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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LISA BLACKWELL, on behalf of herself and all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY; HERSHEY 

CANADA INC.; MARS, INC.; 

MASTERFOODS USA; MARS CANADA INC.; 

NESTLE S.A.; NESTLE USA; NESTLE 

CANADA INC.; and ITWAL LTD., 

Defendant. 

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Case No. C-08-00674-EMC 

STIPULATION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME FOR DEFENDANTS NESTLÉ USA, 

THE HERSHEY COMPANY AND MARS, 

INC. TO ANSWER, MOVE, OR 

OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

AND [PROPOSED ORDER]

Defendant Nestlé USA, by counsel, pursuant to Local Rule 6-1(a), hereby files this Stipulation 

for Extension of Time for Defendant Nestlé USA, The Hershey Company, and Mars, Inc. (collectively, 

“Defendants”) to Answer, Move, or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiff Lisa Blackwell’s (“Plaintiff”) 

Complaint (the “Stipulation”), and states as follows: 

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WHEREAS Plaintiff has filed a Complaint in the above-captioned case on or about January 28, 

2008; 

WHEREAS Plaintiff alleges price fixing of chocolate; 

WHEREAS at least fifty-seven complaints have been filed to date in federal district courts 

throughout the United States by plaintiffs purporting to bring class-actions on behalf of direct and 

indirect purchasers alleging antitrust violations by manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of Chocolate 

(collectively, the “Chocolate Cases”); 

WHEREAS several motions are pending before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 

(the “Panel”) to transfer the Chocolate Cases for coordinated and consolidated pretrial proceedings 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 (the “MDL Motion”); 

WHEREAS Plaintiff anticipates the possibility of a Consolidated Amended Complaint in the 

Chocolate Cases after an Order on the MDL Motion is issued by the Panel and the Chocolate CASES 

are assigned to a transferee court (the “MDL Order”); 

WHEREAS Plaintiff and Defendants (the “Parties”) agree that an orderly schedule for any 

response to the pleadings in the Chocolate Cases, including the Complaint, would be more efficient for 

the Parties and for the Court; 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 6-1(a), THE PARTIES, BY COUNSEL, HEREBY 

STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS: 

1. The time for Defendants to answer, move, or otherwise respond to the Complaint shall be 

extended until the earlier of the following dates: (1) forty-five days after the filing of a 

Consolidated Amended Complaint in the Chocolate Cases; or (2) forty-five days after Plaintiff’s 

written notice to Defendants that Plaintiff does not intend to file a Consolidated Amended 

Complaint (the earlier of those two dates is defined as the “Response Date”); provided, 

however, that in the event that a Defendant should agree or be ordered to answer, move, or 

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otherwise respond in any Chocolate Case prior to the Response Date, then that Defendant shall 

respond to the Complaint by that earlier date. 

2. To the extent not already served, defense counsel identified below shall waive and accept 

service of the summons and the Complaint, including any amended or consolidated Complaint, 

on behalf of the domestic entities that they represent; provided, however, that by entering into 

this Stipulation, Defendants do not waive any other defenses including, but not limited to, the 

defense of lack of personal or subject matter jurisdiction, or improper venue, or service of an 

improper entity, except for objections based on a defect in the summons or in the service of a 

summons. 

3. Plaintiff agrees not to seek discovery from Defendants until after the MDL Order and the 

transferee district enters a case management order (“CMO”); provided, however, that in the 

event that a Defendant should agree or be ordered to provide discovery in any Chocolate Case 

before such CMO, then that Defendant will simultaneously provide the same discovery to 

Plaintiff. 

4. The provisions of this Stipulation are available, without further stipulation with counsel for 

Plaintiff, to all Defendants who notify Plaintiff in writing of their intention to join this 

Stipulation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Based on the above Stipulation, Plaintiff requests that the Court enter the proposed Order 

attached hereto. 

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 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: March 5, 2008 HOWREY LLP 

By: /s/ Karin Kramer 

Karin Kramer (Bar No. 87346) 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: 415 848-4900 

Facsimile: 415 848-4999 

Email: kramerk@howrey.com

Roxann Henry 

HOWREY LLP 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Telephone: 202-383-6503 

Facsimile: 202-383-6610 

Email: henryr@howrey.com

Attorneys for Defendant Nestlé USA 

Dated: March 5, 2008 KIRLAND & ELLIS LLP 

By: /s/ Elizabeth L. Deeley 

Elizabeth L. Deeley (Bar No. 230798) 

555 California Street, Suite 2700 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415 439-1861 

Facsimile: 415 439-1500 

Email: edeeley@kirkland.com

Thomas Yannucci 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

655 Fifteenth Street N.W. 

Washington D.C. 20005 

Telephone: 202-879-5000 

Facsimile: 202-879-5200 

Email: tyannucci@kirkland.com

Counsel for Defendant The Hershey Company 

Dated: March 5, 2008 McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 

By: /s/ David H. Dolkas 

David H. Dolkas (Bar No. 111080) 

McDermott Will & Emery 

3150 Porter Dr. 

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Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212 

Telephone: 650-813-5000 

Facsimile: 650-813-5100

Email: ddolkas@mwe.com

David Marx, Jr. 

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 

227 West Monroe Street 

Chicago, IL 60606-5096 

Telephone: 312-372-2000 

Facsimile: 312-984-7700 

Email: dmarx@mwe.com

Counsel for Defendant Mars, Inc. 

Dated: March 5, 2008 THE TERRELL LAW GROUP 

By: /s/ Reginald Von Terrell 

Reginald Von Terrell (Bar No. 127874) 

223 25th Street 

Richmond, CA 94804 

Telephone: 510-237-9700 

Facsimile: 510-237-4616 

Email: reggiet2@aol.com

AMAMGBO & ASSOCIATES 

Donald Chidi Amamgbo, Esq. 

7901 Oakport Street, Suite 4900 

Oakland, CA 94621 

Telephone: 510-615-6000 

Facsimile: 510-615-6025 

Email: donald@amamgbolaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff Lisa Blackwell 

ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION ATTACHED HERETO, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

Honorable Edward M. Chen 

March 11, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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General Order 45 Attestation

I, Karin Kramer, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation For Extension Of Time For Defendants To Answer, Move, Or Otherwise Respond to 

Complaint. In compliance with General Order 45, I hereby attest that Counsel for Plaintiff Lisa 

Blackwell, and Counsel for Defendants The Hershey Company, and Mars, Inc., have concurred in this 

filing. 

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