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

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THOMSON S.A.’S NOTICE OF INABILITY TO 

ATTEND STATUS CONFERENCE

1 No. 07-5944-SC; MDL No. 1917

Calvin L. Litsey (SBN 289659)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

1950 University Ave, Suite 450

East Palo Alto, California 94303-2279

Telephone: +1 650 324-6700

Facsimile: +1 650 324-6701 

Calvin.litsey@faegrebd.com 

Kathy L. Osborn (pro hac vice)

Ryan M. Hurley (pro hac vice)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2700

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Telephone: +1 317 237-0300

Facsimile: +1 317 237-1000

kathy.osborn@FaegreBD.com 

ryan.hurley@FaegreBD.com 

Jeffrey S. Roberts (pro hac vice)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

3200 Wells Fargo

1700 Lincoln Street

Denver, Colorado 80203

Telephone: +1 303 607-3500

Facsimile: +1 303 607-3600

jeff.roberts@FaegreBD.com 

Attorneys for Specially Appearing Defendant 

Thomson S.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

This Document Relates to:

Sharp Electronics Corp., et al. v.

Hitachi, Ltd., et al., No. 13-cv-01173.

No. 07-cv-5944-SC

MDL No. 1917

THOMSON S.A’S NOTICE OF 

INABILITY TO ATTEND STATUS 

CONFERENCE

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THOMSON S.A.’S NOTICE OF INABILITY TO 

ATTEND STATUS CONFERENCE

2 No. 07-5944-SC; MDL No. 1917

Defendant Thomson S.A. files this Notice of Inability to Attend in connection with the 

status conference scheduled for September 13, 2013. 

On July 2, 2013, the Court entered an Order Setting Status Conference [Dkt. No. 1758] 

requiring “[a]ll principle parties and lawyers . . . to appear” for a hearing on September 13, 2013 to 

discuss “the progress of the case and the prospects for its efficient resolution.” (Order at 1.) The 

Court ordered that attendance is mandatory, but provided: “If a party believes it has a valid excuse 

for not being present and represented at the hearing, it should file a notice explaining the reasons for 

its absence, no later than one week before the hearing date.” (Id. at 2.)

Outside counsel for specially appearing Defendant Thomson S.A., Kathy Osborn of Faegre 

Baker Daniels LLP, will attend the conference to represent Thomson S.A.. Thomson S.A. requests, 

however, that it be excused from attending and that the Court allow its counsel, Ms. Osborn, to 

attend on its behalf. Thomson S.A. is a French holding company with its principal place of 

business located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France, and it does not have any presence (such as 

operations, employees, or offices) in the United States. Because it lacks minimum contacts with 

the United States, it has filed a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction [Dkt. No. 1765] 

the claims alleged against it in this action, which Motion is now pending before the Court. 

Thomson S.A. therefore respectfully requests that the Court excuse Thomson S.A. from 

attending the conference and permit its counsel, Ms. Osborn of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, to 

represent it at the conference.1

1 At the conference, Ms. Osborn will also appear on behalf of and represent Defendant Thomson 

Consumer, Inc. (“Thomson Consumer”), a U.S.-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomson S.A. 

A client representative of Thomson Consumer will also attend the conference. Because Faegre 

Baker Daniels LLP has replaced Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as Thomson Consumer’s counsel in 

this action, the issues raised in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s July 9, 2013 letter regarding the

inability of attorneys from that law firm to attend the conference are now moot and may be 

disregarded. (See July 9, 2013 letter from R. Sacks, attached as Ex. 1.)

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THOMSON S.A.’S NOTICE OF INABILITY TO 

ATTEND STATUS CONFERENCE

3 No. 07-5944-SC; MDL No. 1917

Dated: September 5, 2013 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kathy L. Osborn

Kathy L. Osborn (pro hac vice)

Ryan M. Hurley (pro hac vice)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2700

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Telephone: +1 317 237-0300

Facsimile: +1 317 237-1000

kathy.osborn@FaegreBD.com 

ryan.hurley@FaegreBD.com 

Calvin L. Litsey (SBN 289659)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

1950 University Ave, Suite 450

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2279

Telephone: +1 650 324-6700

Facsimile: +1 650 324-6701 

calvin.litsey@FaegreBD.com 

Jeffrey S. Roberts (pro hac vice)

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

3200 Wells Fargo

1700 Lincoln Street

Denver, CO 80203

Telephone: +1 303 607-3500

Facsimile: +1 303 607-3600

jeff.roberts@FaegreBD.com 

Attorneys for Specially Appearing 

Defendant Thomson S.A.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

09/10/2013

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