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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

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729760 v1/PA 1. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING SERVICE DATE AND 

EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE

COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

JOHN C. DWYER (136533) (dwyerjc@cooley.com) 

JEFFREY M. KABAN (235734) (jkaban@cooley.com) 

Five Palo Alto Square 

3000 El Camino Real 

Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 843-0663 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Power Integrations, Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

Kimberly Quaco, Derivatively on Behalf of 

Nominal Defendant POWER 

INTEGRATIONS, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Balu Balakrishnan, et al., 

Defendants, 

Power Integrations, Inc., 

Nominal Defendant. 

Case No. C-06-2811-MHP 

STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE 

DATE AND EXTENDING TIME FOR 

DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO THE 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-1, the parties submit the following Stipulation Establishing 

a Service Date and Extending Time for Defendants’ Response to Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint. 

WHEREAS, plaintiff Kimberly Quaco filed the original complaint in this action on April 

25, 2006, naming nominal defendant Power Integrations, Inc. and defendants Balu Balakrishnan, 

Alan D. Bickell, R. Scott Brown, Howard F. Earhart, E. Floyd Kvamme, and Clifford J. Walker 

(“Original Individual Defendants”); 

WHEREAS, the parties stipulated on May 10, 2006, to allow plaintiff to file an amended 

complaint; 

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729760 v1/PA 2. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE 

WHEREAS, on May 26, 2006 plaintiff filed the Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the Amended Complaint added ten new parties: Derek Bell, Nicholas E. 

Brathwaite, John M. Cobb, Roderick D. Davies, Balakrishnan S. Iyer, Bruce Renouard, Vladimir 

Rumennik, Daniel M. Selleck, Robert G. Staples, and John Tomlin (“New Individual 

Defendants”); 

WHEREAS, plaintiff has not yet served the Amended Complaint on all of the New 

Individual Defendants; 

WHEREAS, the Original Individual Defendants are no longer represented by the same 

counsel as nominal defendant Power Integrations, Inc.; 

WHEREAS, new counsel for the Original Individual Defendants has only recently been 

retained; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree it would be most efficient for the Court and the parties for 

there to be a single date established by which defendants shall respond to the Amended 

Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the establishment of a single date by which all defendants must respond to 

the Amended Complaint will help avoid piecemeal litigation; 

WHEREAS, the schedule contemplated by this Stipulation will allow new counsel for the 

individual defendants to prepare adequately; 

WHEREAS, the only date or deadlines set by Court order are the Joint Case Management 

Statement due September 1, 2006 and the Case Management Conference set for September 11, 

2006; and 

WHEREAS, this stipulation will not effect the deadline for the filing of the Joint Case 

Management Statement or the date of the Case Management Conference; 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between the undersigned, as 

follows: 

1. Counsel for the New Individual Defendants will accept service on behalf of their 

clients without thereby waiving any objection to venue or jurisdiction; 

2. The Amended Complaint shall be deemed served on all parties as of August 14, 

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729760 v1/PA 3. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

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2006; 

3. Defendants shall respond to plaintiff’s Amended Complaint on or before 

September 12, 2006. 

Dated: June 21, 2006 BORNSTEIN & BORNSTEIN 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Jonathan Herschel Bornstein 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order 

No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Jeffrey 

M. Kaban hereby attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained

Dated: June 21, 2006 COOLEY GODWARD LLP 

/S/ 

John C. Dwyer 

Jeffrey M. Kaban 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Power Integrations, Inc. 

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729760 v1/PA 4. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE 

Dated: June 21, 2006 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Jay L. Pomerantz 

Peter A. Wald 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Balu Balakrishnan, Alan D. Bickell, Nicholas E. 

