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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1202-6 Filed 01/27/21 Page 1 of 5 EXHIBIT C  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1202-6 Filed 01/27/21 Page 2 of 5 From: Laura Menninger Sent: 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 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 [email protected] 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 1  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1202-6 Filed 01/27/21 Page 3 of 5 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 ([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 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 2  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1202-6 Filed 01/27/21 Page 4 of 5 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 [email protected] 3  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 1202-6 Filed 01/27/21 Page 5 of 5 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 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. 4