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FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021
APPENDIX EX 13
(1/19/21 R. MACGILL LTR TO W. HARRINGTON
IN RESPONSE TO J. VEST LTR OF 1/19/21)
FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021
MacGillrc
55 Monument Circle
Suite 1200C
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.MacGillLaw.com
Robert D. MacGill
317.442.3825
Robert.MacGill@MacGillLaw.com
Via Email
January 19, 2021
William P. Harrington, Esq.
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP
One North Lexington Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
RE: Goldstein et al. v. Houlihan Lawrence, Inc. No. 60767/2018 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.,
Westchester Cty.)
Dear Bill:
We write in reply to Plaintiffs’ correspondence of today. We realize that all of these
issues have been extensively litigated for more than one year, so we will refrain from rearguing
last week’s hearing.
However, one statement cannot go uncorrected. Plaintiffs now contend that Houlihan
Lawrence engaged in a “cover up” with respect to Ms. Dalton’s “H Drive” folder. Nothing could
be further from the truth.
On July 27, 2020, Plaintiffs sent to Houlihan Lawrence an excel file entitled “2020-06-29
Ex. 11 hl-nas 2 (highlighted)_filelist (BSF highlighted – 2020-07-27).” Exhibit Y. BSF refers to
Boies Schiller Flexner. In this file, Plaintiffs highlighted 22,227 files1 from the corporate share
drive, each of which “Plaintiffs request[ed] that HL review for responsiveness.” Exhibit Z.
On line 32,982 of that document, the following entry appears:
I32982 L\\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\alafreniere\DDalton - H.zip
You adjudicated as sufficient our subsequent review and production of the Corporate
Share Drive files in the Seventh Report and Recommendation. Far from “covering up” Ms.
Dalton’s “H Drive” file, Houlihan Lawrence notified Plaintiffs of its presence on the Corporate
Share Drive months ago, and Plaintiffs personally submitted that file as a part of Houlihan
1
In our letter to you of August 27, 2020, we detailed the history of this file list and Houlihan Lawrence’s review
protocol.
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January 19, 2021
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Lawrence’s Corporate Share Drive review protocol on July 27, 2020. As we have explained in
the past, we accepted Plaintiffs’ 22,227 file selection (including the above-pictured file) and 101
search term list despite their unreasonableness in an effort to move this case forward.
Plaintiffs should not be permitted to reverse course on this or the myriad other issues
raised in hundreds of pages of letters to you. The issues have been resolved, and we respectfully
request that a case schedule be recommended.
Thank you for your time and attention to these matters.
Best regards.
Very truly yours,
------------,
Robert D. MacGill
~
cc: Matthew Ciulla, Alfred Donnellan, Nelida Lara, Jeremy Vest, Courtney Rockett
MacGillrc
FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018
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EXHIBIT Y
1/19/2021 MacG La Ma - RE: Gd e .H a La e ce
MacGill Ma e C a< a e .c a@ acg a .c >
RE: G ld ein .H lihan La ence
Je e Ve Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 5:04 PM
To: Robert MacGill
Cc: William Ohlemeyer , "Alfred E. Donnellan" , Nelida Lara ,
"matthew.ciulla@macgilllaw.com"
Mr. MacGill,
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Regards,
Jerem
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FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021
EXHIBIT Y
1/19/2021 MacG La Ma - RE: Gd e .H a La e ce
F : Lindemann, Jessica
Se : Monday, June 29, 2020 11:09 AM
T : Jeremy Vest
Cc: William Ohlemeyer ; MacGill, Robert ; Alfred E. Donnellan ; Nelida Lara
S b ec : Goldstein v. Houlihan Lawrence
CAUTION: External email. Please do not respond to or click on links/attachments unless you recogni e the sender.
Jeremy,
Attached is a file containing the many supplemental file reports you requested.
This is provided without waiver of any of
Houlihan
Lawrence s rights, including without limitation any applicable privilege.
Please treat this as confidential pursuant to the confidentiality
agreement approved by the Court in this case.
Also, please be aware that there are a few file paths that were not produced.
These include document level information for the following
folders:
\\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\aCarpino\HR\Termination letters\
\\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\aCarpino\Litigation\
Both of these folders contain sensitive files that are not related to any issue in this case.
It also includes a handful of files for this case that
are clearly privileged as well as work product.