Brathwaite, R. Scott Brown, Balakrishnan S. Iyer, 

and E. Floyd Kvamme 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order 

No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Jeffrey 

M. Kaban hereby attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained

Dated: June 21, 2006 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Norman J. Blears 

Michael L. Charlson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Derek Bell, Roderick D. Davies, Bruce Renouard 

Vladimir Rumennik, Daniel M. Selleck, 

John Tomlin and Clifford J. Walker 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order 

No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Jeffrey 

M. Kaban hereby attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained

Dated: June 21, 2006 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Leigh A. Kirmsse 

Attorneys for Defendant 

John M. Cobb 

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729760 v1/PA 5. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

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Dated: June 21, 2006 MORRISON & FOERSTER 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Jordan Eth 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Robert G. Staples 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order 

No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Jeffrey 

M. Kaban hereby attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained 

Dated: June 21, 2006 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

/S/ (With express authorization) 

Emmett C. Stanton 

Attorneys for Defendant 

Howard F. Earhart 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order 

No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, Jeffrey 

M. Kaban hereby attests that concurrence in the 

filing of this document has been obtained

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

June 22, 2006

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729760 v1/PA 6. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

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PROOF OF SERVICE

(FRCP 5) 

I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of California, over the age 

of 18 years, and not a party to the within action. I am employed in Santa Clara County, State of 

California, in the office of a member of the bar of this Court, at whose direction the service was 

made. My business address is Cooley Godward LLP, Five Palo Alto Square, 3000 El Camino 

Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306-2155. On June 21, 2006, I served the following documents on the 

parties listed below in the manner(s) indicated: 

STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND EXTENDING TIME FOR DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO THE AMENDED COMPLAINT 

 (BY U.S. MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice 

of Cooley Godward LLP for collection and processing of correspondence for 

mailing with the United States Postal Service, and I caused such envelope(s), with 

postage fully prepaid, to be deposited with the U.S. Postal Service. 

 (BY MESSENGER SERVICE) I consigned the document(s) to an authorized 

courier and/or process server for hand delivery on this date. 

 (BY FACSIMILE) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice 

of this firm for collection and processing of documents to be transmitted by fax 

and I caused such document(s) on this date to be faxed to the offices of 

addressee(s) at the numbers listed below. 

: (BY OVERNIGHT MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business 

practice of this firm for collection and processing of correspondence for overnight 

delivery, and I caused such document(s) to be deposited with a facility regularly 

maintained by FedEx for overnight delivery. 

: (BY ELECTRONIC MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the 

business practice of this firm for the preparation and processing of documents in 

portable document format (PDF) for e-mailing, and I prepared said documents in 

PDF and then served them by e-mailing them to the following internet addresses. 

Jay L. Pomerantz, Esq. 

Latham & Watkins LLP 

140 Scott Drive 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Phone: (650) 328-4600 

Direct: (650) 463-4684 

Fax: (650) 463-2600 

jay.pomerantz@lw.com

Peter A. Wald, Esq. 

Latham & Watkins LLP 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-2562 

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729760 v1/PA 7. STIPULATION ESTABLISHING A SERVICE DATE AND 

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Phone: (415) 391-0600 

Direct: (415) 395-8006 

Fax: (415) 395-8095 

peter.wald@lw.com 

Norman J. Blears, Esq. 

Michael L. Charlson, Esq. 

Heller Ehrman LLP 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Phone: (650) 324-7000 

Direct: (650) 324-7017 

Fax: (650) 324-0638 

norman.blears@hellerehrman.com

Leigh A. Kirmsse, Esq. 

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3834 

Phone: (415) 576-0200 

Fax: (415) 576-0300 

lakirmsse@townsend.com

Jordan Eth, Esq. 

Morrison & Foerster 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Phone: (415) 268-7000 

Direct: (415) 268-7126 

Fax: (415) 268-7522 

jeth@mofo.com

Emmett C. Stanton, Esq. 

Fenwick & West LLP 

801 California Street 

Mountain View, CA 94041 

Phone: (650) 988-8500 

Direct: (650) 335-7175 

Fax: (650) 938-5200 

estanton@fenwick.com 

Emmett C. Stanton, Esq. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on 

June 21, 2006, at Palo Alto, California. 

 /s/ 

Jeffrey M. Kaban 

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