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

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[Counsel listed on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

IN RE: LITHIUM ION BATTERIES 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

Case No. 13-MD-02420 YGR (DMR) 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING DIRECT AND 

INDIRECT PURCHASER PLAINTIFFS’ 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO 

SEAL MATERIALS FILED IN 

CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR 

CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 

1029 & 1037) 

This Documents Relates to: 

ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

ALL DIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

 

DATE ACTION FILED: Oct. 3, 2012 

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MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 1029 & 1037) 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

 WHEREAS, on January 22, 2016, Direct and Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs filed two 

administrative motions to file materials under seal, as ECF Nos. 1029 and 1037. 

WHEREAS, under Civil Local Rule 79-5(e)(1), the deadline for filing declarations and 

materials in response to these administrative motions to seal is currently January 26, 2016. 

WHEREAS, the administrative motions to seal filed by the Direct and Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs (ECF Nos. 1029 and 1037) cover hundreds of exhibits submitted with the class 

certification motions, plus portions of the other filings made in connection with their motions for 

class certification. 

WHEREAS, Direct and Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs filed under seal the expert reports and 

expert declarations in support of their respective class certification motions, with accompanying 

exhibits. 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ counsel require additional time to fully evaluate and respond to 

Direct and Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ administrative motions to seal, and to coordinate among 

Defendants with respect to materials compiling or containing information produced by different 

Defendants. 

WHEREAS, Direct and Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ counsel have no objection to 

providing additional time to respond to those administrative motions. 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED: 

The deadline for any party or non-party filing declarations and any other materials in 

response to the administrative motions to seal filed as ECF Nos. 1029 and 1037 shall be extended 

to February 16, 2016. 

DATED: January 26, 2016 

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MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 1029 & 1037) 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By /s/ Jeffrey L. Kessler 

 JEFFREY L. KESSLER 

A. Paul Victor (pro hac vice) 

Eva W. Cole (pro hac vice) 

Jeffrey J. Amato (pro hac vice) 

Erica C. Smilevski (pro hac vice) 

Cristina M. Fernandez (pro hac vice) 

200 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10166-4193 

Telephone: (212) 294-4601 

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700 

jkessler@winston.com 

pvictor@winston.com 

ewcole@winston.com 

jamato@winston.com 

esmilevski@winston.com 

cfernandez@winston.com 

Ian L. Papendick (SBN 275648) 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

101 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 591-6904 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

ipapendick@winston.com 

Roxann E. Henry (pro hac vice) 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Suite 6000 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 887-1500 

Facsimile: (202) 887-0763 

rhenry@mofo.com 

Counsel for Panasonic Corporation, 

Panasonic Corporation of North America, 

SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., and 

SANYO North America Corporation 

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & 

HAMPTON 

By /s/ Gary L. Halling___ 

 GARY L. HALLING 

James L. McGinnis 

Michael W. Scarborough 

Dylan Ballard 

4 Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 774-3294 

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947 

ghalling@sheppardmullin.com 

jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com 

mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com 

dballard@sheppardmullin.com 

Counsel for Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., and 

Samsung SDI America, Inc. 

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

By /s/ Craig P. Seebald 

 CRAIG P. SEEBALD 

Lindsey R. Vaala (pro hac vice) 

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 

Suite 500 West 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

Telephone: (202) 639-6585 

Facsimile: (202) 879-8995 

cseebald@velaw.com 

lvaala@velaw.com 

Matthew J. Jacobs (SBN 171149) 

VINSON & ELKINS LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 2750 

San Francisco, California 94105 

Telephone: (415) 979-6990 

Facsimile: (415) 651-8786 

mjacobs@velaw.com 

Counsel for Maxell Corporation of America 

and Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. 

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MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 1029 & 1037) 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD 

LLP 

By ____/s/ Reginald Steer_________ 

REGINALD STEER 

Mollie McGowan Lemberg (SBN 296452) 

580 California Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, California 94104-1036 

Telephone: (415) 765-9500 

Facsimile: (415) 765-9501 

rsteer@akingump.com 

mmcgowanlemberg@akingump.com 

Hyongsoon Kim (SBN 257019) 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD 

LLP 

2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 

Los Angeles, California 90067-3010 

Telephone: (310) 229-1000 

Facsimile: (310) 229-1001 

kimh@akingump.com 

Catherine Creely 

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD 

LLP 

1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20036 

Telephone: (202) 887-4000 

Facsimile: (202) 887-4288 

ccreely@akingump.com 

Counsel for LG Chem, Ltd. and LG Chem 

America, Inc. 

