Hohenberg v. Ferrero USA, Inc
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RESPONSE re 124 Objection, 123 Objection, Defendant Ferrero U.S.A., Inc.'s Response to Objections filed by Ferrero USA, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Dale R. Bish, # 2 Exhibit A to Declaration of Dale R. Bish, # 3 Exhibit B to Declaration of Dale R. Bish, # 4 Proof of Service)(Bish, Dale) (ag).
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KEITH E. EGGLETON, State Bar No. 159842
COLLEEN BAL, State Bar No. 167637
DALE R. BISH, State Bar No. 235390
AMIR STEINHART, State Bar No. 275037
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
Telephone: (650) 493-9300
Facsimile: (650) 565-5100
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Attorneys for Defendant
FERRERO U.S.A, INC.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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In re FERRERO LITIGATION
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CASE NO.: 11 CV 0205 H
DECLARATION OF DALE R. BISH
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT
FERRERO U.S.A., INC.’S RESPONSE
TO OBJECTIONS
Date: July 9, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Before: Hon. Marilyn L. Huff
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I, Dale R. Bish, declare as follows:
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I am an attorney admitted to practice law in the State of California and before this
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Court. I am an associate at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, attorneys for
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Defendant Ferrero U.S.A., Inc. (“Ferrero”) in this matter.
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I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein and, if called upon to testify
thereon as a witness, could and would do so.
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I conducted searches for news articles and publicity regarding the settlement of
this action. Specifically, I used the search terms, “Nutella and Settlement” in the Google online
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search engine (www.google.com). That search returned approximately 183,000 results. True
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and correct printouts of the first 10 pages of those results are attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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The search described above returned articles on news sites, including ABC News,
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CBS News, Forbes, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Huffington Post, the Christian Science
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Monitor, the Chicago Tribune, the LA Weekly, the New York Daily News, CNet and Business
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Week.1 True and correct copies of these articles are attached hereto as Exhibit B.
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The search also returned video news segments from ABC’s Good Morning
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America (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/04/nutella-consumer-class-action-
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settlement), NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-
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news/47211797), and Fox News (http://video.foxnews.com/v/1613698340001/nutella-to-pay-
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35m-after-nutrition-lawsuit/).
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The settlement was also described in blog sites, including the Consumerist.com,
AboveTheLaw.com and TopClassActions.com.2
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As of July 2, these news articles were available at the following internet address: ABC
News (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/04/nutella-after-suit-drops-health-claims/);
CBS News (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57423319-10391704/nutella-healthclaims-net-$3.05-million-settlement-in-class-action-lawsuit); Forbes
(http://www.forbes.com/sites/wlf/
2012/01/31/nutella-class-action-settlement-not-part-of-a-balanced-legal-system/); Reuters
(http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/29/italy-nutella-idUSL5E8FT1DU20120429); National
Public Radio (http://www.npr.org/blogs/
thesalt/2012/04/26/151454929/nutella-maker-may-settle-deceptive-ad-lawsuit-for-3-million);
Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/nutella-lawsuit_n_1457183.html);
Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/
Business/new-economy/2012/0427/Nutella-settles-lawsuit.-You-can-get-20); the Chicago
Tribune (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-08/news/ct-edit-nutella20120505_1_nutella-breakfast-jar); LA Weekly (http://blogs.laweekly.
com/squidink/2012/04/nutella_settles_lawsuit_over_h.php); New York Daily News
(http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-04-26/news/31413502_1_nutella-health-food-ferrero);
CNet (http://shopper.cnet.com/2740-19233_9-82000.html); Business Week
(http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-21/snack-attack-moms-take-on-nutella-fruitroll-ups).
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Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2012/04/theres-actually-a-settlement-in-nutellahealth-food-class-action-lawsuit.html); AboveTheLaw (http://abovethelaw.
com/2012/05/morning-docket-05-01-12/); TopClassActions (http://www.
topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/1745-nutella-class-action-settlement).
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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed
in Palo Alto, California on July 2, 2012.
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Dated: July 2, 2012
By:
/s/ Dale R. Bish
Dale R. Bish
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