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In re Optical Disk Drive Prods. Antitrust Litig.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Mar 14, 2013
MDL No. 3:10-md-2143 RS (N.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2013)

Opinion

MDL No. 3:10-md-2143 RS

03-14-2013

IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION This Document Relates to: ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP SHANA E. SCARLETT Jeff D. Friedman Steve W. Berman George W. Sampson HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Lee Gordon HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP Interim Lead Counsel for Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs LATHAM & WATKINS LLP BELINDA S LEE Counsel for Defendants TOSHIBA CORPORATION TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP.; and TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA CORP. DLA PIPER LLP DAVID H. BAMBERGER Counsel for Defendants TEAC CORPORATION TEAC AMERICA INC. BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. JOHN TALADAY Counsel for Defendants KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. LITE-ONIT CORPORATION PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORP. PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. VINSON & ELKINS LLP MATTHEW J. JACOBS Counsel for Defendant HITACHI, LTD ROPES & GRAY LLP MICHELLE VISSER Counsel s for Defendants HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC. HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC. DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL Counsel for Defendant LG ELECTRONICS, INC. LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP JOHN F. COVE, JR. Counsel for Defendants SONY CORPORATION SONY OPTIARC AMERICA, INC. SONY OPTIARC, INC. O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP IAN SIMMONS Counsel for Defendant SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP JOEL B. KLEINMAN Counsel for Defendants BENQ CORPORATION BENQ AMERICA CORP. WINSTON & STRAWN LLP ROBERT B. PRINGLE Paul R. Griffin Jonathan E. Swartz Counsels for Defendant NEC CORPORATION WINSTON & STRAWN LLP JEFFREY L. KESSLER Counsel for Defendants PANASONIC CORPORATION PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP MINDA R. SCHECHTER Attorneys for Defendants QUANTA STORAGE INC. QUANTA STORAGE AMERICA INC.


Jeff D. Friedman (173886)
Shana E. Scarlett (217895)
HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202
Berkeley, CA 94710
Telephone: (510) 725-3000
Facsimile: (510) 725-3001
jefff@hbsslaw.com
shanas@hbsslaw.com
Steve W. Berman (Pro Hac Vice)
George W. Sampson (Pro Hac Vice)
HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP
1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300
Seattle, WA 98101
Telephone: (206) 623-7292
Facsimile: (206) 623-0594
steve@hbsslaw.com
george@hbsslaw.com
Interim Lead Counsel for Indirect
Purchaser Plaintiffs
[Additional Counsel Listed on
Signature Page]

CORRECTED STIPULATION AND

[PROPOSED] ORDER TO AMEND

COMPLAINT AND VOLUNTARY

DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CLASS

REPRESENTATIVES


DATE ACTION FILED: Oct. 27, 2009

WHEREAS, the indirect purchaser plaintiffs filed a Corrected Second Amended Class Action Complaint on October 18, 2011;

WHEREAS, the indirect purchaser plaintiffs have indicated that, due to unforeseen personal circumstances, the following class representatives no longer wish to serve as class representations: Laura Allen, Pradeep Arora, Lucas Bina, Cindy Bozan, Robert Cavalear, Andrew Crosby, Casey Hauser, Mary Jane Garland, David Knight, Debra Knight, Thomas Lewis, Bobbi Milam, Linda Moss, Ramona Ravan, Benjamin Roberts, and Anthony Sterling; and

WHEREAS, defendants will not oppose the substitution of the representatives as indicated in the following chart, reserving all of the legal rights and any defenses defendants may have, including but not limited to any objections to the adequacy of the new proposed class representatives:

+------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Former Class ¦ ¦New Class ¦ ¦ ¦Involved State ¦ ¦ ¦Representative(s) ¦ ¦Representative(s) ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Mary Jane Garland ¦Iowa ¦Jerome Hilscher ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Pradeep Arora ¦Hawaii ¦Barney Gooman, Jr. ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Laura Allen ¦Kansas ¦Benjamin Murray ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Linda Moss ¦Maine ¦Scot Larrabee ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Robert Cavalear ¦Massachusetts ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Casey Hauser ¦Montana ¦Matthew Hosking ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Benjamin Roberts ¦New Hampshire ¦Evan Ravenelle ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Thomas Lewis ¦New York ¦Susie Lim ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Lucas Bina ¦North Dakota ¦Dion Pacheco ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦David Knight and Debra Knight¦Oregon ¦Mike Bishop ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Ramona Ravan ¦South Carolina ¦Kyle Kovalchek ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Andrew Crosby ¦Tennessee ¦Kim Wood ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Anthony Sterling ¦South Dakota ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Cindy Bozan ¦Vermont ¦Gregory Westerkamp ¦ +------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------+ ¦Former Class ¦ ¦New Class ¦ ¦ ¦Involved State ¦ ¦ ¦Representative(s) ¦ ¦Representative(s) ¦ +-------------------+----------------+-------------------¦ ¦Bobbi Milam ¦West Virginia ¦Brian Ice ¦ +--------------------------------------------------------+

