CMP Consulting Services, Inc. v. Sony Corporation et al

Filing 25

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT re doc 24 filed by CMP Consulting Services, Inc. Signed by Judge Vaughn R Walker on 12/28/2009. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/28/2009)

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Laurence D. King (SBN 206423) Linda M. Fong (SBN 124232) KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP 350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415-772-4707 Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Robert N. Kaplan (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Linda P. Nussbaum (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Jason A. Zweig (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Susan R. Schwaiger (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP 850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 212-687-7714 E mail: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff CMP Consulting Services, Inc. [Additional counsel listed on signature block]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

behalf of itself and all others similarly situated
Plaintiff, v. SONY CORPORATION; et al.

CMP CONSULTING SERVICES, INC., on

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 09-05114 VRW CLASS ACTION STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT, Case No. C 09-05114 VRW

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WHEREAS the undersigned plaintiff has filed the above-captioned case; WHEREAS plaintiff alleges antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of Optical Disk Drives and products containing Optical Disk Drives (collectively "ODD products"); WHEREAS at least four complaints have been filed to date in federal district courts throughout the United States by plaintiffs purporting to bring class actions on behalf of direct purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of ODD products (collectively "the ODD Cases"); WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended Complaints in the ODD Cases; WHEREAS plaintiff and KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ("KPE N.V.") have agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to the pleadings in the ODD Cases would be more efficient for the parties and for the Court; WHEREAS plaintiff agrees that the deadline for KPE N.V. to answer, move, or otherwise respond to its Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: (1) forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the ODD Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to KPE N.V. that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which KPE N.V. agrees or by which it is ordered to respond in any ODD case; WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by KPE N.V. of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process; PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT KPE N.V., BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The deadline for KPE N.V. to answer, move, or otherwise respond to plaintiff's

Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: (1) forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the ODD Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to KPE N.V. that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended
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Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which KPE N.V. agrees or by which it is ordered to respond in any ODD case. 2. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by KPE N.V., or any other named

defendant joining the Stipulation of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process. DATED: December 18, 2009 Respectfully submitted,

By:

/s/ Laurence D. King (SBN 206423) Linda M. Fong (SBN 124232) KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP 350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415-772-4707 Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Robert N. Kaplan (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Linda P. Nussbaum (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Jason A. Zweig (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Susan R. Schwaiger (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP 850 Third Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 212-687-7714 E mail: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Michael E. Criden Kevin B. Love CRIDEN & LOVE, P.A. 7301 S.W. 57th Court, Suite 515 South Miami, FL 33143 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail]

Inc.

Attorneys for Plaintiff CMP Consulting Services,
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DATED: December 18, 2009

By:

/s/ David Lisi HOWREY LLP 1950 University Avenue, 4th Floor East Palo Alto, California 94303 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 650.798.3600 Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ATTESTATION

I, Linda M. Fong, the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to electronically file this document hereby attest, in compliance with General Order 45.X.B, that David Lisi has concurred in its filing and that Mr. Lisi's signature, indicated by a conformed signature ("/s/") within this e-filed document, will be kept on file. DATED: December 18, 2009 /s/ Linda M. Fong

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PROPOSED ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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12/28/2009 Dated: ___________________

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PROOF OF SERVICE I, Annette Chatham, declare that I am over the age of eighteen (18) and not a party to the within action. I am employed in the law firm of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California 94104. On December 18, 2009, I served the following document(s): STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT The ECF system is designed to send an e-mail message to all parties in the case, which constitutes service. Executed December 18, 2009, at San Francisco, California.

/s/ - Annette Chatham Annette Chatham

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