Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd. et al v. Bank of America, N.A., et al

Filing 79

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION

MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD /BANDSTRA

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS HOLDINGS, LLC
AND FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS PROPERTIES I, LLC’S MOTION TO QUASH
DEFENDANTS’ SUBPOENAS DATED MAY 4, 2010
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC and
Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC (collectively, “The FBR Entities”), by and through
their undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, hereby serve their Motion
to Quash Defendants, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC’s Subpoenas, dated May
4, 2010 (the “Subpoenas”), and would state:
1.

On May 4, 2010, Defendants served each of The FBR Entities with the

Subpoenas. The Subpoenas each contain fifty-one categories of documents which the
Defendants seek to obtain from The FBR Entities. These extremely broad Subpoenas
generally seek the production of a wide variety of documents which relate to the
Fontainebleau project in Las Vegas. For example, request no. 9 seeks “[a]ll [d]ocuments
[c]oncerning [c]ommunications between Fontainebleau Resorts and Fontainebleau, its
shareholders, management, members, financial advisors, board of directors, auditors or

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accounts [c]oncerning the Project.”
2.

Responding to just this one, overbroad request would cause an undue

burden or expense to The FBR Entities as it asks for every communication between The
FBR Entities and Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas II, LLC,
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings, LLC, Fontainebleau Las Vegas Retail, LLC and/or
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Capital Corporation (the “Debtors”) and each of their
predecessors, successors, affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, parents, members, officers,
representatives, agents and/or employees, including without limitation, their attorneys,
investment bankers and advisers acting or purporting to act on its or their behalf regarding
a multibillion dollar development which was years in the making – literally and figuratively.
3.

Responding to the Subpoenas would further cause an undue burden on The

FBR Entities because of the recent conversion of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas Bankruptcy
action from Chapter 11 to Chapter 71. The Trustee has recently taken possession of the
computer servers which are owned by Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (one of The FBR
Entities) but which contain documents belonging to various Fontainebleau and Turnberry
Construction entities, including the Debtors. As such, The FBR Entities do not have
possession of or control over those computer servers which, upon in formation and belief,
contain the vast majority of the documents sought in the Subpoenas.
4.

Undersigned counsel and counsel for the other Fontainebleau-related

1

Undersigned counsel is referring to the matter titled In re: Fontainebleau Las
Vegas Holdings, LLC, et al. presently pending before Judge Cristol in the United States
Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Florida (Case No. 09-21481-AJC).
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entities have been in contact with the Trustee and the Trustee’s counsel, Russel Blain, in
attempts to coordinate the removal of each entity’s information from the servers. In
connection therewith, the Trustee has decided that each entity will receive a full copy of
each of the servers. Each entity will then have to review all of the documents on the
servers to determine which documents belong to them, which documents belong to
multiple entities, which documents are privileged and which documents are responsive to
any outstanding discovery requests or subpoenas, as here. Deciding which documents
belong to which entities will be a time-consuming undertaking due to the number of
documents as well as anticipated disputes over ownership of the documents.
5.

After this sorting process is complete, if any of the entities with information

on the servers wish to produce documents in response to discovery requests or
subpoenas, they will have to provide each entity which received a copy of the servers with
an opportunity to examine what is being produced in order to confirm that documents
belonging to the non-producing entity are not being produced.
6.

Due to the number of parties involved and despite the best efforts of

undersigned counsel, the servers have not even been copied yet. Thus, it is unknown how
many documents are on the servers or how long it will take to complete the above
described process.
7.

In addition to the overbreadth of the documents requested and the

production problems raised by the recent conversion to Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy action,
the subpoenas are also objectionable in that Defendants ask The FBR Entities produce the
documents for inspection and copying at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in
3

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New York, New York. The FBR Entities are based in South Florida where this action is
pending. Due to the number of documents sought, it would be overly burdensome to
produce the documents in New York. The FBR Entities have not been requested, and no
not agree, to produce documents in New York or in any other foreign location purely for the
convenience of Defendants’ attorney.
8.

With respect to non-party discovery, Florida law states that the court must
“weigh factors such as relevance, the need of the party for the
documents, the brea[d]th of the document request, the time
period covered by the document requests and the particularity
with which the documents are described against the burden
imposed on a person ordered to produce the desired
information. Courts must also consider the status of a witness
as a non-party when determining the degree of the burden; the
status of a person as a non-party is a factor often weighing
against disclosure.”

United Technologies Corp. v. Mazer, WL788877, S.D. Fla. Mach 14, 2007. The FBR
Entities are not parties to this litigation. The breadth of the subpoenas themselves – at fiftyone items, each– and the breadth of each of the items requested2 also weighs against
disclosure. These factors, combined with the Trustee’s plan for the servers which, upon
information and belief, contain the vast majority of the documents requested, demonstrate
that The FBR Entities would be subjected to an enormous burden should the subpoenas
not be quashed.
9.

In accordance with S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.1A.3(a), counsel for FBR has conferred

2

For example, item no. 26 asks for “[a]ll [d]ocuments [c]oncerning [y]our
[c]ommunications with Fontainebleau relating to this [a]ction” and “[a]ll [d]ocuments
[c]oncerning [c]ommunications with, to or from Turnberry West, or any general contractor
concerning the Project.”
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with counsel for Defendants in an effort to resolve by agreement the issues raised in this
Motion prior to filing same but counsel were unable to resolve same.
WHEREFORE, Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts
Holdings, LLC and Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC, respectfully request this
Honorable Court enter an Order quashing the Subpoena dated May 4, 2010 consistent
herewith.

WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 202
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By:

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/s Sarah J. Springer
Glenn J. Waldman
Florida Bar No. 374113
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on July 6, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing
document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing
document is being served this day on the attached service list through transmission of
Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF.
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 200
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By:

/s Sarah J. Springer
Glenn J. Waldman
Florida Bar No. 370113
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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SERVICE LIST
ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Canton, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of America, N.A.
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation

Craig V. Rasile, Esq.
Kevin Michael Eckhardt, Esq.
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of America, N.A.

Craig V. Rasile, Esq.
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deustche Bank Trust Company Americans
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
Bank of Scotland PLC

David J. Woll, Esq.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

John Blair Hutton III, Esq.
Mark D. Bloom, Esq.
GREENBERG TAURIG
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

Sarah A. Harmon, Esq.
BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89148
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

David J. Woll, Esq.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Frederick D. Hyman, Esq.
Jason I. Kirschner, Esq.
Jean-Marie L. Atamian, Esq.
MAYER BROWN LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-5820
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Robert Gerald Fracasso, Jr.
SHUTTS & BOWEN
201 S Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 1500 Miami Center
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Aaron Rubinstein, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
Steven C. Chin, Esq.
Philip A. Geraci, Esq.
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-3598
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

Aruthur Halsey Rice, Esq.
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON & SCHILLER
101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

Gregory S. Grossman, Esq.
ASTIGARRAGA DAVIS MULLINS &
GROSSMAN
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor
Miami, FL 33131-2847
Tel: [phone]/ Fax: [phone]

MG Financial Bank, N.A.

Laury M. Macauley, Esq.
LEWIS & ROCA LLP
50 W. Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Peter J. Roberts, Esq.
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN FLANTZ
WOLFSON & TOWBIN LLC
321 N Clark Street, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 606554
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Anthony L. Paccione, Esq.
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSEMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-2585
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland PLC

Arthur S. Linker, Esq.
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSEMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-2585
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of Scotland PLC

Bruce Judson Berman, Esq.
McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
201 S Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131-4336
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq.
Michasel R. Huttonlocher, Esq.
McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10173-1922
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

Nicholas J. Santoro, Esq.
SANTORO, DRIGGS, WALCH, KEARNEY,
HOLLEY & THOMPSON
400 S. Fourth Street, 3rd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

David M. Friedman, Esq.
Jed I. Bergman, Esq.
Seth A. Moskowitz, Esq.
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6799
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC

Jeffrey I. Snyder, Esq.
Scott L. Baena, Esq.
BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE &
AXELROD
200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131-2336
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC

Harold Defore Moorefield, Jr., Esq.
STERNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON
Museum Tower, Suite 2200
150 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

Bank of Scotland PLC

Kenneth E. Noble, Esq.
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSEMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-2585
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of Scotland PLC

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

Mark D. Bloom, Esq.
GREENBERG TAURIG
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of Scotland PLC

Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Bank of Scotland PLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-23835-CIVGOLD/BANDSTRA.

/

JOINT MOTION TO ADD PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION
Plaintiffs and Defendants submit this Joint Motion to add as plaintiffs to this action Sola
Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P., and in support
thereof, state as follows.
WHEREAS, Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. wish to join in the claims asserted by the Plaintiffs in the Second Amended Complaint
[D.E. 15] filed on January 15, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Defendants, while not conceding or admitting in any way that the claims of
Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P. or any of
the other Plaintiffs are meritorious, nonetheless agree to the addition of Sola Ltd, Solus Core
Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P. as plaintiffs to this action
pursuant to the following terms.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby respectfully request that this Court approve the
following terms agreed to by the parties in this action:
1.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund,

L.P. will be added to this action without the need of filing a separate complaint.

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2.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund,

L.P. shall be bound by all existing case deadlines.
3.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund,

L.P. shall be bound by Amended MDL Order Number Eighteen Granting in Part and Denying in
Part Motions to Dismiss [D.E. 108].
4.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund,

L.P. shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
and written responses to all outstanding discovery requests within 14 days of entry of an order
adding them to this action.
Respectfully submitted,
By:

/s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss

By:

/s/ Craig V. Rasile

DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
David A. Rothstein
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
Lorenz Michel Prüss
Fla Bar No.: 581305
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, Florida 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
Craig V. Rasile
Kevin M. Eckhardt
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

-and-

-and-

HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Bradley J. Butwin (pro hac vice)
Jonathan Rosenberg (pro hac vice)
Daniel L. Cantor (pro hac vice)
William J. Sushon (pro hac vice)
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et. al.

Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on July 10 2010, a copy of the foregoing JOINT
MOTION TO ADD PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION was filed with the Clerk of the Court
using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel
of record or pro se parties identified on the attached Service List in the manner specified either
via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other
authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronically
the Notice of Electronic Filing.

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
Lorenz Michel Prüss

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys:

Representing:

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
Bank of America, N.A.
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation

Craig V. Rasile,Esq.
Kevin Michael Eckhardt, Esq.
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
1111 Brickell Avenue
Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
Bank of America, N.A.
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation

Craig V. Rasile, Esq.
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
1111 Brickell Avenue
Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deustche Bank Trust Company Americas
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
Bank of Scotland PLC

David J. Woll, Esq.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
Steven S. Fitzgerald
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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Attorneys:

Representing:

John Blair Hutton III, Esq,
Mark D. Bloom, Esq.
GREENBERG TAURIG
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company America
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Sarah A. Harmon, Esq.
BAILEY KENNEDY
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89148
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Frederick D. Hyman, Esq.
Jason I. Kirschner, Esq.
Jean-Marie L. Atamian, Esq.
MAYER BROWN LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-5820
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Robert Gerald Fracasso, Jr.
SHUTTS & BOWEN
201 S Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 1500 Miami Center
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Phillip A. Geraci, Esq.
Steven C. Chin, Esq.
Aaron Rubinsten
W. Stewart Wallace
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022-3598
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

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Attorneys:

Representing:

Arthur Halsey Rice, Esq.
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON & SCHILLER
101 NE 3 Avenue
Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

Gregory S. Grossman, Esq.
ASTIGARRAGA DAVIS MULLINS &
GROSSMAN
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor
Miami, FL 33131-2847
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Laury M. Macauley, Esq.
LEWIS & ROCA LLP
50 W Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Peter J. Roberts, Esq.
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN FLANTZ
WOLFSON & TOWBIN LLC
321 N Clark Street, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
MB Financial Bank, N.A.
HSH Nordbank AG

Anthony L. Paccione, Esq.
Arthur S. Linker, Esq.
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-2585
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendants
Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland PLC

Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq.
Michael R. Huttenlocher, Esq.
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10173
Tele: [phone]

Defendant
Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

Nicholas J. Santoro
SANTORO DRIGGS WALCH KEARNEY
JOHNSON & THOMPSON

Defendant
Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

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Attorneys:
400 S 4th Street
Third Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel:
[phone]
Fax:
[phone]

Representing:

Bruce Judson Berman
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: : [phone]

Defendant
Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

David M. Friedman, Esq.
Jed I. Bergman, Esq.
Seth A. Moskowitz
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES &
FRIEDMAN
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6799
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Plaintiff
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC

Jeffrey I. Snyder, Esq.
Scott L. Baena, Esq.
BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE
& AXELROD
200 S Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131-2336
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Plaintiff
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC

Harold Defore Moorefield Jr., Esq.
STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON
Museum Tower
150 W Flagler Street, Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33130
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Defendant
Bank of Scotland PLC

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Attorneys:

Representing:

David Parker, Esq.
Marc R. Rosen, Esq.
KLEINBERG, KAPLAN, WOLFF & COHEN
551 Fifth Avenue
18th Floor
New York, NY 10176
Tele: [phone]

Plaintiffs
ACP Master, Ltd.
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

James B. Heaton, Esq.
John D. Byars, Esq.
Steven James Nachtwey, Esq.
Vincent S. J. Buccola, Esq.
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR &
SCOTT
54 West Hubbard St.
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Tele: [phone]

Plaintiffs
ACP Master, Ltd.
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

Brett Michael Amron
Bast Amron LLP
150 West Flagler Street
Penthouse 2850
Miami, FL 33130
Tele: [phone]

Plaintiffs
ACP Master, Ltd.
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-23835-CIVGOLD/BANDSTRA.

/

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO ADD ADDITIONAL
PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Joint Motion to Add Additional Plaintiffs to the
Action submitted by Plaintiffs and Defendants. For the reasons set forth in the Motion, it is
hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that
1.

The Motion is GRANTED.

2.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P.
are hereby added as plaintiffs to this action and join in the claims asserted by the
Plaintiffs in the Second Amended Complaint [D.E. 15] filed January 15, 2010 without
the need of filing a separate complaint.

3.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P.
shall be bound by all existing case deadlines.

4.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P.
shall be bound by Amended MDL Order Number Eighteen Granting in Part and
Denying in Part Motions to Dismiss [D.E. 108].

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5.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P.
shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, and written responses to all outstanding discovery requests within
14 days of entry of this Order.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this __ day of July, 2010.

_______________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

cc:

Magistrate Judge Bandstra
All Counsel of Record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-23835-CIVGOLD/BANDSTRA.

/

AMENDED JOINT MOTION TO ADD PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION
Plaintiffs and Defendants submit this Amended Joint Motion, which supersedes the prior
motion filed on July 10, 2010,1 to add as plaintiffs to this action Sola Ltd, Solus Core
Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P., and in support thereof,
state as follows.
WHEREAS, Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude
Master Fund, L.P. wish to join in the claims asserted by the Plaintiffs in the Second Amended
Complaint [D.E. 15] filed on January 15, 2010; and
WHEREAS, Defendants, while not conceding or admitting in any way that the claims of
Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P. or
any of the other Plaintiffs are meritorious, nonetheless agree to the addition of Sola Ltd, Solus
Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master Fund, L.P. as plaintiffs to this
action pursuant to the following terms.

1 The parties submit this Amended Joint Motion to correct an inadvertent error in identifying the name of one new
plaintiff. [D.E. 95]. Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd was incorrectly listed as Solus Core Opportunities
Fund Ltd.

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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby respectfully request that this Court approve the
following terms agreed to by the parties in this action:
1.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master

Fund, L.P. will be added to this action without the need of filing a separate complaint.
2.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master

Fund, L.P. shall be bound by all existing case deadlines.
3.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master

Fund, L.P. shall be bound by Amended MDL Order Number Eighteen Granting in Part and
Denying in Part Motions to Dismiss [D.E. 108].
4.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master

Fund, L.P. shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, and written responses to all outstanding discovery requests within 14 days of entry of
an order adding them to this action.
Respectfully submitted,
Dated: July 14, 2010
By:

/s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss

By:

/s/ Craig V. Rasile

DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
David A. Rothstein
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
Lorenz Michel Prüss
Fla Bar No.: 581305
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, Florida 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
Craig V. Rasile
Kevin M. Eckhardt
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et. al.

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Bradley J. Butwin (pro hac vice)
Jonathan Rosenberg (pro hac vice)
Daniel L. Cantor (pro hac vice)
William J. Sushon (pro hac vice)
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on July 14, 2010, a copy of the foregoing
AMENDED JOINT MOTION TO ADD PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION was filed with
the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served
this day on all counsel of record or pro se parties identified on the attached Service List in the
manner specified either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF
or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive
electronically the Notice of Electronic Filing.

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
Lorenz Michel Prüss

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys: 

Representing: 

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq. 
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq. 
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq. 
William J. Sushon, Esq. 
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 
Times Square Tower 
7 Times Square 
New York, NY 10036 
Tele:  (212) 326‐2000 
Fax:  (212) 326‐2061 

Defendants 
Bank of America, N.A. 
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation 

Craig V. Rasile,Esq. 
Kevin Michael Eckhardt, Esq. 
HUNTON & WILLIAMS 
1111 Brickell Avenue 
Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 810‐2500 
Fax:  (305) 810‐2460 

Defendants 
Bank of America, N.A. 
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation 

Craig V. Rasile, Esq. 
HUNTON & WILLIAMS 
1111 Brickell Avenue 
Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 810‐2579 
Fax:  (305) 810‐2460 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deustche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 
Bank of Scotland PLC 

David J. Woll, Esq. 
Justin S. Stern, Esq. 
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq. 
Thomas C. Rice, Esq. 
Steven S. Fitzgerald 
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 
425 Lexington Avenue 
New York, NY 10017‐3954 
Tele:  (212) 455‐3040 
Fax:  (212) 455‐2502 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

John Blair Hutton III, Esq, 
Mark D. Bloom, Esq. 
GREENBERG TAURIG 
1221 Brickell Avenue 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 579‐0788 
Fax:  (305) 579‐0717 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company America 
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

Sarah A. Harmon, Esq. 
BAILEY KENNEDY 
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue 
Las Vegas, NV 89148 
Tele:  (702) 562‐8820 
Fax:  (702) 562‐8821 

Defendant  
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

Frederick D. Hyman, Esq. 
Jason I. Kirschner, Esq. 
Jean‐Marie L. Atamian, Esq. 
MAYER BROWN LLP 
1675 Broadway 
New York, NY 10019‐5820 
Tele:  (212) 506‐2500 
Fax:  (212) 261‐1910 

Defendant  
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 

Robert Gerald Fracasso, Jr. 
SHUTTS & BOWEN 
201 S Biscayne Boulevard 
Suite 1500 Miami Center 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 358‐6300 
Fax:  (305) 381‐9982 

Defendant  
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 

Phillip A. Geraci, Esq. 
Steven C. Chin, Esq. 
Aaron Rubinsten 
W. Stewart Wallace 
KAYE SCHOLER LLP 
425 Park Avenue 
New York, NY 10022‐3598 
Tele:  (212) 836‐8000 
Fax:  (212) 836‐8689 

Defendant  
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

Arthur Halsey Rice, Esq. 
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON & SCHILLER 
101 NE 3 Avenue 
Suite 1800 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 
Tele:  (305) 379‐3121 
Fax:  (305) 379‐4119 

Defendant  
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 

Gregory S. Grossman, Esq. 
ASTIGARRAGA DAVIS MULLINS & GROSSMAN
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor 
Miami, FL 33131‐2847 
Tele:  (305) 372‐8282 
Fax:  (305) 372‐8202 

Defendant  
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 

Laury M. Macauley, Esq. 
LEWIS & ROCA LLP 
50 W Liberty Street 
Reno, NV 89501 
Tele:  (775) 823‐2900 
Fax:  (775) 321‐5572 

Defendant  
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 

Peter J. Roberts, Esq. 
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN FLANTZ WOLFSON & 
TOWBIN LLC 
321 N Clark Street, Suite 800 
Chicago, IL 60654 
Tele:  (312) 276‐1322 
Fax:  (312) 275‐0568 

Defendants 
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 
HSH Nordbank AG 

Anthony L. Paccione, Esq. 
Arthur S. Linker, Esq. 
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 
575 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY 10022‐2585 
Tele:  (212) 940‐8800 
Fax:  (212) 940‐8776 

Defendants  
Bank of Scotland 
Bank of Scotland PLC 

Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq. 
Michael R. Huttenlocher, Esq. 
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 
340 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY  10173 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

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Attorneys: 
Tele:  (212) 547‐5400 

Representing: 

Nicholas J. Santoro 
SANTORO DRIGGS WALCH KEARNEY 
JOHNSON & THOMPSON 
400 S 4th Street 
Third Floor 
Las Vegas, NV  89101 
Tel:    (702) 791‐0308 
Fax:    (702) 791‐1912 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

Bruce Judson Berman 
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 
201 S. Biscayne Blvd. 
Suite 2200 
Miami, FL  33131 
Tele:  (305) 358‐3500 
Fax: :  (305) 347‐6500 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

David M. Friedman, Esq. 
Jed I. Bergman, Esq. 
Seth A. Moskowitz 
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN 
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor 
New York, NY 10019‐6799 
Tele:  (212) 506‐1700 
Fax:  (212) 506‐1800 

Plaintiff  
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC 

Jeffrey I. Snyder, Esq. 
Scott L. Baena, Esq. 
BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE  
  & AXELROD 
200 S Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131‐2336 
Tele:  (305) 375‐6148 
Fax:  (305) 351‐2241 

Plaintiff  
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC 

Harold Defore Moorefield Jr., Esq. 
STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER 
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 
Museum Tower 
150 W Flagler Street, Suite 2200 
Miami, FL 33130 
Tele:  (305) 789‐3467 

Defendant  
Bank of Scotland PLC 

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Attorneys: 
Fax:  (305) 789‐3395 

Representing: 

David Parker, Esq. 
Marc R. Rosen, Esq. 
KLEINBERG, KAPLAN, WOLFF & COHEN 
551 Fifth Avenue 
18th Floor 
New York, NY  10176 
Tele:   (212) 986‐6000 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

James B. Heaton, Esq. 
John D. Byars, Esq. 
Steven James Nachtwey, Esq. 
Vincent S. J. Buccola, Esq. 
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT
54 West Hubbard St. 
Suite 300 
Chicago, IL   60654 
Tele:   (312) 494‐4400 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

Brett Michael Amron 
Bast Amron LLP 
150 West Flagler Street 
Penthouse 2850 
Miami, FL 33130 
Tele:   (305) 379‐7905 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-23835-CIVGOLD/BANDSTRA.

/

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AMENDED JOINT MOTION TO ADD
ADDITIONAL PLAINTIFFS TO THE ACTION
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Amended Joint Motion to Add Additional
Plaintiffs to the Action submitted by Plaintiffs and Defendants. For the reasons set forth in the
Motion, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that
1.

The Motion is GRANTED.

2.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. are hereby added as plaintiffs to this action and join in the claims asserted
by the Plaintiffs in the Second Amended Complaint [D.E. 15] filed January 15, 2010
without the need of filing a separate complaint.

3.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall be bound by all existing case deadlines.

4.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall be bound by Amended MDL Order Number Eighteen Granting in
Part and Denying in Part Motions to Dismiss [D.E. 108].

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5.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and written responses to all outstanding discovery
requests within 14 days of entry of this Order.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this __ day of July, 2010.

_______________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

cc:

Magistrate Judge Bandstra
All Counsel of Record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
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MDL ORDER NUMBER 231; GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION
OF TIME TO COMPLETE DISCOVERY [DE 97]; SETTING TELEPHONE STATUS
CONFERENCE ON CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE’S DISCOVERY MOTION [DE 96]
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon a Joint Motion for Extension of Time [DE
97] and the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Motion to be Excused from Complying with this Court’s
Second Amended Scheduling Order [DE 96]. Having considered the motions, the
record, and being otherwise duly advised, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED
that:
1.

The Joint Motion [DE 97] is GRANTED.
a.

The date for completing document production in response to Initial
Requests for Production in Case Nos.: 09-CV-23835 and 10-CV-20236 is
hereby EXTENDED from July 12, 2010 until Monday, August 16, 2010.

b.

The parties shall commence rolling document production in response to
Initial Requests for Production on July 12, 2010 in accordance with the
following schedule:
i.

By July 19, 2010, Bank of America ("BANA") shall substantially
complete production of documents from seven custodians and

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Although not labeled as such, MDL Order Numbers 21 and 22 appear at
Docket Entries 91 and 94, respectively.

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Plaintiffs shall substantially complete document production for
sixteen percent of their custodians.
ii.

By July 26, 2010, BANA shall substantially complete production of
documents from seven custodians, and Plaintiffs shall substantially
complete document production for seventeen percent of their
custodians.

iii.

By August 2, 2010, BANA shall substantially complete production
of documents from nine custodians and Plaintiffs shall substantially
complete document production for seventeen percent of their
custodians.

iv.

