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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

HOWARD CHU, Derivatively On Behalf of 

Nominal Defendant RAMBUS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HAROLD HUGHES, et al., 

Defendants, 

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RAMBUS INC., 

Nominal Defendant. 

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No. C-06-3513-JF 

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PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS TO 

CONSOLIDATE RELATED CASES AND 

APPOINT LEAD PLAINTIFF AND LEAD 

COUNSEL 

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ROLAND BIBEAU, Derivatively On Behalf of

Nominal Defendant RAMBUS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HAROLD HUGHES, et al., 

Defendants, 

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RAMBUS INC., 

Nominal Defendant. 

GAETANO RUGGIERI, Derivatively On 

Behalf of RAMBUS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

HAROLD HUGHES, et al., 

Defendants, 

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RAMBUS INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

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No. C-06-3921-JF 

No. C-06-4153-RMW 

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Motions to Consolidate Actions and Appoint Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel (the 

“Motions”) came on for hearing in the ordinary course. Having considered the papers submitted in 

support of and in response to the Motions, the argument of counsel, if any, and for good cause 

shown, the Court ORDERS as follows: 

I. CONSOLIDATION OF ACTIONS 

1. The following actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes, including pretrial 

proceedings, trial and appeal: 

Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed

Chu v. Hughes, et al. C 06-3513-JF March 31, 2006 

Bibeau v. Hughes et al. C 06-3921-JF June 23, 2006 

Ruggieri v. Hughes, et al. C 06-4153-RMW July 5, 2006 

2. The caption of these consolidated actions shall be “In re Rambus Inc. Derivative 

Litigation” and the files of these consolidated actions shall be maintained in one file under Master 

File No. C-06-3513-JF. Any other actions now pending or later filed in this Court which arise out of 

or are related to the same facts as alleged in the above-identified cases shall be consolidated for all 

purposes, if and when they are brought to the Court’s attention. 

3. Every pleading filed in the consolidated actions, or in any separate action included 

herein, shall bear the following caption: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In re RAMBUS INC. DERIVATIVE ) Master File No. C-06-3513-JF 

LITIGATION ) 

___________________________________ ) 

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This Document Relates To: ) 

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4. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to all actions governed by this Order, 

the words “All Actions” shall appear immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in 

the caption set out above. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to only some, but not all, of 

the consolidated actions, this Court’s docket number for each individual action to which the pleading 

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is intended to be applicable and the abbreviated case name of said action shall appear immediately 

after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption described above (e.g., “No. 5:06-cv03921-JF, Bibeau v. Hughes, et al.”). 

5. A Master Docket and a Master File hereby are established for the above consolidated 

proceedings and for all other related cases filed in or transferred to this Court. Separate dockets shall 

continue to be maintained for each of the individual actions hereby consolidated, and entries shall be 

made in the docket of each individual case in accordance with the regular procedures of the clerk of 

this Court, except as modified by this Order. 

6. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is applicable to “All Actions,” 

the clerk shall file such pleading in the Master File and note such filing on the Master Docket. No 

further copies need be filed, and no other docket entries need be made. 

7. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is to be applicable to fewer than 

all of the consolidated actions, the clerk will file such pleading in the Master File only but shall 

docket such filing on the Master Docket and the docket of each applicable action. 

8. When a case which properly belongs as part of In re Rambus Inc. Derivative 

Litigation is filed in this Court or transferred to this Court from another court and assigned to Judge 

Fogel, the clerk of this Court shall: 

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

(b) Mail to the attorneys for the plaintiff(s) in the newly-filed or transferred case a 

copy of this Order and direct that this Order be served upon or mailed to any new defendant(s) or 

their counsel in the newly-filed or transferred case; and 

(c) Make an appropriate entry on the Master Docket. This Court requests the 

assistance of counsel in calling to the attention of the clerk of this Court the filing or transfer of any 

case which properly might be consolidated as part of In re Rambus Inc. Derivative Litigation. 

II. APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND LEAD COUNSEL 

9. Plaintiffs Howard Chu and Gaetano Ruggieri shall be appointed Lead Plaintiffs. 

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10. The law firms of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP and 

Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP shall be appointed Lead Counsel for plaintiffs in the consolidated 

Rambus shareholder derivative actions. 

11. Lead Counsel shall have authority to speak for plaintiffs in matters regarding pretrial 

and trial procedure and settlement negotiations, and shall make all work assignments in such manner 

as to facilitate the orderly and efficient prosecution of this litigation and to avoid duplicative or 

unproductive effort. 

12. Lead Counsel shall be responsible for coordination of all activities and appearances 

on behalf of plaintiffs and for the dissemination of notices and orders of this Court. No motion, 

request for discovery or other pretrial proceedings shall be initiated or filed by plaintiffs except 

through Lead Counsel. 

13. Lead Counsel also shall be available and responsible for communications to and from 

this Court. Lead Counsel shall be responsible for the creation and maintenance of a master service 

list of all parties and their respective counsel. 

14. Defendants’ counsel may rely upon all agreements made with Lead Counsel, or other 

duly authorized representatives of plaintiffs, and such agreements shall be binding on plaintiffs. 

III. SCHEDULE 

15. Plaintiffs shall no later than 45 days from the entry of this Order file and serve a 

Consolidated Complaint which will supersede all existing complaints filed in these actions. 

Defendants need not respond to any of the pre-existing complaints. Service, pursuant to Rule 4 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, of any of the pre-existing complaints on any of the defendants, 

or their counsel, shall constitute sufficient service on that defendant. Service shall be effected with 

respect to any defendant named in any of the consolidated actions by serving the Consolidated 

Complaint on that defendant’s counsel. 

16. Each defendant shall answer or otherwise respond to the Consolidated Complaint no 

later than 45 days from the date of service. In the event that defendants file and serve any motion 

directed at the Consolidated Complaint, plaintiffs shall file and serve their opposition within 45 days 

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after the service of defendants’ motion. If defendants file and serve a reply to plaintiffs’ opposition, 

they will do so within 15 days after service of the opposition. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE JEREMY FOGEL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Submitted by: 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

DARREN J. ROBBINS 

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III 

THOMAS G. WILHELM 

s/ TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, LLP 

ERIC L. ZAGER 

SEAN M. HANDLER 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: 610/667-7706 

610/667-7056 (fax) 

[Proposed] Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on August 2, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

 s/ TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

 TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail: travisd@lerachlaw.com

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Electronic Mail Notice List 

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z Patrice L. Bishop

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z Todd Mosser

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