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In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, N.D. California, San Francisco Division
Mar 28, 2013
3:07-md-01827 SI (N.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2013)

Opinion

          ROBERT W. TURKEN, MITCHELL E. WIDOM, SCOTT N. WAGNER, BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE & AXELROD LLP, Miami, Florida, E-mail: rtuken@bilzin.com, mwidom@bilzin.com, swagner@bilzin.com, Counsel for Plaintiffs Tech Data Corp. and Tech Data Product Management, Inc. and The AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust.

          STUART H. SINGER, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Email: ssinger@bsfllp.com, Counsel for Plaintiffs Office Depot, Inc.; Tech Data Corp. and Tech Data Product Management, Inc.; and The AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust.

          WILLIAM A. ISAACSON, MELISSA WILLETT, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Washington, D.C., Email: wisaacson@bsfllp.com, mwillett@bsfllp.com.

          PHILIP J. IOVIENO, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Albany, NY, Email: piovieno@bsfllp.com, Counsel for Plaintiffs Office Depot, Inc.; Interbond Corp. of America; Schultze Agency Services, LLC; P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corporation; MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc.; ABC Appliance Inc.; Tech Data Corp. and Tech Data Product Management, Inc.; The AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust; CompuCom Systems, Inc.; and NECO Alliance LLC

          KENT M. ROGER, MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, San Francisco, CA, E-mail: kroger@morganlewis.com, Counsel for Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd. (n/k/a Japan Display East Inc.)

          STEPHEN H. SUTRO, DUANE MORRIS LLP, San Francisco, CA, E-mail: shsutro@duanemorris.com, Counsel for Defendants NEC Corporation and NEC LCD Technologies, Ltd.


          REVISED STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING THE TAKING OF DEPOSITIONS AT THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN OSAKA, JAPAN

          SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.

         Pursuant to Rule 28(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Civil Local Rule 7-11, the Plaintiffs and the Defendants NEC Corporation and NEC LCD Technologies, Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Displays Ltd., (n/k/a Japan Display East Inc.), MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Office Depot, Inc., Jaco Electronics, Inc., Interbond Corporation of America, Schultze Agency Services, LLC, P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corporation, MARTA Cooperative of America, Inc., ABC Appliance, Inc., Tech Data Corporation, Tech Data Product Management, Inc., The AASI Creditor Liquidating Trust, by and through Kenneth A. Welt, Liquidating Trustee, CompuCom Systems, Inc., Viewsonic Corp., NECO Alliance LLC, and Rockwell Automation, Inc. ("Parties") jointly submit this Stipulation, seeking an order authroizing the taking of the depositions of Nobuaki Ito, Wataru Echigo, Toru Nakamura, Susumu Ohi, Hidetoshi Usui, Masashi Katsumi and Katsumi Orui in Osaka, Japan.

         WHEREAS, judicial assistance between the United States and Japan in obtaining evidence is governed by Article 17 of the United States-Japan Consular Convention of 1963, 15 U.S.T. 768;

         WHEREAS, depositions in Japan must be taken pursuant to a court order or commission pursuant to Article 17 of the United States-Japan Consular Convention;

         WHEREAS, the Parties have reserved the dates of May 13, 2013 May 31, 2012 at the ± United States Consulate General in Osaka, Japan to take depositions of the above-listed employees of Defendants Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd. (n/k/a Japan Display East Inc.), NEC Corporation and NLT Technologies Ltd.;

         IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that:

         The Parties respectfully request that this Court issue the Order, submitted herewith, authorizing the taking of depositions of Nobuaki Ito, Wataru Echigo, Toru Nakamura, Susumu Ohi, Hidetoshi Usui, Masashi Katsumi and Katsumi Orui in Osaka, Japan.

         The deponents will appear voluntarily.

         The depositions will commence on or about May 13, 2013 at 9:00 am (local time) and conclude on or about May 31, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (local time).

