail: katiechan@dwt.com 10 Portland, OR 97204 Tel.: 503-241-3311 Attorneys for Defendant 11 E-mail: choesly@bargsinger.com Lenovo (United States) Inc. 12 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff Giaunie Hendrix *I certify that this memorandum contains 495 words, in compliance with the Local 14 Civil Rules. 15 SMITH & DIETRICH LAW OFFICES PLLC 16 17 By: s/ Walter Smith Walter Smith, WSBA #46695 18 1226 State Avenue, N.E., Suite 205 Olympia, WA 98506 19 Telephone: 360-915-6952 20 walter@smithdietrich.com 21 STRAUSS BORRELLI, LLP Samuel J. Strauss, WSBA #46971 22 Raina C. Borrelli, pro hac vice forthcoming 23 980 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1610 Chicago, IL 60611 24 sam@straussborrelli.com raina@straussborrelli.com 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER COHENMALAD, LLP 1 Lynn A. Toops, pro hac vice Natalie A. Lyons, pro hac vice 2 Ian R. Bensberg, pro hac vice forthcoming 3 One Indiana Square, Suite 1400 Indianapolis, IN 46204 4 ltoops@cohenmalad.com nlyons@cohenmalad.com 5 ibensberg@cohenmalad.com 6 STRANCH, JENNINGS & GARVEY, PLLC 7 J. Gerard Stranch, IV, pro hac vice forthcoming Michael C. Tackeff, pro hac vice 8 223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37203 9 gstranch@stranchlaw.com 10 mtackeff@stranchlaw.com 11 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Stephen Liss and Joshua Taylor 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 2 Pursuant to the Parties’ above stipulated motion, the Court Orders that: 3 • Hendrix v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 2:25-cv-01663-JNW be 4 consolidated with Liss v. Lenovo (United States) Inc., Case No. 3:25-cv-05840- 5 JNW (the “Consolidated Action”); 6 7 • Plaintiffs in Hendrix and Liss/Taylor are granted 30 days from the date of entry of 8 this order to file a consolidated amended complaint; and 9 • The deadlines in the Initial Scheduling Orders, Hendrix Dkt. 18 and Liss Dkt. 19, 10 are hereby vacated. The Court will separately enter an Amended Initial 11 Scheduling Order. 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED this 25th day of November 2025. 14 A 15 16 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge 17 18 19 Presented by: 20 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 21 Lauren B. Rainwater, WSBA #43625 Rachel Herd, WSBA #50339 22 Caleah N. Whitten, WSBA #60209 Katie Chan, WSBA #56970 23 920 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300 24 Seattle, WA 98104-1610 Telephone: 206-622-3150 25 E-mail: laurenrainwater@dwt.com E-mail: rachelherd@dwt.com 26 E-mail: caleahwhitten@dwt.com E-mail: katiechan@dwt.com 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Attorneys for Defendant Lenovo (United States) Inc. 2 3 BARG SINGER HOESLY PC 4 Cody Hoesly, WSBA #41190 121 SW Morrison St., Suite 600 5 Portland, OR 97204 Tel.: 503-241-3311 6 E-mail: choesly@bargsinger.com 7 DOVEL & LUNER, LLP 8 Jonas B. Jacobson, WSBA #62890 Martin Brenner, pro hac vice 9 201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600 10 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Tel.: 310-656-7066 11 E-mail: jonas@dovel.com E-maill: martin@dovel.com 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff Giaunie Hendrix 13 14 15 SMITH & DIETRICH LAW OFFICES PLLC Walter Smith, WSBA #46695 16 1226 State Avenue, N.E., Suite 205 Olympia, WA98506 17 Telephone: 360-915-6952 18 walter@smithdietrich.com 19 STRAUSS BORRELLI, LLP Samuel J. Strauss, WSBA #46971 20 Raina C. Borrelli, pro hac vice forthcoming 980 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1610 21 Chicago, IL 60611 22 sam@straussborrelli.com raina@straussborrelli.com 23 COHENMALAD, LLP 24 Lynn A. Toops, pro hac vice Natalie A. Lyons, pro hac vice 25 Ian R. Bensberg, pro hac vice forthcoming 26 One Indiana Square, Suite 1400 Indianapolis, IN 46204 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ltoops@cohenmalad.com 1 nlyons@cohenmalad.com ibensberg@cohenmalad.com 2 3 STRANCH, JENNINGS & GARVEY, PLLC J. Gerard Stranch, IV, pro hac vice forthcoming 4 Michael C. Tackeff, pro hac vice 223 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Suite 200 5 Nashville, TN 37203 gstranch@stranchlaw.com 6 mtackeff@stranchlaw.com 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 Stephen Liss and Joshua Taylor 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 STIPULATED MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER