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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

AV Media, Pte, Ltd., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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Omnimount Systems, Inc.,

Defendant.

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No. CIV 06-2412-PHX-SMM

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties agreement regarding depositions of foreign nationals (Doc. 97),

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

No party will offer testimony at trial of a witness who lives in a foreign

country unless that party has (a) given opposing counsel a reasonable and

timely opportunity to take the witness's deposition and (b) made the witness

available for deposition in a reasonably convenient jurisdiction where it

would be lawful for an American attorney to take the deposition of the

foreign witness without permission from local authorities. It is

contemplated that this arrangement might require travel, for example, to

Hawaii, to an American protectorate like Guam, or even to an Asian

destination such as Singapore or Hong Kong. This arrangement would not

preclude a party from taking the deposition of other foreign-based witnesses

through established procedures (and once deposed, the person could be used

as a trivial witness by any party if that party can persuade the witness to

come to trial). Similarly, this arrangement would not require that a deposed

witness appear personally at trial, and a party could offer the witness's

testimony through deposition if the rules allowed for it.

DATED this 18th day of April, 2007.

Case 2:06-cv-02412-SMM Document 105 Filed 04/18/07 Page 1 of 1