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

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING DEPOSITIONS OF INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS’

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[Counsel listed on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

IN RE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION, 

Case No. 13-MD-02420 YGR (DMR) 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING DEPOSITIONS 

OF INDIRECT PURCHASER 

PLAINTIFFS’ EXPERTS 

This Documents Relates to: 

ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

 

DATE ACTION FILED: Oct. 3, 2012 

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 WHEREAS, on January 22, 2016, Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs (“IPPs”) submitted the 

Expert Report Of Edward E. Leamer (“Leamer Report”) and the Expert Report Of Rosa M. 

Abrantes-Metz (“Abrantes-Metz Report”) in support of IPPs’ Motion For Class Certification; 

 WHEREAS, the undersigned defendants (“Defendants”) took the depositions of Drs. 

Leamer and Abrantes-Metz on April 26 and April 28, 2016, respectively; 

 WHEREAS, on August 23, 2016, IPPs submitted their Reply Brief In Support of Indirect 

Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification, along with the Expert Reply Report Of 

Edward E. Leamer (“Leamer Reply”) and the Expert Rebuttal Report of Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz 

(“Abrantes-Metz Reply”); 

 WHEREAS, Defendants requested that they be allowed to take a second deposition of Drs. 

Leamer and Abrantes-Metz, and contend that Drs. Leamer and Abrantes-Metz provided new 

opinions, analyses, or new facts in their reply reports that were not included in their original 

reports; 

 WHEREAS, IPPs dispute Defendants’ claim that they are entitled to take such depositions, 

and contend that the reply reports were submitted to rebut the positions of Defendants’ experts and 

pertain to the same topics as discussed in the original reports of Drs. Leamer and Abrantes-Metz; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED THAT: 

1. Defendants may take a deposition of Dr. Leamer only on the following topics 

discussed within the Leamer Reply: (a) Monte Carlo Analysis: Dr. Leamer’s “Monte Carlo” 

approach for estimating confidence intervals for his charts showing actual and but-for prices over 

time, as well as his related criticisms of Ms. Guerin-Calvert’s “bootstrapping” approach, including 

but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 16-26 and the accompanying figures and exhibits; (b) 

Sensitivity Analyses: All sensitivity analyses in Dr. Leamer’s reply report, including but not 

limited to those described in ¶¶ 75-88 and accompanying figures and exhibits; (c) Quality-Adjusted 

Pass-Through: Dr. Leamer’s theory of pass-through via adjustments in quality and bundling, 

including but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 99-106 and accompanying figures and exhibits; (d) 

New Studies of Focal Point Pricing: Dr. Leamer’s new studies of focal point pricing in connection 

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with Best Buy and Amazon, including but not limited to those described in ¶¶ 99-107 and 

accompanying figures and exhibits; (e) New Pass-Through Studies: All new studies of passthrough, including (i) studies of any new data sets or portions of data sets, companies, products, or 

company-product combinations, (ii) the new study of pass-through of small cost changes, (iii) the 

revised study of pass-through of Toshiba laptop battery costs and other costs, and (iv) the new 

studies of short-run pass-through, including but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 117-141 and 

accompanying figures and exhibits; (f) Identification of Class Products: The identification and/or 

ascertainability of class products and class members, including but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 

142-176 and accompanying figures and exhibits; (g) Opinions Regarding Standard Levels of 

Statistical Significance: The necessity of adhering to standard levels of statistical significance, 

including but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 26-39 and accompanying figures and exhibits; and 

(h) Establishing Economic Injury When Other Evidence of Conspiratorial Effect Is Alleged: Dr. 

Leamer’s opinions about burden for establishing economic injury and damages given other alleged 

evidence about the effect of the conspiracy, including but not limited to as described in ¶¶ 26-39, 

83-85. The deposition of Dr. Leamer may take place in Los Angeles, California, and may not 

exceed 3 hours and 30 minutes of time on the record. The deposition will terminate at 1:00 p.m. 

(PDT). 

2. Allowing for necessary framing questions, questions at the deposition must be 

linked to the text and analyses of the Leamer Reply. Questions that exceed the scope of the 

Leamer Reply or the IPPs’ Agreed-Upon Topics identified herein need not be answered. Counsel 

may instruct the witness not to respond to any such questions. 

