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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 DEF. HITACHI, LTD. 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 DEFENDANT HITACHI, 

LTD. 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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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 several other 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 plaintiff anticipates the possibility of Consolidated Amended Complaints in 

the ODD Cases; 

WHEREAS plaintiff and HITACHI, LTD. (“HITACHI”) 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 HITACHI 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 HITACHI that plaintiff does not intend to 

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

agrees or by which it is ordered to respond in any ODD case; 

WHEREAS this Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by HITACHI 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 HITACHI, 

BY AND THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL OF RECORD, HEREBY 

STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The deadline for HITACHI 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 

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

plaintiff provides written notice to HITACHI that plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated 

Amended Complaint; or (3) any earlier response date to which HITACHI agrees or by which it is 

ordered to respond in any ODD case. 

2. This Stipulation does not constitute a waiver by HITACHI, 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 8, 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 

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 

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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.

Dated: April 8, 2010 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 

By: /s/ Pamela J. Marple 

Craig P. Seebald, cseebald@mwe.com

Pamela J. Marple, pmarple@mwe.com 

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, LLP 

600 - 13th Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone 202-756-8144 

Facsimile 202-756-8087 

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Matthew J. Jacobs (171149) 

mjacobs@mwe.com 

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, LLP 

275 Middlefield Road, Suite 100 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Telephone: 650-815-7411 

Facsimile: 650-815-7401 

Attorneys for Defendant HITACHI LTD. 

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 Pamela J. Marple has concurred in its filing and that Ms. Marple’s signature, indicated by a 

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

Dated: April 8, 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 8, 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 DEFENDANT 

HITACHI, LTD. 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 8, 2010, at San Francisco, California. 

 

Katie P. Umpierre 

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