Free Stipulation and Order - District Court of California - California

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION & SCHEDULING CASE NOS. 07-5101-SBA, 07-5168-MMC, 075327-JSW, 07-5361-SI, 07-5637-WHA, 0705819 CRB, 07-5825-MHP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BIKASH MOHAN MOHANTY, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated,

BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN-EZKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES & CO., INC., COWEN AND CO., INC., AND THINKEQUITY PARTNERS LLC Defendants.

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Case No. 3:07-CV-05101-SBA STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATION AND SCHEDULING

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DENNIS KOESTERER, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff,

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BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN-EZKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCH SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, and GEOFFREY YANG Defendants. ABRENA WINSTON, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN-EZKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY YANG, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., COWEN AND CO., JEFFERIES & CO., and THINKEQUITY PARTNERS LLC Defendants. DONALD SMITH, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN-EZKENAZI, and FREDERICK A. BALL Defendants.

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Case No. 3:07-CV-05168-MMC

Case No. 3:07-CV-05327-MMC

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WAYNE LUZON, On Behalf of Himself and All ) Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) EZKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK BALL, GAL) ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, ) LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE SACHS, ROBERT ) SACHS, GEOFFREY YANG, MORGAN ) STANLEY & CO., INC., MERRILL LYNCH, ) PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES ) & CO., INC., COWEN AND CO., INC., and ) THINKEQUITY PARTNERS LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) DEBRA L. BERNSTEIN, Individually and On ) Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) EZKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK A. BALL, ) GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH E.) GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE I. ) SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS, GEOFFREY Y. ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. ) INCORPORATED, JEFFERIES & COMPANY, ) INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & ) SMITH INCORPORATED, COWEN AND ) COMPANY LLC, and THINKEQUITY ) PARTNERS LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) )

Case No. 3:07-CV-05637-WHA

Case No. 07-05819 CRB

STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION & SCHEDULING CASE NOS. 07-5101-SBA, 07-5168-MMC, 075327-JSW, 07-5361-SI, 07-5637-WHA, 07-5819 CRB, 07-5825-MHP

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) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) EZKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK A. BALL, ) RAN OZ, LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, ) KEN GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE I. ) SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS and GEOFFREY Y. ) YANG, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) EUGENE L. HAMMER, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated,

Case No. 07-5825-MHP

STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION & SCHEDULING CASE NOS. 07-5101-SBA, 07-5168-MMC, 075327-JSW, 07-5361-SI, 07-5637-WHA, 07-5819 CRB, 07-5825-MHP

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The parties hereby stipulate, and the Court hereby orders, as follows: CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES 1. The following actions are related cases: Mohanty v. Bassan-Eskenazki et al., No. C 07-5101-SBA, filed 10/03/07; Koesterer v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-5168-MMC, filed 10/09/07; Winston v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-5327-JSW, filed 10/18/07; Smith v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-5361-SI, filed 10/19/07; Luzon v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-5637-WHA, filed 11/6/07; Bernstein v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-05819-CRB, filed 11/15/07; and Hammer v. BigBand Networks, Inc., et al., No. C 07-5825-MHP, filed 11/16/07. Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 42(a), these cases are hereby consolidated into Civil Action No. 07-cv-5101-SBA, for all purposes, including pretrial proceedings, trial, and appeal. The consolidated action shall be captioned: "In re BigBand Networks, Inc. Securities Litigation." 2. Undersigned counsel for BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, Ran

Oz, Frederick Ball, Gal Israely, Dean Gilbert, Ken Goldman, Lloyd Carney, Bruce Sachs, Robert Sachs, Geoffrey Yang, and undersigned counsel for Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC, and ThinkEquity Partners LLC (all collectively, "Defendants") are authorized to accept, and hereby accept, service of all complaints and summonses in the above-captioned matters pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(d). 3. All related actions that are subsequently filed in, or transferred to, this District

shall be consolidated into this action for pretrial purposes. This Order shall apply to every such related action, absent order of the Court. A party that objects to such consolidation, or to any other provision of this Order, must file an application for relief from this Order within thirty (30) days after the date on which a copy of the order is served on the party's counsel. 4. This Order is entered without prejudice to the rights of any party to apply for

