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

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Case No. CV 07 5981- MEJ 

GREGORY D. HULL (57367) 

Email: greg.hull@weil.com 

JOSEPH R. WETZEL (238008) 

Email: joseph.wetzel@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, California 94065-1175 

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

STEVEN A. REISS 

Email: steven.reiss@weil.com 

DAVID L. YOHAI 

Email: david.yohai@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, New York 10153-0119 

Telephone: (212) 310-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 

JEFFREY L. KESSLER 

Email: jkessler@dl.com 

A. PAUL VICTOR 

Email: pvictor@dl.com 

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 

1301 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 259-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 259-7013 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATHAN MUCHNICK, INC., on behalf of itself 

and all others similarly situated, 

Case No. CV 07 5981-SC

Plaintiff, STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF 

TIME FOR DEFENDANT TO 

ANSWER, MOVE, OR OTHERWISE 

RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S 

COMPLAINT 

v. 

CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES. LTD.; 

TATUNG COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.; 

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Case No. CV 07 5981 - MEJ 

LG ELECTRONICS INC; LG PHILIPS 

DISPLAY USA, INC.; MATSUSHITA 

ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.; 

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH 

AMERICA; KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS 

ELECTRONICS N.V.; PHILIPS ELECTRONICS 

NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION; 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.; 

SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. f/k/a SAMSUNG 

DISPLAY DEVICE CO.; TOSHIBA 

CORPORATION TOSHIBA AMERICA 

ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS INC.; 

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION 

SYSTEMS INC.; 

MT PICTURE DISPLAY COMPANY; 

MT PICTURE DISPLAY CORPORATION OF 

AMERICA (New York); MT PICTURE 

DISPLAY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 

(Ohio); and LP DISPLAYS, 

Defendants. 

WHEREAS Plaintiff Nathan Muchnick, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint in the 

above-captioned case on or about November 27, 2007; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff alleges antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, 

and sellers of Cathode-Ray Tubes and products containing Cathode-Ray Tubes (collectively, 

“CRT products”); 

WHEREAS six 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, distributors, and sellers of CRT 

products (collectively, “the CRT Cases”); 

WHEREAS, a motion is pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict 

Litigation to transfer the CRT cases to this jurisdiction for coordinated and consolidated pretrial 

proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. A response to the motion has been filed, and the 

parties anticipate that additional responses will be filed by plaintiffs and various defendants; 

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WHEREAS Plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended 

Complaints in the CRT Cases; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendant Panasonic Corporation of North America 

(“PNA”) have agreed that an orderly schedule for any response to the pleadings in the CRT Cases 

would be more efficient for the parties and for the Court; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff agrees that the deadline for PNA to answer, move, or 

otherwise respond to the Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: (1) 

forty-five days after the filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the CRT Cases; or (2) 

forty-five days after Plaintiff provides written notice to PNA that Plaintiff does not intend to file a 

Consolidated Amended Complaint, provided however, that in the event that PNA should agree to 

an earlier response date in any CRT case, PNA will respond to the Complaint in the abovecaptioned action on that earlier date; 

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 Stipulation; 

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by PNA of any defense, 

including but not limited to the defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter 

jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or service of process; 

WHEREAS, with respect to any named defendant joining the stipulation, this 

Stipulation does not constitute a waiver of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses 

of lack of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process 

or service of process. 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT PNA, 

BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY STIPULATE 

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AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for PNA to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be extended until the earliest of the following dates: (1) forty-five days after the 

filing of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the CRT Cases; or (2) forty-five days after 

Plaintiff provides written notice to PNA that Plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated 

Amended Complaint, provided however, that in the event that PNA should agree to an earlier 

response date in any CRT case, PNA will respond to the Complaint in the above-captioned action 

on that earlier date. 

2. 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 

Stipulation; 

3. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by PNA, or any other named 

defendant joining the Stipulation of any defense, including but not limited to the defenses of lack 

of personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, improper venue, sufficiency of process or 

service of process. 

By his signature below, counsel for Panasonic Corporation attests under penalty of 

perjury that counsel for Nathan Muchnick, Inc. concurs in the filing of this Stipulation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: December 10, 2007 By: s/Ruthanne Gordon 

H. Laddie Montague, Jr. 

Ruthanne Gordon 

Candice Enders 

BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C. 

1622 Locust Street 

Philadelphia PA 19103 

Telephone: (215) 875-3000 

Facsimile: (215) 875-4604 

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Case No. CV 07 5981 - MEJ 

Richard M. Heimann (State Bar No. 063607) 

Joseph R. Saveri (Srate Bar No. 130064) 

Eric B. Fastiff (State Bar No. 182260) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

275 Battery Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Attorneys for individual and Representative 

Plaintiff Nathan Muchnick, Inc. 

 By: s/Gregory D. Hull 

Gregory D. Hull (57367) 

Joseph R. Wetzel (238008) 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, California 94065-1175 

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

Steven A. Reiss 

David L. Yohai 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153-0119 

Telephone: (212) 310-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 

Jeffrey L. Kessler 

A. Paul Victor 

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP 

1301 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 259-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 259-7013 

Attorneys for Defendant Panasonic Corporation 

of North America 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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