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FREDERICK P. FURTH (No. 38438) MICHAEL P. LEHMANN (No. 77152) THOMAS P. DOVE (No. 51921) ALEX C. TURAN (No. 227273) THE FURTH FIRM LLP 225 Bush Street, 15th Floor San Francisco, California 94104-4249 Telephone: (415) 433-2070 Facsimile: (415) 982-2076 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael Brauch and Andrew Meimes (N.D. Cal. Case No. C:05-2743 (BZ)) (Additional Counsel are listed on Signature Page) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION DAVID E. LIPTON, et al., on behalf of ) themselves and all others similarly situated, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) ) INTEL CORPORATION, a Delaware ) corporation, ) ) Defendant. ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. C:05-2669 (MHP) ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

Pursuant to Local Rule 3-12(b), plaintiffs Michael Brauch and Andrew Meimes, the plaintiffs in Brauch v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2743 (BZ) (N.D. Cal., filed July 5, 2005) ("Brauch") hereby notify the Court and all counsel of their belief that the following are "related cases" within the meaning of Local Rule 3-12(a): (1) Brauch; (2) Konieczka v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2700 (MHP) (N.D. Cal., filed June 30, 2005) ("Konieczka"); (3) Prohias v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2699 (JL) (N.D. Cal., filed June 30, 2005) ("Prohias"); (4) Niehaus v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2720 (JCS) (N.D. Cal., filed July 1, 2005) ("Niehaus"); (5) Hamilton v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2721 (JCS) (N.D. Cal., filed July 1, 2005) ("Hamilton"); (6) Baxley v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2758 (EMC) (N.D. Cal., filed July 6, 2005) ("Baxley"); and (7) Lipton v. Intel Corp., No. C:05-2669 (MHP) (N.D. Cal., filed June 29, 2005) ("Lipton"). This administrative motion is made on the grounds that the plaintiffs in Konieczka, Prohias, Nichaus, Baxley, Hamilton, Lipton and Brauch filed substantially similar
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class action complaints against the same defendant, Intel Corporation ("Intel") and allege essentially the same antitrust conduct. Relating these seven cases pursuant to Local Rule 3-12 will advance the convenience of the parties, witnesses and counsel, will avoid the risk of duplicative or inconsistent rulings, orders and judgments and will serve the interests of justice.1 Based on the foregoing, the undersigned respectfully submit that the assignment of these actions to a single judge will conserve judicial resources and promote an efficient determination of the actions. A proposed form of order accompanies this motion. Dated: July 7, 2005 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Michael P. Lehmann Michael P. Lehmann Thomas P. Dove Alex C. Turan The Furth Firm, LLP 225 Bush Street, 15th Floor San Francisco, California 94104-4249 Telephone: (415) 433-2070 Facsimile: (415) 982-2076 Francis O. Scarpulla (41059) Law Offices Of Francis O. Scarpulla 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 788-7210 Facsimile: (415) 788-0707 Craig C. Corbitt (83251) Zelle Hofmann Voelbel Mason & Gette, LLP 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 693-0700 Facsimile: (415) 693-0770 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael Brauch and Andrew Meimes (N.D. Cal. Case No. C:05-2743 (BZ))

The undersigned counsel has communicated with Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, one of the counsel for plaintiffs in these other cases and it does not oppose treating them as related cases. No counsel has yet made an appearance for Intel in any of these cases, so its concurrence has not been obtained.
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