Opinion
Master File No. 3:07-md-1827 SI MDL No. 1827
10-18-2011
In re: TFT-LCD (FLAT PANEL) ANTITRUST LITIGATION This Document Relates To Case No. 3:11-cv-00058-SI COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, et al. Defendants.
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP JOHN M. GRENFELL JACOB R. SORENSEN FUSAE NARA ANDREW D. LANPHERE By: Jacob R. Sorensen Attorneys for Defendants SHARP CORPORATION and SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION WHITE & CASE LLP CHRISTOPHER M. CURRAN KRISTEN J. MCAHREN By: Kristen J. McAhren Attorneys for Defendants TOSHIBA CORPORATION, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., and TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP ROBERT D. WICK DEREK LUDWIN THEODORE P. METZLER By: Theodore P. Metzler Attorneys for Defendants SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. PERKINS COIE LLP DAVID J. BURMAN CORI G. MOORE By: Cori G. Moore Attorneys for Plaintiff COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
JOHN M. GRENFELL (CA State Bar No. 88500)
JACOB R. SORENSEN (CA State Bar No. 209134)
FUSAE NARA (pro hac vice)
ANDREW D. LANPHERE (CA State Bar No. 191479)
Attorneys for Defendants
SHARP CORPORATION and
SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY CLAIMS
AGAINST SAMSUNG, SHARP, AND TOSHIBA DEFENDANTS
Plaintiff Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Costco") and Defendants Sharp Corporation and Sharp Electronics Corporation; Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Company, and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.; and Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and Toshiba Mobile Display Co. (collectively, "Stipulating Defendants") hereby stipulate as follows:
STIPULATION
WHEREAS on September 9, 2011 the Court issued an order compelling arbitration of Costco's claims against Stipulating Defendants;
WHEREAS on September 29, 2011 Costco filed an Amended Complaint, naming Stipulating Defendants among the defendants;
WHEREAS on October 11, 2011, Costco filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, naming as respondents the Stipulating Defendants;
NOW, THEREFORE, Costco and the Stipulating Defendants, through their undersigned respective counsel, stipulate and request that the Court order as follows:
1. Costco's claims against the Stipulating Defendants are stayed pending the completion of the arbitration, pursuant to section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 3;
2. The Stipulating Defendants need not respond to Costco's Amended Complaint. IT IS SO STIPULATED.
PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP
JOHN M. GRENFELL
JACOB R. SORENSEN
FUSAE NARA
ANDREW D. LANPHERE
By: Jacob R. Sorensen
Attorneys for Defendants SHARP
CORPORATION and SHARP ELECTRONICS
CORPORATION
WHITE & CASE LLP
CHRISTOPHER M. CURRAN
KRISTEN J. MCAHREN
By: Kristen J. McAhren
Attorneys for Defendants TOSHIBA
CORPORATION, TOSHIBA AMERICA
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC.,
TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION
SYSTEMS, INC., and TOSHIBA MOBILE
DISPLAY CO.
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
ROBERT D. WICK
DEREK LUDWIN
THEODORE P. METZLER
By: Theodore P. Metzler
Attorneys for Defendants SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG
SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. and SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
PERKINS COIE LLP
DAVID J. BURMAN
CORI G. MOORE
By: Cori G. Moore
Attorneys for Plaintiff COSTCO WHOLESALE
CORPORATION
SO ORDERED:
The Honorable Susan Illston
District Court Judge
ATTESTATION: Pursuant to General Order 45, Part X-B, the filer attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the above-named parties.