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`Shipley, Michael
`From:
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`Shipley, Michael
`Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:55 AM
`'Todd Gregorian'
`Marti Guidoux; Holscher, Mark C.; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene; Bruce D. Poltrock; Michael
`Fletcher; Craig A. Welin; Christopher Lavin; Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team; Thomas
`Robins
`RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND
`California Case Nos. 18-md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`Sounds good. I’ll call you then.
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`Michael Shipley
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`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
`T +1 213 680 8222
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`michael.shipley@kirkland.com
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`From: Todd Gregorian <TGregorian@fenwick.com>
`Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:40 AM
`To: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com>
`Cc: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com>; Holscher, Mark C. <mholscher@kirkland.com>; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene
`<kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com>; Bruce D. Poltrock <bpoltrock@frandzel.com>; Michael Fletcher
`<mfletcher@frandzel.com>; Craig A. Welin <cwelin@frandzel.com>; Christopher Lavin <CLavin@fenwick.com>;
`Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team <Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>; Thomas Robins <trobins@frandzel.com>
`Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND California Case Nos. 18-
`md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`Michael, I am available at 3: 30pm. You can reach me at 650-862-5326. Thank you, -t From: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@ kirkland. com> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2022 8: 05 PM To: Todd Gregorian <TGregorian@ fenwick. com> Cc: Marti Guidoux
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`From: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com>
`Sent: Monday, December 5, 2022 8:05 PM
`To: Todd Gregorian <TGregorian@fenwick.com>
`Cc: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com>; Holscher, Mark C. <mholscher@kirkland.com>; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene
`<kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com>; Bruce D. Poltrock <bpoltrock@frandzel.com>; Michael Fletcher
`<mfletcher@frandzel.com>; Craig A. Welin <cwelin@frandzel.com>; Christopher Lavin <CLavin@fenwick.com>;
`Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team <Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>; Thomas Robins <trobins@frandzel.com>
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`Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND California Case Nos. 18-
`md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`** EXTERNAL EMAIL **
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`Todd-
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`If the Court is burdened by a motion, it will be because Amazon is refusing to extend basic scheduling courtesies to a
`third party witness with a bona fide scheduling conflict that wasn’t his fault. These are, frankly, courtesies that I can’t
`recall having ever denied to a witness in my entire career. And the refusal is especially troubling, given that you still
`haven’t identified any prejudice to you or Amazon based on a short continuance or Zoom appearance.
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`We’re perfectly willing to try to resolve the underlying dispute. I’m around for a call 9-11:30 tomorrow, and then after
`3:30. That said, a fundamental problem seems to be that you are working from a completely false factual and legal
`premise--that a subpoena to ECA or Claria compels them to search any accounts over which their direct or indirect
`members (who have not been subpoenaed) may have access, such as Mr. Markiles’s Stubbs Alderton email account. ECA
`and Claria have no right to, as you say, “conduct those searches.” I suspect you know that. If I subpoenaed your firm, I
`assume you would not concede that every partner in the firm needs to search for discoverable evidence in the accounts
`of every business in which they have an ownership interest and access to an email account? (If you disagree, feel free to
`cc your managing partner and general counsel...) Because that’s essentially what you are arguing here. It doesn’t make
`any sense. Whatever dispute Amazon has with Stubbs Alderton is with Stubbs Alderton, not my clients.
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`Regardless, the conditionality of your demand is particularly inappropriate. Amazon shouldn’t hold Mr. Markiles’s
`vacation--planned and paid for long before he had any indication of this schedule--hostage as leverage in its discovery
`dispute with Stubbs Alderton. Mr. Markiles has a fight scheduled to depart on the morning of the 11th. The scheduling
`issue needs to be resolved well before then. So unless you agree to move the hearing or permit a Zoom appearance, we
`are going to file a motion tomorrow and inform the court that you wouldn’t stipulate per LR 7-11(a). There’s no reason
`this schedule issue can’t or shouldn’t get resolved without court intervention. Beyond that, I am open and available to
`discuss appropriate means to resolve the underlying discovery dispute.