DATED: September 23, 2016 

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HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By /s/ Shana E. Scarlett____ 

 SHANA E. SCARLETT 

Jeff D. Friedman (SBN 173886) 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone: (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

shanas@hbsslaw.com 

Steve W. Berman (Pro Hac Vice) 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler 

 JEFFREY L. KESSLER 

A. Paul Victor (pro hac vice) 

Eva W. Cole (pro hac vice) 

Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice) 

Cristina M. Fernandez (pro hac vice) 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166-4193 

Telephone: (212) 294-4601 

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700 

jkessler@winston.com 

pvictor@winston.com 

ewcole@winston.com 

jamato@winston.com 

cfernandez@winston.com 

Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648) 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

101 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 591-6904 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

ipapendick@winston.com 

Roxann E. Henry (pro hac vice) 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Suite 6000 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 887-1500 

Facsimile: (202) 887-0763 

rhenry@mofo.com 

Counsel for Panasonic Corporation, 

Panasonic Corporation of North America, 

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., and 

SANYO North America Corporation 

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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

By /s/ Brendan P. Glackin 

 BRENDAN P. GLACKIN 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser (SBN 83151) 

Richard M. Heimann (SBN 63607) 

Eric B. Fastiff (SBN 182260) 

Lin Y. Chan (SBN 255027) 

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

ecabraser@lchb.com 

rheimann@lchb.com 

efastiff@lchb.com 

bglackin@lchb.com 

lchan@lchb.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 

By /s/ Steven N. Williams __ 

 STEVEN N. WILLIAMS 

Joseph W. Cotchett (SBN 36324) 

Demetrius X. Lambrinos (SBN 246027) 

840 Malcolm Road 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: (650) 697-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

nfineman@cpmlegal.com 

swilliams@cpmlegal.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

By /s/ J. Frank Hogue____ 

 J. FRANK HOGUE 

Christopher M. Curran (pro hac vice) 

701 Thirteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: (202) 626-3600 

Facsimile: (202) 639-9355 

ccurran@whitecase.com 

fhogue@whitecase.com 

Counsel for Toshiba Corporation 

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

By /s/ Craig P. Seebald___ 

 CRAIG P. SEEBALD 

Lindsey R. Vaala (pro hac vice) 

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 

Suite 500 West 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

Telephone: (202) 639-6585 

Facsimile: (202) 879-8995 

cseebald@velaw.com 

lvaala@velaw.com 

Matthew J. Jacobs (SBN 171149) 

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 2750 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 979-6990 

Facsimile: (415) 651-8786 

mjacobs@velaw.com 

Counsel for Maxell Corporation of America 

and Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. 

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 SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & 

HAMPTON 

By /s/ Gary L. Halling 

 GARY L. HALLING 

James L. McGinnis 

Michael W. Scarborough 

Dylan Ballard 

4 Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 774-3294 

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947 

ghalling@sheppardmullin.com 

jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com 

mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com 

dballard@sheppardmullin.com 

Counsel for Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., and 

Samsung SDI America, Inc. 

EIMER STAHL LLP 

By /s/ Nathan P. Eimer 

NATHAN P. EIMER 

Vanessa G. Jacobsen 

Arin C. Aragona 

224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100 

Chicago, IL 60604 

Telephone: (312) 660-7600 

Facsimile: (312) 692-1718 

neimer@eimerstahl.com 

vjacobsen@eimerstahl.com 

aaragona@eimerstahl.com 

Counsel for LG Chem, Ltd. and LG Chem 

America, Inc. 

 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

By /s/ George A. Nicoud III 

 GEORGE A. NICOUD III 

George A. Nicoud III (SBN 106111) 

G. Charles Nierlich (SBN 196611) 

Rupal M. Doshi (SBN 305523) 

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555 Mission Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 

Telephone: (415) 393-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-8306 

tnicoud@gibsondunn.com 

gnierlich@gibsondunn.com 

rdoshi@gibsondunn.com 

Counsel for NEC TOKIN Corporation 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

 

By /s/ Robert B. Pringle 

 ROBERT B. PRINGLE 

Paul R. Griffin (SBN 083541) 

Sean D. Meenan (SBN 260466) 

Jeanifer E. Parsigian 

Dana L. Cook-Milligan 

101 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 

Telephone: (415) 591-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

rpringle@winston.com 

pgriffin@winston.com 

smeenan@winston.com 

jparsigian@winston.com 

dlcook@winston.com 

Counsel for NEC Corporation

 

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E-FILING ATTESTATION 

I, Cristina M. Fernandez, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

this document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each of the 

signatories identified above has concurred in this filing. 

/s/ Cristina M. Fernandez

CRISTINA M. FERNANDEZ 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________ 

JUDGE DONNA M. RYU 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE DISTRICT 

Sept. 23, 2016

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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