Wayne County Employees' Retirement System v. Daane et al

Filing 5

ORDER Granting Voluntary Dismissal. The Clerk shall close this file. Signed by Judge James Ware on 9/18/2008. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/18/2008)

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1 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 2 TRAVIS E. DOWNS III (148274) JAMES I. JACONETTE (179565) 3 BENNY C. GOODMAN III (211302) 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 4 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 6 [e-mail] [e-mail] 7 ­ and ­ SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113) 8 SUZANNE H. KAPLAN (247067) 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 9 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] 11 [e-mail] 12 Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 13 14 15

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SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER LLP ERIC L. ZAGAR ROBIN WINCHESTER SANDRA G. SMITH 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 Telephone: [phone] (fax) [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Master File No. C-06-03447-JW NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL

16 In re ALTERA CORP. DERIVATIVE LITIGATION 17 18 This Document Relates To: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ALL ACTIONS.

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1 TO: ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 2 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Michael Nakhimovsky, on May 26, 2006, filed a Shareholder

3 Derivative Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 4 captioned Nakhimovsky v. Berlan, No. 5:06-cv-03447-JW (the "Nakhimovsky Action"); 5 WHEREAS, Plaintiff LA Murphy, on June 1, 2006, filed a Shareholder Derivative

6 Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, captioned 7 Murphy v. Daane, Case No. 5:06-CV-03520-JW (the "Murphy Action"); 8 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Wayne County Employees' Retirement System, on July 17, 2006, filed

9 a Shareholder Derivative Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of 10 California, captioned Wayne County Employees' Retirement System v. Daane, Case No. CV 0611 4352-RMW (the "Wayne County Action"); 12 WHEREAS, Plaintiff Alaska Electrical Pension Fund, on June 22, 2006, filed a Shareholder

13 Derivative Complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 14 captioned Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Daane, Case No. CV 06-03895-PVT (the "Alaska 15 Pension Action"); 16 WHEREAS, on August 7, 2006, this Court issued an Order consolidating the Nakhimovsky,

17 Murphy, Wayne County and Alaska Pension Actions for all purposes under the caption In re Altera 18 Corp. Derivative Litig., Case No. 5:06-CV-03447-JW; 19 WHEREAS, on October 3, 2006, this Court issued an Order appointing Alaska Electrical

20 Pension Fund, Wayne County Employees' Retirement System, Benjamin Savin, and Michael 21 Nakhimovsky as Co-Lead Plaintiffs; 22 WHEREAS, on November 30, 2006, Lead Plaintiffs filed the Consolidated Verified

23 Shareholders Derivative Complaint; 24 WHEREAS, on May 15, 2008, this Court issued an Order Dismissing Lead Plaintiffs'

25 Consolidated Complaint With Leave to Amend; 26 WHEREAS, on June 16, 2008, Lead Plaintiffs filed the First Amended Consolidated

27 Shareholders Derivative Complaint ("First Amended Consolidated Complaint"); 28 PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - C-06-03447-JW -1-

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WHEREAS, on July 15, 2008, Altera Corporation filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First

2 Amended Consolidated Verified Shareholders Derivative Complaint for Lack of Standing; 3 WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiffs, through their counsel of record and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.

4 23.1 and 41(a), hereby voluntarily dismiss the case of In re Altera Corp. Derivative Litigation, Case 5 No. 5:06-CV-03447-JW; and 6 7 WHEREAS, the parties agree that they will each bear their own fees and costs. NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

8 Procedure 23.1 and 41(a), Lead Plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss the First Amended Consolidated 9 Complaint without prejudice. 10 DATED: September 15, 2008 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - C-06-03447-JW -2COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP TRAVIS E. DOWNS III JAMES I. JACONETTE BENNY C. GOODMAN III s/ Benny C. Goodman III BENNY C. GOODMAN III 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] (fax) COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP SHAWN A. WILLIAMS SUZANNE H. KAPLAN 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: [phone] (fax) SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER LLP ERIC L. ZAGAR ROBIN WINCHESTER SANDRA G. SMITH 280 King of Prussia Road Radnor, PA 19087 Telephone: [phone] (fax) Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

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I, Benny C. Goodman III, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL. In compliance with General Order 45, 2 X.B., I hereby attest that Mark D. Gursky has concurred in this filing. 3 DATED: September 15, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP JORDAN ETH CRAIG D. MARTIN MARK D. GURSKY

s/ Mark D. Gursky MARK D. GURSKY 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 Telephone: [phone] (fax) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP ANNA ERICKSON WHITE 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1018 Telephone: [phone] (fax) Attorneys for Nominal Defendant ALTERA CORPORATION

I, Benny C. Goodman III, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL. In compliance with General Order 45, 17 X.B., I hereby attest that George H. Brown has concurred in this filing. 18 DATED: September 15, 2008 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - C-06-03447-JW -3GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP GEORGE H. BROWN

w/ George H. Brown GEORGE H. BROWN 1881 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone: [phone] (fax) Attorneys for NATHAN M. SARKISIAN

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I, Benny C. Goodman III, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL. In compliance with General Order 45, 2 X.B., I hereby attest that Henry W. Asbill has concurred in this filing. 3 DATED: September 15, 2008 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. s/ Henry W. Asbill HENRY W. ASBILL 1101 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] (fax) TODD L. PADNOS DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP One Embarcadero Center, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94111-3619 Telephone: [phone] (fax) Attorneys for C. WENDELL BERGERE DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP HENRY W. ASBILL KERRI L. RUTTENBERG

This Order terminates Docket Item ____________________________________ September 18, 2008 16 DATED: _________________________ Nos. 138, 142. The Clerk shall close this file. THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 17 Dated: September 18, 2008 _____________________________ 18 JAMES WARE S:\CasesSD\Altera Derivative\NOT00054019.doc United States District Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL - C-06-03447-JW -4-