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CaseNo: CCCAL228123, CourtName: CLASS ACTION CASES, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>CCCAL228123, Lead Plaintiff, Clarent, Motion, Securities, Otter Creek, Exchange Act, Movants, Lead Plaintiffs, Otter Creek Partners, Semmoto, Memorandum, Appointment, Misleading, Consol, Stanley Tomchin, Class Members, Lauren Assocs, Act, Pslra, Individual Defendants, Nos, Opposition, Appoint, Securities Exchange Act, Common Stock, Authorities, Mot, Lead Counsel, Stull, Market, Crb, Girard Lee, State Bar, California, Revenues, Consolidation, Gibbs Llp, Class Period, Financials, Weiss, Brody, Yourman , ContentID: 120249572

Case Documents
1   PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING MOTION
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9 pages
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2   PROOF OF SERVICE
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7 pages
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3   DECLARATION OF VAHN ALEXANDER
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3 pages
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4   COMPLAINT B
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5   COMPLAINT B 5
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6   COMPLAINT B 4
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7   COMPLAINT B 3
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8   COMPLAINT B 2
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9   COMPLAINT A
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10 2001-12-14 PROPOSED ORDER IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION
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11 2001-12-14 PROPOSED ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT
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12 2001-12-14 MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION
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13 2001-12-14 MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT
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14 2001-12-14 MOTION AND MEMO IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO BE APPOINTED
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15 2001-12-14 MEMO OF IN REPLY TO THE OPPOSITION MEMORANDA
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16 2001-12-14 DECLARATION OF ANTHONY K
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17 2001-12-14 DECLARATION OF ALAN SCHULMAN
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18 2001-09-25 PROOF OF SERVICE 2
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19 1997-11-07 CERTIFICATION OF INTERESTED ENTITIES
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Total Documents: 19 documents , 199 pages
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1 . PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING MOTION

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
PLAINTIFFS
COUNSEL
COURT
NOS
STANLEY TOMCHIN
MASTER FILE
LAUREN ASSOCS
ORDER GRANTING MOT
COMPLAINT
CLERK
MASTER DOCKET
SECURITIES
PAPERS
CAPTION
DEFENDANTS
HEREBY
MOTION
PLEADINGS
CIVIL
FEDERAL RULES
RESPONSE
APPOINTMENT
KEVIN CHANG
MATTHEW CHIANG
SIMON
PROVISION
PARTY
FILING
ENTRIES
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             2

             3

             4

             5

             6

             7

             8                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
             9                        FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
           10

           11                                                                    )
           12     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and                          ) No. C-01-3361-CRB
                  All Others Similarly Situated,                                 )
           13                                                                    )
                                                      Plaintiff,                 )
           14                                                                    )
           15                                  vs.                               ))
           16     CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY SHAW-                               )
                  YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                                      )
           17                                                                    )
           18                                         Defendants.                ))
           19
                  [Caption continues]
           20

           21                                    [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
           22                     MOTION BY LAUREN ASSOCIATES AND STANLEY TOMCHIN
                                         FOR CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES,
           23                             APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
           24                              APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL

           25

           26

           27

           28
LEADPL-ORD-done.wpd       ORDER GRANTING MOT. BY LAUREN ASSOCS. & STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR CONSOL., ETC.
                  Case Nos.  C-01-3361-CRB, C-01-3369-EMC, C-01-3381-JL, C-01-3406-BZ,
                  C-01-3748-JL
SNIPPETS:
  • LEADPL-ORD-done.wpd ORDER GRANTING MOT.
  • BY LAUREN ASSOCS.
  • & STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR CONSOL.,
  • Case Nos.
  • [Caption continued]
  • MATTHEW CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and SIMON)
  • 16 the parties in support of and in response to the motion, the Court grants the motion and
  • 21 hereby consolidated for all purposes pursuant to Rule 42of the Federal Rules of Civil
  • are collectively referred to as "In re Clarent Corporation Securities
  • The docket number for the Master File shall be Master File No. C-01-3361-CRB.
  • original of this Order shall be filed by the Clerk in the Master File.
  • this Order to counsel of record in each of these consolidated actions.
  • this Court and consolidated herewith for all purposes.
  • Master Docket shall be applicable to the consolidated actions as more fully set forth below.
  • The 10 Clerk of the Court shall file all pleadings and other papers in any of the actions in
  • 12 and shall note such filing in the Master Docket.
  • No further copies need be filed or docket entries
  • to the same facts and claims alleged in the complaints in the consolidated actions, unless a
  • objecting to the consolidation of such case or to any other provision of this Order shall,
  • 18 with respect to the complaint in any such case.
  • 14 Lead Plaintiffs for all persons and entities who acquired Clarent Corporation securities
  • This appointment is without prejudice to
  • 16 defendants' right to challenge the adequacy, typicality, or ability of Lead Plaintiffs to

  • 2 . PROOF OF SERVICE

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SUITE
    COUNSEL
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE
    LEAD PLAINTIFF PURSUANT
    BUSINESS
    LOS ANGELES
    CONSOLIDATION
    APPROVE LEAD
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    APPOINTMENT
    MOTION
    WILSHIRE BLVD
    WEISS
    LLP
    DECLARATION
    EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND
    YAAKOV GLATTER
    CALIFORNIA
    BRODY
    STULL
    MICHAEL
    YORK
    FLOOR
    VAHN ALEXANDER
    YOURMAN
    COATES
    BALA PLAZA EAST
    COURT
    SECURITIES CLASS ACTION
    
     1 Kevin J. Yourman (147159)
          Vahn Alexander (167373)
     2 WEISS & YOURMAN
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
     3 Los Angeles, CA 90024
          Tel.: (310) 208-2800
     4             -and-
          Joseph H. Weiss
     5 James E. Tullman
          551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
     6 New York, NY 10176
          Tel.: (212) 682-3025
     7 Michael Braun (l67416)
     8 STULL, STULL & BRODY
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
     9 Los Angeles, CA  90024
          Tel.: (310) 209-2468
    10             -and-
          Jules Brody
    11 6 East 45th Street
          New York, NY  10017
    12 Tel.: (212) 687-7230
    
    13 [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    14
    
    15                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    16                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    17
    
    18 MARK CARSON, on Behalf of Himself and ) Case No.:  C-01 3361 CRB
          All Others Similarly Situated,                   )
    19                                                     ) CLASS ACTION
                                  Plaintiff,               )
    20                                                     ) PROOF OF SERVICE
                   vs.                                     )
    21                                                     )
          CLARENT CORPORATION, et al.                      )
    22                                                     ))
    23                                      Defendants.    ))
    24
    
    25
    
    26
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • WEISS & YOURMAN
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
  • Los Angeles,
  • New York,
  • Michael Braun
  • STULL, STULL & BRODY
  • STATE OF CALIFORNIA
  • not a party to the within action; my business address is: 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, 24th
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION BY YAAKOV GLATTER AND EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND
  • FOR APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF PURSUANT TO §21D OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934; TO
  • DECLARATION OF VAHN ALEXANDER IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY YAAKOV GLATTER AND EVERGREEN HIGHTECH
  • through the following electronic mail address provided by the Securities Class Action
  • Court at whose direction the service was made.
  • Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 400 & COATES, LLP

  • 3 . DECLARATION OF VAHN ALEXANDER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    LEAD PLAINTIFF
    APPOINTMENT
    MOTION
    SUPPORT
    WEISS
    YOURMAN
    DECLARE
    DECL
    ALEX
    CRB
    C-01
    BRODY
    STULL
    YORK
    LOS ANGELES
    WILSHIRE BLVD
    VAHN ALEXANDER
    FOREGOING
    AMERICA
    COMPETENTLY TESTIFY
    WITNESS
    PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
    CONSOLIDATION
    APPROVE LEAD
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    LEAD PLAINTIFF PURSUANT
    MOVANTS
    EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND
    PLAINTIFFS YAAKOV GLATTER
    
