Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 102

Declaration of AUSTIN TARANGO in Support of #101 MOTION to Disqualify Counsel BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS LLP filed bySamsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6, #7 Exhibit 7, #8 Exhibit 8, #9 Exhibit 9, #10 Exhibit 10, #11 Exhibit 11)(Related document(s) #101 ) (Maroulis, Victoria) (Filed on 7/11/2011)

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1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP Charles K. Verhoeven (Cal. Bar No. 170151) 2 charlesverhoeven@quinnemanuel.com 50 California Street, 22nd Floor 3 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 875-6600 4 Facsimile: (415) 875-6700 5 Kevin P.B. Johnson (Cal. Bar No. 177129) kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com 6 Victoria F. Maroulis (Cal. Bar No. 202603) victoriamaroulis@quinnemanuel.com th 7 555 Twin Dolphin Drive 5 Floor Redwood Shores, California 94065 8 Telephone: (650) 801-5000 Facsimile: (650) 801-5100 9 Michael T. Zeller (Cal. Bar No. 196417) 10 michaelzeller@quinnemanuel.com 865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor 11 Los Angeles, California 90017 Telephone: (213) 443-3000 12 Facsimile: (213) 443-3100 13 Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 14 AMERICA, INC. and SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC 15 16 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION 18 APPLE INC., a California corporation, 19 20 CASE NO. 11-cv-01846-LHK Plaintiff, vs. 21 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a Korean business entity; SAMSUNG 22 ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York corporation; SAMSUNG 23 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 24 Defendants. 25 DECLARATION OF AUSTIN TARANGO IN SUPPORT OF SAMSUNG’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS Date: August 18, 2011 Time: 1:30 pm Place: Courtroom 4, 5th Floor Judge: Hon. Lucy H. Koh 26 27 28 02198.51855/4239428.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK DECLARATION OF AUSTIN TARANGO IN SUPPORT OF SAMSUNG’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS LLP 1 I, Austin Tarango, declare: 2 1. I am an attorney in the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, 3 counsel for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung 4 Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively “Samsung”). I have personal knowledge of the 5 facts set forth in this declaration and, if called upon as a witness, I could and would testify to such 6 facts under oath. 7 2. On June 27, 2011 counsel for Samsung sent letters to Mr. Kenneth Bridges of 8 Bridges & Mavrakakis and Mr. Jason Bartlett of Morrison & Foerster regarding Mr. Bridges, and 9 other attorneys at Bridges & Mavrakakis’, prior representation of Samsung and Samsung’s belief 10 that there was a conflict of interest. Samsung asked that both respond and become available for a 11 meet and confer by June 29, 2011. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the 12 letter sent to Bridges & Mavrakakis dated June 27, 2011. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true 13 and correct copy of the letter sent to Morrison & Foerster dated June 27, 2011. 14 3. On June 28, 2011 counsel for Samsung sent a letter to Mr. Mark Selwyn of Wilmer 15 Hale regarding Mr. Bridges, and other attorneys at Bridges & Mavrakakis’, prior representation of 16 Samsung and Samsung’s belief that there was a conflict of interest. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 17 is a true and correct copy of the letter sent to Wilmer Hale dated June 28, 2011. Samsung asked 18 that both respond and become available for a meet and confer by June 30, 2011. 19 4. On June 29, 2011, Mr. Michael Pieja responded on behalf of Bridges & 20 Mavrakakis to Samsung’s June 27, 2011 letter. In this response, Bridges & Mavrakakis denied 21 that there was any conflict of interest between Mr. Bridges past representation of Samsung and the 22 current litigation. Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of Bridges & 23 Mavrakakis’ response letter dated June 29, 2011. 