"The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation"

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Declaration of Thomas R. Merrick in Support of 230 Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Plaintiffs' Rule of Reason Claims filed byMelanie Tucker. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Related document(s) 230 ) (Merrick, Thomas) (Filed on 8/27/2009)

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1 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 2 JOHN J. STOIA, JR. (141757) BONNY E. SWEENEY (176174) 3 THOMAS R. MERRICK (177987) 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 4 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 6 [e-mail] [e-mail] 7 THE KATRIEL LAW FIRM 8 ROY A. KATRIEL (pro hac vice) 1101 30th Street, N.W., Suite 500 9 Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 11 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 12 [Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 SAN JOSE DIVISION 16 THE APPLE IPOD ITUNES ANTI-TRUST ) Lead Case No. C-05-00037-JW(RS) ) 17 LITIGATION ) CLASS ACTION ) 18 ) DECLARATION OF THOMAS R. This Document Relates To: ) MERRICK IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' 19 ) OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION ALL ACTIONS. 20 ) FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO PLAINTIFFS' RULE OF REASON 21 CLAIMS 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Judge: Date: Time: Ctrm: Hon. James Ware October 5, 2009 9:00 a.m. 8 ­ 4th Floor

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I, Thomas R. Merrick, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice before all of the courts of the State of

3 California and am associated with the law firm of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP. I 4 have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein, and, if called upon, I could and would 5 competently testify thereto. 6 2. I am Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of Melanie Tucker, Mariana Rosen, and Somtai

7 Troy Charoensak (collectively, "Plaintiffs") in the above-captioned action. 8 3. I submit this declaration in support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion

9 for Judgment on the Pleadings as to Plaintiffs' Rule of Reason Tying Claims. 10 11 12 13 4. Attached is a true and correct copy of the following exhibit: Christine A. Varney, Asst. Att'y Gen., Antitrust Div., U.S. D.O.J. Remarks as Prepared for the United States Chamber of Commerce: Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement in this Challenging Era (May 12, 2009).

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

14 foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 27th day of August, 2009, at San Diego, California. 15 16 17 18
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s/ Thomas R. Merrick THOMAS R. MERRICK

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DECLARATION OF THOMAS R. MERRICK IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS AS TO PLAINTIFFS' RULE OF REASON CLAIMS - C-05-00037-JW(RS)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 27, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of

3 the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 4 addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 5 mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 6 participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 7 I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 27, 2009. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 s/ Thomas R. Merrick THOMAS R. MERRICK COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101-3301 Telephone: [phone] (fax) E-mail: [e-mail]

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