     1 Kevin J. Yourman (147159)
          Vahn Alexander (167373)
     2 WEISS & YOURMAN
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
     3 Los Angeles, CA 90024
          Tel.: (310) 208-2800
     4            -and-
          Joseph H. Weiss
     5 James E. Tullman
          551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
     6 New York, NY 10176
          Tel.: (212) 682-3025
     7 Michael Braun (l67416)
     8 STULL, STULL & BRODY
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
     9 Los Angeles, CA  90024
          Tel.: (310) 209-2468
    10            -and-
          Jules Brody
    11 6 East 45th Street
          New York, NY  10017
    12 Tel.: (212) 687-7230
    
    13 [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    14
    
    15                                     UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    16                                  NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    17
    
    18 MARK CARSON, on Behalf of Himself and ) Case No.:  C-01 3361 CRB
          All Others Similarly Situated,                          )
    19                                                            ) CLASS ACTION
                                    Plaintiff,                    )
    20                                                            ) DECLARATION OF VAHN
                  vs.                                             ) ALEXANDER IN SUPPORT OF
    21                                                            ) MOTION BY YAAKOV GLATTER AND
          CLARENT CORPORATION, et al.                             ) EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND FOR
    22                                                            ) APPOINTMENT AS LEAD  PLAINTIFF
                                                                  ) PURSUANT TO §21D OF THE
    23                                       Defendants.          ) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934;
                                                                  ) TO APPROVE LEAD PLAINTIFF'S
    24                                                                 CHOICE OF COUNSEL; AND FOR
                                                                       CONSOLIDATION OF ALL RELATED
    25                                                                 ACTIONS
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Kevin J. Yourman Vahn Alexander
  • WEISS & YOURMAN
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
  • Los Angeles,
  • New York,
  • STULL, STULL & BRODY
  • ALEX.
  • DECL.
  • IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
  • LEAD PLAINTIFF AND LEAD COUNSEL - Case No.: C-01 3361 CRB
  • I, Vahn Alexander, declare:
  • associate with the law firm of Weiss & Yourman, counsel of record for plaintiffs Yaakov
  • and Evergreen Hightech Fund.
  • I make this declaration in support of Movants'
  • motion for "Appointment as Lead Plaintiff Pursuant to §21D of the Securities Exchange Act of
  • 1934; to Approve Lead Plaintiff's Choice of Counsel; and for Consolidation of all Related
  • I have personal knowledge of the matters stated herein and if called as
  • a witness, I could and would competently testify to the following:
  • 18 States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.

  • 4 . COMPLAINT B

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    CLARENT
    REVENUES
    REPORTING
    MEMBERS
    CLASS PERIOD
    COMMON STOCK
    INVESTING
    ACT
    PLAINTIFF
    DISCLOSE
    MISLEADING
    SECURITIES
    PURCHASE
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    VIOLATION
    DAMAGES
    MARKET
    PRACTICES
    ACCOUNTING
    PRICES
    PRINCIPLES
    EXCHANGE
    MATERIALLY FALSE
    CHANG
    FACTS
    REPRESENTATIVES
    DELIBERATELY RECKLESS
    BUSINESS
    COMPLAINT
    
    
    
     1 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE
          TABACCO BURT & PUCILLO
     2 Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (75484)
          Jennifer S. Abrams (178203)
     3 425 California Street, Suite 2025
          San Francisco, California 94104
     4 Telephone:  (415) 433-3200
    
     5 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE
          TABACCO BURT & PUCILLO
     6 Jeffrey C. Block
          Michael G. Lange
     7 One Liberty Square
          Boston, Massachusetts 02109
     8 Telephone: (617) 542-8300
    
     9 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE
          TABACCO BURT & PUCILLO
    10 C. Oliver Burt, III
          Michael J. Pucillo
    11 Northbridge Center, Suite 1701
          515 North Flagler Drive
    12 West Palm Beach, FL  33401
          Telephone: (561) 835-9400
    13  Attorneys for Plaintiff Haibo Zhang
    14  [Names of additional counsel appear on signature page]
    15
    16                                         UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                              NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    17
    18                                                        )
               HAIBO ZHANG, on behalf of himself and all  )  Civil Action No.
    19         others similarly situated,                     )
                                                              )
    20                         Plaintiff,                     )  CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
                                                              )
    21                v.                                      )
                                                              )
    22         CLARENT CORP., JERRY CHANG,                    )  JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
               MATTHEW CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and  )
    23         SIMON W. WONG,                                 )
                                                              )
    24                         Defendants.                    )
                                                              )
    25               Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, by
    26 undersigned attorneys, for his Class Action Complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as to
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • 26 undersigned attorneys, for his Class Action Complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as
  • a review of the public documents and news releases of Clarent Corp. ("Clarent " or the
  • defendants' violation of the federal securities laws.
  • the investing public materially false and misleading financial information concerning the 10
  • 16 Revenues; Places Three Executives on Administrative Leave."
  • 26 that Jerry Chang, Matthew Chiang and Kevin Chang were being placed on administrative leave.
  • Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78jand 78t, and Rule 10b -5, 17 C.F.R
  • Clarent also has its principal place of business in this District.
  • 13 telephone communications and the facilities of national securities exchanges and markets.
  • Clarent's common stock traded on the NASDAQ
  • 20 National Market System under the ticker symbol "CLRN."
  • 17 constitute a fraud and deceit upon plaintiff and the other members of the Class.
  • 24 who suffered damages thereby.
  • hundreds of members of the Class who traded during the Class Period.
  • without knowledge of the omitted facts.
  • June 30, 2000 with the SEC, reporting substantially the same information as it reported in
  • 11 improper recognition of revenue in violation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
  • including the following fundamental accounting principles:
  • accounting principles and practices used to prepare annual financial
  • The Individual Defendants knowingly or with a deliberately reckless disregard for the truth,
  • other members of the Class to purchase Clarent publicly traded securities at inflated prices.
  • information they had an affirmative duty to disclose.
  • 25 whom it portrayed and represented to the financial press and public as its valid

  • 5 . COMPLAINT B 5

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    FINANCIALS
    MISLEADING
    CLARENT
    MEMBERS
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    STOCK
    PLAINTIFF
    REPRESENTATIVES
    REPORTS
    COMMON STOCK
    OFFICER
    ACTS
    INVESTING
    ALLEGES
    FACTS
    CONSCIOUS RECKLESSNESS
    REVENUE
    CHANG
    COMPLAINT
    DAMAGES
    EXCHANGE
    KNOWING
    BUSINESS
    DISSEMINATION
    PRICE
    MARKET
    MANAGEMENT
    CONTROLLING
    SECURITIES
    
    
    
     1 Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (75484)
          BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE
     2    TABACCO BURT & PUCILLO
          425 California Street, Suite 2025
     3 San Francisco, California 94104
          Telephone:  (415) 433-3200
     4  Shannon P. Keniry
     5 Donald J. Enright
          FINKELSTEIN, THOMPSON & LOUGHRAN
     6 Duvall Foundry
          1050 30th Street, N.W.
     7 Washington, D.C. 20007
    
     8 Attorneys for Plaintiff Marko Babic
          [Other counsel appears on signature page]
     9
    
    10                                         UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    11                                        NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    12                                                          )
               MARKO BABIC, on behalf of himself and all  )  Civil Action No. C-01-4124 CW
    13         others similarly situated,                       )
                                                                )
    14                         Plaintiff,                       )  SECURITIES FRAUD
                                                                )  CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
    15                v.                                        )
                                                                )
    16         CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                       )
               SHAW-YAU CHANG, MATTHEW                          )  JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
    17         CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and MICHAEL                  )
               VARGO                                            )
    18                                                          )
                               Defendants.                      )
    19                                                          )
    
