TracFone Wireless, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corporation et al

Filing 135

ORDER RE: APRIL 23, 2014 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 8957 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 4/23/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 IN RE: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) ANTITRUST LITIGATION No. M 07-1827 SI MDL. No. 1827 13 This Order Relates to: 14 ORDER RE: APRIL 23, 2014 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE The AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust, by and through Kenneth A. Welt, Liquidating Trustee v. AU Optronics, et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-5781 SI 12 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Acer America Corp. v. Hitachi Ltd., et al., Case No. 3:13-cv-3349 SI Alfred H. Siegel, as Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-5625 SI CompuCom Systems, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-6241 SI Home Depot U.S.A.,, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:13-cv-6001 SI Interbond Corp. of America v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-3763 SI MetroPCS Wireless, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-829 SI NECO Alliance LLC v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:12-cv-1426 SI Office Depot, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-2225 SI 1 2 3 P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp. et al., v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv4119 SI Proview Technology, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:12-cv-3802 SI 4 5 6 7 S.B. Liquidation Trust v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-5458 SI Schultze Agency Servs. LLC, on behalf of Tweeter Opco. LLC and Tweeter Newco, LLC v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv3856 SI 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 Sony Elec., Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:12-cv-2214 SI State of Oregon v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-4346 SI Tech Data Corp., et al. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-5765 SI Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. AU Optronics Corp., et al., Case No. 3:10-cv-3205 SI / 15 16 On April 23, 2014, the Court held a case management conference in the remaining Track 2 and 17 Track 3 cases, as well as the case brought by the State of Oregon, State of Oregon v. AU Optronics 18 Corp., et al., C 10-4346 SI. 19 The Court GRANTED the administrative motion for substitution of liaison counsel for direct 20 action plaintiffs. Docket No. 8957. The Court hereby appoints David B. Esau of the firm Carlton Fields 21 Jorden Burt as Liaison Counsel for the Direct Action Plaintiffs. Carl Blumenstein will continue in his 22 role as Liaison Counsel for defendants. The Court will issue a separate order regarding AUO’s 23 administrative motion regarding liaison counsel for the direct and indirect purchaser classes. Docket 24 No. 8963. 25 As discussed during the conference, there are thirteen remaining Track 2 cases. Mr. Blumenstein 26 informed the Court that one of those cases, SB Liquidation Trust, C 10-5458 SI, has settled and that the 27 parties expect to file a dismissal shortly. In the Sony case, C 12-2214 SI, the parties will file a stipulated 28 judgment so the parties can proceed directly to an appeal in the Ninth Circuit. At the conclusion of 2 1 pretrial proceedings in this Court, ten of the Track 2 cases will be remanded to their respective transferor 2 courts. Those cases are AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust, C 11-5781 SI; Interbond Corp., C 11-3763 SI; 3 CompuCom, C 11-6241 SI; MetroPCS Wireless, C 11-829 SI; NECO Alliance, C 12-1426 SI; Office 4 Depot, C 11-2225 SI; P.C. Richard & Son, C 11-4119 SI; Tech Data Corp., C 11-5765 SI; Tracfone 5 Wireless, C 10-3205 SI; and Schultze Agency Services LLC, C 11-3856 SI. The final Track 2 case, Alfred H. Siegel, C10-5625 SI (“Circuit City”), and the three Track 3 7 cases (Acer, C 13-3349 SI; Proview, C 12-3802 SI; and Home Depot, C 13-6001 SI), were originally 8 filed in this Court. The Court directed plaintiffs’ counsel in these cases to meet and confer with 9 defendants’ liaison counsel regarding a further pretrial schedule for the Track 3 cases, as well as 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 6 proposed trial dates for all four cases. As the Court informed the parties, it is the Court’s expectation 11 that these cases can be tried before the end of 2015, with the Circuit City trial taking place during the 12 summer of 2015. The parties shall file a proposed pretrial schedule for the Track 3 cases, and proposed 13 trial dates for Circuit City and the Track 3 cases, by May 7, 2014. The Court also GRANTED counsel’s 14 request for a one week extension of the deadline to file supplemental briefs on the motion to dismiss 15 Proview’s state claims; the supplemental briefs are now due May 9, 2014. 16 Finally, the Oregon case, C 10-4346 SI, is proceeding on a separate pretrial schedule, and that 17 case will be remanded to the transferor court after the conclusion of pretrial proceedings in this Court. 18 19 IT IS SO ORDERED. 20 21 Dated: April 23, 2014 22 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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