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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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HOWARD HOLDERNESS (SBN 169814) 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: 415.442.1000 

Facsimile: 415.442.1001 

E-mail: hholderness@morganlewis.com 

KRISTOFOR T. HENNING (PAB 85047)

(Pro Hac Vice)

FRANCO A. CORRADO (PAB 91436) 

(Pro Hac Vice)

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

1701 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215.963.5000 

Facsimile: 215.963.5001 

E-mail: khenning@morganlewis.com 

E-mail: fcorrado@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 

MICHAEL F. RAM (SBN 104805) 

KARL OLSON (SBN 104760) 

RAM & OLSON LLP 

639 Front Street, 4th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415.433.4949

Facsimile: 415.433.7311 

E-mail: mfr@lrolaw.com 

MARC H. EDELSON 

(Pro Hac Vice)

EDELSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC 

45 W. Court Street 

Doylestown, PA 18901 

Telephone: 215.230.8043 

Facsimile: 215.230.8735 

E-mail: medelson@hofedlaw.com 

JOHN A. MACORETTA 

SPECTOR, ROSEMAN, KODROFF, & 

WILLIS, P.C. 

1818 Market Street, Suite 2500 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215.496.0300 

Facsimile: 215.496.6611 

E-mail: jmacoretta@srkw-law.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

NATHAN NYGREN, STEPHEN 

SHIFFLETTE and AMY FROMKIN, on 

behalf of themselves and all others 

similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, a 

Delaware corporation, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. 07-05793 JW (HRL) 

STIPULATED REQUEST FOR ORDER 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING 

THE SEALING OF DOCUMENTS 

Action filed: November 14, 2007 

Trial: October 5, 2010 

** E-filed June 10, 2010 **

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 Through this Stipulated Request and [Proposed] Order, Plaintiffs Nathan Nygren, Stephen 

Shifflette and Amy Fromkin (together, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Hewlett-Packard Company 

(“HP”) stipulate and agree to the following as set forth below, and jointly seek that the Court 

approve this stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-12 and 79-5. 

 WHEREAS, on April 20, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Unseal seven documents 

submitted in connection with their Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 171); 

 WHEREAS, on May 4, 2010, HP filed an opposition seeking to keep sealed only one of 

the seven documents, namely, the 2008 Settlement Agreement and Release between HP and 

NVIDIA (the “2008 Agreement”) attached as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Michael F. Ram in 

Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 108), and agreeing to the 

unsealing of the remaining six documents; 

 WHEREAS, on May 18, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Unseal All Sealed Documents 

in this Case (Docket No. 195); 

 WHEREAS, on May 21, 2010, Plaintiffs filed an Administrative Motion Under Local 

Rule 79-5(d) (Docket No. 207) to seal their Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion for Class 

Certification (Docket No. 198), the Reply Declaration of Russell L. Lamb in Support of 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 199) and the Reply Declaration of John A. 

Macoretta in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (Docket No. 200); 

 WHEREAS, on May 25, 2010, this Court held argument on Plaintiffs’ April 20, 2010 

Motion to Unseal and, later that day, issued an Order granting Plaintiffs’ request to unseal the six 

uncontested documents but denying Plaintiffs’ request to unseal the 2008 Agreement and further 

ordering that the 2008 Agreement remain under seal (Docket No. 226); 

WHEREAS, on May 28, 2010, pursuant to Local Rule 79-5(d) and in response to 

Plaintiffs’ May 21, 2010 administrative motion, HP filed (1) a declaration supporting the sealing 

of the July 16, 2009 Settlement Agreement and Release between HP and NVIDIA (the “2009 

Agreement”) attached as Exhibit 80 to the Reply Declaration of John A. Macoretta and (2) a 

narrowly tailored proposed order seeking the sealing of the 2009 Agreement and any document to 

the extent that document quotes from, relies upon, or takes information directly from the 2009 

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Agreement (Docket No. 229). Further, in response to the Court’s May 25, 2010 Order that the 