    20               Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, by
    21 attorneys, for his complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as to himself and his own acts,
    22 information and belief as to all other matters, based upon, inter alia, the investigation made
    23 through his attorneys, which investigation included, among other things, a review of the public
    24 documents, Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings, analyst reports, news releases and
    25 media reports of Clarent Corporation ("Clarent" or the "Company"),  as follows:
    26
    27
    28
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff Marko Babic
  • 21 attorneys, for his complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as to himself and his own
  • 25 media reports of Clarent Corporation,
  • Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78jand 78t, and Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. §
  • 12 telephone communications and the facilities of national securities exchanges and markets.
  • 19 As of July 31, 2001, Clarent had issued and outstanding 40,685,480 shares of common stock.
  • 22 Executive Officer, one of two members of the Company's Office of the President and a
  • Kevin Chang was placed on administrative leave on September 4,
  • as the "Individual Defendants."
  • 11 Furthermore, because the damages suffered by individual Class members may be relatively
  • The price of Clarent's stock reflects the effect of news disseminated in
  • the market.
  • circumstances does not apply to any of the allegedly false statements pleaded in this
  • The 10 statements alleged to be false and misleading herein all relate to then-existing facts
  • net revenue for the quarter
  • consolidated financials had been "prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
  • Defendants further represented that "in the opinion of management," the financial
  • 21 information to the investing public,
  • 23 failed to disclose the following material, adverse facts about Clarent's business and
  • 19 reckless in not knowing that the false financial results would be issued or disseminated
  • 21 dissemination of such statements or documents.
  • scheme, and course of conduct, pursuant to which they knowingly and/or with conscious
  • 22 portrayed and represented to the press and public as its valid representatives.
  • the Individual Defendants were "controlling persons" of Clarent within the meaning of Section

  • 6 . COMPLAINT B 4

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    FINANCIALS
    MISLEADING
    CLARENT
    MEMBERS
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    STOCK
    PLAINTIFF
    REPRESENTATIVES
    REPORTS
    COMMON STOCK
    OFFICER
    ACTS
    INVESTING
    ALLEGES
    FACTS
    CONSCIOUS RECKLESSNESS
    REVENUE
    CHANG
    COMPLAINT
    DAMAGES
    EXCHANGE
    KNOWING
    BUSINESS
    DISSEMINATION
    PRICE
    MARKET
    MANAGEMENT
    CONTROLLING
    SECURITIES
    
    
    
     1 Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. (75484)
          Jennifer S. Abrams (178203)
     2 BERMAN DEVALERIO PEASE
             TABACCO BURT & PUCILLO
     3 425 California Street, Suite 2025
          San Francisco, California 94104
     4 Telephone:  (415) 433-3200
    
     5 Jonathan M. Plasse
          Emily C. Komlossy
     6 GOODKIND LABATON RUDOFF
             & SUCHAROW LLP
     7 100 Park Avenue
          New York, New York 10016
     8 Telephone:  (212) 907-0700
    
     9 Attorneys for Plaintiff Francis Robb
    10
    11                                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    12                                        NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    13                                                           )
    14         FRANCIS ROBB, on behalf of himself and            )  Civil Action No.  C 01-21007JF
               all others similarly situated,                    )
    15                                                           )
                               Plaintiff,                        )  SECURITIES FRAUD
    16                                                           )  CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
                       v.                                        )
    17                                                           )
               CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                        )
    18         SHAW-YAU CHANG, MATTHEW                           )  JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
               CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and MICHAEL                   )
    19         VARGO                                             )
                                                                 )
    20                         Defendants.                       )
                                                                 )
    21
    22                Plaintiff, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, by
    23 attorneys, for his complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as to himself and his own acts,
    24 information and belief as to all other matters, based upon,  inter alia, the investigation made
    25 through his attorneys, which investigation included, among other things, a review of the public
    26 documents, Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings, analyst reports, news releases and
    27 media reports of Clarent Corporation ("Clarent" or the "Company"),  as follows:
    28
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff Francis Robb
  • 23 attorneys, for his complaint, alleges upon personal knowledge as to himself and his own
  • 27 media reports of Clarent Corporation,
  • Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78jand 78t, and Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. §
  • 12 telephone communications and the facilities of national securities exchanges and markets.
  • 19 As of July 31, 2001, Clarent had issued and outstanding 40,685,480 shares of common stock.
  • 22 Executive Officer, one of two members of the Company's Office of the President and a
  • Kevin Chang was placed on administrative leave on September 4,
  • as the "Individual Defendants."
  • 11 Furthermore, because the damages suffered by individual Class members may be relatively
  • The price of Clarent's stock reflects the effect of news disseminated in
  • the market.
  • circumstances does not apply to any of the allegedly false statements pleaded in this
  • The 10 statements alleged to be false and misleading herein all relate to then-existing facts
  • net revenue for the quarter
  • consolidated financials had been "prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
  • Defendants further represented that "in the opinion of management," the financial
  • 21 information to the investing public,
  • 23 failed to disclose the following material, adverse facts about Clarent's business and
  • 19 reckless in not knowing that the false financial results would be issued or disseminated
  • 21 dissemination of such statements or documents.
  • scheme, and course of conduct, pursuant to which they knowingly and/or with conscious
  • 22 portrayed and represented to the press and public as its valid representatives.
  • the Individual Defendants were "controlling persons" of Clarent within the meaning of Section

  • 7 . COMPLAINT B 3

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    CLARENT
    MARKET
    MEMBERS
    STATE BAR
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    COMMON STOCK
    CALIFORNIA
    LOCUST STREET
    CLASS PERIOD
    REVENUE
    EXCHANGE ACT
    MISLEADING
    DISTRICT
    PLAINTIFF KHALID KAHN
    MATERIALLY FALSE
    SECURITIES
    ACCOUNTING
    REPRESENTATIONS
    CLASS ACTION
    STATES DISTRICT COURT
    BENNETT CERA
    DISCLOSE MATERIAL FACTS
    RELEVANT TIMES
    INFLATED PRICES
    FINANCIAL REPORTING
    FASB STATEMENT
    CAUSED CLARENT
    LOCUST STREET PHILADELPHIA
    
             GOLD BENNETT  CERA                                                                       
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             GWENDOLYN  R.  GIBLIN                                                                     
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             JACOB A. GOLDBERG
             1622 Locust Street
             Philadelphia, PA  19  103
      I  Telephone:  (2 15)  875-3000
    
     (       Attorneys for Plaintiff Khalid Kahn and
             All Others Similarly Situated
    1(  (Additional Counsel Appear  On Signature Page)
    11
    1;                                                                                                 
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • (State Bar No. 18 1973)
  • California 94105-2835 Francisco,
  • TODD S. COLLINS JACOB A. GOLDBERG 1622 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA 19 103 I Telephone:
  • (Attorneys for Plaintiff Khalid Kahn and All Others Similarly Situated 1((Additional Counsel
  • UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 1:
  • NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 14
  • 27 lurchasers of common stock of Clarent Corporation between April
  • -1-1 damages caused by defendants' violation of the federal securities laws.
  • alleges that defendants made materially false and misleading representations regarding the 3
  • tainted by false and misleading information.
  • 11 believes it will have to reduce reported revenue for those quarters.
  • 12 executives on "administrative leave" in connection with the apparent accounting
  • Clarent's stock traded for as much as $14.24 per share during the Class Period.
  • The public dissemination of this materially false and misleading financial
  • 18 information caused Clarent's shares to trade at artificially inflated prices throughout
  • 19 Period thereby causing damage to the plaintiff and the members of the plaintiff class that
  • 23 Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §§78j, 78t, and Rule lob-5
  • Plaintiff Khalid Kahn purchased shares of Clarent common stock during the Class
  • 15 halted on September 4,2001, Clarent's stock traded on the NASDAQ National Market System
  • Defendant Matthew Chaing was, at all relevant times, the General
  • By reason of their positions with the Company, the Individual Defendants had i
  • CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS 15 18.
  • r I the time the defendants failed to disclose material facts and the time the true facts
  • The Individual Defendants caused Clarent to falsify its reported financial results
  • G M P, as set forth in FASB Statement of Concepts No. 5, provides the basic
  • The principle that interim financial reporting should be based upon.
  • BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP

  • 8 . COMPLAINT B 2

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SECURITIES
    DEFENDANTS
    EXCHANGE ACT
    MISLEADING
    MEMBERS
    MATERIAL FACTS
    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED PRICES
    BUSINESS
    MATERIALLY FALSE
    PLAINTIFF
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    MARKET PRICE
    DISSEMINATION
    REVENUES
    PARTICIPATION
    MANAGEMENT
    FUTURE BUSINESS PROSPECTS
    PROMULGATED THEREUNDER
    JULES BRODY
    STULL
    MICHAEL BRAUN
    LOS ANGELES
    WILSHIRE BLVD
    MISREPRESENTATIONS
    FINANCIAL CONDITION
    MATERIAL ADVERSE INFORMATION
    INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORKS
    ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
    
     1 Kevin J. Yourman (147159)
          Jennifer R. Williams (207487)
     2 WEISS & YOURMAN
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
     3 Los Angeles, CA 90024
          Telephone: (310) 208-2800
     4        -and-
          Joseph H. Weiss
     5 James E. Tullman
          551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
     6 New York, NY 10176
          Tel: (212) 682-3025
     7 Michael Braun (l67416)
     8 STULL, STULL & BRODY
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
     9 Los Angeles, CA  90024
          Tel.    (310) 209-2468
    10            -and-
          Jules Brody
    11 6 East 45th Street
          New York, NY  10017
    12 Tel.       (212) 687-7230
    
    13 Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
    14
    
    15
    
    16                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    17                              NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    18
    
    19 ZAHAVA ROSENFELD, On Behalf of                    ) Case No.:
          Herself and All Others Similarly Situated,     )
    20                                                   ) CLASS ACTION
                                          Plaintiff,     )
    21                                                   ) COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE
                  vs.                                    ) FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
    22                                                   )
          CLARENT CORPORATION, Jerry Shaw-               )
    23 Yau Chang, Mike Vargo, Barry Forman,              ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
          Simon Wong, Matthew Chiang, William            )
    24 Barker, William Pape, Arthur Rubinfeld and        )
          Kevin Chang                                    )
    25                                                   ))
    26                                    Defendants.    ))
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
  • Los Angeles,
  • Michael Braun
  • STULL, STULL & BRODY
  • Jules Brody
  • Corporation ("Clarent" or the "Company") between April 19, 2001 and September 4, 2001,
  • seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of
  • promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Clarent maintains its principal place of business in this district and many of the
  • markets and present and future business prospects via access to internal
  • 28 actions of the narrowly defined group of defendants identified above.
  • management of the Company, was directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Company
  • Company and its business, operations, products, growth, financial statements, and financial
  • Said Individual Defendants were involved in drafting, producing,
  • reviewing and/or disseminating the false and misleading statements and information alleged
  • 19 misrepresentations and omissions during the Class Period violated these specific
  • While the exact number of Class members is unknown to plaintiff at this time and can
  • 28 Class Period misrepresented material facts about the business, operations, and financial
  • 17 Internet Protocol networks, allowing the use of IP telephony to be transparent to end user
  • The Company anticipates that its first quarter 2001 revenues,
  • 11 accounting principles.
  • Form 10-Q also contained the following materially false and misleading statement:
  • misleading in that they failed to disclose material adverse information and misrepresented
  • 27 the issuance or dissemination of such statements or documents as primary violations of the
  • Clarent common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.
  • 13 Clarent securities relying upon the integrity of the market price of Clarent securities
  • 13 their making, or participation in the making, of affirmative statements and reports to the
  • financial condition and earnings so that the market price of the Company's

  • 9 . COMPLAINT A

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    SECURITIES
    REVENUES
    PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES
    REPORTS
    MISLEADING
    TRADED SECURITIES
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    MARKET
    FINANCE
    PURCHASES
    PRICES
    SERVICE PROVIDERS
    OFFICER
    MEMBERS
    PLAINTIFF
    CONTROL
    DAMAGES
    DIRECTORS
    EXECUTIVES
    INTEGRITY
    CLARENT CORPORATION
    GROWTH
    FACTS
    CHAIRMAN
    DISCLOSURE
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    MANAGER
    CHANG
    
     1 MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
            HYNES & LERACH LLP
     2 REED R. KATHREIN (139304)
          100 Pine Street, Suite 2600
     3 San Francisco, CA  94111
          Telephone:  415/288-4545
     4 415/288-4534 (fax)
                 - and -
     5 WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581)
          DARREN J. ROBBINS (168593)
     6 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800
          San Diego, CA  92101
     7 Telephone:  619/231-1058
          619/231-7423 (fax)                                     CAULEY, GELLER, BOWMAN
     8                                                             & COATES, LLP
          SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, LLP                              PAUL J. GELLER
     9 MARC A. TOPAZ                                             One Boca Place, Suite 421A
          Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 400                       2255 Glades Road
    10 Bala Cynwyd, PA  19004                                    Boca Raton, FL  33431
          Telephone:  610/667-7706                               Telephone:  561/750-3000
    11 610/667-7056 (fax)                                        561/750-3364 (fax)
    
    12 Attorneys for Plaintiff
    
    13                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    14                              NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    15
    
    16 MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and               ) No.
          All Others Similarly Situated,                   )
    17                                                     ) CLASS ACTION
                                            Plaintiff,     )
    18                                                     ) COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE
                 vs.                                       ) FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
    19                                                     )
          CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY SHAW- )
    20 YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                           ))
    21                                      Defendants.    )) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
    22
    
    23
    
    24
    
    25
    
    26
    
    27
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY SHAW-)
  • securities of Clarent Corporation between April 20,
  • Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • 10 Investigation of Potential Overstatement of Historical Revenues;
  • and Kevin Chang, General Manager of Clarent's Northern Asia operations.
  • The Board of Directors intends to name Michael Vargo
  • Chief Executive Officer.
  • additional disclosure at its investigation progresses.
  • and misleading statements were made in or issued from this District.
  • 13 telecommunications service providers to rapidly deploy voice, fax, and data services over
  • 16 Company's Chairman of the Board.
  • The Individual Defendants, because of their positions with the Company,
  • Each defendant was provided with copies of the Company's reports and press
  • assumed control over the Company's financial reporting and communications with the market.
  • many of the internal reports showing Clarent's forecasted and actual growth were prepared by
  • the finance department under Wong's direction and thus he was aware of the significant
  • 14 omissions complained of herein would adversely affect the integrity of the market for the
  • 17 and deceit upon plaintiff and other members of the Class.
  • 20 facts about Clarent's financial results.
  • 21 operated as a fraud or deceit on purchasers of Clarent publicly traded securities was a
  • 23 the prices of Clarent publicly traded securities; and caused plaintiff and other members
  • this quarter," said Jerry Chang, Chief Executive Officer, Clarent Corporation.
  • Investigation of Potential Overstatement of Historical Revenues; Places Three Executives On
  • or deceit upon plaintiff and others similarly situated in connection with their purchases of
  • 22 measure of damages.

  • 10 . PROPOSED ORDER IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    LEAD COUNSEL
    OTTER CREEK
    OTTER CREEK PARTNERS
    PURSUANT
    MCKEIGE
    DOUGLAS
    BAR
    ALAN SCHULMAN
    GROSSMANN LLP
    BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
    CLARENT
    LAW FIRM
    COURT
    APPROVE
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    CRB
    ATTORNEYS
    YORK
    AMERICAS
    AVENUE
    SAN DIEGO
    SUITE
    WORTHINGTON
    TRACEY
    
    1     BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
               & GROSSMANN LLP
    2     ALAN SCHULMAN   (Bar No. 128661)
          TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON   (Bar No. 140802)
    3     12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 150
          San Diego, CA 92130
    4     Tel:    (858) 793-0070
          Fax: (858) 793-0323
    5             -and-
          DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
    6     1285 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, NY 10019
    7     Tel:    (212) 554-1400
          Fax: (212) 554-1444
    8     Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
    9     Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    10
    
    11                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    12                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    13
    
    14     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and        Case No.:        CV-01-3361 CRB
    15     All Others Similarly Situated,               CLASS ACTION
    16                              Plaintiff,
    17             vs.
    18                                                  Date:                 December 14, 2001
           CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                   Time:                10:00 a.m.
    19     SHAW-YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,               Courtroom:       8
                                                        Judge:               Honorable Charles R. Breyer
    20                              Defendants.
    
    21
    
    22
    23                     [PROPOSED] ORDER IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION BY
            OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS PURSUANT TO
    24             § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND TO
                                           APPROVE CHOICE OF COUNSEL
    25
    
    26
    
    27
    
    28
    
          [PROPOSED] ORDER
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP
  • ALAN SCHULMAN (Bar No. 128661)
  • TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON
  • Suite 150
  • San Diego, CA 92130
  • 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York,
  • Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
  • OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS PURSUANT TO
  • Case No.: CV-01-3361 CRB
  • pursuant to Section 21Dof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and to Approve
  • Proposed Lead Plaintiffs' Choice of Counsel and good cause appearing therefore, the Court
  • the law firm of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP is appointed as
  • 10 Lead Counsel for the proposed Class.
  • -and-22 DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
  • 27 [CLARENT] PROPOSED ORDER_v1-done.WPD

  • 11 . PROPOSED ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFF
    APPOINTMENT
    MOTION
    STULL
    CRB
    BRODY
    COURT
    CONSOLIDATION
    WILSHIRE BLVD
    WEISS
    YOURMAN
    DEFENDANTS
    COMPLAINT
    EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND
    C-01
    YORK
    LOS ANGELES
    CO-LEAD COUNSEL
    PARTIES
    PENDING
    PURPOSES
    HEREBY
    PURSUANT
    JULES BRODY
    SUITE
    MICHAEL BRAUN
    TULLMAN
    JAMES
    JOSEPH
    
     1 Kevin J. Yourman (147159)
          Vahn Alexander (167373)
     2 WEISS & YOURMAN
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
     3 Los Angeles, CA 90024
          Tel.: (310) 208-2800
     4            -and-
          Joseph H. Weiss
     5 James E. Tullman
          551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
     6 New York, NY 10176
          Tel.: (212) 682-3025
     7 Michael Braun (l67416)
     8 STULL, STULL & BRODY
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
     9 Los Angeles, CA  90024
          Tel.: (310) 209-2468
    10            -and-
          Jules Brody
    11 6 East 45th Street
          New York, NY  10017
    12 Tel.: (212) 687-7230
    
    13 [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    14
    
    15                                     UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    16                                  NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    17
    
    18 MARK CARSON, on Behalf of Himself and ) Case No.:  C-01 3361 CRB
          All Others Similarly Situated,                          )
    19                                                            ) CLASS ACTION
                                    Plaintiff,                    )
    20                                                            ) [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR
                  vs.                                             ) APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFF
    21                                                            ) PURSUANT TO §21D OF THE
          CLARENT CORPORATION, et al.                             ) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934;
    22                                                            ) TO APPROVE LEAD PLAINTIFF'S
                                                                  ) CHOICE OF COUNSEL; AND FOR
    23                                       Defendants.          ) CONSOLIDATION OF ALL RELATED
                                                                  ) ACTIONS
    24                                                                 DATE:  December 14, 2001
    25                                                                 TIME:   10:00 a.m.
                                                                       CTRM:  8
    26
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • WEISS & YOURMAN
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
  • Los Angeles,
  • Joseph H. Weiss
  • James E. Tullman
  • New York,
  • Michael Braun
  • STULL, STULL & BRODY
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
  • ORDER RE MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
  • LEAD PLAINTIFF AND LEAD COUNSEL - Case No.: C-01 3361 CRB
  • 1934; to Approve Lead Plaintiff's Choice of Counsel; and for Consolidation of all Related
  • purposes including, but not limited to, discovery, pretrial and trial proceedings, pursuant
  • Any other actions now pending, or hereafter filed, which arise out of the
  • 21 same facts and claims as alleged in these related actions shall be consolidated for all
  • The parties shall notify the Court of any other action
  • Yaakov Glatter and Evergreen Hightech Fund are hereby appointed Lead
  • The Consolidated Complaint shall be treated as the
  • unless otherwise agreed between the parties.
  • In the event that defendants intend to file
  • 14 served by any plaintiff except through Co-Lead Counsel.
  • -and-4 Jules Brody
  • 11 Counsel for Plaintiff Evergreen Hightech Fund

  • 12 . MOTION FOR CONSOLIDATION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    STANLEY TOMCHIN
    APPOINT
    LAUREN ASSOCS
    NOS
    CONSOL
    MOT
    CLASS MEMBERS
    GIRARD LEE
    GIBBS LLP
    MOVANTS
    KEVIN CHANG
    EXCHANGE ACT
    SIMON
    BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD
    LIFSHITZ
    STATE BAR
    WILLIAM BARKER
    MATTHEW CHIANG
    CALIFORNIA
    CONSOLIDATION
    PROPOSED LEAD PLAINTIFFS
    SECURITIES CLASS ACTIONS
    RELATED ACTIONS
    ARTHUR RUBINFELD
    WILLIAM PAPE
    BARRY FORMAN
    MIKE VARGO
    SAN FRANCISCO
    SANSOME STREET
    
                1 Daniel Girard (State Bar No. 114826)
                2 Anthony K. Lee (State Bar No. 156018)
                     GIRARD LEE & GIBBS LLP
                3 160 Sansome Street, Suite 300
                     San Francisco, California 94104
                4 Telephone:  (415) 981-4800
                     Facsimile:  (415) 981-4846
                5
    
                6 Mel Lifshitz
                     BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP
                7 10 East 40th Street, 22nd Floor
                     New York, New York 10016
                8 Telephone:  (212) 779-1414
                9 Attorneys for Class Members and Proposed Lead Plaintiffs
               10 Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin
    
               11                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
               12                        FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
               13
    
               14                                                                   )
               15     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and                         ) No. C-01-3361-CRB
                      All Others Similarly Situated,                                )
               16                                                                   )
                                                          Plaintiff,                )
               17                                                                   )
               18                                  vs.                              ))
               19     CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY SHAW-                              ) Hearing
                      YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                                     ) Date: December
               20                                                                   ) Time: 10:00 a.m.
               21                                         Defendants.               ) Judge: Hon.
                                                                                    )
               22 [Caption continues]
               23
    
               24                    MOTION BY LAUREN ASSOCIATES AND STANLEY TOMCHIN
               25                           FOR CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES,
                                             APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND
               26                             APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL
               27
    
               28
    LEADPL-MOT-done.wpd      MOT. BY LAUREN ASSOCS. & STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR CONSOL., APPOINT. OF LEAD
                     Case Nos.  C-01-3361-CRB, C-01-3369-EMC, C-01-3381-JL, C-01-3406-BZ,
                     C-01-3748-JL
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Daniel Girard (State Bar No. 114826)
  • GIRARD LEE & GIBBS LLP
  • 160 Sansome Street, Suite 300
  • BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP
  • Attorneys for Class Members and Proposed Lead Plaintiffs
  • LEADPL-MOT-done.wpd MOT.
  • BY LAUREN ASSOCS.
  • & STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR CONSOL., APPOINT.
  • Case Nos.
  • WILLIAM PAPE, ARTHUR RUBINFELD and KEVIN)
  • MATTHEW CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and SIMON)
  • 15 United States District Court for the Northern District of California,
  • 16 Avenue, San Francisco, California, Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin (collectively,
  • 20 for an order consolidating these related actions; appointing Movants as lead plaintiffs
  • 27 selection of Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP as lead counsel for the Class and Girard
  • Movants also seek consolidation of all related actions pursuant to Rule 42of the Federal Rules
  • California are seven related securities class actions brought on behalf of a Class
  • Plaintiffs in the Actions allege violations of Section 10of the Exchange Act and Rule l0b-5
  • 12 Wong, Mike Vargo, Barry Forman, Simon Wong, Matthew Chiang, William Barker, William

