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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: RUBBER CHEMICALS 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION,

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

C07-1057 MJJ 

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No. C04-1648 MJJ (BZ)

HEARING ORDER

At the hearing, the parties should be prepared to address

the following issues:

1. The court is uncertain about the present scope of the

discovery dispute. Is plaintiff seeking all documents called

for by Requests 58, 61 and 64 or is plaintiff seeking only

correspondence and memoranda from Flexsys’ counsel to the EC 

prepared as part of the negotiations for the disposition

reached before that body?

2. In its submission to the court, the EC claims that it

has advanced the position contained in Mr. Mehta’s letter

filed April 17, 2007 before several other courts. See

footnote 3 for example. Have any of those courts ruled on the

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question of whether principles of comity support the EC’s

positions that documents generated as part of the leniency

process are not be discoverable in the U.S. civil litigation?

Any party wishing to comment on these issues prior to the

hearing may do so in a writing of up to 3 pages filed by

Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Relevant opinions may be cited or

attached to the aforementioned filing. 

Finally, defendant shall have the disputed documents

available at the hearing in the event the court determines to

accept its suggestion for an in camera review.

Dated: April 19, 2007

Bernard Zimmerman 

 United States Magistrate Judge

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