On December 21, 2020 a
Exhibit,Appendix
was filed
involving a dispute between
Yasemin Tekiner,
Yasemin Tekiner
In Her Individual Capacity, As A Beneficiary And A Trustee Of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011 Descendants Trust And Derivatively As A Holder Of Equitable Interests In A Shareholder Or A Member Of The Company Defendants,
and
254-258 W. 35Th St. Llc,
Berrin Tekiner,
Billur Akipek
In Her Capacity As A Trustee Of The Yasemin Tekiner 2011 Descendants Trust,
Bremen House Inc.,
Bremen House Texas, Inc.,
German News Company, Inc.,
German News Texas, Inc.,
Gonca Tekiner,
Zeynep Tekiner,
for Commercial Division
in the District Court of New York County.
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EXHIBIT 58
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From: Topping, Sean
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 11:22 AM
To: Evan Mandel; Leah Vickers
Cc: Shomik Ghosh; Younger, Stephen P.; McDonough, Joanna; Archer, Judith A.; Corder,
Victoria; Ward, Luke
Subject: Tekiner v. Bremen House - Aykal Documents & Deposition
Evan and Leah,
I wanted to follow up with you concerning issues raised at last week’s meet and confer concerning Gurer and the NRF
subpoena.
As it concerns the subpoena to NRF, we informed you that the Defendants already collected and produced certain final
corporate and trust files in the possession of NRF that were not privileged. We also reiterated our objections to the
subpoena to NRF as overly broad and unduly burdensome in that it seeks documents that are predominately privileged
and, to the extent they are not, are likely to be in our clients’ possession and already produced to the extent
responsive. We did, however, agree to get a better sense of the scope of the universe of communications in NRF’s
possession that exist between NRF and Third Parties and that pre-date the litigation. That is underway and we
anticipate having a response regarding what production NRF will make, if any, next week.
As it concerns the subpoena duces tecum to Gurer Akyal, we reiterated that Mr. Akyal is not relevant to this dispute by
virtue of the fact that he has nothing to do with the management of the Companies or Yasemin’s Trust, and that we
have declined to search his documents for the reasons stated in our objections and responses to the subpoena. We
again noted that his communications with Berrin will be subject to the spousal privilege. We agreed on the call that the
parties appear to be an impasse on his documents; however, in an effort to resolve this dispute without court
intervention, we agree to search for and produce any documents, to the extent they exist, reflecting any benefit Mr.
Aykal received from the Companies.
As it concerns Mr. Aykal’s deposition, we reiterated what we told you previously – that we will produce Mr. Aykal for a
deposition concerning the topic of whether he received any benefits from the companies, but we object to your asking
him questions about irrelevant and personal topics, including the health and mental conditions of individual
defendants. When we raised this objection with you at a prior meet and confer concerning Mr. Aykal, you had seemed
to understand our position. However on last week’s call, you attempted to argue that such an objection was
improper. It is not improper and we reiterate our objection in writing and our intent to instruct him not to answer such
questions. We will not permit Mr. Aykal to testify about irrelevant, private, highly sensitive mat ters concerning Berrin or
Gonca’s alleged health and mental states.
Of further concerning note, you made a representation on the call concerning Mr. Akyal that is false and we must
correct your misunderstanding. The Companies have not purchased or rented a house in Turkey for Mr. Aykal, as you
claimed they have.
Best,
Sean
Sean Topping | Associate
Pronouns: he / him / his
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6022, United States
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Document Filed Date
January 31, 2023
Case Filing Date
December 21, 2020
Category
Commercial Division
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