  • 13 . MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    LEAD PLAINTIFF
    MOVANTS
    APPOINTMENT
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    COURT
    EXCHANGE ACT
    STULL
    ALEXANDER
    PLAINTIFF PURSUANT
    BRODY
    WEISS
    YOURMAN
    CONSOLIDATION
    CLASS MEMBERS
    COUNSEL
    APPROVE LEAD
    EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND
    YAAKOV GLATTER
    FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS
    HIGHTECH FUND
    VAHN ALEXANDER
    RELATED ACTIONS
    ORDER GRANTING MOVANTS
    LOS ANGELES
    WILSHIRE BLVD
    CLASS PERIOD
    DEFENDANTS
    APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFF
    TRADING PRICE
    
     1 Kevin J. Yourman (147159)
          Vahn Alexander (167373)
     2 WEISS & YOURMAN
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
     3 Los Angeles, CA 90024
          Tel.: (310) 208-2800
     4           -and-
          Joseph H. Weiss
     5 James E. Tullman
          551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600
     6 New York, NY 10176
          Tel.: (212) 682-3025
     7 Michael Braun (l67416)
     8 STULL, STULL & BRODY
          10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300
     9 Los Angeles, CA  90024
          Tel.: (310) 209-2468
    10           -and-
          Jules Brody
    11 6 East 45th Street
          New York, NY  10017
    12 Tel.: (212) 687-7230
    
    13 [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    14
    
    15                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    16                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    17
    
    18 MARK CARSON, on Behalf of Himself and ) Case No.:  C-01 3361 CRB
          All Others Similarly Situated,                   )
    19                                                     ) CLASS ACTION
                                  Plaintiff,               )
    20                                                     ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION
                 vs.                                       ) BY YAAKOV GLATTER AND
    21                                                     ) EVERGREEN HIGHTECH FUND FOR
          CLARENT CORPORATION, et al.                      ) APPOINTMENT AS LEAD  PLAINTIFF
    22                                                     ) PURSUANT TO §21D OF THE
                                                           ) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934;
    23                                      Defendants.    ) TO APPROVE LEAD PLAINTIFF'S
                                                           ) CHOICE OF COUNSEL; AND FOR
    24                                                          CONSOLIDATION OF ALL RELATED
                                                                ACTIONS
    25                                                          DATE:  December 14, 2001
    26                                                          TIME:   10:00 a.m.
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Kevin J. Yourman Vahn Alexander
  • WEISS & YOURMAN
  • 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 24th Floor
  • Los Angeles,
  • STULL, STULL & BRODY
  • "Movants"), will, and hereby do, move this Court for an order granting Movants' motion for
  • "Appointment as Lead Plaintiff Pursuant to §21D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
  • Approve Lead Plaintiff's Choice of Counsel; and for Consolidation of all Related Actions" (the
  • 10 grounds that Movants have timely filed this Motion and that they are the "most adequate
  • 19 memorandum of points and authorities in support thereof, the declaration of Vahn Alexander
  • 21 permitted by the Court.
  • PRIOR TO THE DETERMINATION OF LEAD PLAINTIFF
  • Plaintiffs") respectfully submit this motion for "Appointment as Lead Plaintiff Pursuant to
  • Consolidation of all Related Actions".
  • 17 suffered damages as a result of defendants' violations of the federal securities laws.
  • 19 the selection of Lead Plaintiffs to oversee class actions brought under the federal
  • be appointed Lead Plaintiff and to designate their choice of Lead Counsel within 60 days.1 See
  • 12 the Court to consider any motions by plaintiffs or purported class members to serve as Lead
  • Movant Yaakov Glatter has estimated damages of over $50,027 and Movant Evergreen
  • Hightech Fund has estimated damages of $279,300,
  • damages for purposes of the Lead Plaintiff motion for plaintiffs holding their shares 24
  • trading in Clarent has been halted since the last day of the Class Period which has resulted
  • appoint Yaakov Glatter and/or Evergreen Hightech Fund as Lead Plaintiff

  • 14 . MOTION AND MEMO IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO BE APPOINTED

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    OTTER CREEK PARTNERS
    COUNSEL
    MOTION
    SECURITIES
    AUTHORITIES
    ACT
    MEMORANDUM
    LEAD PLAINTIFF
    CLASS ACTIONS
    SCHULMAN
    LITIGATION
    EXCHANGE ACT
    BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ
    SUPP
    COURT
    INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
    CLASS MEMBERS
    CONSOLIDATE
    CLARENT COMMON STOCK
    REFORM ACT
    LLP
    SCHULMAN DECL
    SECURITY LITIGATION
    ADEQUATE PLAINTIFF
    ALAN SCHULMAN
    GROSSMANN LLP
    BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
    RELATED INVESTMENT ENTITIES
    APPOINTMENT
    
    1     BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
               & GROSSMANN LLP
    2     ALAN SCHULMAN   (Bar No. 128661)
          TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON   (Bar No. 140802)
    3     12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 150
          San Diego, CA 92130
    4     Tel:     (858) 793-0070
          Fax: (858) 793-0323
    5              -and-
          DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
    6     1285 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, NY 10019
    7     Tel:     (212) 554-1400
          Fax: (212) 554-1444
    8
    
    9     Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
          Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
    10
    
    11
    
    12                                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    13                                 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    14
    15     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and         Case No.:        CV-01-3361 CRB
           All Others Similarly Situated,
    16                                                   CLASS ACTION
                                     Plaintiff,
    17              vs.
    18                                                   Date:                 December 14, 2001
    19     CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                    Time:                10:00 a.m.
           SHAW-YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                Courtroom:       8
    20                                                   Judge:               Honorable Charles R.
                                     Defendants.
    21
    
    22
    23            NOTICE OF MOTION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
                     IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION OF OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE
    24              APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS PURSUANT TO § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF THE
            SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND TO APPROVE CHOICE OF COUNSEL
    25
    
    26
    
    27
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP
  • Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
  • IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION OF OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE
  • SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND TO APPROVE CHOICE OF COUNSEL 25
  • NOTICE OF MOTION AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
  • By The Reform Act
  • Aronson v. McKesson HBOC, Inc. Security Litigation,
  • F. Supp.
  • Investors Can Reduce Agency Costs in Securities Class Actions,
  • for entry of an Order appointing them as lead plaintiff in this Action and all Actions
  • the Declaration of Alan Schulman in Support of the Motion of the Otter Creek
  • 10 Partners to Be Appointed Lead Plaintiffs, and such oral argument as the Court
  • 14 support of their motion for appointment as lead plaintiff in this Action and all Actions
  • 20 related investment entities that are both managed by Otter Creek Management,
  • A copy of Otter Creek Partners' certification and a chart summarizing the losses of the two
  • purchase Clarent common stock on behalf of both entities.
  • ("The framers of the Reform Act
  • 10 envisioned that established institutional investors would take control of securities
  • by plaintiffs or purported class members to appoint lead plaintiffs filed in response to any
  • This provision further directs the Court to appoint the "most adequate plaintiff" to serve as
  • the Court should consolidate these actions before appointing lead plaintiff.