2008 Agreement should remain under seal, HP likewise sought the sealing of Docket Nos. 198-

200 to the extent those documents quote from, rely upon, or take information directly from the 

2008 Agreement; 

WHEREAS, also on May 28, 2010, the Honorable Judge Ware issued an Order denying 

HP’s administrative motion to seal HP’s Motion for Summary Judgment and the declarations and 

related materials filed in support thereof (Docket Nos. 164-168). See May 28, 2010 Order at 

Docket No. 228;

WHEREAS, in light of this Court’s May 25, 2010 Order (Docket No. 226) and in an effort 

to resolve Plaintiffs’ pending Motion to Unseal All Sealed Documents in this Case (Docket No. 

195) without further burdening the Court, the parties hereby stipulate to, and request the Court’s 

approval of, the following agreement regarding the sealing of documents filed in this case: 

x The 2009 Agreement attached as Exhibit 80 to the Reply Declaration of 

John A. Macoretta in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification 

(Docket No. 200) shall be filed under seal; 

x Exhibit 20 to the Declaration of Michael F. Ram in Support of Plaintiffs’ 

Motion for Class Certification shall be filed under seal; 

x Exhibit 52 to the Declaration of Karl Olson in Support of Plaintiffs’ 

Opposition to HP’s Motion for Summary Judgment shall be filed under 

seal as redacted by HP; 

x The 2008 Agreement attached as Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Michael 

F. Ram in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification shall 

remain filed under seal as ordered by this Court on May 25, 2010 (Docket 

No. 226); 

x Exhibits 1, 20, 52 and 80, which were originally lodged under seal, are to 

remain filed under seal to the extent set forth above because they reflect 

confidential business information. Public disclosure of these materials 

threatens to harm HP’s financial interest and its ability to maintain its 

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competitive standing, and would otherwise cause HP harm with respect to 

its competitors and customers. Moreover, the terms of HP’s confidential 

settlement agreements “fall within the category of information 

‘traditionally kept secret,’ and are not subject to public disclosures.” 

Facebook, Inc. v. ConnectU, No. C 07-01389-JW, 2008 U.S. DIST. 

LEXIS 111682, *12-13 (N.D. Cal. July 2, 2008);

x To the extent Docket Nos. 107-113, 141-157, 183-187 and/or 198-200 (or 

any documents previously filed) will be re-filed publicly, any portion(s) of 

those documents that quote from, rely upon, or take information directly 

from Exhibit 1 (the 2008 Agreement), Exhibit 20, the redacted portion of 

Exhibit 52 and/or Exhibit 80 (the 2009 Agreement) shall remain under 

seal with any such information referring or related to those exhibits 

redacted from any publicly filed version of these documents; 

x Any portion(s) of any documents to be filed in this action shall be filed 

under seal to the extent they quote from, rely upon, or take information 

directly from Exhibit 1 (the 2008 Agreement), Exhibit 20, the redacted 

portion of Exhibit 52 and/or Exhibit 80 (the 2009 Agreement); 

x This stipulation is without waiver of third-party NVIDIA’s right to 

intervene on or before June 22, 2010 to seek the sealing of all or part of 

Exhibits 67 and 68 to the Declaration of Karl Olson in Support of 

Plaintiffs’ Opposition to HP’s Motion for Summary Judgment. HP, 

however, agrees not to oppose the unsealing of Exhibits 67 and 68; 

x All remaining documents shall be unsealed and re-filed publicly (except as 

redacted per the parties’ stipulated agreement above) by the respective 

parties no later than June 10, 2010. 

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Dated: June 2, 2010 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

 By: /s/ Kristofor T. Henning

 Kristofor T. Henning 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 

Dated: June 2, 2010 RAM & OLSON LLP 

 EDELSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC 

 SPECTOR, ROSEMAN & KODROFF & WILLIS , P.C. 

 By: /s/ Karl Olson

 Karl Olson 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June ____, 2010 ____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Howard R. Lloyd 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

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