Realtek Semiconductor Corporation v. LSI Corporation et al

Filing 265

ORDER re Voir Dire. Signed by Judge Ronald M. Whyte on 2/7/14. (Attachments: # 1 Prospective Juror Questionnaire)(rmwlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/7/2014)

Prospective Juror’s Name:

(Fill in your name)
JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE

You have been called to serve as a juror in a civil case entitled Realtek Semiconductor
versus LSI Corporation and Agere Systems LCC. The right to a jury trial is an important
protection enjoyed in the United States. The preservation of this right depends upon the
cooperation of qualified jurors in serving on juries and acting as judges of the facts. Serving on a
jury is always something of a burden but one that should be educational, interesting and
satisfying and which as good citizens we must occasionally bear.
The information you provide on this form and later in response to additional oral
questions asked in the courtroom will assist the court in determining whether or not you should
be excused from service on the jury for some legal cause and will allow the parties to learn some
information about you so they can exercise their right to make selections. Please do not discuss
any of the questions or your responses with anyone except as the court may permit during the incourt selection process.
1. Have you or any member of your immediate family ever been employed by Realtek
Semiconductor Corporation, LSI Corporation, Agere Systems LLC, Lucent Technology, AT&T
Technologies, or Bell Labs?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please identify the family member, company, the position held and dates
of employment:_________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Have you or any member of your immediate family ever owned stock in any of these
companies?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please identify the family member, company and the dates of the
stock ownership:________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Have you or any member of your immediate family ever had a business relationship
with any of these companies?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please identify the family member, company, the dates of the
business relationship, and the nature of the relationship:_________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Have you or any member of your immediate family ever had any experience, good or
bad, with any of these companies that might keep you from being a fair and impartial juror in
this case?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please briefly describe the nature of the experience:___________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Do you have any opinions about any of these companies that might keep you from
being a fair and impartial juror in this case?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please briefly explain the opinion you have:_________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. Is there anything, such as poor vision, difficulty hearing, difficulty understanding
spoken or written English, which would make it difficult for you to serve on this jury?
yes
no

If your answer is “yes,” please briefly describe the nature of the difficulty:____________
______________________________________________________________________________
7. Have you read or heard anything about this case or do you have any personal
knowledge about this case?
yes
no
If your answer is “yes,” please briefly explain what you have read or heard about the
lawsuit:_______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Do you know any of the following people who may be called to testify or referred to in
this case? Put a check by any name that sounds familiar:
Yee-Wei Huang
Matthew Shoemake
Gregory Leonard
Ming-Tao Yang
Warren Waskeiwicz
Ryan Phillips
Sean Coffey
Abhi Talwalkar
Mike Salute
Anne Layne-Farrar
Kevin Negus
Michael J. Brychel
Marcia H. Sundeen
9. Do you know any of the following law firms or attorneys who are working on this
case? Put a check by any name that sounds familiar:
Reed Smith LLP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Steven S. Baik
Scott D. Baker
William R. Overend
James A. Daire
Christine Morgan
John W. McCauley IV
Adrian Sue Shin
Kirin Gill
David E. Sipiora
Kevin M. Bell
Robert J. Artuz
Kent T. Dallow
10. The presentation of evidence in this case is expected to take about eight days over the
next three weeks, and arguments and jury deliberations are likely to cause jury services to extend
through the third week. The schedule that we expect to keep over the days of evidence
presentation will usually include two breaks of fifteen minutes. We will not conduct trial on
Friday, unless you are in deliberations. Monday, February 17, 2014 is Presidents’ Day and the
Court will be closed. Therefore, the anticipated trial schedule is:
Monday, February 10, 2014:
Tuesday, February 11, 2014:
Wednesday, February 12, 2014:
Thursday, February 13, 2014:

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014:
Wednesday, February 19, 2014:
Thursday, February 20, 2014:
Monday, February 24, 2014:

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This schedule does not include deliberations which will begin after presentation of the case and
may continue after 1:00 p.m. but not beyond 5:00 p.m. on any day.
The trial schedule has been designed with half-day sessions to allow you and the court to
have time to attend to other business and personal matters each day during the trial.
Nevertheless, the law does permit the court to excuse or defer jury service but only if service
would constitute an extreme hardship for you. Do you believe that service on the jury for this
case would constitute an extreme hardship for you?
yes
no
If the answer to this question is “yes” (you are claiming hardship), please explain your
hardship in detail (if you have an extreme hardship but fail to fully explain it here, the court will
NOT be able to consider your hardship at a later time):_________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Use the reverse side of this page if you need additional space)
I swear or affirm that the answers given are true and correct under penalty of perjury.
Dated:

__________________________
Signature of Prospective Juror