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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING PENDING MOTIONS RE: FINISHED PRODUCTS

MDL NO. 1917; MASTER FILE NO. 07-cv-5944 SC 

Guido Saveri (Bar No. 22349); guido@saveri.com 

R. Alexander Saveri (Bar No. 173102); rick@saveri.com 

Geoffrey C. Rushing (Bar No. 126910); grushing@saveri.com 

Cadio Zirpoli (Bar No. 179108); cadio@saveri.com 

SAVERI & SAVERI, INC.

706 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 217-6810 

Facsimile: (415) 217-6813 

Interim Lead Counsel for the Direct Purchasers

Additional counsel listed on signature page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

ALL DIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

MASTER FILE NO. 07-cv-5944 SC 

MDL NO. 1917 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONCERNING PENDING 

MOTIONS RE: FINISHED PRODUCTS 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING PENDING MOTIONS RE: FINISHED PRODUCTS

MDL NO. 1917; MASTER FILE NO. 07-cv-5944 SC 

WHEREAS, on March 16, 2009, the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs (“DPPs”) filed a 

consolidated amended complaint (the “Direct CAC”) [dkt. no. 436]; 

WHEREAS the Direct CAC includes claims that Defendants have combined and 

conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize the prices of finished products containing CRTs 

(“CRT Finished Products”), and/or have allocated markets or customers with respect to CRT 

Finished Products (said claims herein referred to as the “CRT Finished Products Conspiracy 

Claims”); 

WHEREAS, Defendants Panasonic Corporation of North America, MT Picture Display 

Co., Ltd., Panasonic Corporation (f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.), Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi 

Asia, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc., Hitachi Displays, Ltd., 

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (hereinafter “Moving 

Defendants”) filed a motion Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 11 alleging that the CRT Finished 

Products Conspiracy Claims are without foundation and requesting that those allegations be 

stricken (the “Rule 11 Motion”) [dkt. no. 880]; 

WHEREAS, the DPPs filed a motion against Defendants Panasonic and MT seeking 

discovery with respect to finished products (“DPPs’ Motion to Compel CRT Finished Products 

Discovery”);

WHEREAS, on June 15, 2011, Special Master Legge issued a Report and 

Recommendation on Motions Regarding Finished Products recommending, in relevant part, as 

follows: (1) Moving Defendants’ Rule 11 Motion be granted; (2) DPPs’ allegations of a 

conspiracy that encompasses CRT Finished Products be stricken from the Direct CAC; and (3) 

DPPs’ Motion to Compel CRT Finished Products Discovery be denied [dkt. no. 947]; 

WHEREAS, on June 29, 2011 Moving Defendants filed a Motion to Adopt Special 

Master’s Report and Recommendations Regarding Finished Products [dkt. no. 953];

WHEREAS, on June 29, 2011, DPPs filed under seal an Objection to Special Master’s 

Report and Recommendations on Motions Regarding Finished Products [dkt. no. 957]; 

WHEREAS, DPPs and Moving Defendants have met and conferred concerning 

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Defendants’ Motion to Adopt and the DPPs’ Objection to the Special Master’s Report and 

Recommendations, and entered into the agreement set forth below; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between counsel for the 

undersigned Plaintiffs and Defendants, that: 

1. The portion of the Special Masters’ Report and Recommendations on Motions 

Regarding Finished Products [dkt. no. 947] recommending a finding that DPPs violated 

F.R.C.P. Rule 11 is hereby vacated; 

2. The remaining portions of the Special Masters’ Report and Recommendations on 

Motions Regarding Finished Products [dkt. no. 947], including its factual conclusions 

that (a) the DPPs made an inquiry “reasonable under the circumstances” before filing a 

Direct CAC that contained claims encompassing a CRT Finished Products Conspiracy, 

(b) that, based on the information available to the DPPs before they filed the Direct 

CAC,they “have not demonstrated objectively reasonable evidentiary support, direct or 

circumstantial, for a conspiracy to fix the prices of CRT Finished Products,” (c) the 

recommendation to deny DPPs’ motion to compel Finished Products discovery (other 

than Finished Products discovery “limited to the issue of the impact or effect on 

