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

Filing 20

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPONSE, doc 19 filed by Univisions-Crimson Holding Inc.. Signed by Judge Vaughn R Walker on 4/16/2010. (cgk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/16/2010)

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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 DEFENDANTS TOSHIBA Plaintiff, ) CORPORATION AND TOSHIBA ) SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY v. ) CORPORATION TO RESPOND TO ) COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER SONY CORPORATION; SONY OPTIARC ) EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO INC.; SONY OPTIARC AMERICA INC.; ) COMPLAINT TOSHIBA CORPORATION; SAMSUNG ) ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.; ) TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE ) Hearing Date: N/A TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; ) Hearing Time: N/A HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI-LG DATA ) Courtroom: Hon. Vaughn R Walker STORAGE, INC.; and LG CORPORATION, ) ) Defendants. ) ) )

[09-CV-5186-VRW ] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFS. TOSHIBA CORP. & TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECH. CORP. 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 multiple 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 the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order on April 2, 2010 consolidating the ODD Cases before the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker; WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates filing a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the ODD

WHEREAS plaintiff and defendants Toshiba Corporation ("Toshiba Corp.") and Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation ("TSST") 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 Toshiba Corp. and TSST 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 Toshiba Corp. and TSST that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which Toshiba Corp. and TSST agree or by which they are ordered to respond in any ODD case; WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Toshiba Corp. or TSST 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;

[09-CV-5186-VRW] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFS. TOSHIBA CORP. & TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECH. CORP. TO RESPOND TO COMPL.; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPL. 1

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PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS TOSHIBA CORP. AND TSST, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 1. The deadline for Toshiba Corp. and TSST 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 Toshiba Corp. and TSST that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which Toshiba Corp. and TSST agree or by which they are ordered to respond in any ODD case. 2. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Toshiba Corp. or TSST, 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 15, 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]

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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] 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.
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Dated: April 15, 2010

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP By: /S/ Casandra L. Thomson Casandra L. Thomson

Daniel M. Wall (SBN 102580) Belinda S Lee (SBN 199635) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111-2562 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] [e-mail] Casandra L. Thomson (SBN 235778) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 355 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation 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 Casanda L. Thomson has concurred in its filing and that Ms. Thomson's signature, indicated by a conformed signature ("/s/") within this e-filed document, will be kept on file. Dated: April 15, 2010 By: /S/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger Christopher T. Heffelfinger

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PROPOSED ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: April __, 2010
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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 15, 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 DEFENDANTS TOSHIBA CORPORATION AND TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 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 15, 2010, at San Francisco, California.

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