WHEREAS, defendants agree to the filing of a third amended complaint by the indirect purchaser plaintiffs, for the purpose of making the above substitutions of proposed class representatives; and

WHEREAS, in exchange for the agreement to the substitution of class representatives, each of the above new class representatives agrees to produce verified interrogatory responses to Defendant Panasonic Corporation's First Set of Interrogatories to Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs, and to produce all documents in each new class representative's possession responsive to Defendant Toshiba Corporation's First Request for Production of Documents to Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs within fifteen days of the Court's approval of this stipulation and the filing of an amended complaint;

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the undersigned counsel for the parties as follows:

1. The indirect purchaser plaintiffs will file a third amended complaint, as outlined above;
2. The parties stipulate to the voluntary dismissal without prejudice of the claims of Laura Allen, Pradeep Arora, Lucas Bina, Cindy Bozan, Robert Cavalear, Andrew Crosby, Casey Hauser, Mary Jane Garland, David Knight, Debra Knight, Thomas Lewis, Bobbi Milam, Linda Moss, Ramona Ravan, Benjamin Roberts, and Anthony Sterling; and
3. Each of the new class representatives shall produce verified interrogatory responses to Defendant Panasonic Corporation's First Set of Interrogatories to Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs, and shall produce all documents in each new class representative's possession which are responsive to Defendant Toshiba Corporation's First Request for Production of Documents to Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs, within fifteen days of the Court's approval of this stipulation and the filing of the indirect purchaser plaintiffs' third amended complaint.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

By ________________

SHANA E. SCARLETT

Jeff D. Friedman

Steve W. Berman

George W. Sampson

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

Lee Gordon

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

Interim Lead Counsel for Indirect

Purchaser Plaintiffs

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

By ________________

BELINDA S LEE

Counsel for Defendants

TOSHIBA CORPORATION TOSHIBA SAMSUNG

STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP.; and TOSHIBA

SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY KOREA

CORP.

DLA PIPER LLP

By ________________

DAVID H. BAMBERGER

Counsel for Defendants

TEAC CORPORATION

TEAC AMERICA INC.

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

By ________________

JOHN TALADAY

Counsel for Defendants

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

LITE-ONIT CORPORATION

PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORP.

PHILIPS & LITE-ON DIGITAL SOLUTIONS USA,

INC.

VINSON & ELKINS LLP

By ________________

MATTHEW J. JACOBS

Counsel for Defendant

HITACHI, LTD

ROPES & GRAY LLP

By ________________

MICHELLE VISSER

Counsel s for Defendants

HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE, INC.

HITACHI-LG DATA STORAGE KOREA, INC.

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL

By ________________

CHRISTOPHER B. HOCKETT

Counsel for Defendant

LG ELECTRONICS, INC.

LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC.

BOIES SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP

By ________________

JOHN F. COVE, JR.

Counsel for Defendants

SONY CORPORATION

SONY OPTIARC AMERICA, INC.

SONY OPTIARC, INC.

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By ________________

IAN SIMMONS

Counsel for Defendant

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP

By ________________

JOEL B. KLEINMAN

Counsel for Defendants

BENQ CORPORATION

BENQ AMERICA CORP.

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By ________________

ROBERT B. PRINGLE

Paul R. Griffin

Jonathan E. Swartz

Counsels for Defendant

NEC CORPORATION

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

By ________________

JEFFREY L. KESSLER

Counsel for Defendants

PANASONIC CORPORATION

PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH

AMERICA

NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP

By ________________

MINDA R. SCHECHTER

Attorneys for Defendants

QUANTA STORAGE INC.

QUANTA STORAGE AMERICA INC.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

________________

HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE


Summaries of

In re Optical Disk Drive Prods. Antitrust Litig.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
Mar 14, 2013
MDL No. 3:10-md-2143 RS (N.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2013)
Case details for

In re Optical Disk Drive Prods. Antitrust Litig.

Case Details

Full title:IN RE OPTICAL DISK DRIVE PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION This Document…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Date published: Mar 14, 2013

Citations

MDL No. 3:10-md-2143 RS (N.D. Cal. Mar. 14, 2013)