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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE

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CASE NOS. 13-CV-05370/13-CV-05371

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Beatrice B. Nguyen (CSB No. 172961)

bbnguyen@crowell.com

CROWELL & MORING LLP

275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor

San Francisco, California 94111

Telephone: 415.986.2800

Facsimile: 415.986.2827

Daniel A. Sasse (CSB No. 236234)

dsasse@crowell.com

CROWELL & MORING LLP

3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor

Irvine, California 92614

Telephone: 949.263.8400

Facsimile: 949.263.8414

Attorneys for Plaintiff

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PRODUCTS

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL Docket No. 3:10-md-02143-RS-JCS

This document relates to:

Hewlett-Packard Company v. Toshiba Corp., et

al., No. 3:13-cv-05370-RS

Hewlett-Packard Company v. LG Electronics,

Inc., et al., No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS

Case No. 3:13-cv-05370-RS

Case No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER REGARDING CASE

CONSOLIDATION

Hon. Richard Seeborg

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE

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WHEREAS, Crowell & Moring LLP (“Crowell”) filed a lawsuit on behalf of HewlettPackard Company (“HP”), entitled Hewlett-Packard Company v. Toshiba Corp., et al., No. 3:13-

cv-05370-RS (N.D. Cal.) (the “First HP Lawsuit”), which alleges that certain defendants engaged

in a price-fixing conspiracy involving optical disk drives (“ODDs”);

WHEREAS, Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP (“Bartlit”) filed a lawsuit on

behalf of HP, entitled Hewlett-Packard Company v. LG Electronics, Inc., et al., No. 3:13-cv05371-RS (N.D. Cal.) (the “Second HP Lawsuit”), which alleges that certain other defendants

engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy involving ODDs;

WHEREAS, defendants in the First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit deny the

allegations that they engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy involving ODDs;

WHEREAS, the First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit each allege that the

defendants in each lawsuit participated in the same alleged conspiracy with each other;

WHEREAS, certain defendants in the Second HP Lawsuit filed a Motion to Consolidate

the First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit (Case No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS, Docket No. 36);

WHEREAS, HP opposed the Motion to Consolidate (Case No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS,

Docket No. 47) and the Court denied the motion (Case No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS, Docket No. 52);

WHEREAS, Crowell has since been substituted for Bartlit as HP’s counsel in the Second

HP Lawsuit (Case No. 3:13-cv-05371-RS, Docket No. 61);

WHEREAS, HP now seeks to consolidate the First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit

and defendants do not oppose;

WHEREAS, consolidation of the First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit pursuant to

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) will promote judicial efficiency going forward;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the undersigned

counsel for the parties as follows:

The First HP Lawsuit and Second HP Lawsuit are consolidated for all purposes moving

forward.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Dated: December 21, 2015 CROWELL & MORING LLP

By: /S/ Beatrice B. Nguyen

Beatrice B. Nguyen

Daniel A. Sasse

Matthew J. McBurney

Nathanial J. Wood

Angela J. Yu

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hewlett-Packard

Company

Dated: December 21, 2015 ROPES & GRAY LLP

By: /S/ Jane E. Willis

Jane E. Willis (pro hac vice)

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199

Telephone: 617-951-7000

jane.willis@ropesgray.com

Mark S. Popofsky (SBN 175476)

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: 202-508-4600

mark.popofsky@ropesgray.com

Michelle L. Visser (SBN 277509)

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-315-6300

michelle.visser@ropesgray.com

Attorneys for Defendants Hitachi-LG Data

Storage, Inc. and Hitachi-LG Data Storage

Korea, Inc.

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Dated: December 21, 2015 EIMER STAHL LLP

By: /S/ Nathan P. Eimer

Nathan P. Eimer

Vanessa G. Jacobsen

Arin C. Aragona

Ameri R. Klafeta

224 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100

Chicago, IL 60604

Telephone: 312-660-7600

neimer@eimerstahl.com

vjacobsen@eimerstahl.com

aaragona@eimerstahl.com

aklafeta@eimerstahl.com

Attorneys for Defendants

LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA,

Inc.

