On September 19, 2019 a
2019-10-23 Rule 11 Agreement re Defendants' MTC - RULE 11
was filed
involving a dispute between
Natural Brands, Inc.,
and
Beaumont Juice, Inc.,
Dembeck, John N.,
for OTHER (CIVIL)
in the District Court of Dallas County.
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FILED
DALLAS COUNTY
10/23/2019 12:13 PM
FELICIA PITRE
DISTRICT CLERK
" Kellie Juricek
Sheppard MUIIIn Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400
Dallas, Texas 75201
469.391 .7400 main
www.sheppardmullin.com
Stephen E. Fox
469.391.7403 direct
214.755.4877 mobile
sfox@sheppardmullin.com
Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law,
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
October 23, 201 9
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL (jeff.hellberg@wickphillips.com)
Jeffery W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq.
Wick Phillips Gould 8L Martin, LLP
3131 McKinney Avenue
Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75204
Re: Natural Brands, Inc. v. Beaumont Juice, Inc. d/b/a Perricone Juice Company and John N.
Dembeck; Cause No. DC—19—15197; 14th District Court, Dallas County, Texas.
Dear Jeff:
| write to set forth the parties’ agreement concerning the requests for relief set forth in Defendant’s
Motion to Compel.
1. Natural Brands, Inc. ("NBI") has agreed to conduct an electronic search of the Outlook PST
files for Kevin MacArthur and Donald Duchesneau for the time period between January 1, 2018 and the
present to locate and produce to Defendants, in a rolling production (to be completed no later than 12:00
pm on October 28, 2019), communications and documents (excluding current privileged documents), using
the following search terms:
”Cheesecake,” ”CCF,” ”Wetzel,” ”Wetzel’s," or "Wetzels," and one or more of the following words:
c "request for proposal"
o proposal
o "select blend”
o packer
o supplier
o confidential
o confidentiality
o recipe
o ingredient
c formula
o specification
o process
o method
SheppardMullin
Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq.
October 23, 2019
Page 2
o juice
o Sunburst
o lemonade
o lemonsour
o brix
o acid
o test
o ratio
o complaint
o flavor
o profile
o supply
o sweet
c sugar
o sample
o PJC
o Perricone
o Dembeck
o non—disclosure agreement
o Kennesaw
o Arcadia
o Frutex or FruTex
o ”Plains Dairy"
o Marc Mays
o Geoff or Jeff
o Rebate
The date range for the search set forth above shall be Jan. 1, 2018 to present.
2. Defendants agree to remove its Motion to Compel (filed on October 17, 2019) from the
Court’s docket on October 23, 2019, without waiver of Defendants’ right to reset the Motion for hearing on
a later date. Nothing in this letter agreement prevents Defendants from pursuing production of additional
materials from Plaintiff, including materials contained in James McLaughlin’s PST file.
If | have accurately set forth the terms of the parties' agreement Defendants’ Motion to Compel,
please sign and return this letter to me no later than 11:1 5 am today.
SheppardMullin
Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq.
October 23, 2019
Page 3
Very truly yours,
Stephen E. Fox
for SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER 8L
HAMPTON LLP
SEdep
AGREED:
JM
Attorney for
Hellberg,
Plaintiff,
Jr.
Natural Brandsflk)
nc.
Document Filed Date
October 23, 2019
Case Filing Date
September 19, 2019
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FILED DALLAS COUNTY 10/23/2019 12:13 PM FELICIA PITRE DISTRICT CLERK " Kellie Juricek Sheppard MUIIIn Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2400 Dallas, Texas 75201 469.391 .7400 main www.sheppardmullin.com Stephen E. Fox 469.391.7403 direct 214.755.4877 mobile sfox@sheppardmullin.com Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization October 23, 201 9 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL (jeff.hellberg@wickphillips.com) Jeffery W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq. Wick Phillips Gould 8L Martin, LLP 3131 McKinney Avenue Suite 100 Dallas, TX 75204 Re: Natural Brands, Inc. v. Beaumont Juice, Inc. d/b/a Perricone Juice Company and John N. Dembeck; Cause No. DC—19—15197; 14th District Court, Dallas County, Texas. Dear Jeff: | write to set forth the parties’ agreement concerning the requests for relief set forth in Defendant’s Motion to Compel. 1. Natural Brands, Inc. ("NBI") has agreed to conduct an electronic search of the Outlook PST files for Kevin MacArthur and Donald Duchesneau for the time period between January 1, 2018 and the present to locate and produce to Defendants, in a rolling production (to be completed no later than 12:00 pm on October 28, 2019), communications and documents (excluding current privileged documents), using the following search terms: ”Cheesecake,” ”CCF,” ”Wetzel,” ”Wetzel’s," or "Wetzels," and one or more of the following words: c "request for proposal" o proposal o "select blend” o packer o supplier o confidential o confidentiality o recipe o ingredient c formula o specification o process o method SheppardMullin Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq. October 23, 2019 Page 2 o juice o Sunburst o lemonade o lemonsour o brix o acid o test o ratio o complaint o flavor o profile o supply o sweet c sugar o sample o PJC o Perricone o Dembeck o non—disclosure agreement o Kennesaw o Arcadia o Frutex or FruTex o ”Plains Dairy" o Marc Mays o Geoff or Jeff o Rebate The date range for the search set forth above shall be Jan. 1, 2018 to present. 2. Defendants agree to remove its Motion to Compel (filed on October 17, 2019) from the Court’s docket on October 23, 2019, without waiver of Defendants’ right to reset the Motion for hearing on a later date. Nothing in this letter agreement prevents Defendants from pursuing production of additional materials from Plaintiff, including materials contained in James McLaughlin’s PST file. If | have accurately set forth the terms of the parties' agreement Defendants’ Motion to Compel, please sign and return this letter to me no later than 11:1 5 am today. SheppardMullin Jeffrey W. Hellberg, Jr., Esq. October 23, 2019 Page 3 Very truly yours, Stephen E. Fox for SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER 8L HAMPTON LLP SEdep AGREED: JM Attorney for Hellberg, Plaintiff, Jr. Natural Brandsflk) nc.