Finished Product prices of the alleged conspiracy to fix the prices of the CRTs”), and 

all other factual conclusions are hereby adopted; 

3. The DPPs hereby withdraw their CRT Finished Products Conspiracy Claims stated in 

the Direct CAC and the allegations of the Direct CAC purporting to allege a conspiracy 

encompassing Finished Products are stricken from the Direct CAC, provided, however, 

that the issue of the possible impact or effect of the alleged fixing of prices of CRTs on 

the prices of Finished Products shall remain in the case; 

4. The DPPs hereby withdraw any and all requests for discovery regarding or relating to 

information in support of the CRT Finished Product Conspiracy Claims, and shall not 

reissue or issue new or similar requests for any such discovery, subject to Paragraph 6 

below;

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5. Provided however, that the issue of the purported impact or effect of the alleged fixing 

of prices of the CRTs on the prices of Finished Products shall remain in the case, and is 

a proper subject of discovery;

6. There shall be no further motions based upon Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 11 relating to the CRT 

Finished Product Conspiracy allegations of the Direct CAC; and

7. The fact of this stipulation and evidence of any negotiations of this stipulation shall not 

be used in any litigation that is not part of, and does not become part of, this MDL. 

DATED: August 25, 2011 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Guido Saveri

Guido Saveri 

R. Alexander Saveri 

Geoffrey C. Rushing 

Cadio Zirpoli 

SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 

706 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 217-6810 

Facsimile: (415) 217-6813 

Interim Lead Counsel for Direct Purchaser 

Plaintiffs

By: /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler

 JEFFREY L. KESSLER (pro hac vice)

 Email: jkessler@dl.com

 A. PAUL VICTOR (pro hac vice) 

Email: pvictor@dl.com

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP

 1301 Avenue of the Americas 

 New York, NY 10019 

 Telephone: (212) 259-8000 

 Facsimile: (212) 259-7013 

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ALDO A. BADINI (257086) 

Email: abadini@dl.com

DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP 

1950 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, Cailfornia 94303 

Telephone: (650) 845-7000 

Facsimile: (650) 845-7333 

STEVEN A. REISS (pro hac vice)

Email: steven.reiss@weil.com

DAVID L. YOHAI (pro hac vice)

Email: david.yohai@weil.com

DAVID E. YOLKUT (pro hac vice)

Email: david.yolkut@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL, & MANGES LLP 

767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, New York 10153-0119 

Telephone: (212) 310-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 

GREGORY D. HULL (57367) 

Email: greg.hull@weil.com

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, California 94065-1175 

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

Attorneys for Defendants Panasonic 

Corporation of North America, MT Picture 

Display Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Corporation 

(f/k/a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.) 

By: /s/ Kent M. Roger

 KENT M. ROGER (95987) 

Email: kroger@morganlewis.com

MICHELLE PARK CHIU (248421) 

Email: mchiu@morganlewis.com

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, California 94105-1126 

Telephone: (415) 442-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001 

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J. CLAYTON EVERETT, JR. (pro hac vice) 

Email: jeverett@morganlewis.com

SCOTT A. STEMPEL (pro hac vice) 

Email: sstempel@morganlewis.com

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: (202) 739-3000 

Facsimile: (202) 739-3001 

Attorneys for Defendants Hitachi Asia, Ltd., 

Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Electronic 

Devices (USA), Inc., and Hitachi Displays, Ltd.

By: /s/ Ian Simmons

IAN SIMMONS (pro hac vice) 

Email: isimmons@omm.com

BEN BRADSHAW (189925) 

Email: bbradshaw@omm.com

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

1625 Eve Street, NW 

Washnigton, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 383-5300 

Facsimile: (202) 383-5414 

Attorneys for Defendants Samsung Electronics 

Co., Ltd. And Samsung Electronics America, 

Inc.

So Ordered. 

Dated: August __, 2011 ____________________________ 

 Hon. Samuel Conti 

 United States District Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Samuel Conti

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