By August 9, 2010, BANA shall substantially complete production
of documents from nine custodians and Plaintiffs shall substantially
complete document production for seventeen percent of their
custodians.

v.

By August 16, 2010, the parties shall substantially complete their
entire document productions in response to the Initial Requests for
Production.

2.

A telephonic status conference on the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Discovery Motion [DE
96] is HEREBY SET before the Honorable Alan S. Gold, at the United States
District Court, Courtroom 11-1, Eleventh Floor, 400 North Miami Avenue, Miami,
Florida, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. All parties shall call 1888.684.8852 five minutes before the scheduled start time. Refer to access
code 8321924 and security code 5050. Please be prompt.
a.

Any party opposing the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Discovery Motion [DE 96]

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shall have until Monday July 19, 2010 at 12:00 noon. to respond.
Failure to respond will be construed as a waiver of any objections to the
relief requested. No replies will be permitted.
DONE and ORDERED IN CHAMBERS at Miami, Florida this 15th day of July,
2010.
______________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc: Magistrate Judge Bandstra
Counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-23835-CIVGOLD/BANDSTRA.

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ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED AMENDED JOINT MOTION TO ADD PLAINTIFFS
[DE 99] ; DIRECTING CLERK TO CORRECT DOCKETS
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Amended Joint Motion to Add Additional
Plaintiffs to the Action submitted by Plaintiffs and Defendants. For the reasons set forth in the
Motion, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that
1.

The Motion [DE 99] is GRANTED.

2.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. are hereby added as plaintiffs to this action and join in the claims asserted
by the Plaintiffs in the Second Amended Complaint [D.E. 15] filed January 15, 2010
without the need of filing a separate complaint.

3.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall be bound by all existing case deadlines.

4.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall be bound by Amended MDL Order Number Eighteen Granting in
Part and Denying in Part Motions to Dismiss [D.E. 108].

5.

Sola Ltd, Solus Core Opportunities Master Fund Ltd and Caspian Solitude Master
Fund, L.P. shall file Corporate Disclosure Statements pursuant to Rule 7.1 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a)(1) of the

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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and written responses to all outstanding discovery
requests within 14 days of entry of this Order.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 15th day of July, 2010.
_______________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc:

Magistrate Judge Bandstra
All Counsel of Record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MASTER CASE NO. 09-2106-MD-GOLD/BANDSTRA
In re:
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to Case Number:
09-CV-21879-ASG
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OPPOSITION OF CERTAIN REVOLVING LENDERS TO THE CHAPTER 7
TRUSTEE’S MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF DISCOVERY DEADLINES
Defendants Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
Bank of Scotland plc, HSH Nordbank AG, and MB Financial Bank, N.A. (collectively the
“Revolving Lender Defendants”) by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby submit this
memorandum in opposition to the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Motion for Brief Excusal of Compliance
with Second Amended Order Resetting Certain Pretrial Deadlines, Referring Discovery Motions,
Directing Parties To Mediation [DKT #96] (the “Motion for Excusal”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Trustee’s Motion for Excusal was filed late in the evening on the Court-ordered due
date for document production, after tens of thousands of documents had already been produced
by Defendants. The motion asks the Court to excuse Plaintiff Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC
(“Fontainebleau”) from complying with the Court’s Scheduling Order and to extend for an
unspecified period of time Plaintiff’s time in which to produce documents. The stated grounds
for this belated request are purported difficulties flowing from the fact that Fontainebleau is in

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liquidation and has requested and obtained the appointment of a Chapter 7 Trustee. This Court,
however, has already admonished Fontainebleau that the appointment of a Chapter 7 Trustee
would not relieve it of its obligation to obey Court orders or provide discovery. During an April
16, 2010 teleconference, Fontainebleau argued that it should not be required to negotiate search
terms with the other parties or otherwise participate in the discovery process until the Trustee
had been appointed. The Court categorically rejected this position and ordered that “[a]ll parties,
including Fontainebleau, shall negotiate search terms . . . which search terms will be binding on
any Chapter 7 Trustee(s) that may be appointed by the Bankruptcy Court.” Exhibit 1 (the
“Search Term Order”).
Nonetheless, Fontainebleau once again raises the previously-rejected contention that it is
entitled to special treatment because it is in liquidation and under the control of a Trustee. The
Motion for Excusal does not merely ask for additional time to complete the production of
documents, to which Defendants would have gladly agreed. In addition to refusing to produce a
single document by the Court-ordered deadline, Plaintiff states that it does not intend to search
for, review and produce documents in the format requested by the Revolving Lender Defendants
because “conventional compliance” with the Revolving Lender Defendants’ discovery requests
would be too expensive. This position is completely unjustified. Fontainebleau filed this action
and, if it plans to prosecute it, it should abide by the Court’s orders and fully participate in the
discovery process—including conducting the same searches for and review of responsive
documents that Defendants have had to undertake—and produce all responsive documents
without further delay.

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BACKGROUND
From the outset of this case, Plaintiff has pursued a strategy of trying to prosecute claims
seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages without providing any discovery to
Defendants. Plaintiff sought and obtained expedited treatment of its Motion for Partial Summary
Judgment, filed the day after this lawsuit was commenced. As a result, Defendants were
required to respond to that motion without the benefit of any discovery. Following removal of
this case from the Bankruptcy Court, this Court denied that motion in an August 26, 2010
Decision, holding that, inter alia, Defendants had “plainly demonstrate[d],” even without the
benefit of discovery, genuine issues of fact as to whether Fontainebleau had defaulted under the
Credit Agreement on which it bases its claims. Following this ruling, Plaintiff on at least three
occasions sought to stay or otherwise limit its discovery obligations, so that it would not have to
produce documents further evidencing Fontainebleau’s material breach of the Credit
Agreement.1
The Court rejected these stay requests and on January 8, 2010, issued MDL Order
Number 3 (the “Scheduling Order”) which, inter alia, established May 13, 2010 as the date for
substantial completion of document productions in response to initial requests for production.
Fontainebleau then employed another discovery-avoidance maneuver. In a letter to counsel
dated March 25, 2010, Fontainebleau suggested that the Scheduling Order’s discovery deadlines
be extended by sixty days because it intended to convert the underlying Chapter 11 bankruptcy
1

On September 11, 2009, Fontainebleau asked the Court to include language in the
Court’s scheduling order allowing Fontainebleau to modify the schedule if it “failed to
secure sufficient financing to defray” the costs of discovery. The Court declined to do so.
In its motion for certification of interlocutory appeal filed on October 30, 2009,
Fontainebleau asked for a stay of discovery. Then, during a scheduling conference on
December 4, 2009, Fontainebleau asked for a stay once more. After submission of a joint
statement, the Court denied Fontainebleau’s requests for a stay of discovery.

