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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 APPROVING EXPENSES FROM SETTLEMENT FUND, MDL 

No. 1917 

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Mario N. Alioto (56433) 

Lauren C. Capurro (241151) 

TRUMP, ALIOTO, TRUMP & PRESCOTT LLP 

2280 Union Street 

San Francisco, CA 94123 

Telephone: 415-563-7200 

Facsimile: 415-346-0679 

Email: malioto@tatp.com 

laurenrussell@tatp.com 

 Lead Counsel for the 

Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

 Case No. 07-5944 SC 

MDL No. 1917 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER APPROVING PAYMENT OF 

EXPENSES FROM SETTLEMENT 

FUND 

This Document Relates to: 

INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTION 

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WHEREAS, Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs (“IPPs”) and Defendants LG Electronics, Inc., LG 

Electronics USA, Inc., and LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd, (collectively, “LG”) entered into 

a settlement agreement on May 28, 2013 by which LG agreed to pay IPPs Twenty Five Million 

Dollars ($25,000,000) in return for a release of claims; 

 WHEREAS, the settlement agreement also provides that: 

[A]fter final approval, Class Counsel may apply to use any amount paid by LG to 

pay the past or future expenses of this litigation. 

LG Settlement Agreement, ¶ 22(a); 

 WHEREAS, the Court granted preliminary approval of the LG settlement on December 9, 

2013 (Dkt. No. 2248); 

WHEREAS, in its Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement With 

LG, the Court directed IPPs’ Lead Counsel to provide notice to class members of the terms of the 

settlement, including Lead Counsel’s request to withdraw up to $5 million from the Settlement Fund 

to pay expenses incurred or to be incurred in this litigation; 

WHEREAS, said notice was given to Class Members as directed by the Court; 

 WHEREAS, the published notice provided that at the Final Approval Hearing: “The Court 

will also consider Class Counsel’s request that $5 million from the Settlement Fund be set aside to 

pay for expenses incurred or to be incurred in prosecuting this case.”; 

WHEREAS, after the Fairness Hearing, the Court entered its Order Granting Final Approval 

of Settlement With LG, including the request that $5 million from the Settlement Fund be set aside 

to pay for expenses incurred or to be incurred in prosecuting this litigation (Dkt. No. 2542); 

WHEREAS, the Order Granting Final Approval of Settlement With LG is now final; 

WHEREAS, the Court has previously approved the withdrawal of $500,000 by IPPs to be 

used to pay expenses (Dkt No. 2618); 

WHEREAS, IPPs’ Lead Counsel seeks to withdraw an additional $750,000 from the Escrow 

Fund at this time to pay for expenses incurred in this litigation (specifically, to pay a portion of the 

cost of IPPs’ expert economist’s recent work on the IPPs’ merits and damages reports); 

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WHEREAS, LG has no objection to IPPs’ Lead Counsel withdrawing $750,000 from the 

Escrow Fund to pay for expenses incurred or to be incurred in this litigation. 

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

undersigned Plaintiffs and Defendants, as follows: 

Lead Counsel for the IPPs may withdraw $750,000 from the LG Settlement Fund Escrow 

Account to pay expenses incurred or to be incurred in this litigation. The balance of the settlement 

fund shall remain in the escrow account, to be distributed upon further Court Order. IPPs’ Lead 

Counsel shall provide the Court with an accounting of all expenses paid. 

The undersigned parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court enter this stipulation 

as an order. 

Dated: October 8, 2014 By: /s/ Mario N. Alioto 

Mario N. Alioto 

TRUMP, ALIOTO, TRUMP & PRESCOTT, LLP 

 2280 Union Street 

 San Francisco, California 94123 

 Telephone: (415) 563-7200 

 Facsimile: (415) 346-0679 

 malioto@tatp.com 

 

Lead Counsel for the Indirect 

 Purchaser Plaintiffs 

Dated: October 8, 2014 By: /s/ Hojoon Hwang 

 Hojoon Hwang 

 MUNGER TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

 560 Mission Street, 27th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 

 Telephone: (415) 512-4000 

 Hojoon.Hwang@mto.com 

Attorneys for Defendants LG Electronics, Inc.; LG 

Electronics USA, Inc.; and LG Electronics Taiwan 

Taipei Co., Ltd

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________, 2014 _________________________________ 

 Hon. Samuel A. Conti 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

October 22

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

Judge Samuel Conti

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