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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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CASE NO: C 06-5691-PJH 

SUSAN S. MUCK (CSB NO. 126930) 

DEAN S. KRISTY (CSB NO. 157646) 

HEATHER N. MEWES (CSB NO. 203690) 

EMILY ST. JOHN COHEN (CSB NO. 239674) 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 875-2300 

Facsimile: (415) 281-1350 

smuck@fenwick.com; dkristy@fenwick.com; 

hmewes@fenwick.com; ecohen@fenwick.com

KALAMA M. LUI-KWAN (CSB NO. 242121) 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

Silicon Valley Center 

801 California Street 

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Telephone: (650) 988-8500 

Facsimile: (650) 938-5200 

klui-kwan@fenwick.com

Attorneys for Defendants 

CONNETICS CORP., THOMAS G. WIGGANS, 

and C. GREGORY VONTZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

PLUMBERS' & PIPEFITTERS' LOCAL # 

562 PENSION FUND, On Behalf of Itself 

and Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CONNETICS CORPORATION, 

THOMAS G. WIGGANS, C. GREGORY 

VONTZ and ALEXANDER J. 

YAROSHINSKY, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C 06-5691-PJH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING FILING OF 

CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT AND 

MOTION TO DISMISS BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE 

This Stipulation is entered into by and among plaintiff Plumbers’ & Pipefitters’ Local # 

562 Pension Fund and defendants Connetics Corp., Thomas G. Wiggans, C. Gregory Vontz, and 

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Alexander J. Yaroshinsky (collectively, “Defendants”) by and through their respective counsel of 

record. 

WHEREAS, two separate actions have been filed in this Court alleging violations of the 

federal securities laws, Plumbers’ & Pipefitters’ Local #562 Pension Fund v. Connetics Corp., 

Thomas G. Wiggans, C. Gregory Vontz, and Alexander J. Yaroshinsky, Case No. C 06-5691-PJH, 

and Almar T. Widiger Living Trust v. Connetics Corp., Thomas G. Wiggans, C. Gregory Vontz, 

and Alexander J. Yaroshinsky, Case No. C 06-06250-VRW; 

WHEREAS, plaintiffs in the Plumbers’ & Pipefitters’ Local #562 and Almar T. Widiger 

Living Trust actions have not filed a consolidated complaint; 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ time to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the complaint in 

the Plumbers’ & Pipefitters’ Local #562 action has not expired; and 

WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file a motion to dismiss all of the claims asserted 

against them; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local 

Rule 6-1, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties that: 

1. Defendants are not required to respond to the complaint in the action captioned 

Plumbers’ & Pipefitters’ Local #562 Pension Fund v. Connetics Corp., Thomas G. Wiggans, C. 

Gregory Vontz, and Alexander J. Yaroshinsky, Case No. C 06-5691-PJH, other than a 

consolidated complaint or a complaint designated as the operative complaint; 

2. Within sixty (60) days after the entry of an order designating a lead plaintiff, the 

lead plaintiff shall file a consolidated complaint, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. 

The consolidated complaint shall be the operative complaint and shall supersede the complaint in 

this action; 

3. Defendants shall respond to the consolidated complaint within sixty (60) days after 

service, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties; and 

4. If Defendants file any motion directed at the consolidated complaint, opposition 

briefs shall be filed within forty-five (45) days of such motions, and reply briefs shall be filed 

within thirty (30) days of such oppositions, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. 

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IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED, pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local 

Rule 6-1, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties, that the parties may enter into 

and submit a further appropriate stipulation amending this filing. 

Dated: October 19, 2006 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Kalama M. Lui-Kwan 

Silicon Valley Center 

801 California Street 

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Telephone: (650) 988-8500 

Facsimile: (650) 938-5200 

Attorneys for Defendants CONNETICS 

CORP., THOMAS G. WIGGANS, and C. 

GREGORY VONTZ 

Dated: October 19, 2006 DLA PIPER 

By: /s/ 

 Shirli Fabbri Weiss 

401 B Street, Suite 1700 

San Diego, CA 92101-4297 

Telephone: (619) 699-3650 

Facsimile: (619) 699-2701 

Attorneys for Defendant ALEXANDER J. 

YAROSHINSKY 

Dated: October 19, 2006 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS, LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Shawn A. Williams 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

Facsimile: (415) 288-4534 

Attorneys for Plaintiff PLUMBERS’ & 

PIPEFITTERS’ LOCAL 562 PENSION 

FUND 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I 

attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained 

from Shirli Fabbri Weiss and Shawn A. Williams. 

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________ 2006 

 The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton 

 United States District Court Judge 

25251/00501/LIT/1256947.2 

October 27

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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