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Richard M. Heimann (State Bar No. 063607) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Bruce L. Simon (State Bar No. 96241) 

PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW, & PENNY, LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

Co-Lead Counsel for Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) 

ANTITRUST LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to: 

ALL DIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

Case No. 3:07-md-1827 SI 

MDL No. 1827 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE APPLICATION OF CLASS 

CERTIFICATION ORDER TO MITSUI & 

CO. (TAIWAN), LTD. 

Undersigned counsel, on behalf of the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) and Mitsui 

& Co. (Taiwan), Ltd. (“Mitsui”) respectfully request that the Court enter the following order. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed their Third Amended Consolidated Complaint on December 

2, 2009 (Docket No. 1407); 

WHEREAS, in that complaint Plaintiffs named as a defendant Mitsui, which had not been 

named in any previous complaint filed by Plaintiffs in this litigation; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification was briefed and argued prior to the 

filing of the Third Amended Consolidated Complaint; 

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WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part Plaintiffs’ 

motion for class certification on March 28, 2010 (Docket No. 1641); 

THEREFORE, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(1)(C), Plaintiffs and 

Mitsui stipulate as follows:

(1) Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification previously filed as noted above shall be treated 

as if filed in regard to the claims asserted in the Third Amended Complaint against Mitsui; 

(2) all defenses against class certification that were presented by and on behalf of the 

defendants prior to the Court’s Order of March 28, 2010 granting in part and denying in part 

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and all issues raised in any motion for reconsideration by 

the defendants shall be treated as if presented by and on behalf of Mitsui; 

(3) the Court’s March 28, 2010 class certification Order shall apply to Mitsui;

(4) Mitsui shall have full rights of appeal commensurate with any party that was a 

defendant at the time of the March 28, 2010 class certification order; and 

(5) the parties have entered into this Stipulation in part to conserve judicial resources, and 

this Stipulation shall not constitute or be argued to constitute a waiver of any legal defense 

whatsoever of Mitsui to this litigation.

Date: August 20, 2010 

 /s/ Richard M. Heimann 

Richard M. Heimann (State Bar No. 63607) 

LIEFF, CABRASER, HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP 

Embarcadero Center West, 29th Floor 

275 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 956-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 956-1008 

Bruce L. Simon (State Bar No. 96241) 

PEARSON, SIMON, WARSHAW 

& PENNY, LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2450 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-9000 

Facsimile: (415) 433-9008 

Direct Purchaser Co-Lead Counsel 

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/s/ Ernest E. Vargo______________________________________

Paul P. Eyre 

Ernest E. Vargo 

BAKER HOSTETLER, LLP 

PNC Center 

1900 East 9th Street, Suite 3200 

Cleveland, OH 44114-3482 

Telephone: (216) 621-0200 

Facsimile: (216) 696-0740 

Email: peyre@bakerlaw.com

evargo@bakerlaw.com

lghannoum@bakerlaw.com

Tracy L. Cole

BAKER HOSTETLER, LLP 

45 Rockefeller Plaza 

11th Floor 

New York, NY 10111 

Telephone: (212) 589-4228 

Facsimile: (212) 589-4201 

Email: tcole@bakerlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant Mitsui & Co. (Taiwan), Ltd. 

Pursuant to General Order 45, Part X-B, the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of 

this document has been obtained from Richard M. Heimann and Ernest E. Vargo. 

 ORDER

SO ORDERED this ___ day of August, 2010. 

THE HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

United States District Judge 

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