  • 15 . MEMO OF IN REPLY TO THE OPPOSITION MEMORANDA

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    SEMMOTO
    PSLRA
    OPPOSITION
    CLARENT
    OTTER CREEK
    COURT
    LEAD COUNSEL
    MEMORANDUM
    CRB
    APPOINTING
    CERTIFICATION
    YORK
    AVERY
    HEDGE FUND
    MOTION
    COMMON STOCK
    POPPER LLP
    WOLF POPPER
    INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR
    TYPICALITY
    SACHIO SEMMOTO
    DECLARATION
    LITIGATION
    PENSION FUND
    PUBLIC PENSION FUND
    CLARENT SHARES
    REPRESENTING
    CO-LEAD PLAINTIFF
    LOCAL RULES
    
     1 WOLF POPPER LLP
          MARIAN P. ROSNER
     2 PATRICIA I. AVERY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
          JAMES A. HARROD
     3 845 Third Avenue
          New York, NY 10022
     4 Telephone: 212/759-4600
          212/486-2093 (fax)
     5 Attorneys for Dr. Sachio Semmoto, Plaintiff
     6  In Case No. C-01 20852 PVT
    
     7
    
     8
    
     9
    
    10                                 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    11                              NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    12                                    SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
    13
    14 _____________________________________               Master File No. C-01-3361 CRB
                                                           (consolidated action)
    15 In re Clarent Corporation                      )
          Securities Litigation.                      ) MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
    16 _____________________________________          ) AUTHORITIES OF SACHIO
          This Document Relates To:                   ) SEMMOTO IN REPLY TO THE
    17                                                ) OPPOSITION MEMORANDA OF
                     ALL ACTIONS                      ) OTTER CREEK PARTNERS, AND
    18 _____________________________________          ) LAUREN ASSOCIATES AND
                                                           STANLEY TOMCHIN, AND IN
    19                                                     FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE
                                                           MOTION TO APPOINT SACHIO
    20                                                     SEMMOTO AS LEAD PLAINTIFF
                                                           PURSUANT TO § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF
    21                                                     THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
                                                           OF 1934, AND TO APPROVE LEAD
    22                                                     PLAINTIFF'S CHOICE OF COUNSEL
    
    23                                                     DATE: Friday, December 14, 2001
                                                           TIME: 10:00 AM
    24                                                     COURTROOM: 8, Ninth Floor
                                                           JUDGE: The Honorable Charles R. Breyer
    25
    
    26
    
    27
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • WOLF POPPER LLP MARIAN P. ROSNER
  • PATRICIA I. AVERY
  • Attorneys for Dr. Sachio Semmoto,
  • SEMMOTO LEAD PLAINTIFF REPLY MEMORANDUM C-01-3361 CRB
  • appointing him as lead plaintiff in this action; and approving his selection of Wolf
  • 11 Semmoto, Otter Creek Partners, Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin
  • only Otter Creek and the Lauren/Tomchin submitted opposition memoranda to the Court.
  • This motion is not addressed herein and it is presumed that the motion will not be considered
  • The first notice 21 announcing the Action against Clarent was issued on September 5, 2001,
  • Moreover, the Local Rules of Practice of this 26 Court, Rule 3-7provides that any party
  • would be willing to serve as sole lead plaintiff or co-lead plaintiff along with Otter Creek.
  • 21 A review of the information provided in the trading schedules attached to the Declaration
  • The trading range for Clarent shares on July 20,
  • A hedge fund may be an "institutional investor" to the
  • institutions which are unlikely to fall victim to the same questions of typicality that Otter
  • Lexis 6057, *12 ("Here, as a public pension fund with assets purportedly in excess of $3
  • 21 Grossman lead counsel); Armour v. Network Associates,
  • 23 York City Pension Funds and the New York State Common Retirement Fund, both represented by
  • It is also clear that Otter Creek's counsel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman is aware of
  • of the "group" or about how they would work together to manage and control the litigation.
  • he has ever made in Clarent common stock or options.
  • 10 Wolf Popper would agree to a fee arrangement in this Action resulting in counsel fees

  • 16 . DECLARATION OF ANTHONY K

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    STANLEY TOMCHIN
    LAUREN ASSOCS
    CONSOL
    NOS
    MOT
    SUPP
    DECL
    GIBBS LLP
    GIRARD LEE
    KEVIN CHANG
    MATTHEW CHIANG
    SIMON
    LEAD PLAINTIFFS
    LIFSHITZ
    PURSUANT
    EXHIBIT
    HERETO
    LITIGATION
    COUNSEL
    WILLIAM
    APPOINTMENT
    YORK
    BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD
    CALIFORNIA
    SAN FRANCISCO
    STATE BAR
    FIRM
    BUSINESS WIRE
    CERTIFICATIONS
    
                 1 Daniel Girard (State Bar No. 114826)
                 2 Anthony K. Lee (State Bar No. 156018)
                      GIRARD LEE & GIBBS LLP
                 3 160 Sansome Street, Suite 300
                      San Francisco, California 94104
                 4 Telephone:  (415) 981-4800
                      Facsimile:  (415) 981-4846
                 5
    
                 6 Mel Lifshitz
                      BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP
                 7 10 East 40th Street, 22nd Floor
                      New York, New York 10016
                 8 Telephone:  (212) 779-1414
                 9 Attorneys for Class Members and Proposed Lead Plaintiffs
               10 Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin
    
               11                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
               12                         FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
               13
    
               14                                                                    ) No. C-01-3361-CRB
               15     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and                          )
                      All Others Similarly Situated,                                 )
               16                                                                    )
                                                           Plaintiff,                )
               17                                                                    )
               18                                   vs.                              ))
               19     CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY SHAW-                               ) Hearing
                      YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                                      ) Date: December
               20                                                                    ) Time: 10:00 a.m.
               21                                          Defendants.               ) Judge: Hon.
                                                                                     )
               22 [Caption continues]
               23
    
               24                      DECLARATION OF ANTHONY K. LEE IN SUPPORT OF
               25              MOTION BY LAUREN ASSOCIATES AND STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR
                           CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES, APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS,
               26                           AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF COUNSEL
               27
    
               28
    LEADPL-AKL-done.wpd       DECL. OF A.K. LEE IN SUPP. OF MOT. BY LAUREN ASSOCS. & STANLEY TOMCHIN
                      ETC.
                      Case Nos.  C-01-3361-CRB, C-01-3369-EMC, C-01-3381-JL, C-01-3406-BZ,
                      C-01-3748-JL
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Daniel Girard (State Bar No. 114826)
  • GIRARD LEE & GIBBS LLP
  • BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP
  • New York, New York 10016
  • CONSOLIDATION OF RELATED CASES, APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS,
  • LEADPL-AKL-done.wpd DECL.
  • OF A.K. LEE IN SUPP.
  • OF MOT.
  • BY LAUREN ASSOCS.
  • & STANLEY TOMCHIN FOR CONSOL.,
  • Case Nos.
  • WILLIAM PAPE, ARTHUR RUBINFELD and KEVIN)
  • MATTHEW CHIANG, KEVIN CHANG and SIMON)
  • 12 Girard Lee & Gibbs LLP, counsel of record for Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin in this
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit A are true and correct copies of the certifications of
  • 21 Lauren Associates and Stanley Tomchin pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4.
  • 23 litigation published over Business Wire on September 5, 2001, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 24 §
  • Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of the firm resume of
  • November 5, 2001, at San Francisco, California.

