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

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JOINT STATUS STATEMENT: MASTER DOCKET 04-1648-MMC/RELATES TO C-07-1057-MMC 

ROBERT G. BADAL (No. 81313) 

robert.badal@hellerehrman.com

WILLIAM H. FORMAN (No. 150477) 

william.forman@hellerehrman.com

JEFFREY A. RICHMOND (No. 155808) 

jeff.richmond@hellerehrman.com

HELEN C. ECKERT (No. 240531) 

helen.eckert@hellerehrman.com

BETHANY M. STEVENS (No. 245672) 

bethany.stevens@hellerehrman.com

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

333 South Hope Street, 39th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3043 

Telephone: +1.213.689.0200 

Facsimile: +1.213.614.1868 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 

Additional Parties and Counsel Listed on Signature Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE: RUBBER CHEMICALS ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION

 MDL Docket No. 04-1648 MMC 

KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.,

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

FLEXSYS AMERICA LP, FLEXSYS N.V., and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants.

 Case No. C-07-1057 MMC (BZ) 

JOINT STATUS STATEMENT AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER THEREON 

Conference Date: Sept. 5, 2008 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Place: Courtroom No. 7 

 Hon. Maxine Chesney 

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JOINT STATUS STATEMENT: MASTER DOCKET 04-1648-MMC/RELATES TO C-07-1057-MMC 

Pursuant to this Court’s minute order dated May 23, 2008, the undersigned parties 

respectfully submit this Joint Status Statement, which pertains to this individual action alone. 

The parties last reported to the Court in their May 16, 2008 Joint Status Statement (Master 

Docket No. 678; Individual Docket No. 90). Since that time, the parties have completed briefing on 

Defendants’ motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint. Defendants filed a motion to 

dismiss on May 16, 2008; Plaintiff filed an opposition on June 13, 2008, to which Defendants 

replied on July 3, 2008. On July 30, 2008, the Court entered an order vacating the previously 

scheduled hearing on the motion. 

On August 20, 2008, the Court entered an order directing the parties to show cause in 

writing by September 9, 2008 why the Court should not issue a suggestion of remand pursuant to 

Rule 7.6 of the Rules for Multidistrict Litigation. In the same order, the Court indicated it will 

defer ruling on Defendants’ motion to dismiss until it determines whether a suggestion of remand is 

appropriate, and if so, until the Panel acts upon the Court’s suggestion. 

Because the parties will have not yet responded to the Court’s order to show cause on 

September 5, 2008, the parties respectfully request a brief continuance of the currently scheduled 

status conference to permit the Court to consider the parties’ positions on whether a suggestion of 

remand is appropriate. 

Accordingly, the parties request that the status conference scheduled for September 5, 2008 

at 10:30 a.m. be continued until October 3, 2008, with an updated joint status statement due on 

September 26, 2008. 

DATED: August 28, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

By /s/ William H. Forman

WILLIAM H. FORMAN 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. 

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JOINT STATUS STATEMENT: MASTER DOCKET 04-1648-MMC/RELATES TO C-07-1057-MMC 

GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

DANIEL G. SWANSON, SBN 116556 

DSwanson@gibsondunn.com

ANDREW Z. EDELSTEIN, SBN 218023 

AEdelstein@gibsondunn.com

333 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3197 

Telephone: (213) 229-7000 

Facsimile: (213) 229-7520 

D. JARRETT ARP, pro hac vice 

JArp@gibsondunn.com

ADAM J. DI VINCENZO, pro hac vice 

ADiVincenzo@gibsondunn.com

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036-5306 

Telephone: (202) 955-8500 

Facsimile: (202) 955-8600 

By /s/ Andrew Z. Edelstein

ANDREW Z. EDELSTEIN 

Attorneys for Defendants 

FLEXSYS AMERICA L.P. and FLEXSYS N.V. 

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ORDER OF THE COURT

IT IS ORDERED THAT: The status conference scheduled for September 5, 2008 at 10:30 

a.m. is hereby continued until October 3, 2008 at 10:30 a.m., with an updated joint status statement 

due on September 26, 2008. 

DATED:__________________ ____________________________________ 

 U.S. District Court Judge 

August 29, 2008

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