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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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WEST LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER RE INITIAL CMC CASE NO. C 07-02940 SI 

SUSAN S. MUCK (CSB NO. 126930) 

DEAN S. KRISTY (CSB NO. 157646) 

CHRISTOPHER J. STESKAL (CSB NO. 212297) 

KALAMA M. LUI-KWAN (CSB NO. 242121) 

EMILY ST. JOHN COHEN (CSB NO. 239674) 

GAURAV MATHUR (CSB NO. 242630) 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

555 California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-2300 

Facsimile: (415) 281-1350 

smuck@fenwick.com 

dkristy@fenwick.com 

csteskal@fenwick.com 

klui-kwan@fenwick.com 

ecohen@fenwick.com 

gmathur@fenwick.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Connetics Corp., 

John L. Higgins, Lincoln Krochmal, 

C. Gregory Vontz, and Thomas G. Wiggans 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re CONNETICS CORP. 

SECURITIES LITIGATION 

Case No. C 07-02940 SI 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

This Stipulation is entered into by and among lead plaintiff Teachers’ Retirement System 

of Oklahoma (“Plaintiff”), and defendants Connetics Corp., John L. Higgins, Lincoln Krochmal, 

C. Gregory Vontz, Thomas G. Wiggans, and Alexander J. Yaroshinsky. 

WHEREAS, on July 12, 2007, the Court issued a notice scheduling the initial case 

management conference in this case for October 12, 2007 at 2:00 p.m., and reserving October 12, 

2007 at 9:00 a.m. as the hearing date for any motion to dismiss; 

WHEREAS, on August 6, 2007, the Court entered a stipulated order that, among other 

things, set a revised briefing schedule for defendants’ motions to dismiss and continued the 

hearing date for those motions to October 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.; 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER RE INITIAL CMC 2 CASE NO. C 07-02940 SI 

WHEREAS, on August 6, 2007, the defendants filed motions to dismiss and noticed the 

hearing date as October 19, 2007; and 

WHEREAS, the parties believe that the resources of the Court and the parties are best 

conserved, and the interests of judicial economy are best served, by continuing the initial case 

management conference to the hearing date for defendants’ motions to dismiss; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, pursuant to Northern District of 

California Civil Local Rule 6-1, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties, as 

follows: 

The parties request that the Court continue the initial case management conference to 

October 19, 2007 at 2:00 p.m., the same date as the hearing for defendants’ motions to dismiss. 

IT IS FURTHER STIPULATED, pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local 

Rule 6-1, by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties, that the parties may enter into 

and submit a further appropriate stipulation amending this filing. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: August 29, 2007 FENWICK & WEST LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Christopher J. Steskal 

555 California Street, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-2300 

Facsimile: (415) 281-1350 

Attorneys for Defendants Connetics Corp., 

John L. Higgins, Lincoln Krochmal, 

C. Gregory Vontz, and Thomas G. Wiggans 

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STIPULATION AND PROPOSED 

ORDER RE INITIAL CMC 3 CASE NO. C 07-02940 SI 

Dated: August 29, 2007 DLA PIPER US LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Alysson Russell Snow 

401 B Street, Suite 1700 

San Diego, California 92101 

Telephone: (619) 699-2858 

Facsimile: (619) 699-2701 

Attorneys for Defendant Alexander J. Yaroshinsky 

Dated: August 29, 2007 BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & 

GROSSMANN LLP 

By: /s/ 

 David R. Stickney 

12481 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 

San Diego, California 92130 

Telephone: (858) 793-0070 

Facsimile: (858) 793-0323 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Teachers’ Retirement 

System of Oklahoma and Court Appointed Lead 

Counsel for the Class 

Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, Section X(B) regarding signatures, I attest 

under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of the document has been obtained from 

Alysson Russell Snow and David R. Stickney. 

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PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________ 2007 

 THE HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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