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`Thanks,
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`Mike
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`Michael Shipley
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`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
`T +1 213 680 8222
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`michael.shipley@kirkland.com
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`From: Todd Gregorian <TGregorian@fenwick.com>
`Sent: Monday, December 5, 2022 6:14 PM
`To: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com>
`Cc: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com>; Holscher, Mark C. <mholscher@kirkland.com>; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene
`<kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com>; Bruce D. Poltrock <bpoltrock@frandzel.com>; Michael Fletcher
`<mfletcher@frandzel.com>; Craig A. Welin <cwelin@frandzel.com>; Christopher Lavin <CLavin@fenwick.com>;
`Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team <Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>; Thomas Robins <trobins@frandzel.com>
`Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND California Case Nos. 18-
`md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`Michael, I would suggest that before you burden the Court with a motion. we conduct the conference that I suggested to attempt to resolve the issues. As I mention below, Stubbs has disclosed that it did not search Mr Markiles’s emails for responsive
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`Michael,
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` would suggest that before you burden the Court with a motion. we conduct the conference that I
`suggested to attempt to resolve the issues. As I mention below, Stubbs has disclosed that it did not
`search Mr Markiles’s emails for responsive ECA or Claria communications, and therefore ECA and
`Claria need to conduct those searches. This should be a very simple issue to resolve unless Mr.
`Markiles is committed to willful noncompliance with the Court’s order.
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`Thanks,
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`On Dec 5, 2022, at 5:51 PM, Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com> wrote:
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`Todd-
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`Your refusal to afford basic professional courtesies is unfortunate. You notably haven’t identified any
`prejudice to yourself or your client that would be entailed by a brief delay in the hearing or were Mr.
`Markiles to appear by Zoom. If there’s something about the week of the 19th that’s an issue, we also
`would also be willing to find a suitable date in early January.
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`Regarding your complaints below, just in case it hasn’t been clear, Kirkland doesn’t represent Stubbs
`Alderton or PersonalWeb. Indeed, the counsel dealing with their issues aren’t even copied on this
`email. Neither my clients nor I have any control over how they conduct discovery. Mr. Markiles is an
`inactive partner in Stubbs Alderton, a sinecure unaccompanied by meaningful authority over this
`discovery. Even were it a fair practice to use scheduling to extract concessions--and it is not--putting
`the screws to Mr. Markiles over his vacation isn’t going to pressure Stubbs Alderton to do whatever it
`is you want them to do.
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`So I’d respectfully ask you to reconsider your position below. Again, we’re completely open to
`accommodating whatever concerns with the schedule you might have. Otherwise, we will be filing an
`administrative motion to reschedule the hearing tomorrow.
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`Thanks,
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`Mike
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`Michael Shipley
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`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
`T +1 213 680 8222
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`michael.shipley@kirkland.com<mailto:michael.shipley@kirkland.com>
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`From: Todd Gregorian <TGregorian@fenwick.com>
`Sent: Monday, December 5, 2022 10:57 AM
`To: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com>
`Cc: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com>; Holscher, Mark C. <mholscher@kirkland.com>;
`Gosselin, Kyle Eugene <kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com>; Bruce D. Poltrock <bpoltrock@frandzel.com>;
`Michael Fletcher <mfletcher@frandzel.com>; Craig A. Welin <cwelin@frandzel.com>; Christopher
`Lavin <CLavin@fenwick.com>; Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team
`<Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>; Thomas Robins <trobins@frandzel.com>
`Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND
`California Case Nos. 18-md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`Michael, Amazon remains troubled that ECA and Claria apparently still intend to argue mootness
`even with knowledge that Mr. Markiles’s partners at Stubbs Alderton did not search for documents
`responsive to the subpoena requests, and in fact
`Michael,
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`Amazon remains troubled that ECA and Claria apparently still intend to argue mootness even with
`knowledge that Mr. Markiles’s partners at Stubbs Alderton did not search for documents responsive
`to the subpoena requests, and in fact have conducted a deficient and bad faith search, for example
`by only turning over documents that literally name PersonalWeb in them, and by refusing production
`of documents after July 2021.
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`Amazon is not willing to move the hearing date into the holidays which would make scheduling
`impossible given the pre-paid plans of others. The unfortunate timing here is the result of Stubbs
`Alderton’s game-playing. Amazon has sought information from PersonalWeb about the Stubbs
`collection for nearly a month, and Stubbs’ refusal to provide for weeks it caused PersonalWeb itself to
`consent to the Court ordering personal appearances. It was not until November 29 that Stubbs first
`provided even partial information about its collection, which shows that Stubbs is attempting to game
`its collection so as to avoid producing key categories of documents. As a result, neither
`PersonalWeb nor ECA or Claria is in compliance with the Court’s orders.
