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

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CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.’S NOTICE OF INABILITY TO ATTEND STATUS CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:07-CV-5944 SC 

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

JOEL S. SANDERS, SBN 107234 

JSanders@gibsondunn.com 

RACHEL S. BRASS, SBN 219301 

RBrass@gibsondunn.com 

AUSTIN SCHWING, SBN 211696 

ASchwing@gibsondunn.com 

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, California 94105-2933 

Telephone: 415.393.8200 

Facsimile: 415.393.8306 

Attorneys for Defendant 

CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

DIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

CASE NO. 3:07-CV-5944 SC 

MDL NO. 1917 

CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.’S 

NOTICE OF INABILITY TO ATTEND 

STATUS CONFERENCE 

Defendant Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. (“CPT”) files this Notice of Inability to Attend in 

connection with the Status Conference scheduled for September 13, 2013. 

On July 2, 2013, the Court entered an Order Setting Status Conference, ECF No. 1758, 

requiring “[a]ll principal parties and lawyers . . . to appear” for a hearing on September 13, 2013 to 

discuss “the progress of the case and the prospects for its efficient resolution.” Order at 1. The Court 

ordered that attendance is mandatory, but provided: “If a party believes it has a valid excuse for not 

being present and represented at the hearing, it should file a notice explaining the reasons for its 

absence, no later than one week before the hearing date.” Id. at 2. 

Counsel for CPT will attend the Conference to represent CPT. CPT requests, however, that it 

be excused from attending for good cause and that the Court allow its counsel, Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher, LLP, to attend on its behalf. CPT, which is based in Taiwan, does not have any presence 

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CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.’S NOTICE OF INABILITY TO ATTEND STATUS CONFERENCE CASE NO. 3:07-CV-5944 SC 

Gibson, Dunn & 

Crutcher LLP 

(such as employees, offices, or branches) in the United States. Additionally, due to preexisting 

obligations in Taiwan, the General Counsel of CPT, who is responsible for this litigation, is unable to 

attend the Conference.1 CPT notes that it has settled with both sets of class plaintiffs and some of the 

direct action plaintiffs. 

CPT therefore respectfully requests that the Court excuse CPT from attending the Conference 

and permit its counsel from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to represent CPT at the Conference. 

DATED: August 29, 2013 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

JOEL S. SANDERS 

By: /s/ Joel S. Sanders 

Joel S. Sanders (SBN 107234) 

Rachel S. Brass (SBN 219301) 

Austin Schwing (SBN 211696) 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

(415) 393.8200 (Phone) 

(415) 393.8306 (Facsimile) 

jsanders@gibsondunn.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 

 

1 In addition, Defendant Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia) no longer exists and is therefore 

unable to attend. CPT and its counsel represent the interests of that now-defunct entity in this 

litigation. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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GRANTED

Judge Samuel Conti

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