         Counsel for Plaintiffs who will participate in the said depositions include one or more of the following: Philip Ioveno, Christopher Fenlon, Kae Moat, Nathaniel Wood, Robert Turken, Scott Wagner, and Wendy Polit.

         Counsel for Defendants who will participate in said depositions include one or more of the following: Kent Roger, Herman Hoying, Laura Lee, Kana Manabe, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, George Niespolo, Stephen Sutro, Jennifer Briggs Fisher, Kevin C. McCann, Lee F. Berger, Stephen Freccero, Derek Foran, Fusae Nara, Jacob R. Sorensen, Allison Davis, Jason Angell, Jessica Leal, Martin Toto, John Chung and Seiji Niwa.

         In addition to the deponents, NEC and Hitachi Displays, Ltd. (n/k/a Japan Display East Inc.) representatives Fujio Okada, Makato Kawahara, Hitoshi Tanaka, Kaoru Abo, Manao Yamaguchi, and Tetsuharu Hoshino may attend.

         The proceedings will be reported by Balinda Jean Dunlap of Barkley Court Reporters and recorded on video by Michael Barber of Barkley Court Reporters. Koko Peters will act as an interpreter.

         The transcripts of the depositions will be prepared and distributed among the interested parties by the court reporter without further involvement by the Consulate General.

         IT IS SO STIPULATED.

         [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING THE TAKING OF DEPOSITIONS AT THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN OSAKA, JAPAN

         TO ANY CONSUL OR VICE-CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES ASSIGNED TO OSAKA, JAPAN:

         WHEREAS, the above-captioned coordinated proceedings have been pending before this Court since July 2007;

         WHEREAS the Plaintiffs allege antitrust violations by Defendants, manufacturers and suppliers of Thin-Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) products;

         WHEREAS full discovery began in January 2009;

         WEREAS the Parties reserved a deposition room at the United States Consulate General in Osaka, Japan for taking depositions from May 13, 2013 through May 31, 2013.

         On stipulation of the Parties, and pursuant to Article 17 of The United States-Japan Consular Convention of 1963, 15 U.S.T. 768,

         IT IS ORDERED that the deposition of the following witnesses, who will appear voluntarily, be taken at the United States Consulate General in Osaka, Japan:

         The depositions of the above individuals will commence on or about May 13, 2013 at 9:00 am (local time) and conclude on or about May 31, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (local time).

         Counsel for Plaintiffs who will participate in the said depositions include one or more of the following: Philip Ioveno, Christopher Fenlon, Kae Moat, Nathaniel Wood, Robert Turken, Scott Wagner, and Wendy Polit.

         Counsel for Defendants who will participate in said depositions include one or more of the following: Kent Roger, Herman Hoying, Laura Lee, Kana Manabe, Tsuyoshi Ikeda, George Niespolo, Stephen Sutro, Jennifer Briggs Fisher, Kevin C. McCann, Lee F. Berger, Stephen Freccero, Derek Foran, Fusae Nara, Jacob R. Sorensen, Allison Davis, Jason Angell, Jessica Leal, Martin Toto, John Chung and Seiji Niwa.

         In addition to the deponents, NEC and Hitachi Displays, Ltd. (n/k/a Japan Display East Inc.) representatives Fujio Okada, Makato Kawahara, Hitoshi Tanaka, Kaoru Abo, Manao Yamaguchi, and Tetsuharu Hoshino may attend.

         The proceedings will be reported by Balinda Jean Dunlap of Barkley Court Reporters and recorded on video by Michael Barber of Barkley Court Reporters. Koko Peters will act as an interpreter.

         The transcripts of the depositions will be prepared and distributed among the interested parties by the court reporter without further involvement by the Consulate General.

         IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, N.D. California, San Francisco Division
Mar 28, 2013
3:07-md-01827 SI (N.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2013)
Case details for

In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

Case Details

Full title:In re: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) ANTITRUST LITIGATION MDL No. 1827 This…

Court:United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, N.D. California, San Francisco Division

Date published: Mar 28, 2013

Citations

3:07-md-01827 SI (N.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2013)