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

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 

REQUEST RE DISCOVERY STAY 

NO. M:07-1827 SI, MDL NO. 1827 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

No. M:07-1827 SI 

MDL No. 1827 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL CASES 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

GRANTING STIPULATED REQUEST 

FOR ORDER MODIFYING 

DISCOVERY STAY 

For good cause shown and based on the Joint Stipulation of the Parties for Order 

Modifying Discovery Stay, filed February 22, 2008 (the “Stipulation”), which was entered in 

connection with resolving the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ October 19, 2007 Notice of Motion 

and Motion to Modify the September 25, 2007 Stay Order to Permit Limited Additional 

Discovery and which motion has previously been withdrawn, the Court hereby grants the parties’ 

request for an Order as follows: 

1. That Paragraph 5 of the September 25, 2007 Order Granting United States’ 

Motion to Stay Discovery (the “September 25, 2007 Stay Order”) shall be modified and replaced 

in its entirety with the following new Paragraph 5 in order to permit certain additional discovery: 

(a) No depositions may be taken, except that depositions may be taken of 

defendants' customers or suppliers, or their employees, provided in any case that 

the deponent is not a defendant or a subsidiary or affiliate of a defendant, or an 

employee, agent, or former employee of any of them. Such deposition subpoenas 

may include requests for documents to be produced by the deponent at the 

deposition, provided that no document requests may request the identification of 

documents produced in response to a grand jury subpoena or the production of 

documents disclosing the contents of the witness’ testimony, if any, before the 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED 

REQUEST RE DISCOVERY STAY 

NO. M:07-1827 SI, MDL NO. 1827 

grand jury or communications with the United States relating to the grand jury 

proceedings. 

(b) During the period of the stay, the parties may serve on trade 

associations and other third parties, provided in any case that such persons or 

entities are not a defendant or a subsidiary or affiliate of a defendant, or an 

employee, agent, or former employee of any of them, Rule 45(c) subpoenas or 

deposition subpoenas or other discovery devices requiring the retention of records 

during the pendency of the stay of discovery but commanding the witness not to 

produce any documents, testimony, or other information until being notified in 

writing that the stay of discovery has been lifted as to those discovery requests; 

and

2. That the September 25, 2007 Stay Order shall not be further modified prior to the 

Discovery Status Conference set for May 21, 2008, at 2:00 p.m., in this action, based on a nonconsented-to motion or request by a party, unless the requested modification is supported by a 

showing of good cause based on a change in circumstances occurring after December 21, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________ 

 ______________________ 

 HON. SUSAN ILLSTON 

 United States District Judge 

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