U.S. District Court District of Columbia (Washington, DC) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:11-cv RJL

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1 Page 1 of 9 U.S. District Court District of Columbia (Washington, DC) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:11-cv RJL CLOSED,TYPE-A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. COMCAST CORPORATION et al Assigned to: Judge Richard J. Leon Cause: 15:25 Clayton Act Date Filed: 01/18/2011 Date Terminated: 09/01/2011 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 410 Anti-Trust Jurisdiction: U.S. Government UNITED STATES OF AMERICA represented by Matthew C. Hammond U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 450 Fifth Street, NW Suite 7000 Washington, DC (202) matthew.hammond@usdoj.gov Yvette F. Tarlov U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division 450 Fifth Street, NW Suite 7026 Washington, DC (202) Fax: (202) yvette.tarlov@usdoj.gov Hillary B. Burchuk FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Office of General Counsel th Street, S.W. Washington, DC (202) Fax: (202) hillary.burchuk@fcc.gov TERMINATED: 10/20/2011

2 Page 2 of 9 STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE OF FLORIDA represented by Jonathan Michael Eisenberg OFFICE OF THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL Antitrust Law Section 300 South Spring Street Suite 1702 Los Angeles, CA (213) Fax: (213) jonathan.eisenberg@doj.ca.gov represented by Lizabeth A. Brady FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PL-01, The Capitol Tallahassee, FL (850) liz.brady@myfloridalegal.com Eli Andrew Friedman FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Antitrust Division The Capitol PL-01 Tallahassee, FL (850) eli.friedman@myfloridalegal.com TERMINATED: 04/30/2012 STATE OF MISSOURI represented by Anne E. Schneider OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF MISSOURI P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO (573) Fax: (573) anne.schneider@ago.mo.gov

3 Page 3 of 9 STATE OF TEXAS STATE OF WASHINGTON represented by John Thomas Prud'homme, Jr. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL/TX 300 West 15th Street MC-075-7th Floor Austin, TX (512) Fax: jtp1@oag.state.tx.us represented by David M. Kerwin WASHINGTON STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL 800 Fifth Avenue Suite 2000 Seattle, WA (206) davidk3@atg.wa.gov V. Defendant COMCAST CORPORATION represented by Joe Sims JONES DAY 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC (202) Fax: (202) jsims@jonesday.com Kathryn Marie Fenton JONES DAY 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC (202) Fax: kmfenton@jonesday.com

4 Page 4 of 9 Michael Norman Sohn DAVIS, POLK & WARDWELL th Street, NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC (202) michael.sohn@davispolk.com Arthur Joseph Burke DAVIS, POLK & WARDWELL LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY (212) Fax: (212) arthur.burke@davispolk.com PRO HAC VICE Defendant GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY represented by Justin P. Hedge ARNOLD & PORTER LLP th Street, NW Washington, DC (202) Fax: (202) justin.hedge@aporter.com William Joseph Baer U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 3109 Washington, DC (202) william_baer@aporter.com Deborah L Feinstein ARNOLD & PORTER LLP th Street, NW Washington, DC (202) Fax: (202)

5 Page 5 of 9 feinsde@aporter.com TERMINATED: 06/28/2013 Defendant NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. represented by Justin P. Hedge (See above for address) William Joseph Baer (See above for address) Deborah L Feinstein (See above for address) TERMINATED: 06/28/2013 Date Filed # Docket Text 01/18/ COMPLAINT against COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (Filing fee $ 0.00) filed by STATE OF WASHINGTON, STATE OF FLORIDA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF MISSOURI, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF TEXAS. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(rdj) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 01/18/2011 SUMMONS Not Issued as to COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (rdj) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 01/18/ COMPETITIVE IMPACT STATEMENT by STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF FLORIDA, STATE OF MISSOURI, STATE OF TEXAS, STATE OF WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(rdj) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 01/19/ NOTICE of Appearance by Michael Norman Sohn on behalf of COMCAST CORPORATION (Sohn, Michael) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 01/19/ MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice :Attorney Name- Arthur J. Burke, :Firm- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, :Address- 450 Lexington Ave., New York, NY Phone No. - (212) Fax No. - (212) by COMCAST CORPORATION (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Arthur J. Burke, # 2 Text of Proposed Order)(Sohn, Michael) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 01/20/2011 MINUTE ORDER granting 3 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice for Arthur J. Burke. It is hereby ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED and that attorney Arthur J. Burke be, and hereby is, admitted pro hac vice in this case. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 1/20/11. (lcrjl2) (Entered: 01/20/2011) 01/20/ NOTICE of Appearance by William Joseph Baer on behalf of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (Baer, William) (Entered: 01/20/2011)

