MELVIN R. GOLDMAN (BAR NO. 34097)
JORDAN ETH (BAR NO. 121617)
JILL F. TEITELBAUM (BAR NO. 184469)
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105-2482
Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Attorneys for Defendants
DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC., DAVIDI GILO,
LEWIS S. BROAD, GERALD DOGON, NATHAN
HOD, ARNON KOHAVI AND JOSEPH PERL

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 

ROBERT MISHELOW and RAM YARIV, On
Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly
Situated,

                      Plaintiffs,

           v.

DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC., DAVIDI
GILO, LEWIS S. BROAD, GERALD DOGON,
NATHAN HOD, ARNON KOHAVI and
JOSEPH PERL,

                      Defendants.

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No. C98-00765 FMS

DEFENDANTS' STATEMENT OF
NON-OPPOSITION TO MISHELOW
AND YARIV'S MOTION TO BE
APPOINTED LEAD PLAINTIFFS
AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEAD
PLAINTIFFS' COUNSEL

[filed May 15, 1998]

Date: June 5, 1998
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Courtroom: The Hon. Fern M. Smith

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Pursuant to Local Rule 7-3(b), Defendants DSP Communications, Inc., Davidi Gilo, Lewis S. Broad, Gerald Dogon, Nathan Hod, Arnon Kohavi and Joseph Perl (collectively, "Defendants") inform this Court that Defendants do not oppose the Motion of Robert Mishelow, et al. To Be Appointed Lead Plaintiffs Pursuant to § 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and for Appointment of Lead Plaintiffs' Choice of Lead Counsel.

By making this statement of non-opposition, Defendants do not agree with the legal and factual contentions in the plaintiffs' Memoranda of Points and Authorities concerning the merits of their action. This complaint is not materially different from an earlier complaint filed in state court, to which a demurrer was sustained. The complaint contains numerous factual and legal inaccuracies, as well as vague and unsupported assertions. For instance, plaintiffs claim that DSP Communications was caught in a "product transition gap" between its B-series and D-Series chipsets. (Mem. of P. & A. in Sup. of Mot. at 5). Plaintiffs, however, fail to acknowledge that during this alleged "gap" the company was selling its C-series chipset.

Besides this fundamental factual inaccuracy, the complaint suffers from numerous legal deficits. It does not allege with particularity that defendants issued any projections; that defendants made any false statements; or that the defendants acted with scienter. For these reasons, defendants intend to move to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

Dated: May 15, 1998

MELVIN R. GOLDMAN
JORDAN ETH
JILL F. TEITELBAUM
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: _______________________________
     Jill F. Teitelbaum

Attorneys for Defendants
DSP COMMUNICATIONS, INC., DAVIDI
GILO, LEWIS S. BROAD, GERALD DOGON,
NATHAN HOD, ARNON KOHAVI AND
JOSEPH PERL




PROOF OF SERVICE BY U.S. MAIL, AND ELECTRONIC MAIL
(Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(b) and Civil L.R. 23-2)

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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct.

Executed at San Francisco, California, this 15th day of May, 1998.

Mary L. Mason
______________________________
(typed)


_______________________________
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