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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1346 Tort Claim

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Alan Himmelfarb (# 90480) The Honorable Richard Seeborg

LAW OFFICES OF ALAN HIMMELFARB

2757 Leonis Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90058

Tel: (323) 585-8696

Fax: (323) 585-8198

One of counsel for plaintiff

[Other counsel for the parties

listed on signature pages]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JAMES SCRIPPS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY,

Defendant.

Case No. C 06-1221-RS

STIPULATION AND [proposed]

ORDER RE: CASE MANAGEMENT

WHEREAS, on April 7, 2006, the Court sua sponte held that Okada et al. v. HewlettPackard Co., Case No. C 06-2367-RS (N.D. Cal. filed Apr. 4, 2006) is related to this action; and

WHEREAS, Moser et al. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Case No. C 06-2325-EMC (N.D.

Cal. filed Mar. 31, 2006) is also pending in this District and also related to the present action

(collectively, Scripps, Okada, and Moser are referred to herein as the “Actions”); and

*E-FILED 4/25/06*

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WHEREAS and counsel for the respective plaintiffs have all concluded that it is in the 

best interests of the respective parties and absent putative class members that the Moser action 

also be consolidated with this action for all purposes and proceed as contemplated herein; and

WHEREAS, it is anticipated that additional related actions may be transferred to,

removed to, or filed in this District; and

WHEREAS, the interests of fair and efficient administration of justice and the avoidance 

of unnecessary duplicative efforts warrant: (i) consolidation of the Actions, (ii) establishment of 

an organizational structure for plaintiffs’ counsel, and (iii) setting of a status conference to

discuss, among other things, schedules for the filing of pleadings, motion practice, and

discovery; and good cause appearing therefor;

The parties, through their counsel, STIPULATE as follows:

CONSOLIDATION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS

1. The Court finds that Moser et al. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, Case No. C 06-

2325-EMC (N.D. Cal. filed Mar. 31, 2006) is a related action pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(a) in

that the action concerns substantially the same parties, transactions, and events; and it appears 

likely that there will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting 

results if the cases are conducted before different judges. Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(f)(3), the 

Clerk shall reassign the Moser action to this Court and shall notify the parties and the affected 

judges accordingly. This Court hereby consolidates the Okada and Moser actions with the 

present action for all purposes, under Case No. C 06-1221, and the Actions shall be referred to 

herein as the Consolidated Action.

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2. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this Order to counsel of record in the Consolidated 

Action.

3. Each document filed or served by a party to the Actions or the Consolidated 

Action shall bear the following caption:

In re HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.

POWER-PLUG LITIGATION Case No. C 06-1221

4. The terms of this Order shall apply to all actions later instituted in, removed to, or 

transferred to this District that involve the same or substantially similar issues of law and fact,

subject to the following procedures:

a. When such a case is filed in, removed to, or transferred to this District, the 

Clerk of the Court shall:

(1) File a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action;

(2) provide a copy of this Order by mail or electronically pursuant to the 

local rules to counsel for plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) in the newly filed or 

transferred action; and

(3) make an appropriate entry on the docket for the Consolidated 

Action.

b. Each new case that arises out of the subject matter of the Consolidated 

Action that is filed in, removed to, or transferred to this District shall be consolidated 

with the Consolidated Action and this Order shall apply thereto, unless a party in such 

newly-filed, removed, or transferred action objects to consolidation, as provided for 

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herein, or any provision of this Order, within ten (10) days after the date upon which a 

copy of this Order is served on counsel for such party, by filing an application for relief 

and this Court deems it appropriate to grant such application.

5. Counsel in the Consolidated Action shall call to the attention of the Court and the 

Clerk the filing, removal, or transfer of any case which might properly be consolidated with the 

Consolidated Action. Mailing or other delivery of a copy of this Order by defendant’s counsel 

or Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel (see below) to counsel in any newly filed, removed, or 

transferred action shall constitute valid notice thereof for purposes of establishing the

applicability of this Order to such action in accordance herewith.

6. A status conference is set for ______________ at _____ p.m. The agenda for the 

status conference shall include a schedule for the filings of pleadings or other motion practice, a 

discovery plan, the potential for alternative dispute resolution and/or settlement, and such other 

matters as the parties or the Court deem appropriate.

CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT AND RESPONSE THERETO

7. In the Consolidated Action, all plaintiffs will jointly file, within 40 days after entry 

of this Order, a consolidated complaint, which will be the only proposed class complaint to 

which defendant will respond.

8. Defendant need not separately respond to the complaints in the separate Actions or 

other actions subsequently consolidated pursuant to the terms of this Order. Defendant shall 

answer or otherwise respond to the consolidated complaint within 30 days after service of such 

consolidated complaint or as otherwise agreed to by counsel. Defendant’s response to the 

July 19, 2006 2:30

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consolidated complaint shall be deemed to be their response to any later filed complaint in any 

action that is thereafter consolidated with the Consolidated Action.