Best,
Jess
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FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021 APPENDIX EX 13 (1/19/21 R. MACGILL LTR TO W. HARRINGTON IN RESPONSE TO J. VEST LTR OF 1/19/21) FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021 MacGillrc 55 Monument Circle Suite 1200C Indianapolis, IN 46204 www.MacGillLaw.com Robert D. MacGill 317.442.3825 Robert.MacGill@MacGillLaw.com Via Email January 19, 2021 William P. Harrington, Esq. Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP One North Lexington Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 RE: Goldstein et al. v. Houlihan Lawrence, Inc. No. 60767/2018 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Westchester Cty.) Dear Bill: We write in reply to Plaintiffs’ correspondence of today. We realize that all of these issues have been extensively litigated for more than one year, so we will refrain from rearguing last week’s hearing. However, one statement cannot go uncorrected. Plaintiffs now contend that Houlihan Lawrence engaged in a “cover up” with respect to Ms. Dalton’s “H Drive” folder. Nothing could be further from the truth. On July 27, 2020, Plaintiffs sent to Houlihan Lawrence an excel file entitled “2020-06-29 Ex. 11 hl-nas 2 (highlighted)_filelist (BSF highlighted – 2020-07-27).” Exhibit Y. BSF refers to Boies Schiller Flexner. In this file, Plaintiffs highlighted 22,227 files1 from the corporate share drive, each of which “Plaintiffs request[ed] that HL review for responsiveness.” Exhibit Z. On line 32,982 of that document, the following entry appears: I32982 L\\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\alafreniere\DDalton - H.zip You adjudicated as sufficient our subsequent review and production of the Corporate Share Drive files in the Seventh Report and Recommendation. Far from “covering up” Ms. Dalton’s “H Drive” file, Houlihan Lawrence notified Plaintiffs of its presence on the Corporate Share Drive months ago, and Plaintiffs personally submitted that file as a part of Houlihan 1 In our letter to you of August 27, 2020, we detailed the history of this file list and Houlihan Lawrence’s review protocol. FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021 William P. Harrington, Esq. January 19, 2021 Page 2 Lawrence’s Corporate Share Drive review protocol on July 27, 2020. As we have explained in the past, we accepted Plaintiffs’ 22,227 file selection (including the above-pictured file) and 101 search term list despite their unreasonableness in an effort to move this case forward. Plaintiffs should not be permitted to reverse course on this or the myriad other issues raised in hundreds of pages of letters to you. The issues have been resolved, and we respectfully request that a case schedule be recommended. Thank you for your time and attention to these matters. Best regards. Very truly yours, ------------, Robert D. MacGill ~ cc: Matthew Ciulla, Alfred Donnellan, Nelida Lara, Jeremy Vest, Courtney Rockett MacGillrc FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021 EXHIBIT Y 1/19/2021 MacG La Ma - RE: Gd e .H a La e ce MacGill Ma e C a< a e .c a@ acg a .c > RE: G ld ein .H lihan La ence Je e Ve Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 5:04 PM To: Robert MacGill Cc: William Ohlemeyer , "Alfred E. Donnellan" , Nelida Lara , "matthew.ciulla@macgilllaw.com" Mr. MacGill, Attached please nd a highlighted ersion of the corporate shared dri e le report produced b HL belo . Plaintiffs hae marked the le report to indicate the les that Plaintiffs request that HL re ie for responsi eness. To a oid unnecessar duplication of effort, Plaintiffs ha e generall refrained from highlighting les that Plaintiffs belie e ha e likel alread been produced, including, for instance, sales agent training documents, onboarding packets, marketing presentations, and other standardi ed materials.Plaintiffs reser e the right to request re ie and production of additional les if thedetermine that HL has in fact not produced them. Please con rm that the purportedl pri ileged documents referenced belo , for hich HL refused to proide a le report, ill be included on HL s forthcoming further reised categorical pri ilege. Regards, Jerem Je e Ve Pa ne B IE CHILLE FLE E LLP 333 Main See A m nk, NY 10504 ( ) +1 914 749 8305 (f) +1 914 749 8300 j e @b fll .c m .b fll .c m ://a . e.c / a / /0?=2b464a3495& e = & ea c =a& e d= -f%3A1673405564362242983& = -f%3A1673405564362242983 1/2 FILED: WESTCHESTER COUNTY CLERK 04/16/2021 02:31 PM INDEX NO. 60767/2018 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 665 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 04/16/2021 EXHIBIT Y 1/19/2021 MacG La Ma - RE: Gd e .H a La e ce F : Lindemann, Jessica Se : Monday, June 29, 2020 11:09 AM T : Jeremy Vest Cc: William Ohlemeyer ; MacGill, Robert ; Alfred E. Donnellan ; Nelida Lara S b ec : Goldstein v. Houlihan Lawrence CAUTION: External email. Please do not respond to or click on links/attachments unless you recogni e the sender. Jeremy, Attached is a file containing the many supplemental file reports you requested. This is provided without waiver of any of Houlihan Lawrence s rights, including without limitation any applicable privilege. Please treat this as confidential pursuant to the confidentiality agreement approved by the Court in this case. Also, please be aware that there are a few file paths that were not produced. These include document level information for the following folders: \\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\aCarpino\HR\Termination letters\ \\hl-nas2\F$\Users2\corporate\aCarpino\Litigation\ Both of these folders contain sensitive files that are not related to any issue in this case. It also includes a handful of files for this case that are clearly privileged as well as work product. Best, Jess CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Thi email and an a achmen a e fo he e cl i e and confiden ial e of he in ended ecipien . If o a e no he in ended ecipien , plea e do no ead, di ib e o ake ac ion in eliance pon hi me age. If o ha e ecei ed hi in e o , plea e no if immedia el b e n email and p omp l dele e hi me age and i a achmen f om o comp e em. We do no ai e a o ne -clien o o k p od c p i ilege b he an mi ion of hi me age. The inf ma i n c n ained in hi elec nic me age i c nfiden ial inf ma i n in ended nlf he e f he named eci ien ( ) and ma c n ain inf ma i n ha , am ng he ec i n , i he bjecfa ne -clien i ilege, a ne k d c e em f m di cle nde a licable la . If he eade f hielecnic meage i n he named eci ien ,he em l ee agene n ibledeli e ihe named eci ien , a e he eb n ified ha an di emina i n, di ibi n, cing he e f hi c mm nica i n i ic l hibi ed and n i ilege i ai ed. Ifha e ecei ed hi c mm nica i n in e , lea e immedia el n ifhe ende b e l inghielec nic me age and hen dele ing hi elec nic meage fm c m e . [ .1 08201831BSF] 2020-06-29 E . 11 - a 2( g g ed)_f e (BSF g g ed - 20-07-27). 5951K ://a . e.c / a / /0?=2b464a3495& e = & ea c =a& e d= -f%3A1673405564362242983& = -f%3A1673405564362242983 2/2