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.
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HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE