Kinderstart.Com, LLC v. Google, Inc.

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DAVID H. KRAMER, State Bar No. 168452 LISA A. DAVIS, State Bar No. 179854 BART E. VOLKMER, State Bar No. 223732 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] JONATHAN M. JACOBSON, N.Y. State Bar No. 1350495 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation 12 East 49th Street, 30th Floor New York, NY 10017-8203 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

KINDERSTART.COM, LLC, a California limited liability company, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

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CASE NO.: C 06-2057 JF (RS) DECLARATION OF BART E. VOLKMER IN SUPPORT OF GOOGLE INC.'S OPPOSITION TO KINDERSTART'S ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST UNDER CIVIL L.R. 7-11 REGARDING SCHEDULING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

VOLKMER DECL. ISO GOOGLE'S OPP'N TO CIVIL L.R. 7-11 REQUEST RE: SCHEDULING Case No. 06-2057 JF (RS)

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I, Bart E. Volkmer, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney duly licensed to practice before this Court, and an associate of

the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, counsel to defendant Google, Inc. ("Google"). I am over the age of eighteen and competent to make this declaration. I make each of the following statements based on my personal knowledge, and I could, if necessary, testify to the truth of each of them. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of an electronic mail

message sent by counsel for Google to counsel for KinderStart on April 13, 2006. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of an electronic mail

message sent by counsel for KinderStart to counsel for Google on April 17, 2006. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy an article published by C-

NET on July 13, 2006 entitled "Judge dismisses suit over Google ranking." 5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D are true and correct copies of electronic mail

messages sent by counsel for Google to counsel for KinderStart on July 20, 2006 and August 1, 2006. 6. Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of an electronic mail

message sent by counsel for KinderStart to counsel for Google on August 2, 2006 and counsel for Google's response of that date. 7. On August 3, 2006, counsel for KinderStart proposed the following schedule for

KinderStart's Second Amended Complaint: SAC Defendant's Motions Plaintiff's Oppositions Defendant's Reply Hearing 10/06/2006 11/10/2006 12/01/2006 12/15/2006 12/22/2006

GOOGLE'S MOTION TO DISMISS KINDERSTART'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Case No. 06-2057 JF (RS)

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United States that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Executed on August 7, 2006 at Palo Alto, California. WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation By: /s/ Bart E. Volkmer Bart E. Volkmer Attorneys for Defendant Google Inc.

GOOGLE'S MOTION TO DISMISS KINDERSTART'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Case No. 06-2057 JF (RS)

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