1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER LLP (US) S A N FR A N C I S C O LUANNE SACKS, Bar No. 120811 luanne.sacks@dlapiper.com CARTER W. OTT, Bar No. 221660 carter.ott@dlapiper.com DLA PIPER LLP (US) 555 Mission Street, Suite 2400 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel: 415.836.2500 Fax: 415.836.2501 Attorneys for Defendant SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION In re SONY PS3 "OTHER OS" LITIGATION CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811-RS (EMC) NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING [CIVIL L.R. 3-13] JAMES ALLEE, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC, Defendant. CASE NO. 4:10-CV-05179-DMR WEST\222859734.1 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811-RGS CASE NO. 4:10-CV-05179-DMR CASE NO. 3:10-CV-5224-EDL -1-  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER LLP (US) S A N FR A N C I S C O JAMES GIRARDI, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, LLC, Defendant. CASE NO. 10-CV-5224-EDL TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following pending actions before this District involve all or a material part of the same subject matter and all or substantially all of the same parties: In re Sony PS3 "Other OS" Litigation, Case No. 10-CV-01811, filed on July 30, 2010, pending in this District. Allee, et al. v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Case No. 10-CV05179, filed on July 28, 2010 in the State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court of Milwaukee County; removed by defendant Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC ("SCEA") to the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, on August 27, 2010; and transferred to this District on November 10, 2010. Girardi, et al. v. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Case No. 10-CV5224, filed on November 17, 2010, pending in this District. The three aforementioned cases are putative class actions against SCEA alleging that a software update, Firmware Update 3.21, to the PlayStation®3 game console ("PS3") renders certain ///// ///// ///// ///// ///// -2WEST\222859734.1 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811-RS CASE NO. 4:10-CV-05179-DMR CASE NO. 10-CV-5224-EDL  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DLA PIPER LLP (US) S A N FR A N C I S C O features inoperable, that SCEA engaged in improper business practices related to this software update and the PS3s, and that as a result, each named plaintiff suffered damages. Dated: December 17, 2010 DLA PIPER LLP (US) By /s/ Carter Ott CARTER W. OTT Attorneys for Defendant Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC -3WEST\222859734.1 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF OTHER ACTION OR PROCEEDING CASE NO. 3:10-CV-01811-RS CASE NO. 4:10-CV-05179-DMR CASE NO. 10-CV-5224-EDL