Giuffre v. Maxwell
DE 321-3 — Document #1202, Attachment #6
District Court, S.D. New York
Description
NOTICE of Documents Ordered Unsealed by Order of January 19, 2021. Document filed by Virginia L. Giuffre. (Attachments: # 1 DE 320, # 2 DE 323, # 3 DE 321, # 4 DE 321-1, # 5 DE 321-2, # 6 DE 321-3, # 7 DE 321-4, # 8 DE 321-5, # 9 DE 321-6).(McCawley, Sigrid) (Entered: 01/27/2021)
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EXHIBIT C
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From: Laura Menninger
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 2:27 PM
To: 'Meredith Schultz'
Cc: Jeff Pagliuca; 'Sigrid S. McCawley - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
(smccawley@bsfllp.com)'; ''brad@pathtojustice.com' (brad@pathtojustice.com)'
Subject: RE: Giuffre - Conferral regarding search terms
DearM eredith,
Iam inreceiptofyouroppositiontotheL etterM otiontoS trikeyourM otionforanAdverseInference.T he
representationsintheR esponseareperplexing,particularly inlightofthebelow em ailcom m unicationinw hichI
specifically 1)inform edyou ofthesearchterm sthatw ew ould runderived from yourlist,and2)specifically requested a
telephoneconferenceontheissueofsearchterm spursuanttotheCourt’sO rderand priortoany suchsearch.
YourrepresentationtotheCourtthatw earerunning“ secretsearchterm sunilaterally chosenby Defendant” issim ply
inaccurate.Asclearly setforthinthebelow em ailcom m unication,inordertom oveproductionforw ard,w einvited
discussionregardingourplantorunasubsetofthesearchterm sthatyou selected.T heitem sexcluded from thesearch
w erethoseterm syou proposedthatw ereunattached toany discovery request,orw ould resultintheselection
irrelevantdocum entsduetothecom m onality oftheterm ortheirirrelevancetothiscase,suchasT erraM ar.T heterm s
runarenot“ secret” and notselected by thedefense– they are“ therem ainderoftheterm s” notspecifically discussed
inthebelow em ail.Foravoidanceofdoubt,itisyourproposed list,excluding item s49,50,51,64,66-72,93-94,113,
114-116,119-120,121-122,124-341,355,358,360,361,and 365,366-368.
S econd,and againcontrary totherepresentationinyourR esponse,Ispecifically requested atim eforatelephone
conferraltodiscussthesearchterm s.S pecifically,Istated “ I am available by telephone today and tomorrow to discuss
the issues raised herein.” Despitethisclearrequestforacalliftherew ereissuesyou w ishedtodiscuss,orifyou had
specificR FP ’stow hichtheexcluded term srelated,Iheard nothingfrom you onT hursday afternoonorFriday toseta
tim etodiscusstheterm sortheissuesraised regardingoverbreadth.Assuch,w eproceeded processingyourlistw ith
theexceptionssetforth.
Iw illreiteratem y offertosetacalltodiscusstheexcluded term stodeterm ineifthereareagreeableadditions.Inlight
ofthedepositionscheduled forFriday and thetim eittakestorunsearches,any callw ould needtobesetpriortonoon
M T tom orrow .P leaseadvise,onew ay ortheother,ifyou aresatisfiedw iththelistorifyou w ould liketosetacall.
-Laura
Laura A. Menninger
Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C.
150 East 10th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203
Main 303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628
lmenninger@hmflaw.com
www.hmflaw.com
CO N FIDEN T IAL IT Y N O T ICE:T hise-m ailtransm ission,and any docum ents,filesorpreviouse-m ailm essages
attached toitm ay containinform ationthatisconfidentialorlegally privileged.Ifyou arenottheintended
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recipient,orapersonresponsiblefordeliveringittotheintended recipient,you arehereby notifiedthatyou
m ustnotread thistransm issionand thatany disclosure,copying,printing,distributionoruseofany ofthe
inform ationcontained inorattached tothistransm issionisS T R ICT L Y P R O HIBIT ED.Ifyou havereceived this
transm issioninerror,pleasenotify thesenderby telephoneorreturne-m ailand deletetheoriginal
transm issionand itsattachm entsw ithoutreadingorsavingitinany m anner.T hankyou.
From: Laura Menninger
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 2:35 PM
To: Meredith Schultz
Cc: Jeff Pagliuca; Sigrid S. McCawley - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (smccawley@bsfllp.com); 'brad@pathtojustice.com'
(brad@pathtojustice.com)
Subject: Giuffre - Conferral regarding search terms
M eredith–
Iam w ritingtoyou,incom pliancew iththeCourt’sO rder,tonegotiatethesearchterm sforthesearchofourclient’s
electronicdevices.W hileJeffraisedm any oftheseissuesorally w ithBrad lastw eek,Iam includingthem inw rittenform
sothattherecanbenodisputeaboutourposition.
Idoobjecttothevastnum berofyour368 searchterm s.M ostarenottied toany R equestforP roductionservedonM s.
M axw ell,northeCourt’sO rderslim itingthoserequests.
T erram ar–
S earchterm 49 is“ T erram ar.” W hilew earesearchingourclient’sterram arem ailaddressforotherw iseresponsive
docum ents,thissearchterm w ould pullupthousandsofdocum entsrelated toherw orkforthatorganizationw hichare
(a)non-responsiveand(b)irrelevanttothisaction.W ew illnotagreetothisstandalonesearchterm .
