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EXHIBIT D
From: Laura Menninger
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:33 AM
To: 'Meredith Schultz'
Subject: RE: Giuffre - Conferral regarding search terms
M eredith:
Iw ritetoconfirm ouroralconferral.P leaseletm eknow ifyou disagreew iththefollow ingorifthereissom eother
agreem entyou thinkw ereached:
1. Iw illendeavortohavem y clientgainaccesstoanearthlinkaccountthatyou believeishers.Yourbasisforthat
beliefisadiskyou produced lastw eek,obtained pursuanttoaFO IA request,thatcontained atP age2035 an
addressbookfrom approxim ately 2005 w hichhasthatearthlinkaccountnam enexttoM s.M axw ell’snam e.
2. T erram ar– You havew ithdraw nthatasastandalonesearchterm .Ihaverepresented toyou thatw ehave
searched allT erram arem ailsforotherw iseresponsivedocum entsasw ellas
3. W itnessnam es– You believethatsearchterm s124-341,w hicharew itnessnam esbrokenupintofirstand last
nam esfrom yourR ule26 list,relatetoyourR FP num ber5 (“ Alldocum entsrelatingtom assages… ” ).I
represented toyou thatIhavesearchedfortheterm s“ m assage, ” “ m asseur,
” “ therapy” etc.asyou requested,
butyou w ould stilllikem etosearchasubsetof124-341 surnam esnam esforallcom m unicationsw ithcertain
w itnessesthatyou believerelateto“ m assages.” IsaidIw ould lookatyourlist,w henyou send it,and evaluate
w hetherw estillobjecttorunningthosem orelim itednam estoseeifthereareany com m unicationsthat“ relate
tom assages.” Istillobjectthatthesearchterm sinvolvingnam esistoobroad andburdensom eform etohave
toreview allcom m unicationsw iththoseindividualstotry todiscernw hatyou believem ay orm ay notrelateto
a“ m assage.”
4. L aw yernam es– You havew ithdraw n.
5. Com m onw ords– You havew ithdraw nw iththeexceptionof“ lingerie,
” w hichIw illruntoseeifitrelatesin
som ew ay toR FP 5 (“ m assages”).
6. O therw ords–
a. You havew ithdraw n#93 Abernathy and #94 Brillo.
b. Im aintainm y objectiontoGuggenheim ,thenam eofam useum w hichyou represented tom epertains
insom ew ay toallegationsm adeby w itnesses butforw hichnodocum entsorotherinform ation
hasbeenshared (i.e.,Ihaveneverseenany allegationsby .BecausethereisnoR FP to
w hichIbelievethatterm relates,and itisthenam eofam useum ,Iobjecttorunningthatsearchterm .
c. Gerbil– You havew ithdraw n.
7. Additionally:
a. Iadvisedyou thatIw asnotabletosearchfor# becausethoselettersarethefirstpartofm y
client’slongstandingem ailaddress,and searchforthatterm w illyield literally every singleem ailshehas
sentorreceived.Ibelieveyou havew ithdraw nthatrequested searchterm .
b. Iadvisedyou thatIw asnotabletosearchforinitialsat#16-21 and75-77.T otheextentthoseinitials
representpeoplefrom w hom you haverequestedallcom m unications(and w hichtheCourthaslim ited
to1999-2002 and post-2002 asthey relatetosex trafficking),forexam ple,Jeffrey Epstein
,Iam searchingforand producingresponsivedocum ents,sothereisnoneed tosearchforthe
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initials.W ithregardsto ,you toldm ethatis and thereisnostandalonerequestfor
com m unicationsw ithher.
-Laura
L auraA .M enninger
Haddon,M organand Forem an,P .C.
150 East10thA venue
Denver,Colorado80203
M ain303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628
lm enninger@ hm flaw .com
w w w .hm flaw .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
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
Sen t:Monday, July 18, 2016 2:27 PM
To:'Meredith Schultz'
Cc:Jeff Pagliuca; 'Sigrid S. McCawley - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP ([email protected])'; ''[email protected]'
([email protected])'
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
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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
L auraA .M enninger
Haddon,M organand Forem an,P .C.
150 East10thA venue
Denver,Colorado80203
M ain303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628
lm enninger@ hm flaw .com
w w w .hm flaw .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
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
Sen t:Thursday, July 14, 2016 2:35 PM
To:Meredith Schultz
Cc:Jeff Pagliuca; Sigrid S. McCawley - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP ([email protected]); '[email protected]'
([email protected])
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
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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
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
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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 enttotherem 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
L auraA .M enninger
Haddon,M organand Forem an,P .C.
150 East10thA venue
Denver,Colorado80203
M ain303.831.7364 FX 303.832.2628
lm enninger@ hm flaw .com
w w w .hm flaw .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
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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