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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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IN RE NETFLIX ANTITRUST LITIGATION
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This Document Relates To:
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No. C 07-00643 WHA No. C 07-01266 WHA No. C 07-01978 WHA
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No. C 07-00643 WHA
ORDER RE NOTICE TO ABSENT PUTATIVE CLASS MEMBERS
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The Court has received plaintiffs’ and defendant’s responses to the Court’s order to
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show cause why the above-captioned actions should not be dismissed, and addressing the
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question of notice to absent putative class members.
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Since no class has been certified, Rule 23(e) does not mandate notice to absent class
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members. Here, since this action received some press, some absent class members may have
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refrained from filing their own actions because they were depending on these actions to toll the
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statute of limitations. Because of this, before judgment is entered in this action, plaintiffs are
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required to give notice of the termination of these actions using the same channels that were
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used to publicize these actions at their outset.
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No later than OCTOBER 17, 2007, plaintiffs shall file with the Court a plan for giving
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such notice to absent class members taking care to make sure that the end of these actions gets
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as much attention as their start. After this plan is approved and implemented, these actions will
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be dismissed. This order does not, however, affect the Vargas action, No. C 07-03802. The
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case management conference in that action remains set for October 25, 2007, at 11:00 a.m.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: October 10, 2007.
WILLIAM ALSUP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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United States District Court
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