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JORDAN ETH (BAR NO. 121617) [email protected] JUDSON E. LOBDELL (BAR NO. 146041) [email protected] MARK R.S. FOSTER (BAR NO. 223682) [email protected] MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: 415-268-7000 Facsimile: 415-268-7522 ANNA ERICKSON WHITE (BAR NO. 161385) [email protected] MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: 650-813-5600 Facsimile: 650-494-0792 Attorneys for Defendant Yahoo! Inc., Terry S. Semel, Susan L. Decker, Farzad Nazem, and Daniel Rosensweig UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

13 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 IN RE: YAHOO! INC. 16 Case No. CV 08-02150 CW 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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CLASS ACTION

ELLEN ROSENTHAL BRODSKY, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. YAHOO! INC., TERRY S. SEMEL, SUSAN L. DECKER, FARZAD NAZEM, and DANIEL ROSENSWEIG, Defendants.

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REASSIGNING CASE [CIVIL L.R. 3-12, 7-11]

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STIPULATION Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12 and 7-11, and General Order 44, the parties in the shareholder derivative action captioned Watkins v. Semel, et al., Case No. CV 08-02359 PJH (N.D. Cal.) ("Watkins"), through their undersigned counsel, agree that Watkins, having already been ordered related to this action, should, therefore, be reassigned from the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton to the undersigned Judge. 1. This action was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of

California on May 11, 2007. 2. 3. 4. Watkins was filed in the Central District of California on June 14, 2007. Counsel for Defendants in this action also represent the defendants in Watkins. The plaintiff in Watkins is represented by Frank J. Johnson and Francis A. Bottini,

Jr. of Johnson Bottini, LLP. 5. On July 3, 2007, the Honorable Christina A. Snyder of the Central District of

California consented to a low-number transfer of Watkins to her calendar, pursuant to Central District General Order 224, on the grounds that Watkins, this action, and other actions filed against Yahoo! before Judge Snyder "[a]rise from the same or closely related transactions, happenings or events"; "[c]all for determination of the same or substantially related or similar questions of law and fact"; and "[f]or other reasons would entail substantial duplication of labor if heard by different judges." Attachment A is a copy of the July 3, 2007 Order. 6. On August 27, 2007, October 1, 2007, and November 29, 2007, the parties in

Watkins stipulated that Watkins should be coordinated with this action "in the interests of judicial economy." Attachments B, C, and D are copies of each stipulation. 7. On April 15, 2008, the defendants in Watkins moved to transfer Watkins to this

Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). 8. On April 29, 2008, Judge Snyder granted the defendants' motion to transfer

Watkins to this Court on the grounds that: (1) the parties agreed that Watkins should be transferred to this Court, and (2) Watkins is related to this action which was transferred to this Court on March 10, 2008.
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On April 30, 2008, the clerk for the Central District of California transmitted the

files for Watkins to this Court. 10. 11. 12. 13. On May 7, 2008, Watkins was assigned to the Honorable Jeffrey S. White. On May 13, 2008, Judge White recused himself from Watkins. On May 14, 2008, Watkins was reassigned to the Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton. For the reasons set out above, the parties stipulate and agree that Watkins, having

already been ordered related to this action, should, therefore, be reassigned to the undersigned Judge. Dated: May 16, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP By: /s/ Anna Erickson White [e-filing signature] Attorneys for Defendants Yahoo! Inc., Terry S. Semel, Susan L. Decker, Farzad Nazem, and Daniel Rosensweig and all Defendants in Watkins v. Semel, Case No. CV 08-02359 PJH Dated: May 16, 2008 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP By: /s/ Spencer A. Burkholz [e-filing signature] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: May 16, 2008

JOHNSON BOTTINI, LLP By: /s/ Francis A. Bottini, Jr. [e-filing signature] Attorneys for Plaintiff in Watkins v. Semel, Case No. CV 08-02359 PJH

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[PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to the parties' stipulation and good cause appearing, this Court finds that the action presently captioned Watkins v. Semel, et al., Case No. CV 08-02359 PJH (N.D. Cal.), having already been ordered related to this action, should be reassigned to the undersigned Judge. IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: ____________________, 2008 CLAUDIA WILKEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ECF ATTESTATION I, Mark R.S. Foster, am the ECF User whose ID and Password are being used to file this: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REASSIGNING CASE

In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Anna Erickson White, Spencer A. Burkholz, and Francis A. Bottini, Jr. have concurred in this filing. Dated: May 16, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP By:/s/ Mark R.S. Foster [e-filing signature]

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