Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire

Filing 141

Declaration of Dennis M. Cusack in Support of Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Pursuant to N.D. CAL L.R. 79-5(d) re #140 filed by Coupons, Inc. (Cusack, Dennis) (Filed on 2/3/2009) Text modified on 2/4/2009 (bw, COURT STAFF).

Coupons, Inc. v. Stottlemire

Doc. 141

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Farella Braun & Martel LLP 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 [phone]

Neil A. Goteiner (State Bar No. 083524) Dennis M. Cusack (State Bar No. 124988) Carly O. Alameda (State Bar No. 244424) Farella Braun & Martel LLP 235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff COUPONS, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION COUPONS, INC., Plaintiff, vs. JOHN STOTTLEMIRE, Defendant. Case No. 5:07-CV-03457 HRL DECLARATION OF DENNIS M. CUSACK IN SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO N.D. CAL. L.R. 79-5(d) Date: Time: Courtroom: Judge: February 24, 2009 10:00 a.m. 2 Honorable Howard R. Lloyd

I, Dennis M. Cusack, declare as follows: 1. I am an attorney licensed to practice before all the courts of the State of California

and a partner in the law firm of Farella Braun + Martel LLP, attorneys for Coupons, Inc. in this matter. 2. Mr. Stottlemire's Motion to Enforce requires Coupons to respond, in part, by

describing the prejudice to Coupons from Mr. Stottlemire's breach of the confidentiality provision in the settlement agreement. The Court specifically asked Coupons to present such information to it. To respond to the Court's question, we are submitting the Declaration of Steven Boal, founder and CEO of Coupons, Inc. His declaration, in paragraphs 16-23, describes communications with clients and investors, their perceptions of the consequences of the settlement between Coupons and Mr. Stottlemire based on Mr. Stottlemire's mischaracterizations
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of the settlement terms, how Mr. Boal has been attempting to mitigate the damages resulting from those perceptions, and Mr. Boal's concerns that Mr. Stottlemire's false disclosures have negatively impacted Coupons. Obviously those communications were supposed to have been confidential because they relate to the negative impact of public disclosures. 3. It therefore would further prejudice Coupons vis-à-vis hackers, potential clients,

existing clients and Coupons competitors to have these paragraphs of this declaration in the public record. Competitors could use these comments out of context to reinforce the very misperceptions that the confidentiality agreement was supposed to obviate. Even without competitors' mischief, the dissemination of these comments would continue to impact negatively on customers, potential customers and to encourage hackers. 4. There is a high probability that Mr. Stottlemire will make sure that Mr. Boal's

declaration on prejudice receives wide distribution on the internet and elsewhere. He has blogged about his case from the outset, and has promised to continue doing so. We have every reason to believe that Mr. Stottlemire will attempt to use excerpts from Mr. Boal's declaration, out of context, to further Mr. Stottlemire's agenda. 5. I have personal knowledge of the foregoing and if called upon to testify thereto I

can and would competently do so. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 3d day of February, 2009, in San Francisco, California.

/s/ Dennis M. Cusack

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