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cases to cases under Chapter 7 and have a Chapter 7 trustee appointed. Fontainebleau stated that
it was “waiting for instructions from the trustee regarding the timing and manner of document
productions in these cases.” See Exhibit 2. Subsequently, in early April 2010, Fontainebleau
announced that it would not participate in discovery until a trustee was appointed and directed
them to do so. In response, Defendants asked the Court to order Fontainebleau to participate in
discovery, notwithstanding the pendency of its conversion motion. See Exhibit 3 at 3. All
parties also asked for an extension of the May 13, 2010 production date to July 12, 2010. Id. at
3-5.
On April 12, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court issued a conditional order converting
Fontainebleau’s cases to Chapter 7 proceedings and providing for the appointment of a Chapter 7
trustee after a seven-day notice period. During a teleconference with the parties on April 16,
2010, the Court made it clear that Fontainebleau was obligated to participate in discovery in
good faith and comply with the Court’s orders regarding discovery. The Court stated that the
Chapter 7 trustee was also obligated to comply with the Court’s orders and participate in
discovery. On April 19, 2010, the Court issued the Search Term Order providing that “[a]ll
parties, including Fontainebleau, shall negotiate search terms . . . which search terms will be
binding on any Chapter 7 Trustee(s) that may be appointed by the Bankruptcy Court.” Exhibit 1
(emphasis added). 2 On April 20, 2010 Soneet R. Kapila was appointed Chapter 7 trustee for
Fontainebleau (the “Trustee”).
Prior to July 12, the Trustee did not seek relief from the Court’s orders regarding
discovery or otherwise petition the Court to relieve Fontainebleau of its discovery obligations.
Neither Fontainebleau nor the Trustee produced a single document on July 12 as required under
2

On May 24, 2010, the Court issued MDL Order Number 16 [DKT # 76] extending the
date for production until July 12, 2010. Exhibit 4.
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the Scheduling Order, making virtually no effort to comply with the Court’s Search Term Order
or the Scheduling Order or to participate in the discovery process.3 Counsel for certain
Revolving Lender Defendants had several discussions with counsel for Fontainebleau and the
Trustee prior to the July 12 deadline, but Fontainebleau refused to agree that it would search for
and produce relevant documents.
On June 29, 2010, Counsel for the Revolving Lender Defendants contacted
Fontainebleau and asked that Fontainebleau (i) commit to undertake a rolling production to all
parties in this MDL consistent with proposals that have been made during meet and confer
teleconferences between the Revolving Lender Defendants and the Term Lender Plaintiffs; or (ii)
grant the Revolving Lender Defendants an extension of time to produce documents irrespective
of whether other parties in the MDL were willing to grant Fontainebleau an extension. Counsel
for Fontainebleau indicated that he would need to confer with others as to the possibility of a
rolling production, but felt confident that Fontainebleau was not interested in granting the
Revolving Lender Defendants an extension unless Fontainebleau could be assured that all the
parties to the MDL would grant Fontainebleau an extension.
On July 8, 2010, counsel for Fontainebleau and the Trustee advised the Revolving Lender
Defendants that Fontainebleau would not agree to undertake a rolling production consistent with
what all other parties in the MDL had agreed to do. In fact, Fontainebleau made it clear that it
3

In light of this Court’s Amended MDL Order Number 18 dismissing certain claims
previously asserted in this MDL and consequently narrowing the scope of discovery, the
parties to this MDL, except Fontainebleau, engaged in a productive meet and confer
process. Pursuant to an agreement among the parties, the Revolving Lender Defendants
and other MDL parties commenced a substantial rolling production of documents on July
12, 2010, which will be completed in a matter of weeks and no later than August 16,
2010. The Revolving Lender Defendants previously asked Fontainebleau to commit to
review and produce documents within this time frame but Fontainebleau has declined to
do so, preferring instead to seek an order from the Court relieving them from
“conventional compliance with discovery demands.”
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had not begun to search for responsive documents and had no intention of producing any
documents in the format requested by the Revolving Lender Defendants on July 12, in midAugust or, for that matter, ever. Instead, counsel for Fontainebleau and the Trustee indicated
that they would seek an order from the Court that relieves them of any obligation to participate in
“conventional” discovery so that the burden of searching for responsive documents would be
imposed upon Defendants. Yet Fontainebleau and the Trustee nevertheless asked the Revolving
Lender Defendants for an extension of Fontainebleau’s time to produce. Given that
Fontainebleau had clearly indicated that it was unwilling to commit to participate in discovery,
the request was denied.4
Fontainebleau has also claimed that Fontainebleau’s corporate affiliate, Fontainebleau
Resorts, LLC, has asserted a proprietary interest that has somehow hamstrung Fontainebleau’s
discovery efforts. However, according to Fontainebleau Resorts, the Trustee is the party that has
impeded discovery in this case. After Fontainebleau claimed in its March 25 letter that it could
not access many of its documents because certain officers of Fontainebleau Las Vegas were
technically employed by Fontainebleau Resorts, see Exhibit 2, certain Revolving Lender
Defendants issued subpoenas to Fontainebleau Resorts. In a letter dated June 9, 2010, counsel
for Fontainebleau Resorts stated:
In order to respond to your subpoenas, Fontainebleau Resorts needs access to
their computer servers which house both e-mails and documents. However,
because these servers contain information belonging to the debtors or the servers
themselves belong to the debtors, the Trustee has either taken possession these
[sic] servers or is aware of the servers and will not allow the removal of any
information at this time.”
4

In its Motion for Excusal, Fontainebleau asserts that until July 12 “the Chapter 7 Trustee
has thought a consensual extension was agreeable to all parties.” Motion for Excusal at
6. In light of the facts discussed above, it is not clear how the Trustee could have held
such a belief.

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Exhibit 5. Fontainebleau Resorts has moved to quash the subpoenas in part because the Trustee
“has recently taken possession of the servers” and “the servers have not even been copied yet.”
Exhibit 6 at 2-3. This Court referred Fontainebleau Resorts’ motion to quash to Magistrate
Judge Bandstra.
ARGUMENT
I.

