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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP SHERI FLAME EISNER #162776 [email protected] DAVID L. STANTON # 208079 [email protected] 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5406 Telephone: (213) 488-7100 Facsimile: (213) 629-1033 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP JOHN M. GRENFELL #88500 [email protected] 50 Fremont Street Post Office Box 7880 San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 Telephone: (415) 983-1000 Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 Attorneys for Defendant NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

DOE, Individually And On Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff,

No. C 07-5115 JSW NOTICE OF LODGING OF NEW RULING GERMANE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12(b)(3), OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO TRANSFER PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), FOR IMPROPER VENUE

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Judge: Date: Time: CrtRm:

Hon. Jeffrey S. White January 25, 2008 9:00 a.m. 2

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Defendant Network Solutions LLC ("Network Solutions") has filed a Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(3), or in the Alternative to Transfer Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a), For Improper Venue (Dkt. 16) (the "12(b)(3) Motion"), which has been fully briefed and is scheduled for hearing on January 25, 2008. In connection with the 12(b)(3) Motion, Network Solutions hereby respectfully lodges a new germane ruling in the closely related declaratory relief action between the parties in the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia, entitled Network Solution LLC v. Nexus Holdings, Inc. and Brett Gottlieb, Civil Action No. 2007-11510 (the "Virginia Action"). The Virginia Action is discussed at some length in the 12(b)(3) Motion (see Dkt. 16 at 6:19-7:3; 14:11-15:9) and in the Opposition to the 12(b)(3) Motion (see Dkt. 28 at 10:24-

On January 10, 2008, after an over two hour evidentiary hearing, the court in the Virginia Action denied defendant Brett Gottlieb's ("Gottlieb") Plea in Bar, Motion to Quash Service and/or Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction. Specifically, the court in the Virginia Action ruled that it has personal jurisdiction over Gottlieb (i.e., plaintiff "Doe" in the action pending before this Court), based on the same forum-selection clause in the parties' Service Agreement as quoted in the 12(b)(3) Motion. See Dkt. 16 at 4:24-5:9. The Order in the Virginia Action, which is attached to this Notice of Lodging, overrules and

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Network Solutions is in the process of obtaining a copy of the transcript from the hearing in the Virginia Action and will lodge it with this Court as soon as possible. Dated: January 11, 2008 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP SHERI FLAME EISNER JOHN M. GRENFELL DAVID L. STANTON

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/s/ Sheri Flame Eisner Attorneys for Defendant NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC

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