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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND LIMITED DISCOVERY STAY

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Counsel Listed on Signature Block

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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) No. M-07-5944 SC

) MDL No. 1917

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IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) )

ANTITRUST LITIGATION )

) Court: Hon. Samuel Conti

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This Document Related to All Cases )

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO EXTEND LIMITED DISCOVERY STAY

WHEREAS the Court, on September 12, 2008, entered an Order pursuant to Stipulation,

granting a Limited Stay of Discovery for six (6) months, which was to expire on March 12, 2009

(“September 12, 2008 Stay Order”);

WHEREAS the Court, on February 5, 2009, entered an Order pursuant to Stipulation

modifying and extending the September 12, 2008 Stay Order until September 11, 2009, with

limitations on deposition discovery continuing until January 4, 2010 (“February 5, 2009 Stay

Order”);

WHEREAS on June 8, 2009, Special Master Charles A. Legge, entered an Order further

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extending the February 5, 2009 Stay Order, “until such time as the Court has issued its

decision(s) on the various motions to dismiss that were filed on May 18, 2009 (“June 8, 2009

Stay Order”);

WHEREAS there is an ongoing criminal grand jury investigation involving the products

at issue in this case;

WHEREAS the parties have met and conferred and agreed to request modification and

extension of the September 12, 2008, February 5, 2009, and June 8, 2009 Stay Orders;

PLAINTIFFS, DEFENDANTS, AND THE UNITED STATES, BY AND THROUGH

THEIR UNDERSIGNED COUNSEL, HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

That Paragraph 3 of the September 12, 2008 Stay Order shall be modified and replaced

in its entirety with the following new Paragraph 3:

During the pendency of the grand jury proceedings and any resulting criminal

trials, no discovery shall be conducted in this case (including, without limitation,

document requests, interrogatories, requests to admit, or depositions) that reflects, refers

to, or relates to grand jury proceedings concerning CRTs or CRT products, including any

party’s or witness’s communications with the United States, or with any grand jury

investigating CRTs or CRT products, except by the order of the Court upon good cause

shown and consistent with governing law.

That Paragraph 5 of the June 8, 2009 Stay Order shall be modified and that Paragraph

2(b) of the February 5, 2009 Stay Order shall be modified and replaced in its entirety with the

following new Paragraph 2(b):

The Stay Period, as defined in paragraph 1 of the February 5, 2009 Stay Order,

shall be extended until March 8, 2010. Moreover, no deposition discovery may be taken

until November 1, 2010, with the following exception: Beginning on March 8, 2010,

depositions may be taken of defendants’ customers or suppliers, or their employees,

provided in any case that the deponent is not a defendant or a subsidiary or affiliate of a

defendant, or an employee, agent, or former employee of any of them. Such deposition

subpoenas may include requests for documents to be produced by the deponent at the

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deposition, provided that no document requests may request the production of

documents disclosing the contents of the witness’ testimony, if any, before the grand jury

or communications with the United States that reflect, refer to, or relate to the grand jury

proceedings.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 22, 2009 By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler

JEFFREY L. KESSLER (pro hac vice)

Email: jkessler@dl.com

A. PAUL VICTOR (pro hac vice)

Email: pvictor@dl.com

EVA W. COLE (pro hac vice)

Email: ecole@dl.com

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 259-8000

Facsimile: (212) 259-7013

PETER ROOT (142348)

Email: proot@dl.com

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP

1950 University Avenue

East Palo Alto, California 94303

Telephone: (650) 845-7000

Facsimile: (650) 845-7333

STEVEN A. REISS (pro hac vice)

Email: steven.reiss@weil.com

DAVID L. YOHAI (pro hac vice)

Email: david.yohai@weil.com

DAVID E. YOLKUT (pro hac vice)

Email: david.yolkut@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153-0119

Telephone: (212) 310-8000

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007

GREGORY D. HULL (57367)

Email: greg.hull@weil.com

JOSEPH R. WETZEL (238008)

Email: joseph.wetzel@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

201 Redwood Shores Parkway

Redwood Shores, California 94065-1175

Telephone: (650) 802-3000

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100

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Attorneys for Defendants Panasonic Corporation

of North America, MT Picture Display

Corporation of America (NY) (defunct); MT

Picture Display Co., Ltd. and Panasonic

Corporation (f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial

Co.)

By: /s/ Gary L. Halling

GARY L. HALLING (66087)

ghalling@sheppardmullin.com

JAMES L. MCGINNIS (95788)

jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com

MICHAEL SCARBOROUGH (203524)

mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &

HAMPTON LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4109

Telephone: (415) 434-9100

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947

Attorneys for Defendants Samsung SDI America,

Inc., Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI

(Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Samsung SDI Mexico S.A.

de C.V., Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda., Shenzhen

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., and Tianjin Samsung

SDI Co., Ltd.

