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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

KIMBERLY C. EPSTEIN (169012) 

SYLVIA SUM (207511) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

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WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581) 

DARREN J. ROBBINS (168593) 

401 B Street, Suite 1600 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

[Proposed] Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LAWRENCE JOSEPH, On Behalf of Himself 

and All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

UTSTARCOM, INC., et al., 

Defendants.

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No. C-04-4908-JW(PVT) 

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONSOLIDATING 

RELATED ACTIONS 

The Honorable James Ware

DATE: February 28, 2005 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

CTRM: 8 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

AS MODIFIED

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Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), Manual for Complex Litigation (Third) §§21.12, 21.21 & 

33.3 (1997), and Civil L.R. 3-12, the Court hereby ORDERS, as follows: 

CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES 

1. The following actions are consolidated for all purposes, including, but not limited to, 

discovery, pretrial and trial proceedings, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a): 

Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed 

Joseph v. UTStarcom, Inc., et al. C-04-4908-JW 11/17/04 

Schwanz v. UTStarcom, Inc., et al. C-04-4991-CRB 11/24/04

Lebzetter v. UTStarcom, Inc., et al. C-04-5136-MHP 12/02/04 

Tiemann v. UTStarcom, Inc., et al. C-04-5132-MJJ 12/03/04

The consolidated action shall be captioned In re UTStarcom, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. C-04-

4908-JW, and the files of this action shall be maintained in one file under Master File No. C-04-

4908-JW. 

2. Any other related actions now pending or subsequently filed in, or transferred to, this 

district shall be consolidated into this action for all purposes. This order shall apply to every such 

related action, absent order of the Court. A party that objects to such consolidation, or to any other 

provision of this order, must file an application for relief from this order within 14 days after the date 

on which a copy of the order is mailed to the party’s counsel, pursuant to ¶7, infra.

3. This order is entered without prejudice to the rights of any party to apply for 

severance of any claim or action, for good cause shown. 

MASTER DOCKET AND CAPTION 

4. The docket in Civil Action No. C-04-4908-JW shall constitute the master docket for 

this action. 

5. Every pleading filed in the consolidated action shall bear the following caption: 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re UTSTARCOM, INC. SECURITIES 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates To: 

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Master File No. C-04-4908-JW 

CLASS ACTION 

6. The file in Civil Action No. C-04-4908-JW shall constitute the master file for every 

action in the consolidated action. When the document being filed pertains to all actions, the phrase 

“ALL ACTIONS” shall appear immediately after the phrase “This Document Relates To.” When a 

pleading applies only to some, but not all, of the actions, the document shall list, immediately after 

the phrase “This Documents Relates To:,” the docket number for each individual action to which the 

document applies, along with the last name of the first-listed plaintiff in said action (e.g., “No. C-04-

4991-JW (Schwanz)”).

7. The parties shall file a Notice of Related Cases pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12 whenever 

a case that should be consolidated into this action is filed in, or transferred to, this District. If the 

Court determines that the case is related, the clerk shall: 

(a) place a copy of this order in the separate file for such action; 

(b) serve on plaintiff’s counsel in the new case a copy of this order; 

(c) direct that this order be served upon defendants in the new case; and 

(d) make the appropriate entry in the Master Docket. 

LEAD PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL 

8. After the Court has designated a Lead Plaintiff pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §78u-4(a)(3)(b), 

the Lead Plaintiff shall designate a law firm or firms to serve as Lead Plaintiff’s counsel, pursuant to 

15 U.S.C. §78u-4(a)(3)(b)(v). Lead Plaintiff’s counsel shall have authority to speak for and enter 

into agreements on behalf of plaintiffs in all matters regarding pretrial procedures, discovery and 

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settlement negotiations. Lead Plaintiff’s counsel shall manage the prosecution of this litigation to 

avoid duplicative or unproductive activities. Lead Plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for 

coordination of all activities and appearances on behalf of plaintiffs and for dissemination of notices 

and orders. Lead Plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for communications with the Court. 

9. Lead Plaintiff’s counsel shall communicate with other plaintiffs’ counsel and have the 

right to assign projects to other plaintiffs’ counsel. 

10. Defendants’ counsel may rely upon agreements made with Lead Plaintiff’s counsel. 

Such agreements shall be binding on all plaintiffs. 

DOCUMENT PRESERVATION 

11. Counsel for the parties shall notify their clients of their document preservation 

obligations pursuant to the federal securities laws. 

12. Defendants shall certify in writing within 30 days of entry of this order that they have 

not knowingly altered, destroyed, mutilated, concealed, covered up, falsified, or made a false entry 

in any record, document or tangible object with an intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the 

investigation or proper administration of this action. 

13. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §78u-4(b)(3)(c)(i), the parties shall “treat all documents, data

compilations (including electronically recorded or stored data), and tangible objects that are in the

custody or control of such person and that are relevant to the allegations, as if they were the subject

of a continuing request for production of documentsfrom an opposing party under the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure.” The term “document” shall be interpreted consistently with the terms

“document” and “writing” as used in the federal rules of civil procedure and federal rules of

evidence.

PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS 

14. Defendants are not required to respond to the complaint in any action consolidated 

into this action, other than a consolidated complaint or a complaint designated as the operative 

complaint. 

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15. Lead Plaintiff shall file a consolidated complaint within 60 days after the later of the 

filing of the order designating the Lead Plaintiff, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. The 

consolidated complaint shall be the operative complaint and shall supersede all complaints filed in 

any of the actions consolidated herein. 

16. Defendants shall respond to the consolidated complaint within 60 days after service, 

unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. If defendants file any motions directed at the 

consolidated complaint, the opposition brief shall be filed within 60 days of filing that motion and 

the reply brief shall be filed within 21 days of the filing of the opposition brief, unless otherwise 

agreed upon by the parties. 

17. The parties shall serve all papers on one another in accordance with Northern District 

Local Rules (a) by hand; or (b) facsimile, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. After the 

appointment of Lead Plaintiff’s counsel, defendants need only serve Lead Plaintiff’s counsel with 

any papers in this action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, defendants may serve plaintiffs’ counsel, 

other than Lead Plaintiff’s counsel, by first-class mail, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE JUDGE JAMES WARE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Submitted by: 

 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

KIMBERLY C. EPSTEIN 

SYLVIA SUM 

/s/

KIMBERLY C. EPSTEIN 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

March 16, 2005 /s/James Ware

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH 

DARREN J. ROBBINS 

401 B Street, Suite 1600 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

[Proposed] Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE BY MAIL

I, the undersigned, declare: 

1. That declarant is and was, at all times herein mentioned, a resident of the County of 

Los Angeles, over the age of 18 years, and not a party to or interest in the within action; that 

declarant’s business address is 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510, Los Angeles, California 90210. 

2. That on January 14, 2005, declarant served the [PROPOSED] ORDER 

CONSOLIDATING RELATED ACTIONS by depositing a true copy thereof in a United States 

mailbox at Los Angeles, California in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid and 

addressed to the parties listed on the attached Service List. 

3. That there is a regular communication by mail between the place of mailing and the 

places so addressed. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 14th 

day of January, 2005, at Los Angeles, California. 

/s/

VALERIE SPENCER 

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Service List - 1/14/2005

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Counsel For Defendant(s)

Jeffrey S. Facter

Stephen D. Hibbard

Bruce B. Kelson

525 Market Street, 15th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

415/616-1100

415/616-1199(Fax)

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Counsel For Plaintiff(s)

Susan G. Kupfer

455 Market Street, Suite 1810

San Francisco, CA 94105

415/972-8160

415/972-8166(Fax)

Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP

Lionel Z. Glancy

Michael Goldberg

Dale MacDiarmid

1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 311

Los Angeles, CA 90067

310/201-9150

310/201-9160(Fax)

Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP

Bruce G. Murphy

265 Llwyds Lane

Vero Beach, FL 32963

772/231-4202

772/234-0440(Fax)

Law Offices of Bruce G. Murphy

Charles J. Piven

The World Trade Center-Baltimore

401 East Pratt Street, Suite 2525

Baltimore, MD 21202

410/332-0030

410/685-1300(Fax)

Law Offices of Charles J. Piven, P.A.

Elise J. Cohen

9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510

Los Angeles, CA 90210

310/859-3100

310/278-2148(Fax)

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & 

Robbins LLP

Kimberly C. Epstein

Sylvia Sum

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111-5238

415/288-4545

415/288-4534(Fax)

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & 

Robbins LLP

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William S. Lerach

Darren J. Robbins

401 B Street, Suite 1600

San Diego, CA 92101-4297

619/231-1058

619/231-7423(Fax)

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & 

Robbins LLP

Steven G. Schulman

Peter E. Seidman

Sharon M. Lee

One Pennsylvania Plaza

New York, NY 10119

212/594-5300

212/868-1229(Fax)

Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP

Jeff S. Westerman

Elizabeth P. Lin

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4170

Los Angeles, CA 90071

213/617-1200

213/617-1975(Fax)

Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP

Eric J. Belfi

275 Madison Avenue, Suite 801

New York, NY 10016

212/682-1818

212/682-1892(Fax)

Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP

Patrick V. Dahlstrom

One North LaSalle Street, Suite 2225

Chicago, IL 60602-3908

312/377-1181

312/377-1184(Fax)

Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross 

LLP

Francis M. Gregorek

Betsy C. Manifold

Francis A. Bottini, Jr.

750 B Street, Suite 2770

San Diego, CA 92101

619/239-4599

619/234-4599(Fax)

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLP

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