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

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JOINT STIPULATION RE: SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO DISMISS AND COMPEL ARBITRATION 

CASE NO. 4:15-cv-03443-YGR; MASTER FILE NO. 4:13-cv-02420-YGR 

[Counsel for stipulating parties listed on signature pages] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

IN RE: LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR

MDL No. 2420 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

AND HEARING DATE FOR THE 

PANASONIC & SANYO DEFENDANTS 

MOTION TO DISMISS AND COMPEL 

ARBITRATION 

*AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT* 

This Document Relates to: 

Case No. 4:15-cv-03443-YGR 

MICROSOFT MOBILE INC. AND 

MICROSOFT MOBILE OY, 

 Plaintiffs 

v. 

LG CHEM AMERICA, INC., et al., 

 Defendants 

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JOINT STIPULATION RE: SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO DISMISS AND COMPEL ARBITRATION 

CASE NO. 4:15-cv-03443-YGR; MASTER FILE NO. 4:13-cv-02420-YGR 

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 & 7-12, Defendants Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic 

Corporation of North America, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., and SANYO North America Corporation 

(together, the “Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants”) and Plaintiffs Microsoft Mobile Inc. and Microsoft 

Mobile Oy (“Plaintiffs”) respectfully request that the Court enter the following stipulation to set the 

briefing schedule and hearing date for Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants Motion To Dismiss and 

Compel Arbitration as set forth below. 

WHEREAS, on October 13, 2015, the Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants filed a Motion To 

Dismiss and Compel Arbitration (ECF No. 17 in the individual action, Case No. 4:15-cv-03443, and 

ECF No. 892 in the master file, Case No. 4:13-cv-02420) (the “Motion”); 

WHEREAS, the Motion was noticed for hearing on November 17, 2015, the earliest date 

available on the Court’s calendar pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-2(a); 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-3, Plaintiffs’ brief in opposition to the Motion is 

currently due on October 27, 2015, and the Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants’ reply brief is currently 

due on November 3, 2015; 

WHEREAS the parties have conferred and have agreed to the briefing schedule and hearing 

date set forth below, which accommodates the international travel schedules of counsel for the 

parties, and will present the issues raised in the Motion to the Court in as timely a manner as 

practicable; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2(a), the parties state that the only previous time 

modification in the case was the Stipulation Regarding Service of Summons and Complaint, which 

the Court endorsed on August 12, 2015; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2(a), the undersigned counsel declare under penalty of 

perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the facts contained in this stipulation are 

true and correct; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between Plaintiffs and the 

Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants, that: 

1. Plaintiffs shall file any brief in opposition to the Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants’ Motion 

no later than November 3, 2015; 

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JOINT STIPULATION RE: SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO DISMISS AND COMPEL ARBITRATION 

CASE NO. 4:15-cv-03443-YGR; MASTER FILE NO. 4:13-cv-02420-YGR 

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2. The Panasonic & Sanyo Defendants shall file their reply brief no later than November 

17, 2015; and 

3. The hearing for the Motion is scheduled for December 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m.. 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

This Order terminates Docket Number 909 in the Master File and Docket Number 18 in Case 

No. 15-cv-03443. 

Dated: October 26, 2015 

 

 HON. YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

 

 

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JOINT STIPULATION RE: SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO DISMISS AND COMPEL ARBITRATION 

CASE NO. 4:15-cv-03443-YGR; MASTER FILE NO. 4:13-cv-02420-YGR 

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Dated: October 21, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

Pursuant to N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 5-1(i)(3), the filer attests that concurrence 

in filing of this document has been obtained from the above signatories.

By: _ /s/ B. Parker Miller_________________

Lance A. Termes (lance.termes@alston.com) 

(Wa. Bar No. 29729) 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

1950 University Avenue, 5th Floor 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2282 

Telephone: 650-838-2000 

Facsimile: 650-838-2001 

James C. Grant (pro hac vice) 

jim.grant@alston.com 

Valarie C. Williams (pro hac vice) 

valarie.williams@alston.com 

B. Parker Miller (pro hac vice) 

parker.miller@alston.com 

Edward P. Bonapfel (pro hac vice) 

ed.bonapfel@alston.com 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

1201 West Peachtree Street 

Atlanta, Georgia 30309 

Telephone: 404-881-7000 

Facsimile: 404-881-7777 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Microsoft Mobile Inc. 

and Microsoft Mobile Oy 

By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler 

Jeffrey L. Kessler (pro hac vice) 

jkessler@winston.com 

A. Paul Victor (pro hac vice) 

pvictor@winston.com 

Eva W. Cole (pro hac vice) 

ewcole@winston.com 

Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice) 

jamato@winston.com 

Erica C. Smilevski (pro hac vice) 

esmilevski@winston.com 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166-4193 

Telephone: (212) 294-4601 

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700 

Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648) 

ipapendick@winston.com 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

101 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 591-6904 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

Roxann E. Henry (pro hac vice)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Suite 6000 

Washington, DC 20006 

rhenry@mofo.com 

Telephone: (202) 887-1500 

Facsimile: (202) 887-0763 

Counsel for Panasonic Corporation, 

Panasonic Corporation of North America, 

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., and 

SANYO North America Corporation 

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