Dated: December 21, 2015 ASIA LAW

By: /S/ Christopher Neumeyer

Christopher Neumeyer

17F, Suite B, No. 167, Dunhua North Road

Taipei 10549

Telephone: 886-2-2717-1999

chrisneumeyer@asialaw.biz

Attorneys for Defendant

Quanta Storage, Inc.

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Dated: December 21, 2015 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

By: /S/ Belinda S. Lee

Belinda S. Lee

Daniel M. Wall

Brendan A. McShane

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-391-0600

belinda.lee@lw.com

dan.wall@lw.com

brendan.mcshane@lw.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba Samsung

Storage Technology Corp.; Toshiba Samsung

Storage Technology Korea Corp.; and Toshiba

America Information Systems Inc.

Dated: December 21, 2015 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /S/ Ian Simmons

Ian Simmons

1625 Eye Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: 202-383-5300

isimmons@omm.com

James M. Pearl

1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: 310-553-6700

jpearl@omm.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung

Electronics America, Inc.

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Dated: December 21, 2015 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By: /S/ Robert B. Pringle

Robert B. Pringle

Paul R. Griffin

Matthew R. DalSanto

Sean D. Meenan

101 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-591-1000

rpringle@winston.com

pgriffin@winston.com

mdalsanto@winston.com

smeenan@winston.com

Attorneys for Defendant

NEC Corporation

Dated: December 21, 2015 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By: /S/ A. Paul Victor

A. Paul Victor

David L. Greenspan

Jeffrey L. Kessler

George Mastoris

James F. Lerner

Elizabeth A. Cate

Susannah P. Torpey

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Telephone: 212-294-6700

pvictor@winston.com

dgreenspan@winston.com

jkessler@winston.com

gmastoris@winston.com

jlerner@winston.com

ecate@winston.com

storpey@winston.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Panasonic Corporation and Panasonic

Corporation of North America

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Dated: December 21, 2015 BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP

By: /S/ John F. Cove, Jr.

John F. Cove, Jr.

Beko Reblitz-Richardson

Steven C. Holtzman

Kieran P. Ringgenberg

1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: 510-874-1000

jcove@bsfllp.com

brichardson@bsfllp.com

sholtzman@bsfllp.com

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Attorneys for Defendants

Sony Corporation; Sony Optiarc America, Inc.;

Sony Optiarc, Inc.; and Sony Electronics Inc.

Dated: December 21, 2015 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSEMAN LLP

By: /S/ Mary Ellen Hennessy

Mary Ellen Hennessy

Aharon S. Kaye

525 W. Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60661

Telephone: 312-902-5200

maryellen.hennessy@kattenlaw.com

aharon.kaye@kattenlaw.com

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Teac Corporation and Teac America Inc.

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FILER ATTESTATION

Pursuant to Rule 5-1(i)(3) of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings Before the

United States District Court for the Northern District of California, I, Beatrice B. Nguyen, hereby

attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other

signatories.

Dated: December 21, 2015 CROWELL & MORING LLP

By: /S/ Beatrice B. Nguyen

Beatrice B. Nguyen

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hewlett-Packard

Company

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

Honorable Richard G. Seeborg

United States District Judge

1/4/16

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

In accordance with Rule 5-5 of the Local Rules of Practice in Civil Proceedings Before

the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, I, Beatrice B. Nguyen,

hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that on

December 21, 2015, a true copy of the above document was filed through the Court’s Case

Management/Electronic Case Filing (“CM/ECF”) System and served by that System upon all

counsel of record registered for the System and deemed to have consented to electronic service in

the above-captioned case. Any other counsel of record will be served by electronic mail and/or

first-class mail on the same date.

Dated: December 21, 2015 CROWELL & MORING LLP

By: /S/ Beatrice B. Nguyen

Beatrice B. Nguyen

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hewlett-Packard

Company

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