W itnessN am es
W ithregardtothesearchterm snum bered 124-341,insofarasIcantell,you havesim ply brokenapartthefirstand last
nam esofevery w itnessincluded w ithinyourR ule26 disclosures.How ever,you neversubm itted aR FP seekingall
com m unicationsbetw eenourclientand yourw itnesses.T herearesom eR FP sw hichidentify individualw itnessesw hose
com m unicationsw ithourclientyou sought(e.g.,1 – Epstein,2,
and Iw illincludethosenam esw ithinoursearches.
Astoothernam esincluded onthelist,m any areincredibly com m onnam es )
w hichyou areaskingtosearchasstandaloneterm s,i.e.,divorced from theaccom panyingsurnam esorfirstnam es.You
haveincludedthenam e“ m ax*” w ellaw arethatourclient’ssurnam e,and thatofallofherpaternalfam ily m em bers,
w illbeginw iththosethreeletterstogether.Yoursearchterm sthusarelikely toyield every singleem ailsentorreceived
by ourclient,orherfam ily m em bers,orany otherdocum entinherpossessionw ithherow nnam eonthedocum entor
inthem etadata,inotherw ordshundredsofthousandsofnon-responsivedocum ents.Yoursearchterm sinclude“
and thusarelikely toincludeevery billthatourclienthasreceivedorsentordiscussed.Yoursearchterm sinclude
w hothecourthasalready ruledm aintainsanattorney-clientrelationshipw ithourclient(and totheextent
othersarecopiedonhisem ails,thosew ould becaptured by searchesfortheotherpeople’snam es).
thoughheisnotonany w itnesslistorinany R FP .
Insum ,Iw illnotagreetothesearchterm sregardingw itnessnam esnum bered124-341 unlessyou (a)providem ew ith
anactualR FP tow hichthey eachrelate,and (b)m akesom eefforttom atchthem toactualpeoplew hohavesom e
relationshiptothiscase(likefirstnam e/3 lastnam eorsom epartsthereof).
L aw yerN am es
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W hatisyourbasisforsearchterm snum bered366-368:M cCaw ley,S chultzand Boies? L ikew isetotheextentM r.
Edw ardsand Cassellarealsoincluded inthew itnesslist,w hatisyourbasisforsearchingfordocum entsreferencing
them ? T hesesearchterm sseem ed designed topullprivileged attorney-clientcom m unicationsand donotcorrespond to
any R FP .W ew illnotagreetotheseterm s.
Com m onW ords
You haveincludedanum berofw ordsthatrelatetocom m onitem sand placenam es.P leaseexplainw hichR FP allow s
forasearchofthefollow ingterm s:
50 – S outhernDistrict(w hichw illpullupevery attorney-clientcom m unicationthatreferstoourcaseand includesany
pleading)
51 – P alm Beach(aplaceourclientlived form any years)
64 – N ew M exico
66-72 – U S VIby variousnam es
113 – hospital
114 – 116 – hotel,suite,villa(every singletravelrecord relatedtoourclient’stravelw hichtheCourthasnotordered)
119 – 120 – P aris,France
121 – 122 – Zoro,R anch
360 – Bed
361 – Bath
365 -L ingerie
O therW ords
M any otherw ordshavenorelationshiptothiscase.P leaseadvisem easto(a)w hichR FP they correspond toand (b)
yourgoodfaithbasisforseekingthesesearchterm sinrelationtoany suchR FP :
93 – Abernathy
94 – Brillo
355 – Guggenheim
358 -Gerbil
Conferral
Althoughm any ofyourothersearchterm sareatrem endousstretch,Icanagreetothem intheinterestofgettingthe
searchdoneonatim ely basis.Accordingtoourforensicexpert,runningasearchonM s.M axw ell’sdevicesofall368
term sw illtakem orethanaw eek.Iam availableby telephonetoday andtom orrow todiscusstheissuesraised herein.If
Idonothearfrom you,Iw illpresum ethatyou areinagreem enttothe rem ainderoftheterm sbeingrunonthedevices.
T hatshould allow aproductionofdocum entsintim eforM s.M axw ell’scontinued depositionnextw eek.
Iam intentionally nottakingapositionregardingtheotherdem andsyou provided inyourletterofJune30 atpages1-2.
T hesearchesw illbeconducted inaccordancew ithstandard practicesintheindustry andtheCourtorderedusto
negotiatesearchterm sonly.
-Laura
Laura A. Menninger
Haddon, Morgan and Foreman, P.C.
150 East 10th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203
Main 303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628
lmenninger@hmflaw.com
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CO N FIDEN T IAL IT Y N O T ICE:T hise-m ailtransm ission,and any docum ents,filesorpreviouse-m ailm essages
attached toitm ay containinform ationthatisconfidentialorlegally privileged.Ifyou arenottheintended
recipient,orapersonresponsiblefordeliveringittotheintended recipient,you arehereby notifiedthatyou
m ustnotread thistransm issionand thatany disclosure,copying,printing,distributionoruseofany ofthe
inform ationcontained inorattached tothistransm issionisS T R ICT L Y P R O HIBIT ED.Ifyou havereceived this
transm issioninerror,pleasenotify thesenderby telephoneorreturne-m ailand deletetheoriginal
transm issionand itsattachm entsw ithoutreadingorsavingitinany m anner.T hankyou.
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