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

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R. Scott Feldmann (CA Bar No. 169230)

Daniel A. Sasse (CA Bar No. 236234)

Van-Dzung V. Nguyen (CA Bar No. 222832)

Chahira Solh (CA Bar No. 248985)

CROWELL & MORING LLP

3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor

Irvine, CA 92614

Telephone: (949) 263-8400

Facsimile: (949) 263-8414

Email: sfeldmannêcrowell.com

dsasseêcrowell. com

vnguyenêcrowell.com

csolhêcrowell.com

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Kent A. Gardiner

Alexandre de Gramont

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 624-2500

Facsimile: (202) 628-5116

Email: kgardinerêcrowell.com

adegramontêcrowell.com

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17 IN RE RUBBER CHEMICALS ANTITRUST ) 18 ) LITIGATION ) 19 ) )

20 ) THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: )

Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., et at. )

21 v. Chemtura Corporation, et al. )

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Bandag, Incorporated

(now Bridgestone Bandag, LLC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRACISCO DIVISION

MDL Docket No. C 04-1648 MJJ

Individual Case No. C 06-5700 MJJ

SECOND STIPULATION TO AMEND

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE

6-2 AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

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23 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2 of the United States District Court for the Northern

24 Distrct of California, Plaintiff and Defendants (collectively, the "Parties") in Bridgestone

25 Americas Holding, Inc., et al. v. Chemtura Corporation, et al., Individual Case No. C 06-5700

26 MJJ (the "Action"), by and through their respective counsel, submit this Stipulation and

27 (Proposed) Order;

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SECOND STIPULATION TO AMEND CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER AND (PROPOSED) ORDER

MDL DOCKET NO. C 04-1648 MJJ; INDIVIDUAL CASE NO. C 06-5700 MJJ

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1 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs action, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., et at. v. Chemtura

2 Corporation, et al., was transferred from the Middle District of Tennessee pursuant to 28 V.S.C.

3 § 1407(c), and docketed with this Court on September 19,2006;

4 WHEREAS, a Case Management Order was entered on October 16,2007;

5 WHEREAS, upon a stipulation by the parties submitted to the Court, an Amended Case

6 Management Order was entered on November 28, 2007;

7 WHEREAS, to further facilitate on-going discovery, the parties have agreed to an

8 extension of time in the amount of fourteen (14) calendar days for all pretrial deadlines except

9 the pretrial conference date and the trial date, and if such an extension causes the date to fall on a

10 holiday or weekend, the deadline date shall be set for the next business day;

11 NOW THEREFORE IT is HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED BETWEEN THE

12 PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD THAT:

13 The case management schedule shall be revised as follows:

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Deadlie from Amended Case ProDosed New Deadline

Item Mana2ement Order (For Al Parties)

(For Al Parties)

Discovery Begins (between July 15, 2007 (between individual July 15, 2007 (between

Individual Defendants and defendants and Bandag only) individual defendants and

Bandag only) Bandag only)

Initial Disclosures September 12, 2007 (between September 12, 2007 (between

(between Individual individual defendants and Bandag individual defendants and

Defendants and Bandag only) Bandag only)

only)

Plaintiff s Expert Reports January 9, 2008 Januar 23,2008

& Back-Up

Defendants' Expert February 6, 2008 February 20,2008

Reports & Back-Up

Plaintiffs Rebuttal Reports March 5, 2008 March 19, 2008

& Back-Up

Deposition of Plaintiffs Completed by March 20, 2008 Completed by April 3, 2008

Exnerts

Deposition of Defendants' Completed by April 3, 2008 Completed by April 17, 2008

Experts

Discovery Cut-Off Completed by May 12, 2008 Completed by May 27, 2008

Dispositive Motions May 30, 2008 June 13,2008

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Deadlie from Amended Case ProDosed New Deadline

Item Mana2ement Order (For All Partes)

(For Al Parties)

Oppositions to Dispositive June 30, 2008 July 14, 2008

Motions

Replies in support of July 21, 2008 August 4, 2008

Dispositive Motions

Hearing on Dispositive August 12,2008 August 26, 2008

Motions

Remand Date August/September 2008 September 2008

Pretrial Conference September 16, 2008 at 3:30 PM September 16,2008 at 3:30

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Trial Datel October 6, 2008 at 8:30 AM October 6,2008 at 8:30 AM

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10 IT is SO STIPULATED.