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`Nor will Amazon agree that Mr. Markiles should be excused from making a personal appearance. It
`was clear at the last discovery conference that the Court desired a personal appearance if the parties
`could not resolve the production issues informally, and Amazon agrees that such an appearance is
`necessary for the Court to impress upon Mr. Markiles and his partners at Stubbs Alderton the
`seriousness of their discovery misconduct.
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`What I can offer is to work with you in good faith to resolve the issues and get a stipulation and order
`entered this week committing ECA and Claria to full and prompt compliance, including a search of the
`omitted Markiles email accounts and provision of an update privilege log identifying any withheld
`documents. Such an agreement could obviate the need for ECA and Claria’s participation in the
`hearing.
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`Please let me know if you would like to discuss.
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`Best,
`-t
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`From: Thomas Robins <trobins@frandzel.com<mailto:trobins@frandzel.com>>
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`Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 5:52 PM
`To: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com<mailto:mshipley@kirkland.com>>
`Cc: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com<mailto:MGuidoux@fenwick.com>>; Holscher, Mark C.
`<mholscher@kirkland.com<mailto:mholscher@kirkland.com>>; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene
`<kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com<mailto:kyle.gosselin@kirkland.com>>; Bruce D. Poltrock
`<bpoltrock@frandzel.com<mailto:bpoltrock@frandzel.com>>; Michael Fletcher
`<mfletcher@frandzel.com<mailto:mfletcher@frandzel.com>>; Craig A. Welin
`<cwelin@frandzel.com<mailto:cwelin@frandzel.com>>; Christopher Lavin
`<CLavin@fenwick.com<mailto:CLavin@fenwick.com>>; Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team
`<Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com<mailto:Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>>
`Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND
`California Case Nos. 18-md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`I have no objection to Zoom or the week of Dec 19. (Have planned vacation out of town 12/26-1/5).
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`Counsel-
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`In the attached order, Judge van Keulen orders my client to be personally present at a hearing in San
`Jose on December 14. Unfortunately Mr. Markiles will be out of the country on a pre-paid group
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`vacation from December 11 to December 18 that was scheduled several months ago. Please let me
`know if I can inform the court that you would consent to having the hearing moved back to sometime
`the following week or in the alternative, conducted by zoom.
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`Thanks,
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`Mike
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`Michael Shipley
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`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
`T +1 213 680 8222
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`michael.shipley@kirkland.com<mailto:michael.shipley@kirkland.com>
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`From: Marti Guidoux <MGuidoux@fenwick.com<mailto:MGuidoux@fenwick.com>>
`Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:43 PM
`To: Shipley, Michael <mshipley@kirkland.com<mailto:mshipley@kirkland.com>>; Holscher, Mark C.
`<mholscher@kirkland.com<mailto:mholscher@kirkland.com>>; Gosselin, Kyle Eugene
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`bpoltrock@frandzel.com<mailto:bpoltrock@frandzel.com>;
`mfletcher@frandzel.com<mailto:mfletcher@frandzel.com>;
`cwelin@frandzel.com<mailto:cwelin@frandzel.com>;
`trobins@frandzel.com<mailto:trobins@frandzel.com>
`Cc: Christopher Lavin <CLavin@fenwick.com<mailto:CLavin@fenwick.com>>;
`Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team
`<Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com<mailto:Amazon_PersonalWeb_Team@fenwick.com>>
`Subject: In Re: Personal Web Technologies, LLC, et al Patent Litigation [ND California Case Nos. 18-
`md-02834-BLF; 18-cv-00767-BLF, and 18-cv-05619-BLF]
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`Counsel: Attached are the following documents which we filed under seal in the above three cases:
`Declaration of Christopher S. Lavin in Support of Joint Statement of Amazon. com, Inc. , Amazon Web
`Services, Inc. , and Twitch Interactive, Inc. 
`Counsel:
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`Attached are the following documents which we filed under seal in the above three cases:
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` 1. Declaration of Christopher S. Lavin in Support of Joint Statement of Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon
`Web Services, Inc., and Twitch Interactive, Inc. to Compel Production from Claria Innovations, LLC
`and Europlay Capital Advisors, LLC; and
` 2. [Zip Folder] Confidential Exhibits 2 through 25 to the Declaration of Christopher S. Lavin.
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