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### PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 06-2399

RICHARD JAKIMAS; DIANNE FLYNN, Association Member; LOUIS RISTAGNO, Association Member; ALL OTHER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS; JOHN M. ADAIR; JOHN J. ADZIMA; BRUCE J. AIELLO; THOMAS AIELLO; JACK BAILEY; GERALD A. BARRETT; WALTER BENIUK; BRUCE BLANCHARD; RENE REIS BRAGA; TEDEUSZ BUKOWSKI; EDWARD CABRAL; ANGELO CAPALBO; RICHARD CARLSON; RALPH CASO; JAMES CASTELLI; SAMUEL CASTRONOVO, JR.; PETER CHAPMAN; PAUL D. CIUPPA; GARY COCOZZO; LAURA CARBO; ALAN L. CURTIS; PAUL DAY; CHARLES DELORENZI; PETER DEMODICA, III; JOSEPH DIGIACOMO; STEFAN DZIABA; WALTER DZIABA; MICHAEL FARON; RAMOND J. FEINER;

ANDREW FERACO; PAUL FRANEK; LAWRENCE GELOK; ROBERT L. GLOVER; RAYMOND GOETZ; JOSEPH GOMES; ANTHONY GRECO; DANIEL GREEN; JOHNNY HADDLEY; WILLIAM J. HAHN; RICHARD HALL; DAVID HANRAHAN; DEBORAH HELFRICH; RONALD JONES; ALOJZY KALATA; JAMES F. KANE; JOSEPH M. KAPROWSKI; BERNARD KAPUSCINSKI; JAN KASPROWICZ; MICHAEL KENNEDY; ROBERT J. KOHLER; EDWARD KWASNIK; FLAVIO LABAGNARA; ROSA LABAGNARA; ROBERT J. LENIK; WOJCIECH LEOZENIA; JOSEPH MACDIARMID; JAMES F. MADIGAN; WILLIAM R. MALLOY, SR.; ALBERT A. MARCHIONE; ANTHONY MARIANO; EDWARD B. MAYO; HENRY M. MCAULIFFE; MIKE MEECHAN; STEPHEN E. MELLINGER; LAWRENCE MEMICE; DONALD A. MEYER; ROBERT P. MUNDT; NICK NARDONE; CHERYL NEGRON; JOSEPH M. OROLEN; EDWARD PAJAK; ROBERT PAVONE; ROGER M. PERRI; FRANK J. PETRASEK; WILLIAM PITT; PETER PLAFTA; JULIAN POKRYWA; RONALD POKRYWA; ROQUE N. RIVERA; ANTONIO RIZZI; BARBARA ROBINSON; SAMUEL ROSAMILIA; ROGER ROTONDI; CHUCK L. RUTAN; ALBERT RYBACKI; ANDREW J. SACCOCCIA;

JAN SERAFIN; ROBERT SHALLCROSS; MARTHA X. SKINNER; DONALD D. SMITH; ANTHONY SPAGNUOLO; ANTHONY J. SPANO;* 

### The Honorable David D. Dowd, Jr., United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation. 2 SARA SPANO; ANTHONY SPERA; NATALE TURANO; STEPHEN R. TYBURCZY; ROBERT J. VELEBER, JR.; WILLIAM VILLINO; MICHAEL A. VOCATURO; MARIAN WOJCIECHOWSKI; LEONARD A. ZUMMO; RICKI BLOHM; FRANK CAVALIERE; CHARLENE JOHNSON; DONALD BREEN; JOHN TOMASKOVIC, Appellants

v. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE, INC.;* JOHNSON CONTROLS WORLD SERVICES, INC. (*Amended per Clerk's order of June 6, 2006)
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (D.C. No. 99-cv-05126) District Judge: Honorable Jose L. Linares
Argued February 15, 2007 Before: SMITH and FISHER, Circuit Judges , and DOWD, * 

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ORDER AMENDING OPINION IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the opinion in the above case, filed May 14, 2007, be amended as follows:

### 3 Page 4, second appearance of counsel, which read: John A. Ridley (Argued) Drinker, Biddle & Reath 500 Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ 07932 Attorney for Appellee, Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. shall read: John A. Ridley (Argued) Drinker, Biddle & Reath 500 Campus Drive Florham Park, NJ 07932 Attorney for Appellee, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Page 5, first paragraph, first sentence, which read: The Appellants, former employees of Hoffman-La Roche Inc.

. . . . shall read: The Appellants, former employees of Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. . . . . Page 10, Section I.B., first paragraph, fourth sentence, which read: However, he did not allow David Swidrak . . . . shall read: However, he did not allow Donald Swidrak . . . . By the Court,

/s/ D. Michael Fisher Circuit Judge Dated: May 31, 2007 lwc/cc: Charles J. Sciarra, Esq. Allan P. Clark, Esq. John A. Ridley, Esq. Dabney D. Ware, Esq.