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MASTER DOCKET AND CAPTION The docket in Civil Action No. 07-cv-5101-SBA shall constitute the Master

Docket for this action. 6. Every pleading filed in the consolidated action shall bear the following caption: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND In re BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Master File No. 07-cv-5101-SBA CLASS ACTION

The file in Case No. 07-cv-5101-SBA shall constitute a Master File for every

action in the consolidated action. When the document being filed pertains to all actions, the phrase "All Actions" shall appear immediately after the phrase "This Documents Relates To". When a pleading applies only to some, but not all, of the actions, the document shall list, immediately after the phrase "This Documents Relates To", the docket number for each individual action to which the document applies, along with the last name of the first-listed plaintiff in said action. 8. The parties shall file a notice of related cases whenever a case that should be

consolidated into this action is filed in, or transferred to, this District. If the Court determines that the case is related, the clerk shall: a. place a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action; b. serve on plaintiff's counsel in the new case a copy of this Order; c. direct that this Order be served upon defendants in the new case; and d. make the appropriate entry in the Master Docket.

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LEAD PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL After the Court has designated a Lead Plaintiff and Lead Plaintiff's Counsel,

pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3), Lead Plaintiff's Counsel shall have authority to speak for, and enter into agreements on behalf of, plaintiffs in all matters regarding pretrial procedures, discovery, and settlement negotiations. Lead Plaintiff's Counsel shall be responsible for coordination of all activities and appearances on behalf of plaintiffs and for dissemination of notices and orders. Lead Plaintiff's Counsel shall be responsible for communications with the Court on behalf of Plaintiffs. Lead Plaintiff's Counsel shall maintain a master service list of all parties and counsel, and service upon Lead Plaintiff's Counsel shall be deemed sufficient to effect service on all plaintiffs. 10. Defendants' counsel may rely upon agreements made with Lead Plaintiff's

Counsel. Such agreements shall be binding on all plaintiffs. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS Following the appointment of a Lead Plaintiff and Lead Plaintiff's Counsel, the

parties shall meet and confer and submit a mutually agreeable schedule for the filing of a consolidated complaint (or designation of an operative complaint), as well as for the briefing and hearing of responses thereto. The consolidated or operative complaint shall supersede all complaints filed in any of the actions consolidated herein. 12. Defendants are not required to respond to the complaint in any action

consolidated into this action, other than the consolidated complaint filed by the Lead Plaintiff or a complaint designated as the operative complaint by the Lead Plaintiff. 13. The above-captioned cases have been designated for this Court's Electronic

Case Filing Program, and all pleadings and papers shall be electronically served in accordance with the Local Rules and General Orders of this Court regarding Electronic Case Filing. To the extent that any papers are not electronically filed, the Defendants and the Lead Plaintiff shall serve all such papers on each other by hand, by overnight delivery, or facsimile, unless otherwise agreed upon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and paragraph 9 above, in the event
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that Defendants elect to serve plaintiffs' counsel, other than Lead Plaintiff's Counsel, they may do so by first class mail, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. IT IS SO STIPULATED. Dated: November 15, 2007 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP /s/ Reed Kathrein Reed R. Kathrein 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 2092 Berkeley, CA 94710 Tel.: (510) 725-3000 Fax: (510) 725-3001 Email: [email protected] Steve Berman HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900 Seattle, WA 98101 Tel.: (206) 623-7292 Fax: (206) 623-0594 Counsel for Plaintiff Bikash Mohan Mohanty By:

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LEWIS KAHN KAHN GAUTHER SWICK LLC 650 Poydras Street ­ Suite 2150 New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel.: (504) 455-1400 Fax: (504) 455-1498 Email: [email protected] Additional counsel for Plaintiff Bikash Mohan Mohanty Dated: November 15, 2007 WHITEHEAD & PORTER LLP By: /s/ Stephen L. Porter Stephen L. Porter 220 Montgomery, Suite 1850 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 781-6070 Local Counsel for Plaintiff Dennis Koesterer ROBERT C. FINKEL NATALIE MACKIEL WOLF POPPER LLP 845 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel.: (212) 759-4600 Fax: (212) 486-2093 Counsel for Plaintiff Dennis Koesterer -4-