ORGANIZATION OF PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL

9. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g)(2), inter alia, Interim Class Counsel 

and Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel shall be Kamber & Associates, LLC; Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP;

and Law Offices of Clifford A. Cantor, P.C. ( collectively, “Co-Lead Counsel”). Co-Lead 

Counsel, acting on behalf of plaintiffs, shall have the following duties:

a. To coordinate all proceedings, including preparing, structuring, and 

presenting pretrial and other management-related orders;

b. To encourage full cooperation and efficiency among all counsel;

c. To create any necessary committees and appoint committee chairs and 

otherwise delegate responsibilities for specific tasks in a manner to assure that pretrial 

and trial preparation is conducted effectively, efficiently, and economically;

d. To delegate work responsibilities and monitor the activities of counsel to 

assure that schedules are met and unnecessary expenditures of time and expense are 

avoided;

e. To act as spokespersons at all court conferences (either personally or by 

designee);

f. To call meetings of themselves and/or other counsel as appropriate or 

necessary from time to time;

g. To initiate and conduct settlement negotiations with counsel for the 

defendant; 

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h. To determine plaintiffs’ position on all matters arising during this litigation 

(after such consultation with other counsel as they deem appropriate) and present such 

position orally and/or in writing to the Court and opposing parties (either personally or by 

designee);

i. To consult with and employ experts, as necessary;

j. To initiate, coordinate, and conduct discovery;

k. To represent plaintiffs at trial and on any appeal of this matter, with the 

assistance of other counsel as they deem appropriate;

l. To allocate and assign tasks among plaintiffs’ counsel, as they deem 

appropriate;

m. To submit a fee application on behalf of plaintiffs’ counsel and allocate any 

fees that may be awarded by the Court; and

n. To perform such other duties as are necessary in connection with proper 

coordination of the prosecution of this litigation.

10. Co-Lead Counsel shall be the contact between plaintiffs’ counsel and defendants’ 

counsel as well as the spokespersons for plaintiffs’ counsel, except to the extent Co-Lead 

Counsel designate otherwise. All agreements reached by defendant with the Co-Lead Counsel 

shall be binding on all other plaintiffs’ counsel in the Consolidated Action.

11. Co-Lead Counsel are hereby designated as the counsel for plaintiffs in the 

Consolidated Action upon whom all notices, orders, pleadings, motions, discovery, and 

memoranda relating to the Consolidated Action shall be served, and defendants shall effect 

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service of papers on plaintiffs in the consolidated Action by serving each of the Co-Lead 

Counsel.

12. No motion or request for discovery shall be served or filed by plaintiffs, or other 

pretrial proceedings initiated by plaintiffs, except by or with the authorization of Co-Lead 

Counsel.

13. Plaintiffs’ Co-Liaison Counsel shall be Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser 

LLP and Law Offices of Thomas D. Mauriello (collectively, “Co-Liaison Counsel”).

14. Co-Liaison Counsel, acting on behalf of plaintiffs, shall have the following duties:

a. To liaise with the Court and/or local counsel for defendant, as designated 

by Co-Lead Counsel;

b. To conduct local activities, as designated by Co-Lead Counsel;

c. To receive and, as appropriate, distribute to co-counsel (to recipients to be 

agreed upon) notices and orders from the Court and documents from opposing parties or 

their counsel;

d. To establish and maintain a document depository, to the extent designated 

by Co-Lead Counsel; and

e. To maintain an up-to-date list of actions and counsel available to the Court 

and all plaintiffs’ counsel upon request.

15. The organization structure set forth in this section applies to all plaintiffs’ counsel 

in the Consolidated Action, including plaintiffs’ counsel in any action subsequently governed by 

this Order.

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16. No communications (i) among plaintiffs’ counsel, or (ii) between any of Co-Lead 

Counsel or Co-Liaison Counsel and any plaintiff, shall be taken as a waiver of work-product 

protection or the attorney-client privilege.

ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS AND APPEARANCE

17. Each attorney acting as counsel for any party to the Consolidated Action who is a 

member in good standing of the bar of any United States District Court shall be deemed 

admitted pro hac vice before this Court, without further action, upon payment of the admission 

fee, in connection with these proceedings.

MODIFICATION OF THIS ORDER

18. This Order may be modified, supplemented or superseded by order of the Court or 

upon application of any party for good cause shown.

REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF ORDER

19. The parties jointly request that the Court enter the subjoined order. Notice of

presentation is waived.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Defendants Plaintiffs

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By: /s/ Howard Holderness 04/19/06

Howard Holderness Date

Thomas R. Green

One Market Plaza

Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel: (415) 442-1000

LAW OFFICES OF ALAN HIMMELFARB

By:______________________ ____________

Alan Himmelfarb Date

2757 Leonis Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90058

Tel: (323) 585-8696

Fax: (323) 585-8198

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KAMBER & ASSOCIATES, LLC

By:/s/ Scott A. Kamber 04/19/06

Scott A. Kamber Date

19 Fulton St., Ste. 400

New York, NY 10038

Tel: (877) 773-5469

Fax: (212) 202-6364

Counsel for James Scripps

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Fax: (415) 442-1001

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

Michael J. Holston

John F. Schultz

1701 Market St.

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel: (215) 963-5385

Fax: (215) 963-5001

Counsel for Hewlett-Packard Company

BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER

& BIRKHAEUSER LLP

By: /s/ Alan R. Plutzik

Alan R. Plutzik Date

2125 Oak Grove Rd., Ste. 120

Walnut Creek, CA 94598

Tel: (925) 945-0200

Fax: (925) 945-8792

FARUQI & FARUQI

By:______________________ ____________

Nadeem Faruqi Date

Antonio Vozzolo

320 East 39th St.

New York, NY 10016

Tel: (212) 983-9330

Fax: (212) 983-9331

Counsel for Allen Moser, Jr. & Christopher 

Wu, individually and on behalf of all those 

similarly situated

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