Rambus Inc. v. Nvidia Corporation

Filing 131

ORDER granting substitution (tf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2009)

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION · ATTORNEYS DALLAS, TEXAS

Mike McKool, Jr. (pro hac vice) Douglas Cawley (pro hac vice) McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 Crescent Court Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email:[e-mail]; [e-mail] Scott L. Cole (pro hac vice) Pierre J. Hubert (pro hac vice) Craig N. Tolliver (pro hac vice) McKOOL SMITH P.C. 300 W. 6th Street Suite 1700 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff RAMBUS INC.

Julie S. Turner (State Bar No. 191146) Karen I. Boyd (State Bar No. 189808) TURNER BOYD LLP 2625 Middlefield Rd. #675 Palo Alto, California 94306 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION RAMBUS INC., Case No. C-08-03343 SI Plaintiff, v. NVIDIA CORPORATION, RAMBUS INC.'S NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF LOCAL COUNSEL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Rambus's Notice of Substitution of Local Counsel and [Proposed] Order Case No. C-08-03343 SI Case No. C-08-05500 SI

NVIDIA CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. RAMBUS INC., Defendant.

Case No. C-08-05500 SI

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION · ATTORNEYS DALLAS, TEXAS

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 11-5, and to eliminate any possibility of the appearance of a potential conflict as Rambus's current local counsel Turner Boyd LLP proceeds with a planned lateral attorney hire, Rambus hereby consents to the withdrawal of Turner Boyd LLP as its local counsel, and substitutes the following attorneys as its local counsel of record in the abovecaptioned actions in place of Turner Boyd LLP: Michael F. Kelleher (State Bar No. 165493) Karen J. Petrulakis (State Bar No. 168732) FOLGER LEVIN & KAHN LLP Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile [phone] Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] McKool Smith PC remains as Rambus's counsel of record in these actions. All

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pleadings, orders and notices should henceforth be served upon McKool Smith attorneys of record as well as the above-identified attorneys at Folger Levin & Kahn LLP. Dated: September 1, 2009 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Pierre Hubert /s/ Pierre Hubert McKool Smith PC On Behalf of Rambus Inc.

By: /s/ Julie S. Turner /s/ Julie S. Turner On Behalf of Turner Boyd LLP

By: /s/ Karen J. Petrulakis /s/ Karen J. Petrulakis Folger Levin & Kahn LLP 2
Rambus's Notice of Substitution of Local Counsel and [Proposed] Order Case No. C-08-03343 SI Case No. C-08-05500 SI

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Case No. C-08-03343 SI

NVIDIA CORPORATION, Defendant. NVIDIA CORPORATION, Case No. C-08-05500 SI

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A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION · ATTORNEYS DALLAS, TEXAS

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[Proposed] Order Case No. C-08-03343 SI Case No. C-08-05500 SI

MCKOOL SMITH

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court hereby GRANTS permission for the withdrawal of Turner Boyd LLP and for the substitution of Folger Levin & Kahn LLP as local counsel for Rambus Inc. in the abovecaptioned actions. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ___________________, 2009 The Honorable Susan Illston United States District Judge