6 Page 6 of 9 01/20/ NOTICE of Appearance by Justin P. Hedge on behalf of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (Hedge, Justin) (Entered: 01/20/2011) 01/20/ NOTICE of Appearance by Deborah L Feinstein on behalf of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (Feinstein, Deborah) (Entered: 01/20/2011) 01/21/ ENTERED IN ERROR...NOTICE OF FILING OF DETERMINATIVE DOCUMENT by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Appendix A to the FCC Memorandum and Order, # 2 Certificate of Service Certificate of Service)(Burchuk, Hillary) Modified on 1/24/2011 (znmw, ). (Entered: 01/21/2011) 01/21/ NOTICE of Appearance by Joe Sims on behalf of COMCAST CORPORATION (Sims, Joe) (Entered: 01/21/2011) 01/21/ NOTICE of Appearance by Kathryn Marie Fenton on behalf of COMCAST CORPORATION (Fenton, Kathryn) (Entered: 01/21/2011) 01/24/ NOTICE of Appearance by David M. Kerwin on behalf of STATE OF WASHINGTON (Kerwin, David) (Entered: 01/24/2011) 01/24/ NOTICE of Appearance by John Thomas Prud'homme, Jr on behalf of STATE OF TEXAS (Prud'homme, John) (Entered: 01/24/2011) 01/24/2011 NOTICE OF ERROR re 8 Notice (Other); ed to hillary.burchuk@usdoj.gov, cc'd 10 associated attorneys -- The PDF file you docketed contained errors: 1. Invalid attorney signature, 2. Please refile document, 3. Entered in error; Filing attorney is not an attorney of record in this case. (znmw, ) (Entered: 01/24/2011) 01/25/ NOTICE of Appearance by Hillary B. Burchuk on behalf of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Burchuk, Hillary) (Entered: 01/25/2011) 01/25/ ENTERED IN ERROR...NOTICE of Filing of Determinative Document by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Appendix A to the FCC Memorandum and Order, # 2 Certificate of Service)(Burchuk, Hillary) Modified on 1/26/2011 (rdj). (Entered: 01/25/2011) 01/26/2011 NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: re 14 Notice (Other) was entered in error at the request of counsel and counsel will refile said pleading. (rdj) (Entered: 01/26/2011) 01/26/ NOTICE of Filing of Determinative Document by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Appendix A to the FCC Memorandum and Order, # 2 Certificate of Service)(Burchuk, Hillary) (Entered: 01/26/2011) 01/27/ NOTICE of Appearance by Jonathan Michael Eisenberg on behalf of STATE OF CALIFORNIA (Eisenberg, Jonathan) (Entered: 01/27/2011) 01/28/ NOTICE of Appearance by Eli Andrew Friedman on behalf of STATE OF FLORIDA (Friedman, Eli) (Entered: 01/28/2011) 01/28/2011

