Microsoft Mobile Inc. et al v. LG Chem America Inc et al

Filing 9

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING SERVICE OF SUMMMONS AND COMPLAINT. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 8/12/15. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/12/2015)

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COOLEY LLP
Stephen C. Neal (170085) ([e-mail])
John C. Dwyer (136533) ([e-mail])
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Beatriz Mejia (190948) ([e-mail])
Matthew M. Brown (264817) ([e-mail])
101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5800
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Counsel for Defendants
SONY CORPORATION, SONY ELECTRONICS INC.,
and SONY ENERGY DEVICES CORPORATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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OAKLAND DIVISION

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IN RE: LITHIUM ION BATTERY
ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Master File No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR (DMR)
MDL No. 2420

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This document is related to:

Case No. 2:15-cv-1038
4:15-cv-3443-YGR

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MICROSOFT MOBILE, INC., et al.
Plaintiffs,
vs.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING SERVICE OF
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

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LG CHEM AMERICA, INC., et al.
Defendants.

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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Plaintiffs Microsoft Mobile Inc. and Microsoft Mobile Oy (collectively, “Microsoft

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Mobile” or the “Microsoft Mobile Plaintiffs”) and defendants LG Chem America, Inc., LG Chem,

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Ltd., Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Samsung SDI America,

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Inc., Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Sanyo North America Corporation, Sony

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Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc., and Sony Energy Devices Corporation (collectively,

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“Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, stipulate and agree, as follows:

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The undersigned Defendants, including all domestic Defendants and all foreign

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Defendants, waive service of the summons and the complaint filed by Microsoft Mobile in this

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action on June 26, 2015 (“Microsoft Mobile’s Complaint”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 4(d). All Defendants preserve all other defenses under the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure, including potential Rule 12 motions and motions to compel arbitration.

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Within 21 days of the date on which this stipulation is entered as an Order of the

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Court, or alternatively, seven days after the date by which the parties stipulate to and the Court

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enters an appropriate protective order in this action, whichever is later, all Defendants shall

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produce to Microsoft Mobile the documents that Defendants produced to the United States

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Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in response to subpoenas issued by DOJ regarding secondary

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batteries, and that were also produced to class plaintiffs in this consolidated action. Microsoft

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Mobile and Defendants agree to reasonably expedite the entry of an appropriate protective order

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in this action. Defendants do not waive any defenses by producing these documents to Microsoft

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Mobile, including the right to compel arbitration.

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All Defendants shall respond to Microsoft Mobile’s Complaint within ninety (90)

days from the date on which this stipulation is entered as an Order of the Court.

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All Defendants and the Microsoft Mobile Plaintiffs agree to waive the production

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of initial disclosures in this action.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ Lance A. Termes
Lance A. Termes

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Lance A. Termes
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
1950 University Avenue, 5th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2282
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 650-83 8-2001
[e-mail]

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James C. Grant (pending pro hac vice admission)
Valarie C. Williams (pending pro hac vice admission)
B. Parker Miller (pending pro hac vice admission)
Edward P. Bonapfel (pending pro hac vice admission)
ALSTON & BIRD LLP
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: 404-881-7777
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Microsoft Mobile Inc. and Microsoft
Mobile Oy

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ John Dwyer
John Dwyer

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COOLEY LLP
Stephen C. Neal
John C. Dwyer
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Beatriz Mejia
Matthew M. Brown (264817)
101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-5800
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants Sony Corporation, Sony
Electronics Inc., and Sony Energy Devices Corporation

COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ Michael W. Scarborough
Michael W. Scarborough

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Michael W. Scarborough
Dylan Ian Ballard
James Landon McGinnis
Tyler Mark Cunningham
SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON
Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4106
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants Samsung SDI America, Inc. and
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler
Jeffrey L. Kessler

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Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice)
A. Paul Victor (pro hac vice)
Eva W. Cole (pro hac vice)
Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice)
Erica C. Smilevski (pro hac vice)
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-4193
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648)
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
101 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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Roxann E. Henry (pro hac vice)
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 6000
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Counsel for Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Corporation
of North America, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., and Sanyo North
America Corporation

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ Reginald Steer
Reginald Steer

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Reginald Steer
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
580 California Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104-1036
[e-mail]

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Counsel for LG Chem America, Inc. and LG
Chem, Ltd.

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ATTESTATION

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest under penalty of perjury that the concurrence in

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the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories thereto.

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Dated: August 11, 2015

By: /s/ John Dwyer
John Dwyer

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ORDER

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This Order terminates Docket Number 776.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 12, 2015

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__________________________________________
The Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
United States District Judge

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COOLEY LLP
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SAN FRANCISCO

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