Fontainebleau’s Extension Request Should Be Denied
In its Motion for Excusal, Fontainebleau asks for a unilateral stay relieving Fontainebleau

of its discovery obligations in the action it commenced while requiring the Defendants it sued to
continue to engage in costly discovery. Respectfully, the Court should deny this request and
order Fontainebleau (once again) to properly participate in the discovery process. See, e.g.,
Alliance For Global Justice v. District of Columbia, No. CV.A.01-0811 PLF/JMF, 2005 WL
469593, at *3 (D.D.C., Feb. 7, 2005) (“[P]laintiffs, represented by sophisticated counsel, surely
had to appreciate when they began this lawsuit that they would have to undertake significant
discovery obligations. It is simply unfair to allow plaintiffs to walk away from these obligations
when it appears that they have information pertinent to the case that they initiated and that
defendants must continue to defend.”); Salinas v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., No. 2:05-CV00975 PGC, 2007 WL 2956329, at *7 (D. Utah, Oct. 5, 2007) (having initiated a lawsuit against
defendants, it is Plaintiffs’ “responsibility to fully prosecute their case and actively participate in
discovery, including complying with discovery requests, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
and court orders…Defendants are entitled to discover the factual support for the claims against
them and to prepare a defense.”).
Throughout this case, Fontainebleau repeatedly has attempted to evade its discovery
obligations. Fontainebleau has asked this Court to stay discovery or otherwise limit its discovery

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obligations on three separate occasions and was denied each time. Fontainebleau has also argued
that it is not required to meet and confer with the parties regarding discovery or agree to use
search terms to collect electronic documents. The Court rejected this assertion and on April 19
issued the Search Term Order providing that “[a]ll parties, including Fontainebleau, shall
negotiate search terms . . . which search terms will be binding on any Chapter 7 Trustee(s) that
may be appointed by the Bankruptcy Court.” Exhibit 1 (emphasis added). The clear import of
this order is that Fontainebleau was required to work with the parties toward a mutually
acceptable list of search terms (or seek Court intervention should that be impossible) and use
those search terms to limit the cost of the collection, review and production of responsive
documents that Fontainebleau was required to undertake.
Flouting the Court’s directives, Fontainebleau has granted itself a unilateral stay from
discovery, refusing to produce a single document on July 12. It appears clear that in the three
months after the Court issued its Search Term Order, Fontainebleau has made no attempt to
collect and review responsive documents for production.
Fontainebleau’s excuses for non-compliance are unavailing. Fontainebleau argues that it
could not comply because the Trustee could not “work out logistic and proprietary issues”
relating to an asserted ownership interest by Fontainebleau Resorts in documents in the Trustee’s
possession. See Motion for Excusal at 3. However, Fontainebleau Resorts asserts that the
Trustee, not Fontainebleau Resorts, has made production impossible. Exhibit 5 (Fontainebleau
Resorts’ letter dated June 9, 2010, indicating that it could not access its servers because “the
Trustee has either taken possession these [sic] servers or is aware of the servers and will not
allow the removal of any information at this time.”). Fontainebleau Resorts has moved to quash
the subpoena in large part because the Trustee has supposedly not made the servers available to

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Fontainebleau Resorts, while the Trustee is arguing that Plaintiff cannot produce documents
because Fontainebleau Resorts controls the servers.5 Fontainebleau has in any event had months
to work out any such issues and could and should have done so.
Fontainebleau appears to be engaged in a shell game, attempting to hide documents that
show that it defaulted long before the Revolving Lender Defendants’ termination of their
commitments on April 20, 2009—documents which the Revolving Lender Defendants first
expressed a need for over a year ago in connection with Fontainebleau’s Motion for Partial
Summary Judgment. For its part, Fontainebleau asserts that it cannot produce documents in its
possession because some of the individuals who worked on the Fontainebleau Las Vegas project
were technically employed by Fontainebleau Resorts rather than Fontainebleau Las Vegas. See
Exhibit 2. Now that certain of the Revolving Lender Defendants have issued subpoenas to
Fontainebleau Resorts,6 Fontainebleau Resorts claims the Trustee will not allow it to produce
documents. It is time for Fontainebleau to conduct an appropriate search pursuant to the
discovery protocol, and review and produce the responsive documents in the requested format as
is required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2)(E)(ii).
Fontainebleau further argues that an extension is appropriate because:
5

As noted, this court referred Fontainebleau Resorts’ motion to quash to Magistrate Judge
Bandstra. Defendants will be responding separately to that motion.

6

The assertion that Fontainebleau Resorts and Fontainebleau Las Vegas are separate
entities is a dubious claim which we understand is currently being litigated in multiple
forums. See CCCS International v. Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC, 2:09-cv-00853-KJDPAL, at ¶ 5 (D. Nev. May 12, 2009) (“Upon information and belief, Defendant
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC is a parent company, and/or is an alter ego of the
Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC …”); Amended Complaint, Fidelity Nat’l Title Ins. Co. v.
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, No. 09-75602-CA-15, at ¶ 15, 18 (Fla. Miami-Dade County
Ct. Nov. 16, 2009) (“the assets and management of the various entities have been
intermingled, formalities have not been maintained, and the assets have been manipulated
by and among the defendants (including undercapitalization) to assist them in evading
obligations and debt payments.”).
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Discovery will impose substantial expenses and burdens on an extremely limited
bankruptcy estate. The Chapter 7 Trustee needs additional time within which to
evaluate [sic] estate’s causes of action asserted [sic] made in the litigation and to
further decide how best to proceed to ensure a maximum recovery of money for
distribution to creditors of the debtors.
Motion for Excusal at 5. Fontainebleau concedes that the Trustee was appointed on April 20,
2010. He has had approximately three months to decide whether to voluntarily dismiss
Fontainebleau’s meritless claims or engage in discovery as is required under the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure. Indeed, he has had three months to seek relief from the Court’s Search Term
Order or seek some other form of relief from the Court. Instead, while Defendants spent
substantial sums of money reviewing and producing documents, Fontainebleau let the July 12
deadline pass without producing a single document and has refused to commit to review and
produce documents on any time frame.
Fontainebleau’s claim of poverty is also misleading. If the Trustee thinks the case is
worth pursuing, he can seek authority from the Bankruptcy Court to spend the money needed to
do so. In any event, Fontainebleau’s financial situation cannot be used to deprive Defendants of
the discovery to which they are entitled in order to defend against the claims that Fontainebleau
has chosen to assert. See In re Lawrence, 227 B.R. 907, 915 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 1998) (“The
Debtor has an affirmative obligation to participate in discovery in an honest, non-evasive and
complete manner.”); see also Antonio-Candelaria v. Gibbs Farms, Inc., No. 1:06-CV-39 (WLS),
2008 WL 623211, at *9 (M.D. Ga., Mar. 4, 2008) (“While the Court recognizes that the
Plaintiffs are essentially indigent, they are still bound by the rules and case law that govern the
practice and procedure in the federal courts. Plaintiffs have an affirmative obligation under the
rules to participate in discovery and not delay discovery.”).

