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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

CASE NO.: C 07 5111(MJJ)

SARA B. BRODY (Bar No. 130222) 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON (Bar No. 148079) 

MONICA PATEL (Bar No. 220825) 

DANIEL KAUFMAN (Bar No. 246041) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

333 Bush Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 

Telephone: (415) 772-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 

Sara.Brody@hellerehrman.com 

CarolLynn.Thompson@hellerehrman.com 

Monica.Patel@hellerehrman.com 

Daniel.Kaufman@hellerehrman.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, 

ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, 

MARY C. SAUER and MARK ELY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CITY OF WESTLAND POLICE AND FIRE 

RETIREMENT SYSTEM, On Behalf of Itself and 

All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, 

ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, 

MARY C. SAUER and MARK ELY, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: C 07 5111(MJJ) 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

CASE NO.: C 07 5111(MJJ)

WHEREAS, plaintiff City of Westland Police and Fire Retirement System filed the 

complaint in the above-captioned class action on October 4, 2007, against Sonic Solutions and 

certain of its officers and directors (collectively “Defendants”); 

WHEREAS, City of Westland Police and Fire Retirement System and Defendants entered 

into a stipulation setting schedule which was entered as an order by this Court on November 2, 

2007 whereby Defendants were not required to file and serve any answer(s) or other response(s) to 

the complaint in the above-captioned class action until at least 30 days after Lead Plaintiff was 

appointed by the Court; 

WHEREAS, any plaintiff wishing to be Lead Plaintiff in this action was required to file a 

request with the Court by December 3, 2007 to be appointed Lead Plaintiff pursuant to the Private 

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995; 

WHEREAS, the City of Westland Police and Fire Retirement System and Plymouth County 

Retirement Systems jointly filed a request on December 3, 2007 to be appointed Lead Plaintiff and 

this request was unopposed; 

WHEREAS, on January 10, 2008 the Court appointed City of Westland Police and Fire 

Retirement System and Plymouth County Retirement Systems as Lead Plaintiffs (“Lead Plaintiffs”) 

and Coughlin Stoia Gellman Rudman and Robbins LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP as Lead 

Plaintiffs’ counsel; 

WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiffs intend to file a Consolidated Amended Complaint; 

WHEREAS, the parties, after meeting and conferring, agree that judicial economy will be 

served by the entry of a schedule for the filing of Defendants’ answer(s) or other response(s) to the 

Consolidated Amended Complaint. 

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by the parties, through their respective 

counsel of record, as follows: 

1. Lead Plaintiffs will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint by February 28, 2008. 

2. Defendants shall file and serve answers or otherwise respond to the Consolidated 

Amended Complaint by April 17, 2008. In the event that Defendants file and serve any motion 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

CASE NO.: C 07 5111(MJJ)

directed at the complaint, Lead Plaintiffs shall file and serve an opposition by June 5, 2008. If 

Defendants file and serve a reply to Lead Plaintiffs’ opposition, they will do so by July 10, 2008. 

3. By executing this Stipulation, the parties have not waived and expressly retain all 

claims, defenses and arguments whether procedural, substantive or otherwise, and are without 

prejudice to any subsequent motion to stay this action, and this Order is entered without prejudice 

to the rights of any party to apply for a modification of this Order for good cause. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: January 16, 2008 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

/s/ Monica Patel 

SARA BRODY 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON 

MONICA PATEL 

DANIEL KAUFMAN 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, 

ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, 

MARY C. SAUER and MARK ELY 

I, Monica Patel, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Setting Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that John K. Grant of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP has concurred 

in this filing. 

DATED: January 16, 2008 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & 

ROBBINS LLP 

JOHN K. GRANT 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER 

AELISH M. BAIG 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

Facsimile: (415) 288-4534 

/s/ John K. Grant 

JOHN K. GRANT 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

CASE NO.: C 07 5111(MJJ)

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & 

ROBBINS LLP 

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

KATHLEEN A. HERKENHOFF 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III 

MARY LYNNE CALKINS 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: (619) 231-1058 

Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 

LABATON SUCHAROW LLP 

CHRISTOPHER J. KELLER 

ANDREI V. RADO 

ALLEN I. ELLMAN 

140 Broadway, 34th Floor 

New York, NY 10005 

Telephone: (212) 907-0700 

Facsimile: (212) 818-0477 

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiffs 

CITY OF WESTLAND POLICE 

AND FIRE RETIREMENT 

SYSTEM and 

PLYMOUTH COUNTY 

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 

* * * 

O R D E R 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION SETTING SCHEDULE, THE FOLLOWING IS SO ORDERED: 

1. Lead Plaintiffs will file a Consolidated Amended Complaint by February 28, 2008. 

2. Defendants shall file and serve answers or otherwise respond to the Consolidated 

Amended Complaint by April 17, 2008. In the event that Defendants file and serve any motion 

directed at the complaint, Lead Plaintiffs shall file and serve an opposition by June 5, 2008. If 

Defendants file and serve a reply to Lead Plaintiffs’ opposition, they will do so by July 10, 2008. 

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CASE NO.: C 07 5111(MJJ)

3. By executing this Stipulation, the parties have not waived and expressly retain all 

claims, defenses and arguments whether procedural, substantive or otherwise, and are without 

prejudice to any subsequent motion to stay this action, and this Order is entered without prejudice 

to the rights of any party to apply for a modification of this Order for good cause. 

DATED: ____________________ ____________________________________ 

 The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

 United States District Judge 

1/23/2008

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