  • 17 . DECLARATION OF ALAN SCHULMAN

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    OTTER CREEK
    DECLARATION
    ALAN SCHULMAN
    LEAD COUNSEL
    LEAD PLAINTIFFS
    APPOINTMENT
    MOTION
    ATTORNEYS
    SAN DIEGO
    BAR
    GROSSMANN LLP
    BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
    CLARENT
    CALIFORNIA
    FOREGOING
    COMPETENTLY TESTIFY THERETO
    PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE
    SELECTION
    HEREWITH
    SUPPORT
    LAW FIRM
    COURT
    CRB
    SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
    PURSUANT
    PROPOSED LEAD COUNSEL
    YORK
    AMERICAS
    AVENUE
    
    1     BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
               & GROSSMANN LLP
    2     ALAN SCHULMAN   (Bar No. 128661)
          TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON   (Bar No. 140802)
    3     12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 150
          San Diego, CA 92130
    4     Tel:     (858) 793-0070
          Fax: (858) 793-0323
    5              -and-
          DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
    6     1285 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, NY 10019
    7     Tel:     (212) 554-1400
          Fax: (212) 554-1444
    8
    
    9     Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
          Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
    10
    
    11
    
    12                                    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    
    13                                 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    14
    15     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and         Case No.:        CV-01-3361 CRB
           All Others Similarly Situated,
    16                                                   CLASS ACTION
                                     Plaintiff,
    17              vs.
    18                                                   Date:                 December 14, 2001
    19     CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                    Time:                10:00 a.m.
           SHAW-YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                Courtroom:       8
    20                                                   Judge:               Honorable Charles R.
                                     Defendants.
    21
    
    22
    
    23                      DECLARATION OF ALAN SCHULMAN IN SUPPORT OF
    24     THE MOTION BY OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS
                  PURSUANT TO § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    25                                AND TO APPROVE CHOICE OF COUNSEL
    
    26
    
    27
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ALAN SCHULMAN (Bar No. 128661)
  • 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York,
  • Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
  • Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
  • 24 THE MOTION BY OTTER CREEK PARTNERS TO BE APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS
  • PURSUANT TO § 21DOF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  • DECLARATION OF ALAN SCHULMAN
  • Case No.: CV-01-3361 CRB
  • Court.
  • I am an attorney with the law firm of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP,
  • I make this Declaration in support of the Otter Creek
  • Partners' motion for appointment as lead plaintiffs in this Action and all actions
  • herewith; and approval of their selection of lead counsel.
  • I have personal knowledge of the
  • matters stated herein and, if called upon, I could and would competently testify thereto.
  • 17 foregoing is true and correct.
  • Executed this 5th day of November, 2001, at San Diego, California.
  • 21 [clarent] declaration of Alan Schulman_v1-done.WPD

  • 18 . PROOF OF SERVICE 2

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    KHALID KAHN
    CALIFORNIA
    SAN FRANCISCO
    EXHIBIT
    DISTRICT
    PARTY
    AGE
    CLARENT COW
    PHILADELPHIA
    CERA
    PENNSYLVANIA
    COURIER
    POSTAGE PREPAID
    SEALED ENVELOPES
    CAUSING
    CIVIL
    PURSUANT
    REGULAR MAIL
    FLOPPY DISKETTE
    COMPLAINT KHALID KAHN
    NORTHERN DISTRICT
    STATES DISTRICT COURT
    UNITED STATES DISTRICT
    WONG
    SIMON
    JERRY CHANG
    PLAINTIFF KHALID KAHN
    ATTORNEYS
    LOCUST STREET
    
     1  GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP
           SOLOMON B. CERA (State Bar No. 99467)
     2  GWENDOLYN R. GIBLIN (State Bar No. 18 1973)
           JOSEPH M. BARTON (State Bar No. 188441)
     3  595 Market Street, Suite 2300
           San Francisco, California 94 105-2835
     4  Telephone: (415) 777-2230
           Facsimile:  (41 5 )  777-5 189
     5  BERGER & MONTAGUE, P.C.
     6  TODD S. COLLINS
           JACOB A. GOLDBERG
     7  1622 Locust Street
           Philadelphia, PA 19 103
     8  Telephone:  (21 5 )  875-3000
    
     9  Attorneys for Plaintiff Khalid Kahn and
           All Others Similarly Situated
    10
    
    11                                                     UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    12                                                    NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    
    13
    14  KHALID KAHN, On Behalf Of Himself And  Case No. C01-3559(EDL)
             All Others Similarly Situated,
    15                                                                              CLASS ACTION
                                           Plaintiff,
    16                     vs.                                                      PROOF  OF SERVICE 
    17                                                                              CIVIL  L.R. 23-2
             CLARENT COW., JERRY CHANG,
    18  MATTHEW CHAING, KEVIN CHANG and
             SIMON  W.  WONG,
    19                                     Defendants.
    20
    21
    22                  I,  Candy G. Windsor, hereby declare under penalty of perjury as follows:
    23                  I am employed by Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener LLP, 595 Market Street, Suite 2300,
    24  San Francisco, CA 94 105.  I am over the age of eighteen years and am not a party to this
    25                  On September 25,2001, in compliance with Civil L.R. 23-2 of the Local Rules of
    26  United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  I served a hard copy of
    
    27  complaint Khalid Kahn v. Clarent Cow., et al., Case No. C01-3559(EDL), and a floppy diskette
    28  containing an electronic version of the same, via regular mail and e-mail, to the designated
    
    
           PROOF OF  SERVICE  PURSUANT                      TO L.R. 23-2; Case No. C01-3559(EDL)       
    
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER LLP
  • GWENDOLYN R. GIBLIN (State Bar No. 18 1973)
  • San Francisco, California 94 105-2835
  • 1622 Locust Street Philadelphia,
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff Khalid Kahn and
  • 14 KHALID KAHN, On Behalf Of Himself And Case No. C01-3559
  • CLARENT COW., JERRY CHANG,
  • SIMON W. WONG,
  • I am over the age of eighteen years and am not a party to this action.
  • 26 United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
  • 27 complaint Khalid Kahn v. Clarent Cow., et al., Case No. C01-3559, and a floppy diskette
  • 28 containing an electronic version of the same, via regular mail and e-mail, to the
  • PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 23-2" on all parties listed on the attached Exhibit I, by causing
  • true and correct copies of same to be enclosed in sealed envelopes and deposited in the U.S.
  • 10 Mail, postage prepaid, or delivered as otherwise indicated via courier or facsimile, as
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

  • 19 . CERTIFICATION OF INTERESTED ENTITIES

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    BAR
    CLARENT
    REPORT
    NAMED PARTIES
    CRB
    PROPOSED LEAD COUNSEL
    OTTER CREEK PARTNERS
    ATTORNEYS
    YORK
    AMERICAS
    AVENUE
    MCKEIGE
    DOUGLAS
    SAN DIEGO
    SUITE
    WORTHINGTON
    TRACEY
    ALAN SCHULMAN
    GROSSMANN LLP
    BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
    
    1     BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER
               & GROSSMANN LLP
    2     ALAN SCHULMAN   (Bar No. 128661)
          TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON   (Bar No. 140802)
    3     12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 150
          San Diego, CA 92130
    4     Tel:    (858) 793-0070
          Fax: (858) 793-0323
    5             -and-
          DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
    6     1285 Avenue of the Americas
          New York, NY 10019
    7     Tel:    (212) 554-1400
          Fax: (212) 554-1444
    8     Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
    9     Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
    
    10
    
    11                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    12                                NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
    13
    
    14     MARK CARSON, On Behalf of Himself and         Case No.:        CV-01-3361 CRB
    15     All Others Similarly Situated,                CLASS ACTION
    16                              Plaintiff,
    17             vs.
    18                                                   Date:                 December 14, 2001
           CLARENT CORPORATION, JERRY                    Time:                10:00 a.m.
    19     SHAW-YAU CHANG and SIMON WONG,                Courtroom:       8
                                                         Judge:               Honorable Charles R.
    20                              Defendants.
    
    21
    
    22
    23                         CERTIFICATION OF INTERESTED ENTITIES OR
                                      PERSONS PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 3-16
    24
    
    25
    
    26
    
    27
    
    28
    
          CERT. OF INTERESTED ENTITIES OR PERSONS
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLP
  • ALAN SCHULMAN (Bar No. 128661)
  • TRACEY L. WORTHINGTON
  • Suite 150
  • San Diego, CA 92130
  • DOUGLAS M. McKEIGE
  • 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York,
  • Attorneys for Otter Creek Partners and
  • Proposed Lead Counsel for the Class
  • Case No.: CV-01-3361 CRB
  • named parties, there is no such interest to report.
  • [CLARENT] CERT.
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