The State of California by its Attorney General Bill Lockyer and the City and County of San Francisco Ex Rel Dennis J. Herrera and the Los Angeles Unified School District on Behalf of all other Politi et al v. Infineon Technologies AG et al

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ORDER Following September 5, 2008 Discovery Conference. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 9/8/08. (fj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/8/2008)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In re DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) ANTITRUST LITIGATION, _____________________________________/ This Document Relates to: THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, ET AL., Defendants. _____________________________________/ STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., ET AL., Defendants. ____________________________________/ The Court held a further discovery conference on September 5, 2008. The following counsel appeared: Emilio Varanini (State of California), Timothy Nord (State of Illinois), Lizabeth Leeds (State of Florida), Nancy Bonnell (State of Arizona), Richard Schwartz (State of New York), Steven Bergman (Hynix), Gabriel Rubin (Elpida), Jane Chang (Hynix), David Brownstein (Mosel), Sangee Ragunathan (State of Florida), Blake Harrop (State of Illinois), John Tennis (State of Master File No. M-02-01486 PJH (JCS) MDL No. 1486 Case No. C-06-04333 PJH (JCS) O R D E R FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 DISCOVERY CONFERENCE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Maryland), Jonathan Swartz (NEC Electronics), G. Charles Nierlich (Micron), and Howard Ullman (Nya Technology) . For the reasons stated on the record, with the agreement of counsel, and good cause appearing, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The plaintiffs shall complete the collection of all data to be used in their damages survey, along with the creation of a database using that data, not later than October 31, 2008. All gathered information, along with the data that has been inputted into the database, shall also be produced to defendants not later than October 31, 2008. 2. Not later than January 31, 2009, defendants shall complete the following discovery: a. A rule 30 (b) (6) deposition of Macro International regarding the collection of information and data in the survey and assembly of that data into a database, along with communications with the surveyed entities, and production of documents related to these items; and b. Rule 30 (b) (6) depositions of 10 entities that have either failed to respond to the survey or have responded that they have no relevant documents; and c. The parties shall meet and confer regarding the topics for examination at these depositions 3. A further discovery conference is scheduled for December 5, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.. A joint updated discovery statement shall be filed by December 1, 2008. It is so ordered.

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Dated: September 8, 2008 Joseph c. spero United states magistrate judge

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