Free Stipulation - District Court of California - California

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MARIO N. ALIOTO, ESQ. (56433) [email protected] LAUREN C. RUSSELL, ESQ. (241151) [email protected] TRUMP, ALIOTO, TRUMP & PRESCOTT, LLP 2280 Union Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Telephone: (415) 563-7200 Facsimile: (415) 346-0679 Interim Lead Counsel for the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs JEFFREY L. KESSLER (pro hac vice) [email protected] EVA COLE (pro hac vice) [email protected] DEWEY & LEBOEUF, LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 259-8000 Facsimile: (212) 259-7013 Counsel for Defendants Panasonic Corp. of North America, MT Picture Display Corp of America (New York) (defunct), MT Picture Display Co., Ltd., and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) ) ) ANTITRUST LITIGATION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) This document relates to: ) ) ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ) ACTIONS Master File No. CV-07-5944 SC MDL No. 1917 STIPULATION RE: SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN DEFENDANTS MATSUSHITA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL, LTD. AND MT PICTURE DISPLAY CO., LTD.

The Honorable Samuel Conti

STIPULATION RE: SERVICE OF PROCESS ON DEFENDANTS MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL, LTD. AND MT PICTURE DISPLAY CO., LTD. MDL 1917

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WHEREAS, foreign defendants Matsushita Electric Industrial, Ltd. and MT Picture Display Co., Ltd. (collectively hereinafter the "Matsushita Defendants") have not been formally served with process in the Indirect Purchaser Cathode Ray Tubes Cases ("Indirect Purchaser Action"); WHEREAS, the Matsushita Defendants have been formally served with process in the Direct Purchaser Cathode Ray Tubes Cases ("Direct Purchaser Action"); WHEREAS, on July 28, 2008, the Matsushita Defendants appeared in the Direct Purchaser Action through counsel; WHEREAS, on August 1, 2008, the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs ("Plaintiffs") filed a Motion To Authorize Service On Certain Foreign Defendants Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) ("Service Motion"); WHEREAS, Plaintiffs' Service Motion requests that the Court exercise its discretion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 4(f)(3) and order that certain foreign defendants, including the Matsushita Defendants, may be served through their U.S. wholly-owned subsidiary/related entity and their counsel; WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and undersigned counsel for the Matsushita Defendants has agreed to accept service of process in the Indirect Purchaser Action on behalf the Matsushita Defendants. NOW, THEREFORE, PLAINTIFFS AND THE MATSUSHITA DEFENDANTS, BY AND THROUGH THEIR UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE THAT: 1. The Matsushita Defendants shall be deemed served with the Summons and

Complaint in Figone v. LG Electronics, Inc., et al., Case No. 07-6331-SC in the Indirect Purchaser Action as of the date of execution of this Stipulation. 2. Notwithstanding Paragraph (1), the Matsushita Defendants shall not be

required to (i) appear in the Indirect Purchaser Action until sixty (60) days after the date
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of execution of this Stipulation; or (ii) comply with initial disclosure obligations pursuant to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure until ninety (90) days after the date of execution of this Stipulation. In addition, the Matsushita Defendants' time to answer, move, or otherwise respond to plaintiffs' Complaint shall be extended as set forth in the Stipulation and Order Re Extension Of Time For Defendant To Respond To Complaint, dated December 19, 2007. Finally, the Matsushita Defendants shall not be required to respond to any discovery served by Plaintiffs until at least ninety (90) days after the date of execution of this Stipulation, except with respect to any discovery obligations imposed upon the Matsushita Defendants by a negotiated Stipulation for Limited Discovery Stay. 3. Defendants. 4. Plaintiffs' Service Motion will proceed as to the remaining foreign Plaintiffs hereby withdraw their Service Motion as to the Matsushita

defendants as they are listed in the Service Motion. 5. Plaintiffs hereby agree that they will not cite, rely upon, or utilize in any

other way this Stipulation in any litigation or proceeding other than this case.

DATED: August 15, 2008

TRUMP, ALIOTO, TRUMP & PRESCOTT, LLP

By:

/s/ Mario N. Alioto MARIO N. ALIOTO

Interim Lead Counsel for the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs Class

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DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP DATED: August 15, 2008

By:

/s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler JEFFREY L. KESSLER

Counsel for Defendants Panasonic Corp. of North America, MT Picture Display Corp of America (New York) (defunct), MT Picture Display Co., Ltd., and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd

ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45 I, Lauren C. Russell, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the signatories. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 15th day of August, San Francisco, California.

/s/ Lauren C. Russell

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