11 Respectively submitted,

12 Dated: January 3,2008

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CROWELL & MORING LLP

Isl Daniel A. Sasse

R. Scott Feldmann

Daniel A. Sasse

Van-Dzung V. Nguyen

Chahira Solh

3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor

Irvine, CA 92614-8505

Kent A. Gardiner

Alexandre de Gramont

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Attorneys for Plaintiff Bandag, Incorporated

(now Bridgestone Bandag, LLC)

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(SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE)

1 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a), Defendant Chemtura Corporation submits that the trial date

must be set by the transferor court, the Middle District of Tennessee, after remand from this

Court at the close of pretrial proceedings. See Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &

Lerach, 523 U.S. 26 (1998).

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3 Dated: January 3,2008 O'MEL VENY & MYERS LLP

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Michael F. Tubach

Steven E. Conigliaro

Embarcadero Center West

274 Battery Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-3344

Telephone: (415) 984-8700

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701

Michael Maddigan

400 South Hope Street, 18th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-2899

Telephone: (213) 430-6000

Facsimile: (213) 430-6407

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Ian Simmons

Benjamin G. Bradshaw

1625 Eye Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-4001

Telephone: (202) 383-5300

Facsimile: (202) 383-5414

Attorneys for Defendants Chemtura Corporation

(formerly known as Crompton Corporation) and

Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc.

(now merged into Chemtura Corporation)

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1 ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND STIPULATION TO AMEND

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Isl Mark Hellerer

Mark Hellerer

Ranah Leila Esmaili

1540 Broadway

New York, NY 10036-4039

Telephone: (212) 858-1000

Facsimile: (212) 858-1500

Attorney for Defendant James J. Conway

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Jason Brown

Rachel J. Nash

45 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10111

Telephone: (212) 841-5700

Facsimile: (212) 841-5725

Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Duchesne

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Wiliam J. Schwartz

Jason M. Koral

1114 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-7798

Telephone: (212) 856-9600

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ANELLO & BOHRER, P.C.

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Barry A. Bohrer

E. Scott Schirick

565 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (212) 856-9600

Facsimile: (212) 856-9494

Attorneys for Defendant Peter D. Welch

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rPROPOSEDl SECOND AMENDED CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

The Court has considered the Second Stipulation to Amend the Case Management Order

submitted by the Parties, and hereby orders that the following amended case management

schedule shall govern the proceedings in Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., et at. v. Chemtura

Corporation, et at., Individual Case No. C 06-5700 MJJ:

Item Deadlines/Dates

Discovery Begins (between Individual Defendants July 15,2007 (between individual

and Bandag only) defendants and Bandag only)

Initial Disclosures (between Individual Defendants September 12, 2007 (between individual

and Bandag only) defendants and Bandag only)

Plaintiffs Expert Reports & Back-Up January 23,2008

Defendants' Expert Reports & Back-Up February 20, 2008

Plaintiffs Rebuttal Reports & Back-Up March 19,2008

Deposition of Plaintiffs Experts Completed by April 3, 2008

Deposition of Defendants' Experts Completed by April 17, 2008

Discovery Cut-Off Completed by May 27,2008

Disnositive Motions June 13 2008

Oppositions to Dispositive Motions July 14, 2008

Replies in support of Dispositive Motions August 4, 2008

Hearing on Dispositive Motions August 26, 2008

Remand Date September 2008

Pretrial Conference September 16,2008 at 3:30 PM

Trial Date! October 6, 2008 at 8:30 AM

IT is SO ORDERED.

Dated:

Honorable Martin J. Jenkins

United States District Court for the

Northern District of California

! Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a), Defendant Chemtura Corporation submits that the trial date

must be set by the transferor court, the Middle District of Tennessee, after remand from this

Court at the close of pretrial proceedings. See Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &

Lerach, 523 U.S. 26 (1998).

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