COOLEY LLP 

By /s/ John C. Dwyer 

 JOHN C. DWYER 

Stephen C. Neal (SBN 170085) 

3175 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663 

dwyerjc@cooley.com 

nealsc@cooley.com 

Beatriz Mejia (SBN 190948) 

Matthew M. Brown (SBN 264817) 

COOLEY LLP 

101 California Street, 5th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5800 

Telephone: (415) 693-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 693-2222 

mejiab@cooley.com 

mmbrown@cooley.com 

Counsel for Sony Corporation, Sony Energy 

Devices Corporation, and Sony Electronics, 

Inc. 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

By /s/ J. Frank Hogue_____ 

 J. FRANK HOGUE 

Christopher M. Curran (pro hac vice) 

701 Thirteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: (202) 626-3600 

Facsimile: (202) 639-9355 

ccurran@whitecase.com 

fhogue@whitecase.com 

Counsel for Toshiba Corporation

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MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 1029 & 1037) 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

By /s/ Robert B. Pringle 

 ROBERT B. PRINGLE 

Paul R. Griffin (SBN 083541) 

Sean D. Meenan (SBN 260466) 

101 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 

Telephone: (415) 591-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 591-1400 

rpringle@winston.com 

pgriffin@winston.com 

smeenan@winston.com 

Counsel for NEC Corporation 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

By __/s/ George A. Nicoud III____ 

 GEORGE A. NICOUD III 

George A. Nicoud III (SBN 106111) 

G. Charles Nierlich (SBN 196611) 

Robert E. Kim (SBN 264932) 

Angela Y. Poon (SBN 273106) 

555 Mission Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 

Telephone: (415) 393-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 393-8306 

tnicoud@gibsondunn.com 

gnierlich@gibsondunn.com 

rkim@gibsondunn.com 

apoon@gibsondunn.com 

Counsel for NEC TOKIN Corporation 

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MATERIALS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTIONS FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION (ECF NOS. 1029 & 1037) 

Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN, LLP 

By /s/ Brendan P. Glackin__ 

 BRENDAN P. GLACKIN 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser (SBN 83151) 

Richard M. Heimann (SBN 63607) 

Eric B. Fastiff (SBN 182260) 

Joy A. Kruse (SBN 142799) 

Marc A. Pilotin (SBN 266369) 

Lin Y. Chan (SBN 255027) 

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

ecabraser@lchb.com 

rheimann@lchb.com 

efastiff@lchb.com 

jakruse@lchb.com 

bglackin@lchb.com 

mpilotin@lchb.com 

lchan@lchb.com 

 

PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP 

By /s/ Aaron M. Sheanin___ 

 AARON M. SHEANIN 

Bruce L. Simon (SBN 96241) 

Benjamin E. Shiftan (SBN 265767) 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

bsimon@pswplaw.com 

asheanin@pswplaw.com 

bshiftan@pswplaw.com 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, 

LLP 

By /s/ Steven N. Williams 

 STEVEN N. WILLIAMS 

Joseph W. Cotchett (SBN 36324) 

Nancy L. Fineman (SBN 124870) 

840 Malcolm Road 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: (650) 697-6000 

Facsimile: (650) 697-0577 

jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 

nfineman@cpmlegal.com 

swilliams@cpmlegal.com 

BERMAN DEVALERIO 

By /s/ Todd A. Seaver 

 TODD A. SEAVER 

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (SBN 75484) 

Jessica Moy (SBN 272941) 

One California Street, Suite 900 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 433-3200 

Facsimile: (415) 433-6382 

jtabacco@bermandevalerio.com 

tseaver@bermandevalerio.com 

jmoy@bermandevalerio.com 

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Case No. 4:13-md-02420-YGR 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 

By /s/ Jeff D. Friedman 

 JEFF D. FRIEDMAN 

Shana E. Scarlett (SBN 217895) 

715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 

Berkley, CA 94710 

Tel: 510-725-3000 

jefff@hbsslaw.com 

shanas@hbsslaw.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs

SAVERI & SAVERI, INC. 

By /s/ Guido Saveri 

 GUIDO SAVERI 

R. Alexander Saveri (173102) 

Geoffrey C. Rushing (126910) 

Travis L. Manfredi (281779) 

Carl N. Hammarskjold (280961) 

706 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Tel: (415) 217-6810 

guido@saveri.com 

rick@saveri.com 

grushing@saveri.com 

travis@saveri.com 

carl@saveri.com 

Co-Lead Counsel for Direct Purchaser 

Plaintiffs 

 

E-FILING ATTESTATION 

I, Cristina M. Fernandez, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file 

this document. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each of the 

signatories identified above has concurred in this filing. 

/s/ Cristina M. Fernandez

CRISTINA M. FERNANDEZ 

This Order terminates Docket Number 1046. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 28, 2016 

JUDGE YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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