Free Joinder - District Court of California - California

Case 4:08-cv-00022-SBA

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ROBERT P. VARIAN (State Bar No. 107459) REBECCA F. LUBENS (State Bar No. 240683) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP The Orrick Building 405 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 Telephone: (415) 773-5700 Facsimile: (415) 773-5759 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] MICHAEL C. TU (State Bar No. 186793) TEODORA E. MANOLOVA (State Bar No. 233333) ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5855 Telephone: (213) 629-2020 Facsimile: (213) 612-2499 Emails: [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen & Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION JAMES WILTJER, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, v. BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSANESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH A. GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE I. SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS, GEOFFREY Y. YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC., COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC, THINKEQUITY PARTNERS LLC and DOES 1-25, inclusive, Defendants. NOTICE OF THE UNDERWRITER DEFENDANTS' JOINDER AND JOINDER TO THE BIGBAND DEFENDANTS' OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO REMAND Date: Time: Judge: Courtroom: February 22 2008 10:00 a.m. Hon. Charles R. Breyer 8, 19th Floor Case No. 08-CV-22 CRB CLASS ACTION

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NOTICE OF JOINDER AND JOINDER (Case No. 08-CV-22 CRB)

Case 4:08-cv-00022-SBA

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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen & Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC hereby join in the Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Remand filed on February 8, 2008 by defendants BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir BassanEskenazi, Ran Oz, Frederick A. Ball, Gal Israely, Dean Gilbert, Kenneth A. Goldman, Lloyd Carney, Bruce I. Sachs, Robert J. Sachs, and Geoffrey Y. Yang. Dated: February 8, 2008 Respectfully submitted, ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP By: /s/ Michael C. Tu Michael C. Tu

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Attorneys for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen & Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC

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NOTICE OF JOINDER AND JOINDER (Case No. 08-CV-22 CRB)