UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI WESTERN DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, CASE NO. 4:14-cv-00815-BCW

Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER SETTING DEADLINES V.

BF LABS, INC., et al.

Defendants.

Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Defendants BF Labs, Inc., Sonny Vleisides, Darla Jo Drake, and Nasser Ghoseiri (“Defendants”) stipulate as follows:

1. On January 13, 2015, the Court entered a scheduling order setting certain deadlines in this case. (Dkt. 234.). The scheduling order was last amended July 2, 2015. (Dkt. 342.

2 Fact discovery closed August 31, 2015. The parties have been engaging in good- faith settlement discussions.

a In light of those discussions, the parties have agreed to and request that the Court

enter the following deadlines:

Action Current Deadline Stipulated Deadline

Expert witness designations September 14, 2015 September 28, 2015 Responsive expert witness designations | September 28, 2015 October 12, 2015 Expert discovery closes October 19, 2015 October 26, 2015

Dated: September 3, 2015

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/s/Leah Frazier HELEN WONG, DC Bar #997800 LEAH FRAZIER, DC Bar #492540 GREGORY A. ASHE, VA Bar #39131 JASON M. ADLER, IL Bar #6295738 Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Mail Stop CC-10232 Washington, D.C. 20580 202-326-3779 (Wong) 202-326-2187 (Frazier) 202-326-3719 (Ashe) 202-326-3231 (Adler) Facsimile: 202-326-3768 hwong @ftc.gov Ifrazier @ftc.gov gashe @ftc.gov jadler@ftc.gov

CHARLES M. THOMAS, MO Bar #28522

Assistant United States Attorney Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse 400 East Ninth Street, Room 5510 Kansas City, MO 64106

Telephone: (816) 426-3130 Facsimile: (816) 426-3165 charles.thomas @usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

/s/Mark A.Olthoff

MARK A. OLTHOFF, MO Bar #38572 MICHAEL S. FOSTER, MO Bar #61205 MIRIAM E. BAILEY, MO Bar #60366 Polsinelli PC

900 W. 48th Place, Suite 900

Kansas City, Missouri 64112-1895 Telephone: (816) 753-1000

Facsimile: (816) 753-1536

molthoff@ polsinelli.com mfoster@polsinelli.com

mbailey @polsinelli.com

BRADEN M. PERRY, MO Bar #53865 Kennyhertz Perry, LLC

420 Nichols Road, Suite 207

Kansas City, MO 64112

Telephone: 816-527-9445

Facsimile: 816-844-2914

braden @ kennyhertzperry.com

Attorneys for Defendants BF Labs Inc., Sonny Vleisides, and Darla Drake

_/s/James D. Griffin JAMES D. GRIFFIN, MO Bar #33370 LISA M. BOLLIGER, MO Bar #65496 Scharnhorst Ast Kennard Griffin, PC 1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1950

Kansas City, MO 64106

Telephone: 816-268-9400

Facsimile: 816-268-9409

Email: jgriffin@sakg.com

Email: lbolliger@sakg.com

Attorneys for Defendant Nasser Ghoseiri

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order (Doc. #361). After reviewing the premises of the motion, the record, and the applicable law, the Court grants the motion. Accordingly, it is hereby

ORDERED the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend Scheduling Order (Doc. #341) is GRANTED. It is further

ORDERED all expert discovery will be completed on or before October 26, 2015. It is further

ORDERED each party shall designate any expert witnesses it intends to call at trial on or before September 28, 2015. Each party shall designate any responsive expert witnesses it intends to call at trial on or before October 12, 2015. It is further

ORDERED all other dates and requirements in the Amended Scheduling Order (Doc. #342) remain unchanged.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

The Honorable Brian C. Wimes United States District Court Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I Leah Frazier, certify that on September 3, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Setting Deadlines using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to counsel of record.

By: Leah E. Frazier

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