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`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`Jeremy J. Taylor (SBN 249075)
`jeremy.taylor@bakerbotts.com
`Arya Moshiri (SBN 324231)
`arya.moshiri@bakerbotts.com
`101 California St., Ste. 3600
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415.291.6200
`Facsimile: 415.291.6300
`Bethany R. Salpietra (pro hac vice)
`bethany.salpietra@bakerbotts.com
`2001 Ross Ave., Ste. 900
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: 214.953.6500
`Facsimile: 214.953.6503
`Attorneys for Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`LYFT, INC.
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
`Defendant.
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`Case No. 5:21-cv-04653-BLF
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`DECLARATION OF BETHANY R.
`SALPIETRA IN SUPPORT OF
`PLAINTIFF LYFT, INC.’S MOTION FOR
`LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED
`COMPLAINT
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`Date: July 28, 2022
`Time: 9:00 A.M.
`Judge: Hon. Beth Labson Freeman
`Trial Date: October 16, 2023
`Courtroom: 3, Fifth Floor
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`SALPIETRA DECL. ISO LYFT’S MOTION
`FOR LEAVE TO FILE FAC
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`I, Bethany R. Salpietra, declare as follows:
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`I am over the age of 21 and am fully competent to make this declaration. I have
`personal knowledge of all facts recited herein and state that such facts are true and correct to my
`knowledge or information and belief, and, if called upon to do so, I would testify competently about
`them.
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`I am duly admitted to practice law in the State of Texas and before this Court. I am
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`counsel at the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P., 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 900, Dallas, TX 75201, and
`I represent Lyft, Inc. (“Lyft”) in the above-captioned action.
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`I have reviewed and complied with the Northern District of California’s Civil L.R.
`(dated November 1, 2021).
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`I make this Declaration in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File First
`Amended Complaint (“FAC”).
`5.
`I met and conferred with counsel for AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS
`Software”) on March 14, 2022, seeking a stipulation that Lyft may add the Alter Ego Parties and a
`breach of contract claim to its FAC.
`6.
`At the March 14, 2022 meet and confer, counsel for AGIS Software informed me
`that Defendants would not stipulate for Lyft. to add the Alter Ego Parties and a breach of contract
`claim to its FAC.
`7.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of Lyft, Inc.’s Proposed First
`Amended Complaint. The First Amended Complaint adds the Alter Ego Parties and a breach of
`contract claim.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s
`Jurisdictional 30(b)(6) Notice to Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC served on February
`4, 2022 in the above-captioned case.
`9.
`Attached as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s First Set of
`Jurisdictional Interrogatories to Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC, AGIS, Inc., and
`AGIS Holdings, Inc. served on February 4, 2022 in the above-captioned case.
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`FOR LEAVE TO FILE FAC
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`Attached as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s Notice of
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`Subpoena to AGIS, Inc. issued on February 4, 2022 in the above-captioned case.
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`Attached as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s Notice of
`Subpoena to AGIS Holdings, Inc. issued on February 4, 2022 in the above-captioned case.
`12.
`Attached as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of Defendant AGIS Software
`Development LLC’s Objections and Responses to Lyft Inc.’s Jurisdictional 30(b)(6) Notice to
`Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC served on February 18, 2022 in the above-captioned
`case.
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`Attached as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of Defendant AGIS Software
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`Development LLC’s First Supplemental Objections and Responses to Lyft’s First Set of
`Jurisdictional Interrogatories, which was served on March 17, 2022 in the above-captioned case and
`which AGIS Software designated highly confidential. Lyft takes no position with regard to this
`designation.
`Attached as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of Defendant AGIS Software
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`Development LLC’s Objections and Responses to Lyft Inc.’s First Set of Jurisdictional
`Interrogatories, which was served on March 7, 2022 in the above-captioned case.
`15.
`Attached as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of AGIS Holding, Inc.’s Objections
`and Responses to Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s Subpoena to Testify in a Civil Action served on March 16,
`2022 in the above-captioned case.
`16.
`Attached as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of AGIS, Inc.’s Objections and
`Responses to Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.’s Subpoena to Testify in a Civil Action served on March 16, 2022
`in the above-captioned case.
`17.
`Attached as Exhibit 11 are excerpts from a true and correct copy of the March 22,
`2022 Deposition Tr. of Thomas Meriam, which AGIS Software designated as highly confidential.
`Lyft takes no position with regard to this designation.
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`Attached as Exhibit 12 is a true and correct copy of Plaintiff AGIS Software’s
`Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions from Case No. 2:21-cv-00072 in the
`Eastern District of Texas served on May 19, 2021.
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`FOR LEAVE TO FILE FAC
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`Executed on this 28th day of March, 2022 at Dallas, Texas, County of Dallas. I declare
`under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true
`and correct to the best of my knowledge.
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`Dated: March 28, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`/s/ Bethany R. Salpietra
`Bethany R. Salpietra
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`Jeremy J. Taylor (SBN 249075)
`Arya Moshiri (SBN 324231)
`jeremy.taylor@bakerbotts.com
`arya.moshiri@bakerbotts.com
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`101 California St., Ste. 3600
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415.291.6200
`Facsimile: 415.291.6300
`Bethany R. Salpietra (pro hac vice)
`bethany.salpietra@bakerbotts.com
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`2001 Ross Ave., Ste. 900
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: 214.953.6500
`Facsimile: 214.953.6503
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Lyft, Inc.
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