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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1962 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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Noel M. Cook, Esq. CSBN 122777 

OWEN, WICKERSHAM & ERICKSON, P.C. 

455 Market Street, 19th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 882-3200 

Telecopier: (415) 882-3232 

William S. Strong, Esq. 

Amy C. Mainelli Burke, Esq. 

KOTIN, CRABTREE & STRONG, LLP 

One Bowdoin Square 

Boston, MA 02114 

Telephone: (617) 227-7031 

Telecopier: (617) 367-2988 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN INSTITUTE 

OF PHYSICS, BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, 

INC., INFORMA UK LTD., INFORMA USA, INC., OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 

SPRINGER SCIENCE AND BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC, TAYLOR & FRANCIS 

GROUP LTD., WILEY PERIODICALS, INC., and WILEY-LISS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN 

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, BLACKWELL 

PUBLISHING, INC., ELSEVIER, INC., INFORMA 

UK LTD., INFORMA USA, INC., OXFORD 

UNIVERSITY PRESS, SPRINGER SCIENCE AND 

BUSINESS MEDIA, LLC, TAYLOR & FRANCIS 

GROUP LTD., WILEY PERIODICALS, INC., and 

WILEY-LISS, INC., 

 Plaintiffs, 

COMMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

COMMAX WORLDWIDE, HENRY SHIOU-MING 

CHEN, DAPHNE L. CHEN, JERSEY CHEN, 

SUWEI HO a/k/a SOPHIE HO, LIANG-WANG 

HOW, CHEN-LING KONG, KUO REUIH PAN, 

and SUNNY CHEN YOUNG, 

 Defendants. 

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Civil Case No. C 06 4414 JW HRL 

STIPULATION TO POSTPONE 

CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

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 The parties to the above-entitled action hereby jointly request that the Court postpone the 

Case Management Conference (“CMC”), currently scheduled for April 16, 2007, until an 

alternative date in May or early June to be set by the Court, thereby extending the deadline to 

submit a revised Joint CMC Statement until a date in May or early June to be set by the Court. 

On March 30, 2007, the Court granted Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Count 6 of 

Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint for violation of RICO, but granted Plaintiffs leave to 

amend their RICO claims by April 30, 2007. Plaintiffs anticipate filing a Third Amended 

Complaint by the end of April 2007 and Defendants’ responsive pleading will be due in mid 

May. Given that the parties will have difficultly proposing a discovery and case schedule until 

the Third Amended Complaint has been filed and Defendants have responded, and that the 

parties are currently authorized to engage in discovery and have begun to do so, the parties 

respectfully request that the Court postpone the CMC. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the Court postpone the CMC from April 

16, 2007 until an alternative date in May or early June to be set by the Court, thereby extending 

the deadline to submit a revised Joint CMC Statement until sometime in May or early June. 

Respectfully submitted, 

 KOTIN, CRABTREE & STRONG, LLP 

Dated: April 6, 2007 /s/ William S. Strong_________________ 

William S. Strong, Esq., BBO #483520 

Amy C. Mainelli Burke, Esq., BBO #657201 

KOTIN, CRABTREE & STRONG, LLP 

One Bowdoin Square 

Boston, MA 02114 

(617) 227-7031 

(617) 367-2988 (fax) 

 Noel M. Cook, Esq. 

 Owen, Wickersham & Erickson, P.C. 

455 Market Street, 19th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

(415) 882-3200 

(415) 882-3232 (fax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 

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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHSYICS, 

BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC., 

ELSEVIER, INC., 

INFORMA UK LTD., 

INFORMA USA, INC., 

SPRINGER SCIENCE AND 

BUSINESS MEDIA LLC, 

WILEY PERIODICALS, INC., and 

WILEY-LISS, INC. 

 GCA LAW PARTNERS LLP 

 

Dated: April 6, 2007 /s/ Kimberly Donovan__________

Sallie Kim 

 Kimberly Donovan 

 GCA Law Partners LLP 

1891 Landings Drive 

Mountain View, CA 94043 

650-428-3900 

650-428-3901 (fax) 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

COMMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 

COMMAX WORLDWIDE, HENRY SHIOUMING CHEN, DAPHNE L. CHEN, JERSEY 

CHENEY (erroneously named as JERSEY CHEN), 

LIANG-WANG HOW, CHEN-LING KONG, KUO 

REUIH PAN, 

and SUNNY CHEN YOUNG 

ROGERS JOSEPH O’DONNELL 

Dated: April 6, 2007 /s/ Thomas H. Carlson_______

 Thomas H. Carlson 

 Rogers, Joseph O’Donnell 

 311 California Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94104 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

SUWEI HO a/k/a SOPHIE HO

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PROPOSED ORDER

 Based on the foregoing Stipulation to Postpone Case Management Conference and good 

cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Case Management Conference set for April 16, 2007 

is postponed and will be rescheduled on a date in May or early June to be set by the Court, 

thereby extending the deadline to submit a revised Joint CMC Statement until a date in May or 

early June to be set by the Court. 

SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April __, 2007 

 _________________________________ 

 Hon. James Ware 

 United States District Judge 

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The parties shall appear for a Case Management Conference on June 11 2007 

at 10:00 AM. The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Conference 

Statement by May 31 2007. 10

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