7 Page 7 of 9 ENTERED IN ERROR...NOTICE of Hearing: In Chambers Conference set for 2/1/2011 at 11:30 AM in Chambers before Judge Richard J. Leon. (jth) (Entered: 01/28/2011) 01/31/ NOTICE of Appearance by Arthur Joseph Burke on behalf of COMCAST CORPORATION (Burke, Arthur) (Entered: 01/31/2011) 01/31/2011 NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCKET ENTRY: Docket Entry Notice of Hearing (In Chambers Conference set for 2/1/2011 at 11:30 AM in Chambers before Judge Richard J. Leon) was entered in error and should be disregarded. (znmw, ) (Entered: 01/31/2011) 02/01/2011 Terminate Hearings: The Court vacates the 2/1/2011 Chambers Conference set in error. (kc ) (Entered: 02/01/2011) 02/15/ NOTICE of Appearance by Anne E. Schneider on behalf of STATE OF MISSOURI (Schneider, Anne) (Entered: 02/15/2011) 02/17/ NOTICE Of Filing of Stipulation and Order by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Stipulation and Order, # 2 Exhibit Proposed Final Judgment, # 3 Certificate of Service Certificate of Service)(Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 02/17/2011) 02/22/ STIPULATION AND ORDER. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 2/20/11. (see stipulation and order) (kc ) (Entered: 02/22/2011) 04/18/ NOTICE OF TUNNEY ACT REQUIREMENTS by COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSARL, INC. (Burke, Arthur) Modified to add filers on 4/19/2011 (znmw, ). (Entered: 04/18/2011) 05/03/2011 Set/Reset Hearings: Motion Hearing set for 7/6/2011 at 11:00 AM in Courtroom 18 before Judge Richard J. Leon. (kc ) (Entered: 05/03/2011) 06/06/ RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS in Antitrust Case by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix Comments of The American Antitrust Institute, # 2 Appendix Comments of The Consumer Federation of America amd Consumers Union, # 3 Appendix Comment of Noelle Levesque, # 4 Appendix Comment of Chris Muse, Esq., # 5 Appendix Comment of David Neckolaishen, # 6 Appendix Comment of Deena Teece, # 7 Appendix Comment of Ira Warren Patasnik, # 8 Appendix Comment of Bill Dunn)(Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 06/06/2011) 06/28/2011 Terminate Hearings: The 7/6/2011 Motion Hearing is hereby vacated and rescheduled to a date to be determined.(kc) (Entered: 06/28/2011) 06/29/ NOTICE OF TUNNEY ACT REQUIREMENTS by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 06/29/2011) 06/29/ MOTION for Entry of Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Final Judgment (Proposed))(Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 06/29/2011) 07/11/2011 Set/Reset Hearings: Fairness Hearing set for 7/27/2011 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom 18 before Judge Richard J. Leon. (kc ) (Entered: 07/11/2011)

8 Page 8 of 9 07/27/2011 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Richard J. Leon: Fairness Hearing held on 7/27/2011. (Court Reporter Patty Gels) (jth) (Entered: 07/28/2011) 08/05/ NOTICE of Supplemental Statement in Support of Entry of the Final Judgment by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 08/05/2011) 09/01/ MEMORANDUM ORDER, Ordered that for no less than two years, the parties shall create and maintain a report which details (a) how many OVDs initiate arbitration under the FCC Order and the result of those arbitrations; (b) how many times OVDs appeal the result of their arbitration, and to which judicial bodies, if any, they appeal; (c) how many OVDs seek permission from the Department of Justice to arbitrate under the Final Judgment and how many are granted permission; and(d) how many times the United States denies an OVD's request to initiate arbitration under the Final Judgment, and how many of those denied susequently elect to initiate arbitration under the FCC Order. It is further ORDERED that the United States shall prepare this report and share it with all parties in advance of a yearly hearing before this Court; and it is further ORDERED that the United States shall prepare this report and share it with all parties in advance of a yearly hearing before this Court; and it is further ORDERED that the parties shall convene for an annual hearing with this Court to explain and discuss the report and any other non-arbitration-related issues that may have arisen during the previous year to ensure that the Final Judgment does, and continues to, satisfy the public interest. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 9/1/2011. (see memorandum order) (kc ) (Entered: 09/01/2011) 09/01/ FINAL JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 9/1/2011. (kc ) (Entered: 09/01/2011) 10/20/ NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Attorney Hillary B. Burchuk terminated. (Burchuk, Hillary) (Entered: 10/20/2011) 04/30/ NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL by Lizabeth A. Brady on behalf of STATE OF FLORIDA Substituting for attorney Liz Brady for Eli Friedman (Brady, Lizabeth) (Entered: 04/30/2012) 09/04/ PERIODIC REPORT by USA by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Tarlov, Yvette) (Entered: 09/04/2012) 06/04/ Unopposed MOTION to Modify Final Judgment by COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC. (Attachments: # 1 Affidavit of Robert J. Duffy, # 2 Text of Proposed Order for Modified Final Judgment)(Hedge, Justin) (Entered: 06/04/2013) 06/28/ NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE as to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, NBC UNIVERSAL, INC.. Attorney Deborah L Feinstein terminated. (Feinstein, Deborah) (Entered: 06/28/2013) 07/23/ NOTICE of Appearance by Matthew C. Hammond on behalf of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Hammond, Matthew) (Entered: 07/23/2013)

9 Page 9 of 9 07/23/ NOTICE of Non-Opposition by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA re 32 Unopposed MOTION to Modify Final Judgment (Hammond, Matthew) (Entered: 07/23/2013) 08/21/ MODIFIED FINAL JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Richard J. Leon on 7/31/2013. (kc ) (Main Document 36 replaced on 8/21/2013) (kc, ). (Entered: 08/21/2013) 09/03/ PERIODIC REPORT by USA by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Hammond, Matthew) (Entered: 09/03/2013)