By: /s/ Michael Tubach

MICHAEL TUBACH (145955)

Email: mtubach@omm.com

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-3823

Telephone: (415) 984-8876

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701

By: /s/ Ian Simmons

IAN SIMMONS (pro hac vice)

Email: isimmons@omm.com

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

1625 Eye Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20006

Telephone: (202) 383-5300

Facsimile: (202) 383-5414

Attorneys for Defendants Samsung Electronics

Co., Ltd. And Samsung Electronics America,

Inc.,

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By: /s/ Samuel Miller

SAMUEL R. MILLER (66871)

Email: srmiller@sidley.com

MARIE L. FIALA (79676)

Email: mfiala@sidley.com

RYAN SANDROCK (251781)

Email: rsandrock@sidley.com

ROBERT B. MARTIN, III (235489)

Email: rbmartin@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

Telephone: (415) 772-1200

Facsimile: (415) 772-7400

Attorneys for Defendants LG Electronics, Inc.,

LG Electronics USA, Inc., and LG Electronics

Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

By: /s/ Ethan E. Litwin

ETHAN E. LITWIN (pro hac vice)

Email: LitwinE@howrey.com

HOWREY LLP

601 Lexington Avenue, 54th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Telephone: (212) 896-6500

Facsimile: (212) 896-6501

By: /s/ John Taladay

JOHN TALADAY (pro hac vice)

Email: TaladayJ@howrey.com

HOWREY LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2402

Telephone: (202) 783-0800

Facsimile: (202) 383-6610

Attorneys for Defendant Philips Electronics

North America Corporation, Koninklijke

Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Electronics

Industries (Ta wan), Ltd., and Philips da

Amazonia Industria Electronica Ltda.

By: /s/ Bruce H. Jackson

BRUCE H. JACKSON (98118)

Email: bruce.h.jackson@bakernet.com

ROBERT W. TARUN (64881)

Email: robert.w.tarun@bakernet.com

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 11th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3802

Telephone: (415) 576-3000

Facsimile: (415) 576-3099

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PATRICK J. AHERN (pro hac vice)

email: patrick.j.ahern@bakernet.com

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP. 130 East Randolph Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Telephone: (312) 861-3735

Facsimile: (312) 698-2034

Attorneys for Tatung Company of America, Inc.

By: /s/ Kent M. Roger

KENT M. ROGER (95987)

Email: kroger@morganlewis.com

MICHELLE PARK CHIU (248421)

Email: mchiu@morganlewis.com

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, California 94105-1126

Telephone: (415) 442-1000

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001

Attorneys for Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi

Asia, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi

Electronic Devices (USA), Inc., and Hitachi

Displays, Ltd.

By: /s/ Terry Calvani

TERRY CALVANI (53260)

Email: terry.calvani@freshfields.com

BRUCE C. MCCULLOCH (pro hac vice)

Email: bruce.mcculloch@freshfields.com

CHRISTINE A. LACIAK (pro hac vice)

Email: christine.laciak@freshfields.com

FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER

US LLP

701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20004

Telephone: (202) 777-4500

Facsimile: (202) 777-4555

Attorneys for Defendant Beijing Matsushita

Color CRT Company, Ltd.

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By: /s/ George L. Paul

CHRISTOPHER M. CURRAN (pro hac vice)

Email: ccurran@whitecase.com

GEORGE L. PAUL (pro hac vice)

Email: gpaul@whitecase.com

LUCIUS B. LAU (pro hac vice)

Email: alau@whitecase.com

WHITE & CASE LLP

701 Thirteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

Telephone: (202) 626-3600

Facsimile: (202) 639-9355

Attorneys for Defendants Toshiba Corporation,

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.,

Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.,

Toshiba America, Inc. And Toshiba America

Consumer Products, L.L.C.

By: /s/ Terrence A. Callan

TERRENCE A. CALLAN (36305)

Email: terrence.callan@pillsburylaw.com

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW

PITTMAN LLP

50 Fremont Street

P.O. Box 7880

San Francisco, California 94120-7880

Telephone: (415) 983-1000

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200

JOSEPH R. TIFFANY II (67821)

Email: joseph.tiffany@pillsburylaw.com

PHILIP A. SIMPKINS (246635)

Email: philip.simpkins@pillsburylaw.com

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW

PITTMAN LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304-1114

Telephone: (650) 233-4500

Facsimile: (650) 233-4545

Attorneys for Irico Group Corporation and Irico

Display Devices Co., Ltd.

By: /s/ William Diaz

WILLIAM DIAZ (232297)

Email: wdiaz@mwe.com

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY

18191 Von Karman Avenue

Suite 500

Irvine, California 92612-7108

Telephone: (949) 851-0633

Facsimile: (949) 851-9348

Attorneys for Samtel Color, Ltd.

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By: /s/ R. Alexander Saveri

GUIDO SAVERI (41059)

Email: guido@saveri.com

R. ALEXANDER SAVERI (173102)

Email: rick@saveri.com

CADIO ZIRPOLI (179108)

Email: cadio@saveri.com

SAVERI & SAVERI INC.

706 Sansome Street

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: (415) 217-6810

Facsimile: (415) 217-6813

Interim Lead Counsel for the Direct Purchaser

Plaintiffs

By: /s/ Mario N. Alioto

MARIO N. ALIOTO (56433)

Email: malioto@tatp.com

LAUREN C. RUSSELL (241151)

Email: laurenrussell@tatp.com

TRUMP, ALIOTO, TRUMP & PRESCOTT,

LLP

2280 Union Street

San Francisco, California 94123

Telephone: (415) 563-7200

Facsimile: (415) 346-0679

Interim Lead Counsel for the Indirect

Purchaser Plaintiffs

By: /s/ Lidia Maher

LIDIA MAHER (222253)

Email: Lidia.Maher@usdoj.gov

ANNA TRYON PLETCHER (239730)

Email: Anna.Pletcher@usdoj.gov

MAY LEE HEYE (209366)

Email: May.Heye@usdoj.gov

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

ANTITRUST DIVISION

450 Golden Gate Avenue

Box 36046

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6660

Facsimile: (415)436-6687

Attorneys for the United States

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _____________________ ______________________________

Honorable Samuel Conti

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

January 5, 2010

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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