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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 688-5 Filed 05/25/21 Page 1 of 2
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`MICHAEL A. SHERMAN (SBN 94783)
`masherman@stubbsalderton.com
`JEFFREY F. GERSH (SBN 87124)
`jgersh@stubbsalderton.com
`WESLEY W. MONROE (SBN 149211)
`wmonroe@stubbsalderton.com
`VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK (SBN 239359)
`vhedrick@stubbsalderton.com
`STUBBS ALDERTON & MARKILES, LLP
`15260 Ventura Blvd., 20th Floor
`Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
`Telephone:
`(818) 444-4500
`Facsimile:
`(818) 444-4520
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`Attorneys for PERSONALWEB
`TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`(Excluding Post Judgment Debtor
`Collection Proceedings)
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN JOSE DIVISION
`CASE NO.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`IN RE PERSONAL WEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC, ET., AL., PATENT LITIGATION
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
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`Case No.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL A.
`SHERMAN IN SUPPORT OF NOTICE OF
`MOTION AND MOTION OF STUBBS
`ALDERTON & MARKILES TO
`WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`PURSUANT TO CLIENT INSTRUCTION
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`AMAZON.COM, INC. and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICE, INC.,
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` Plaintiffs,
`v.
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, et
`al.,
` Defendants.
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, et
`al.,
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`v.
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`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`Defendant.
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`SHERMAN DECL. ISO MOTION TO WITHDRAW
`AS COUNSEL FOR PERSONALWEB
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`PURSUANT TO CLIENT INSTRUCTION
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`CASE NO: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`CASE NO: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`CASE NO.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 688-5 Filed 05/25/21 Page 2 of 2
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`I am a member of the bar of the State of California and am admitted to practice
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`before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. I am a partner at
`Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP (“SAM”) and Chair of SAM’s Business Litigation Practice.
`The facts herein are, unless otherwise stated, based upon personal knowledge, and if called upon
`to do so, I could, and would testify to their truth under oath. I submit this declaration in support
`of SAM’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for PersonalWeb.
` On May 19, 2021, I emailed Todd Gregorian, counsel for Amazon and Twitch in
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`this action, to advise Mr. Gregorian that SAM intended to file a motion to withdraw. In response,
`Mr. Gregorian informed me that Amazon and Twitch would be opposing this motion. I asked for
`the basis on which Amazon and Twitch intended to oppose SAM’s motion to withdraw given the
`fact that Mr. Ronald Richards had already informed Mr. Gregorian in writing that PersonalWeb
`had retained new counsel, Mr. Richards, for post judgment collection proceedings, and that
`myself and no attorney at SAM had any authority to act on PersonalWeb’s behalf. I also asked
`Mr. Gregorian to send me whatever authority he had to support his position justifying an
`opposition to SAM’s motion to withdraw. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy
`of this email exchange between Mr. Gregorian and me. Mr. Gregorian’s response, which did not
`cite to any specific case law, is attached hereto as Exhibit E.
`Executed this 25th day of May, Beverly Hills, California.
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`By: /s/ Michael A. Sherman
`Michael A. Sherman
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`SHERMAN DECL. ISO MOTION TO WITHDRAW
`AS COUNSEL FOR PERSONALWEB
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`PURSUANT TO CLIENT INSTRUCTION
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`CASE NO: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`CASE NO.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
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