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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION 

OF TIME CASE NO. C 07-00045 (MJJ)

JEROME C. ROTH (SBN 159483)

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street

Twenty-Seventh Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-2907

Telephone: (415) 512-4000

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

jerome.roth@mto.com

Attorneys for Defendant

LG.PHILIPS LCD AMERICA, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Orion Home Systems, LLC, individually and 

on behalf of all those similarly situated, Plaintiff,

vs.

LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd., LG.Philips LCD 

America, Inc.; Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.;

Sharp Corporation; Sharp Electronics 

Corporation; Toshiba Corporation; Toshiba 

Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.; 

Hitachi Ltd.; Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Hitachi 

America Ltd.; Hitachi Electronic Devices 

(USA), Inc.; Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices 

Corporation; NEC Corporation; NEC LCD 

Technologies, Ltd.; NEC Electronics America, 

Inc.; IDT International Ltd.; AU Optronics; 

International Display Technology Co., Ltd.; 

International Display Technology USA Inc.; 

AU Optronics Corporation America; Chi Mei 

Optoelectronics; Chi Mei Optoelectronics 

USA, Inc.; Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.; 

Hannstar Display Corporation;

Defendants. CASE NO. C 07-00045 (MJJ )

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

Honorable Martin J. Jenkins

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- 1 - STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME CASE NO. C 

07-00045 (MJJ)

WHEREAS plaintiff filed a complaint in the above-captioned case on or about 

January 4, 2007;

WHEREAS plaintiff alleges antitrust violations by manufacturers of Liquid 

Crystal Display ( LCD ) products;

WHEREAS at least forty complaints have been filed to date in federal district 

courts throughout the United States by plaintiffs purporting to bring class actions on behalf of 

direct and indirect purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers of LCD products 

(collectively, the LCD Cases );

WHEREAS there are motions pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation ( JPML ) to transfer the LCD cases to the Northern District of California and the

District of New Jersey for consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407;

WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended 

Complaints in the direct and indirect LCD cases; 

WHEREAS plaintiff and LG Philips LCD America, Inc. ( LPL America ) have

agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to the pleadings in this case would be more 

efficient for the parties and for the Court;

WHEREAS plaintiff agrees that the deadline for LPL America to respond to the 

Complaints in the above-captioned case shall be extended until the earlier of the following two 

dates: (1) forty-five days after the filing of Consolidated Amended Complaint(s) in the 

transferee court in which the LCD Cases are consolidated by the JPML; or (2) forty-five days 

after plaintiffs provide written notice to LPL America that they do not intend to file a 

Consolidated Amended Complaint, provided that such notice may be given only after the initial 

case management conference in the MDL transferee court in this case; 

WHEREAS plaintiff further agrees that this extension is available, without further 

stipulation with counsel for plaintiff to all named defendants who notify plaintiff in writing of 

their intention to join this extension; 

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by LPL America or any 

other defendant of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal or 

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FOR EXTENSION OF TIME CASE NO. C 

07-00045 (MJJ)

subject matter jurisdiction, insufficiency of process, insufficiency of service of process, or 

improper venue.

WHEREAS LPL America (and any other named defendant who provides notice of 

its intention to join this extension provided by this Stipulation) agrees that, notwithstanding the 

other terms of this Stipulation, should it respond to any complaint in another LCD case filed in 

another United States District Court prior to the date contemplated by this Stipulation (except 

pursuant to Court Order), then it shall make a simultaneous response to the complaint in the 

above-captioned matter

PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT LPL AMERICA, BY AND THROUGH THEIR 

RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE AS 

FOLLOWS:

1. The deadline for LPL America to respond to any Complaint in the above- captioned case shall be extended until the earlier of the following two dates: (1) forty-five days 

after the filing of Consolidated Amended Complaint(s) in the transferee court in which the LCD 

Cases are consolidated by the JPML; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiffs provide written notice 

to LPL America that they do not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint, provided that 

such notice may be given only after the initial case management conference in the MDL 

transferee court in this case. 

2. This extension is available, without further stipulation with counsel for 

plaintiffs or further order of the Court, to all named defendants who notify plaintiff in writing of 

their intention to join this extension.

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by LPL America or any 

defendant of any other defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal or 

subject matter jurisdiction, insufficiency of process, insufficiency of service of process, or 

improper venue.

4. Notwithstanding the other terms of this Stipulation, should LPL America 

(and other named defendant who provides notice of its intention to join this extension provided by 

this Stipulation) respond to any complaint in another LCD case filed in another United States 

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- STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME CASE NO. C 

07-00045 (MJJ)

District Court prior to the date contemplated by this Stipulation (except pursuant to Court Order), 

then it shall make a simultaneous response to the complaint in the above-captioned matter. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

DATED: January 26, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

By: /s/ Jerome C. Roth 

JEROME C. ROTH

Attorneys for Defendant

LG.PHILIPS LCD AMERICA, INC

Of Counsel:

Michael R. Lazerwitz

Jeremy J. Calsyn

Lee F. Berger

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN &

 HAMILTON LLP

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Telephone: (202) 974-1500

Facsimile: (202) 974-1999

DATED: January 26, 2007 SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 

By: /s/

GUIDO SAVERI

R. ALEXANDER SAVERI

CADIO ZIRPOLI

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORION HOME SYSTEMS, LLC

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO 

ORDERED:

Dated: _____________________ ______________________________________ Honorable Martin J. Jenkins

Judge of the United States District Court

02/01/07

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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