24 5. On June 30, 2011, Mr. Richard Hung responded on behalf of Morrison & Foerster 25 to Samsung’s June 27, 2011 letter. Morrison & Foerster denied that any Morrison & Foerster 26 attorneys received Samsung confidential information from Bridges & Mavrakakis, nor had they 27 conveyed any confidential material to Apple. Morrison & Foerster refused to describe Morrison 28 02198.51855/4239428.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK -1DECLARATION OF AUSTIN TARANGO IN SUPPORT OF SAMSUNG’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS LLP 1 & Foerster’s working relationship with Bridges & Mavrakakis on privilege grounds. Attached 2 hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of Morrison & Foerster’s response letter dated June 3 30, 2011. 4 6. On June 30, 2011, Mr. Mark Selwyn responded on behalf of Wilmer Hale to 5 Samsung’s June 27, 2011 letter. Wilmer Hale denied that any Wilmer Hale attorneys received 6 Samsung confidential information from Bridges & Mavrakakis, nor had they conveyed any 7 confidential material to Apple. Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of Wilmer 8 Hale’s response letter dated June 30, 2011. 9 7. On July 5, counsel for Samsung conducted a telephonic meet and confer with 10 attorneys from Bridges & Mavrakakis regarding Samsung’s June 27 conflict of interest letter. 11 When notified that Samsung’s recently asserted counter-claims included an identical patent and 12 similar technology to Mr. Bridges’ previous representation of Samsung, Mr. Bridges responded 13 that Bridges & Mavrakakis had not given Apple any legal advice regarding this identical patent, 14 nor did the scope of their representation extend to technology at issue in its prior representations 15 of Samsung. Mr. Bridges declined to elaborate on the scope of his representation or withdraw as 16 counsel for Apple. 17 8. On July 6, counsel for Samsung conducted a telephonic meet and confer with 18 Morrison & Foerster and Wilmer Hale regarding Samsung’s conflict of interest letters. Both 19 Morrison & Foerster and Wilmer Hale refused to discuss the distribution of duties between each 20 respective firm and Bridges & Mavrakakis absent written assurances that there would be no 21 waiver of privilege. At that meet and confer, counsel for Samsung requested that all attorneys 22 that have worked on the Apple litigation sign sworn affidavits confirming that they had not 23 received any Samsung confidential information. Both Morrison & Foerster and Wilmer Hale 24 objected that such affidavits were unnecessary in view of their prior correspondence but stated that 25 they would think about providing such affidavits. 26 9. On July 7, 2011, counsel for Samsung again inquired about the provision of the 27 affidavits. 28 02198.51855/4239428.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK -2DECLARATION OF AUSTIN TARANGO IN SUPPORT OF SAMSUNG’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS LLP 1 10. As of the filing of this motion on July 11, neither Morrison & Foerster nor Wilmer 2 Hale have provided a response to Samsung’s request for affidavits regarding their receipt of 3 Samsung confidential information. 4 11. Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of the complaint filed by 5 Ericsson Inc., et al., in Case No. 2-06-cv-00063, Dkt. 1. 6 12. Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of Samsung’s Answer, 7 Affirmative Defenses, and Counterclaims in Case No. 2:06-cv-00063, Dkt. 13. 8 13. Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of Ericsson Inc., et al.’s, 9 Reply to Samsung’s Counterclaims and Ericsson’s Counterclaims Against Samsung in Case No. 10 2:06-cv-00063, Dkt. 19. 11 14. Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of Samsung’s Partial 12 Opposition to Ericsson’s Motion to Sever and Stay Pending Resolution of ITC Proceedings, 2:0613 cv-00063, Dkt. 28. 14 15. Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of Ericsson Inc, et al.’s, 15 Response to Samsung’s Complaint in the United States International Trade Commission, 16 Investigation No. 337-TA-577. 17 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed in 18 Redwood Shores, California on July 11, 2011. 19 20 21 22 By /s/ Austin Tarango Austin Tarango 23 24 25 26 27 28 02198.51855/4239428.1 Case No. 11-cv-01846-LHK -3DECLARATION OF AUSTIN TARANGO IN SUPPORT OF SAMSUNG’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY BRIDGES & MAVRAKAKIS LLP

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