In Re FACEBOOK INTERNET TRACKING LITIGATION

Filing 162

MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiffs Third Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint filed by Facebook Inc.. Motion Hearing set for 11/16/2017 09:00 AM in Courtroom 4, 5th Floor, San Jose before Hon. Edward J. Davila. Responses due by 10/13/2017. Replies due by 10/27/2017. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Matthew D. Brown In Support of Defendant Facebook, Inc.s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Third Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint, #2 Exhibit 1 to Brown Declaration, #3 Exhibit 2 to Brown Declaration, #4 Exhibit 3 to Brown Declaration, #5 Exhibit 4 to Brown Declaration, #6 Exhibit 5 to Brown Declaration, #7 Exhibit 6 to Brown Declaration, #8 Proposed Order)(Brown, Matthew) (Filed on 9/8/2017)

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Exhibit 5 Brown, Matthew D. From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Brown, Matthew D. Thursday, August 24, 2017 6:53 PM David Straite sgrygiel@mdattorney.com RE: Facebook Internet Tracking Litig., 5:12-md-2314-EJD-NC David,    This request is very late, coming long after the CMC before Judge Davila and just three days before your  deadline for filing an amended complaint.  Notably, you are requesting this additional Help Center page after we  informed you that most of the other Help Center pages you contended were relevant were actually dated after  the class period (or on the last day of the class period) and therefore are not relevant.  That said, we have  conducted an expedited search for Help Center pages containing the language specified in your email and will  produce what we located.  We are aiming to send them to you this evening via our SFTP site.  By producing  these documents we do not concede that they are relevant or can be used to support Plaintiffs’ amended  claims, and we reserve all rights, arguments, and defenses.      Matt        From: David Straite [mailto:dstraite@kaplanfox.com]   Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 11:34 AM  To: Brown, Matthew D. <BROWNMD@cooley.com>  Cc: sgrygiel@mdattorney.com  Subject: RE: Facebook Internet Tracking Litig., 5:12‐md‐2314‐EJD‐NC    Matt,    through independent investigation, just today we have discovered another Help Center page (we understand  from the end of 2010) with relevant language to the contract claims.  To our knowledge, your client has not  produced any documents in discovery containing this language.  If possible, could you expedite production of  historical versions of any Help Center page containing this or materially similar language:    Does Facebook have the ability to see what I’m doing on non‐Facebook sites?    Facebook cannot track your actions on external sites unless you decide to connect your Facebook account to  that site and/or explicitly decide to publish a story to your Wall. For example, if you are on Digg, and digg an  article, or comment on an article, Facebook will only be notified of the actions for which Digg wants to create a  story. Facebook will have no access to other actions you have taken or other information involving your Digg  account.    To take advantage of the ability to generate stories from another site, you must “connect” your Facebook  account to that site, or otherwise be logged into Facebook while you interact with one of these sites. You will  always be notified and given the opportunity to opt out of having any particular story published.    David A. Straite Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP 1 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel. +1.212.687.1980 Fax +1.212.687.7714   From: David Straite   Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:26 PM  To: 'Brown, Matthew D.' <BROWNMD@cooley.com>  Cc: sgrygiel@mdattorney.com  Subject: RE: Facebook Internet Tracking Litig., 5:12‐md‐2314‐EJD‐NC    Thanks Matt, we appreciate the reminder regarding the April 2016 supplemental production.  As you note,  several of the produced pages post‐date the class period proposed in the SAC, and (perhaps inartfully), that was  the point of our inquiry.  We need to confirm whether older historical versions of Help Center pages might exist  other than the ones already produced.  In particular, if they exist, we need production of any Help Center pages  that contain the language from the first sentence of the first paragraph in Exhibit A to my letter of August  14th.  Can you confirm whether or not that language (or language materially similar) appeared in the Help  Center prior to September 27, 2011?    As for the language in Exhibit D to my letter, we accept your representation that "based on Facebook’s  investigation to date, no page containing the specified language was ever part of the Help Center, nor  was that language contained on any page that linked to the Help Center" and will wait until after the  complaint to explore further.  Thanks.    David A. Straite Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP 850 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel. +1.212.687.1980 Fax +1.212.687.7714   From: Brown, Matthew D. [mailto:BROWNMD@cooley.com]   Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 2:54 PM  To: David Straite <dstraite@kaplanfox.com>  Cc: Lillian Rodriguez <LRodriguez@kaplanfox.com>; sgrygiel@mdattorney.com  Subject: RE: Facebook Internet Tracking Litig., 5:12‐md‐2314‐EJD‐NC    David,    This is in response to your letter of August 14th, attached to the email below.    At  the  Case  Management  Conference  on  July  28th,  Plaintiffs  requested,  and  Facebook  agreed  to produce, historical versions of Help Center pages in Facebook’s possession that existed during the class  period that Plaintiffs contend they need to prepare their third amended complaint.  Upon review of the  exhibits attached to your letter, we were surprised to discover that the Help Center pages you are asking for  have  been  in  your  possession  for  well  over  a  year.   In  April  2016,  Facebook  produced  historical versions of a set of Help Center pages, including those you identified in your August 14 letter.  For your  convenience, we have identified the Bates numbers of pages containing material portions of the text from the exhibits to your letter as they appeared in that production:  2 Exhibit A: FB_MDL_00064918  Exhibit B: FB_MDL_00064919, FB_MDL_00064920, FB_MDL_00064921   Exhibit C: FB_MDL_00064912, FB_MDL_00064914, FB_MDL_00064915  Note  that  most  of  these  documents  bear  dates  indicating  that  they  did  not  appear  during  the  class period.  For example, FB_MDL_00064918 (Exhibit A) bears the date 2011‐09‐27, the day after the class  period  ended.   Similarly,  FB_MDL_00064919,  FB_MDL_00064920,  and  FB_MDL_00064921  (Exhibit  B) and FB_MDL_00064915 (Exhibit C) bear dates after the end of the class period.  Any such Help Center  pages that are so dated have no relevance to the two claims remaining in this case (among the other reasons we contend they have no relevance).   With respect to Exhibit D, based on Facebook’s investigation to date, no page containing the specified  language was ever part of the Help Center, nor was that language contained on any page that linked to  the Help Center.  Accordingly, it is beyond the scope of the parties’ production agreement.    Sincerely,  Matt      Matthew D. Brown   Partner  Cooley LLP   101 California Street, 5th Floor   San Francisco, CA  94111‐5800    Direct: 415‐693‐2188   Fax: 415‐693‐2222   Email: brownmd@cooley.com   Bio: http://www.cooley.com/brownmd        From: Lillian Rodriguez [mailto:LRodriguez@kaplanfox.com]   Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 12:40 PM  To: Brown, Matthew D. <BROWNMD@cooley.com>  Cc: David Straite <dstraite@kaplanfox.com>; sgrygiel@mdattorney.com  Subject: Facebook Internet Tracking Litig., 5:12‐md‐2314‐EJD‐NC    Dear Counsel,     Please see the attached letter from David Straite.    Regards,    Lillian Rodriguez  Paralegal   Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP  850 Third Avenue, 14th floor  New York, NY 10022  3 Tel:  +1.212.687.1980  Fax: +1.212.687.7714        This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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