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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:25 Clayton Act

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[09-CV-5186-VRW ] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFS. TOSHIBA CORP. & TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE 

TECH. CORP. TO RESPOND TO COMPL.; [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPL.

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Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (Bar No. 75484) 

Christopher T. Heffelfinger (Bar No. 118058)

Matthew Ruan (Bar No. 264409) 

BERMAN DEVALERIO 

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

Email: jtabacco@bermandevalerio.com 

cheffelfinger@bermandevalerio.com 

mruan@bermandevalerio.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

[Additional counsel listed on signature page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

UNIVISIONS-CRIMSON HOLDING, INC., 

on behalf of itself and all others similarly 

situated, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SONY CORPORATION; SONY OPTIARC 

INC.; SONY OPTIARC AMERICA INC.; 

TOSHIBA CORPORATION; SAMSUNG 

ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD.; 

TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE 

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION; 

HITACHI, LTD.; HITACHI-LG DATA 

STORAGE, INC.; and LG CORPORATION, 

 Defendants. 

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Civil Action No. 09-CV-5186-VRW

STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF 

TIME FOR DEFENDANTS TOSHIBA 

CORPORATION AND TOSHIBA 

SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY 

CORPORATION TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT 

Hearing Date: N/A 

Hearing Time: N/A 

Courtroom: Hon. Vaughn R Walker 

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[09-CV-5186-VRW] STIP. RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFS. TOSHIBA CORP. & TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECH.

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WHEREAS the undersigned plaintiff has filed the above-captioned case; 

WHEREAS plaintiff alleges antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and 

sellers of Optical Disc Drives and products containing Optical Disc Drives (collectively “ODD 

products”); 

WHEREAS multiple 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 

purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of ODD 

products (collectively “the ODD Cases”); 

WHEREAS the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order on 

April 2, 2010 consolidating the ODD Cases before the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker; 

WHEREAS plaintiff anticipates filing a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the ODD 

Cases; 

WHEREAS plaintiff and defendants Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba Corp.”) and Toshiba 

Samsung Storage Technology Corporation (“TSST”) have agreed that an orderly schedule for 

any response to the pleadings in the ODD Cases would be more efficient for the parties and for 

the Court; 

WHEREAS plaintiff agrees that the deadline for Toshiba Corp. and TSST to answer, 

move, or otherwise respond to its 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 ODD 

Cases; or (2) forty-five days after plaintiff provides written notice to Toshiba Corp. and TSST 

that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier 

response date to which Toshiba Corp. and TSST agree or by which they are ordered to respond 

in any ODD case; 

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Toshiba Corp. or TSST 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; 

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PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANTS TOSHIBA 

CORP. AND TSST, BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, 

HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for Toshiba Corp. and TSST to answer, move, or otherwise respond 

to plaintiff's 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 ODD Cases; or (2) forty-five 

days after plaintiff provides written notice to Toshiba Corp. and TSST that plaintiff does not 

intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which 

Toshiba Corp. and TSST agree or by which they are ordered to respond in any ODD case. 

2. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by Toshiba Corp. or TSST, 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. 

Dated: April 15, 2010 Respectfully submitted, 

BERMAN DEVALERIO

By: /S/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger 

 Christopher T. Heffelfinger 

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. 

Todd A. Seaver 

Matthew Ruan 

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

Email: jtabacco@bermandevalerio.com 

cheffelfinger@bermandevalerio.com 

tseaver@bermandevalerio.com 

mruan@bermandevalerio.com 

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Manuel J. Dominguez 

Daniel A. Bushell 

Marc J. Greenspon 

BERMAN DEVALERIO

4280 Professional Center Drive, Suite 350 

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

Email: jdominguez@bermandevalerio.com 

dbushell@bermandevalerio.com 

mjgreenspon@bermandevalerio.com 

Peter A. Pease 

Nathaniel L. Orenstein 

BERMAN DEVALERIO 

One Liberty Square 

Boston, MA 02109 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

Email: ppease@bermandevalerio.com 

norenstein@bermandevalerio.com 

Mary Jane Fait 

Adam J. Levitt 

Michael D. Yanovsky 

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 

 FREEMAN & HERZ LLC

55 West Monroe Street, Suite 1111 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Telephone: (312) 984-0000 

Facsimile: (312) 984-0001 

Email: fait@whafh.com 

 levitt@whafh.com 

 yanovsky@whafh.com 

Francis M. Gregorek 

WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER 

 FREEMAN & HERZ LLC

Symphony Towers 

750 B Street, Suite 2770 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 239-4599 

Facsimile: (619) 234-4599 

Email: gregorek@whafh.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Univisions-Crimson 

Holding Inc.

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Dated: April 15, 2010 LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

By: /S/ Casandra L. Thomson 

 Casandra L. Thomson 

Daniel M. Wall (SBN 102580) 

Belinda S Lee (SBN 199635) 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-2562 

Telephone: (415) 391-0600 

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 

Email: Dan.Wall@lw.com 

Belinda.Lee@lw.com 

Casandra L. Thomson (SBN 235778) 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 

Telephone: (213) 485-1234 

Facsimile: (213) 891-8763 

Email: Casandra.Thomson@lw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Toshiba Corporation 

and Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology 

Corporation 

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

I, Christopher T. Heffelfinger, the ECF User whose identification and password are being 

used to electronically file this document hereby attest, in compliance with General Order 45.X.B, 

that Casanda L. Thomson has concurred in its filing and that Ms. Thomson’s signature, indicated 

by a conformed signature (“/s/”) within this e-filed document, will be kept on file. 

Dated: April 15, 2010 By: /S/ Christopher T. Heffelfinger 

Christopher T. Heffelfinger 

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PROPOSED ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April __, 2010 

HONORABLE VAUGHN R. WALKER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Katie P. Umpierre, declare that I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to the 

within action. I am employed in the law firm of Berman DeValerio, One California Street, Suite 

900, San Francisco, California 94111. On April 15, 2010, using the Northern District of 

California’s Electronic Case Filing System (“ECF”), with the ECF ID registered to Christopher 

T. Heffelfinger, and at his direction, I filed and served a true and correct copy of the document 

described as follows: 

STIPULATION RE EXTENSION OF TIME FOR DEFENDANTS 

TOSHIBA CORPORATION AND TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE 

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO 

RESPOND TO COMPLAINT 

The ECF System is designed to automatically generate an e-mail message to all parties in 

the case, which constitutes service. 

Executed April 15, 2010, at San Francisco, California. 

 

Katie P. Umpierre 

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