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Dated: November 16, 2007

SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & KESSLER, LLP /s/ Alan R. Plutzik Alan R. Plutzik L. Timothy Fisher 2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Tel.: (925) 945-0770 Fax: (925) 945-8792 Counsel for Plaintiff Abrena Winston By:

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Dated: November 15, 2007

SCOTT + SCOTT LLP /s/ Nicholas J. Licato Nicholas J. Licato Arthur L. Shingler 600 B. Street, Suite 1500 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel.: (619) 233-4565 Fax: (619) 233-0508 Email: [email protected] David R. Scott SCOTT + SCOTT LLP 108 Norwich Avenue P.O. Box 192 Colchester, CT 06415 Tel.: (860) 537-5537 Fax: (860) 537-4432 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Donald Smith By:

Dated: November 14, 2007

FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP /s/ Mark Punzalan Mark Punzalan C. P. Bartholomew 100 Bush Street, Suite 1450 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 398-8700 Fax: (415) 398-8704 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Wayne Luzon By:

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Dated: November 16, 2007

SAXENA WHITE P.A. /s/ Lester R. Hooker Lester R. Hooker 2424 N. Federal Highway Suite 257 Boca Raton, FL 33431 Tel.: (561) 394-3399 Fax: (561) 394-3382 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Debra L. Bernstein By:

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Dated: November 20, 2007

KAPLAN FOX & KILSHEIMER LLP /s/ Laurence D. King Laurence D. King 350 Sansome Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel.: (415) 772-4700 Fax: (415) 772-4707 Email: [email protected] LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN, P.L.L.P. Karen H. Riebel Elizabeth R. Odette 100 Washington Avenue, Suite 2200 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel.: (612) 339-6900 Fax: (612) 339-0981 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Eugene L. Hammer By:

Dated: November 14, 2007

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation /s/ Keith Eggleton Keith Eggleton Rodney Strickland Joni Ostler 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel.: (650) 493-9300 Fax: (650) 493-6811 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Defendants BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, Ran Oz, Frederick Ball, Gal Israely, Dean Gilbert, Ken Goldman, Lloyrd Carney, Bruce Sachs, Robert Sachs and Geoffrey Yang -6-

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Dated: November 15, 2007

ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP /s/ Michael C. Tu Michael C. Tu 777 South Figueroa Street Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5855 Tel.: (213) 629-2020 Fax: (213) 612-2499 Email: [email protected] Robert P. Varian ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 405 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 Tel.: (415) 773-5934 Fax: (415) 773-5759 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC By:

ORDER PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

2/13/08 The Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong United States District Judge

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATION & SCHEDULING CASE NOS. 07-5101-SBA, 07-5168-MMC, 075327-JSW, 07-5361-SI, 07-5637-WHA, 07-5819 CRB, 07-5825-MHP

ATTESTATION I, Joni Ostler, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATION AND SCHEDULING. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that the above-listed counsel, Reed Kathrein, Stephen L. Porter, Alan R. Plutzik, Nicholas J. Licato, Mark Punzalan, Lester R. Hooker, Laurence D. King, Keith Eggleton and Michael C. Tu, have all concurred in this filing.

Dated: November 21, 2007

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

By: /s/ Joni Ostler Joni Ostler 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel.: (650) 493-9300 Fax: (650) 493-6811 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Defendants BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, Ran Oz, Frederick Ball, Gal Israely, Dean Gilbert, Ken Goldman, Lloyrd Carney, Bruce Sachs, Robert Sachs and Geoffrey Yang

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Rosemarie Dean, declare: I am employed in Santa Clara County, State of California. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304-1050. On this date, I served: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING CONSOLIDATION AND SCHEDULING By e-mail transmission on that date. This document was transmitted via e-mail to the following e-mail addresses as set forth below: Michael C. Tu Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5855 Telephone: (213) 629-2020 Facsimile: (213) 612-2499 E-mail: [email protected]

I am readily familiar with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's practice for collection and processing of documents for delivery according to instructions indicated above. In the ordinary course of business, documents would be handled accordingly. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the

20 foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Palo Alto, California on November 21, 2007. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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/s/ Rosemarie Dean Rosemarie Dean

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