Univisions-Crimson Holding Inc. v. Sony Corporation et al

Filing 18

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME for Defendant Hitachi Ltd to Respond to Complaint, re odc 17 filed by Univisions-Crimson Holding Inc. Signed by Judge Vaughn R Walker on 4/13/2010. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/14/2010)

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Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (Bar No. 75484) Christopher T. Heffelfinger (Bar No. 118058) Matthew Ruan (Bar No. 264409) BERMAN DEVALERIO One California Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs [Additional counsel listed on signature page] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION UNIVISIONS-CRIMSON HOLDING, INC., ) Civil Action No. 09-CV-5186-VRW on behalf of itself and all others similarly ) situated, ) STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF ) TIME FOR DEFENDANT HITACHI, Plaintiff, ) LTD. TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; ) [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING v. ) TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT ) SONY CORPORATION; SONY OPTIARC ) INC.; SONY OPTIARC AMERICA INC.; ) Hearing Date: N/A TOSHIBA CORPORATION; SAMSUNG ) Hearing Time: N/A ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.; ) Courtroom: Hon. Vaughn R Walker TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE ) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; ) HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI-LG DATA ) STORAGE, INC.; and LG CORPORATION, ) ) Defendants. ) ) )

[09-CV-5186-VRW ] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEF. HITACHI, LTD. TO RESPOND TO COMPL.; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPL.

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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 Disc Drives and products containing Optical Disc Drives (collectively "ODD products"); WHEREAS several other 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 HITACHI, LTD. ("HITACHI") 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 HITACHI 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 HITACHI that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which HITACHI agrees or by which it is ordered to respond in any ODD case; WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by HITACHI 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 HITACHI, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The deadline for HITACHI 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
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filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the ODD Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to HITACHI that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which HITACHI agrees or by which it is ordered to respond in any ODD case. 2. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by HITACHI, 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: April 8, 2010 Respectfully submitted, BERMAN DEVALERIO By: /S/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger Christopher T. Heffelfinger

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. Todd A. Seaver Matthew Ruan One California Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Manuel J. Dominguez Daniel A. Bushell Marc J. Greenspon BERMAN DEVALERIO 4280 Professional Center Drive, Suite 350 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

[09-CV-5186-VRW] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEF. HITACHI, LTD. TO RESPOND TO COMPL.; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPL.

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Peter A. Pease Nathaniel L. Orenstein BERMAN DEVALERIO One Liberty Square Boston, MA 02109 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Mary Jane Fait Adam J. Levitt Michael D. Yanovsky WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLC 55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1111 Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Francis M. Gregorek WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLC Symphony Towers 750 B Street, Suite 2770 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff Univisions-Crimson Holding Inc.

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP /s/ Pamela J. Marple Craig P. Seebald, [e-mail] Pamela J. Marple, [e-mail] MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, LLP 600 - 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Telephone [phone] Facsimile 202-756-8087

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Matthew J. Jacobs (171149) [e-mail] MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, LLP 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 650-815-7401

Attorneys for Defendant HITACHI LTD. SIGNATURE ATTESTATION I, Christopher T. Heffelfinger, 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 Pamela J. Marple has concurred in its filing and that Ms. Marple's signature, indicated by a conformed signature ("/s/") within this e-filed document, will be kept on file. Dated: April 8, 2010 By: /S/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger Christopher T. Heffelfinger

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Katie P. Umpierre, declare that I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to the within action. I am employed in the law firm of Berman DeValerio, One California Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94111. On April 8, 2010, using the Northern District of California's Electronic Case Filing System ("ECF"), with the ECF ID registered to Christopher T. Heffelfinger, and at his direction, I filed and served a true and correct copy of the document described as follows: STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANT HITACHI, LTD. TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT The ECF System is designed to automatically generate an e-mail message to all parties in the case, which constitutes service. Executed April 8, 2010, at San Francisco, California.

Katie P. Umpierre

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