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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COMMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-06-4414 JW (EMC)

ORDER EXCUSING PLAINTIFFS’

ATTENDANCE AT SETTLEMENT

CONFERENCE

By letter dated July 9, 2007, Plaintiffs AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, INC., INFORMA

UK LTD., INFORMA USA, INC., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SPRINGER SCIENCE AND

BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC, TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP LTD., WILEY PERIODICALS, INC.,

and WILEY-LISS, INC., thru their attorney, William S. Strong of Kotin, Crabtree & Strong,

requested to be excused from personally appearing and designating one representative, DEBBIE

NOTKIN of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (parent company of Plaintiffs WILEY PERIODICALS, INC.,

and WILEY-LISS, INC.), to appear on behalf of all Plaintiffs at the settlement conference scheduled

for July 23, 2007.

Upon consideration of the request, the Court finds good cause for excusing personal

attendance of Plaintiffs AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF

PHYSICS, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, INC., INFORMA UK LTD.,

INFORMA USA, INC., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SPRINGER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS

MEDIA, LLC, TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP LTD., WILEY PERIODICALS, INC., and WILEYCase 5:06-cv-04414-JW Document 83 Filed 07/12/07 Page 1 of 2
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LISS, INC. As Ms. NOTKIN has full settlement authority on behalf of all Plaintiffs, Plaintiffs will

not be required to be on telephone standby to authorize settlement.

If the Court concludes that the absence of Plaintiffs AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, INC.,

INFORMA UK LTD., INFORMA USA, INC., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, SPRINGER

SCIENCE AND BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC, TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP LTD., WILEY

PERIODICALS, INC., and WILEY-LISS, INC. is impeding the settlement conference, the Court

may continue the settlement conference and may order personal attendance by each party including

all Plaintiffs.

This order disposes of Docket No. 81.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 12, 2007 _______________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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