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

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March 9, 2015

VIA ECF

The Honorable Donna M. Ryu

United States District Court

Oakland Courthouse, Courtroom 4

1301 Clay Street

Oakland, CA 94612

Re: In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation, All Actions

Case No.: 13-md-02420 YGR (DMR)

Joint Letter Requesting Extension of Time to Respond to Order to Submit Supplemental 

Information (ECF No. 670)

Dear Judge Ryu:

 Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs, Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs, and Defendants1(collectively, 

the “Parties”) have received the Court’s Order to Submit Supplemental Information (“Order”) 

(ECF No. 670). Counsel for the Parties are dispersed across the country, need to coordinate with 

one another, and have limited time during overlapping business hours on the east and west coasts 

prior to the 9:00 a.m. (Pacific) deadline on March 10, 2015. Accordingly, the Parties 

respectfully request that the Court extend the deadline to respond to the Order by three hours 

until 12:00 noon (Pacific) on March 10, 2015.

 

1 All Parties except GS Yuasa Corporation are signatories to this letter. Despite diligent 

efforts, the Parties were unable to confer with counsel for GS Yuasa Corporation and obtain 

authorization.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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March 9, 2015

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Respectfully submitted,

DATED: March 10, 2015

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

By /s/ Shana E. Scarlett 

 SHANA E. SCARLETT

Jeff D. Friedman (SBN 173886)

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 725-3000

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001

jefff@hbsslaw.com

shanas@hbsslaw.com

Steve W. Berman (Pro Hac Vice)

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300

Seattle, WA 98101

Telephone: (206) 623-7292

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594

steve@hbsslaw.com

SAVERI & SAVERI. INC.

By /s/ Carl N. Hammarskjold 

 CARL N. HAMMARSKJOLD

R. Alexander Saveri (SBN 173102)

Geoffrey C. Rushing (SBN 126910)

706 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 217-6810

Facsimile: (415) 217-6813

rick@saveri.com

grushing@saveri.com

carl@saveri.com

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

By /s/ Brendan P. Glackin 

 BRENDAN P. GLACKIN

Elizabeth J. Cabraser (SBN 83151)

Richard M. Heimann (SBN 63607)

Eric B. Fastiff (SBN 182260)

Joy A. Kruse (SBN 142799)

Marc A. Pilotin (SBN 266369)

Lin Y. Chan (SBN 255027)

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Telephone: (415) 956-1000

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008

ecabraser@lchb.com

rheimann@lchb.com

efastiff@lchb.com

jakruse@lchb.com

bglackin@lchb.com

PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP 

By /s/ Aaron M. Sheanin 

 AARON M. SHEANIN

Bruce L. Simon (SBN 96241)

Benjamin E. Shiftan (SBN 265767)

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 433-9000

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008

bsimon@pswplaw.com

asheanin@pswplaw.com

bshiftan@pswplaw.com 

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mpilotin@lchb.com

lchan@lchb.com

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, 

LLP 

By /s/ Steven N. Williams 

 STEVEN N. WILLIAMS

Joseph W. Cotchett (SBN 36324)

Nancy L. Fineman (SBN 124870)

840 Malcolm Road

Burlingame, CA 94010

Telephone: (650) 697-6000

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com

nfineman@cpmlegal.com

swilliams@cpmlegal.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

BERMAN DEVALERIO 

By /s/ Todd A. Seaver 

 TODD A. SEAVER

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (SBN 75484)

Jessica Moy (SBN 272941)

One California Street, Suite 900

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 433-3200

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382

jtabacco@bermandevalerio.com

tseaver@bermandevalerio.com

jmoy@bermandevalerio.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Direct Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 

By /s/ Kenneth P. Ewing 

 KENNETH P. EWING

Robert W. Fleishman (pro hac vice) 

Andrew J. Lee (pro hac vice) 

Andrew J. Sloniewsky (pro hac vice) 

1330 Connecticut Ave., NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 429-6264 

Facsimile: (202) 429-3902

kewing@steptoe.com 

Counsel for LG Chem, Ltd. and 

LG Chem America, Inc.

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & 

HAMPTON 

By /s/ Gary L. Halling 

 GARY L. HALLING

James L. McGinnis 

Michael W. Scarborough 

4 Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 774-3294 

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947

ghalling@sheppardmullin.com 

jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com 

mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com 

Counsel for Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., and 

Samsung SDI America, Inc.

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By /s/ Robert B. Pringle 

 ROBERT B. PRINGLE

WHITE & CASE LLP 

By /s/ J. Frank Hogue 

 J. FRANK HOGUE

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Paul R. Griffin (SBN 083541) 

Sean D. Meenan (SBN 260466) 

101 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 

Telephone: (415) 591-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400

rpringle@winston.com 

pgriffin@winston.com 

smeenan@winston.com 

Counsel for NEC Corporation and 

NEC Tokin Corporation

Christopher M. Curran (pro hac vice)

J. Frank Hogue (pro hac vice)

701 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: (202) 626-3600

Facsimile: (202) 639-9355

ccurran@whitecase.com

fhogue@whitecase.com

Counsel for Toshiba Corporation

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By /s/ Jeffery L. Kessler 

 JEFFREY L. KESSLER

A. Paul Victor (pro hac vice)

Eva W. Cole (pro hac vice)

Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice)

Erica C. Smilevski (pro hac vice)

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166-4193

Telephone: (212) 294-4601

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

jkessler@winston.com

pvictor@winston.com

ewcole@winston.com

jamato@winston.com

esmilevski@winston.com

Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648)

Diana L. Hughes (SBN267606)

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

101 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 591-6904

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400

ipapendick@winston.com

dhughes@winston.com

Roxann E. Henry (pro hac vice)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 6000

COOLEY LLP

By /s/ John C. Dwyer 

 JOHN C. DWYER

Stephen C. Neal (SBN 170085)

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130

Telephone: (650) 843-5000

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663

dwyerjc@cooley.com

nealsc@cooley.com

bennett.miller@cooley.com

Beatriz Mejia (SBN 190948)

Matthew M. Brown (SBN 264817)

COOLEY LLP

101 California Street, 5th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800

Telephone: (415) 693-2000

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222

mejiab@cooley.com

mmbrown@cooley.com

Counsel for Sony Corporation, Sony Energy

Devices Corporation, and Sony Electronics,

Inc.

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Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: (202) 887-1500

Facsimile: (202) 887-0763

rhenry@mofo.com

Counsel for Panasonic Corporation,

Panasonic Corporation of North America,

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., and

SANYO North America Corporation

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

By /s/ Craig P. Seebald 

 CRAIG P. SEEBALD

Lindsey R. Vaala (pro hac vice) 

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 

Suite 500 West 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

Telephone: (202) 639-6585 

Facsimile: (202) 879-8995 

cseebald@velaw.com 

lvaala@velaw.com 

Matthew J. Jacobs (SBN 171149) 

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 2750 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 979-6990 

Facsimile: (415) 651-8786

mjacobs@velaw.com 

Counsel for Maxell Corporation of America 

and Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

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ATTESTATION

I, Aaron M. Sheanin, hereby attest, pursuant to Northern District of California, Local 

Rule 5-1(i)(3), that concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each 

signatory hereto.

Dated: March 9, 2015 By: /s/ Aaron M. Sheanin

Aaron M. Sheanin

862478.1

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