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II.

The Court Should Not Shift the Costs of Fontainebleau’s Document Search and
Production to Defendants
The Revolving Lender Defendants would have consented to a reasonable extension if

Fontainebleau had committed to search for documents pursuant to the agreed upon discovery
protocol, review those documents and produce the responsive documents in an appropriate
format. However, counsel for Fontainebleau and the Trustee have indicated that Fontainebleau
does not intend to engage in such “conventional” discovery. Instead, Fontainebleau has
indicated that it intends to seek a Court order that effectively shifts the burdens and costs of
Fontainebleau’s document search and production to Defendants.
The type of document dump that Fontainebleau has alluded to in discussions with counsel
is not sufficient to satisfy Fontainebleau’s discovery obligations under the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. See, e.g., In re Adelphia Communications Corp., 338 B.R. 546, 551 (Bankr.
S.D.N.Y. 2005) (refusing to “endorse a method of document production that merely gives the
requesting party access to a ‘document dump,’ with an instruction to the party to ‘go fish.’”)
(citations omitted); Wagner v. Dryvit Systems, Inc., 208 F.R.D. 606, 610 (D. Neb. 2001)
(“producing large amounts of documents in no apparent order does not comply with a party’s
obligations under Rule 34”). A primary purpose of Rule 34(b) is to avoid a scenario in which the
requesting party is left to find a “needle in a haystack” where responsive and unresponsive
documents are haphazardly mixed together. In re Sulfuric Acid Antitrust Litig., 231 F.R.D. 351,
364 (N.D. Ill. 2005).
Beyond indicating that it maintained trailers full of documents in the desert,
Fontainebleau has not made any concrete proposals relating to the document dump to which they
have alluded. Accordingly, the Revolving Lender Defendants reserve the right to submit

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additional briefing on the subject in the event that Fontainebleau or any other party puts forth a
more concrete proposal by way of motion or otherwise.
CONCLUSION
For all of the foregoing reasons, the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Motion for Brief Excusal of
Compliance with Second Amended Order Resetting Certain Pretrial Deadlines, Referring
Discovery Motions, Directing Parties To Mediation [DKT # 96] should be denied and
Fontainebleau should be ordered to fully participate in the discovery process or voluntarily
dismiss its action.
Dated: July 19, 2010

By:

/s/ Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.

STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON, PA
Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.
Drew M. Dillworth
Museum Tower
150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200
Miami, Florida 33130
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
-andKATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
Kenneth E. Noble (pro hac vice)
Anthony L. Paccione (pro hac vice)
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT BANK
OF SCOTLAND PLC
By:

/s/ Robert Fracasso

By:

/s/ John B. Hutton

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
John B. Hutton
Florida Bar No. 902160
Mark D. Bloom
Florida Bar No. 303836
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
-andSIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Thomas C. Rice (pro hac vice)
David Woll (pro hac vice)
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
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SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
Robert Fracasso
1500 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
-andMAYER BROWN LLP
Jean-Marie L. Atamian (pro hac vice)
Jason I. Kirschner (pro hac vice)
1675 Broadway
New York, New York 10019-5820
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR SUMITOMO MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION
By:

/s/ Peter Roberts

PLC
By:

/s/ Arthur Halsey Rice

RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON &
SCHILLER, P.A.
Arthur Halsey Rice
101 Northeast Third Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
-andKAYE SCHOLER LLP
Aaron Rubinstein (pro hac vice)
Phillip A. Geraci (pro hac vice)
425 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT HSH
NORDBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH

SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN GLANTZ
WOLFSON & TOWBIN LLC
Robert W. Glantz (limited appearance)
Peter J. Roberts (limited appearance)
321 North Clark St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
-andASTIGARRAGA DAVIS
MULLINS & GROSSMAN, PA
Gregory S. Grossman
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Opposition of Certain
Revolving Lenders to the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Motion for an Extension of Discovery Deadlines
was furnished via e-mail (where an e-mail address is listed) or First Class U.S. Mail to those on
the attached service list on July 19, 2010.

By:

/s/ John B. Hutton
John B. Hutton

Service List:
Susan Heath Sharp
STRICHTER, RIEDEL, BLAIN & PROSSER, P.A.
110 East Madison Street, Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33602
Andrew B. Kratenstein
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
[e-mail]
James B. Heaton, III
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT
54 West Hubbard Street
Suite 300
Chicago IL 60610
[e-mail]
Jean-Marie L. Atamian
MAYER BROWN LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
[e-mail]
Jed I. Bergman
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP
1633 Broadway
New York NY 10029
[e-mail]

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Daniel L. Cantor
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
[e-mail]

Peter J. Most
HENNIGAN BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
865 S. Figueroa Street
Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
[e-mail]
Anthony L. Paccione
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
[e-mail]
Peter J. Roberts
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN GLANTZ WOLFSON & TOWBIN LLC
371 North Clark Street
Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654
[e-mail]
Aaron Rubinstein
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
[e-mail]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/BANDSTRA

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
/
TERM LENDER PLAINTIFFS’ RESPONSE TO CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE’S MOTION
FOR BRIEF EXCUSAL OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECOND AMENDED ORDER
RESETTING CERTAIN PRETRIAL DEADLINES, REFERRING DISCOVERY
MOTIONS, DIRECTING PARTIES TO MEDIATION,
AND ESTABLISHING PRETRIAL DATES AND PROCEDURES
Plaintiffs in ACP Master, Ltd. v. Bank of America, N.A., 09-CV-08064 (S.D.N.Y.) and
Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd. v. Bank of America, N.A., 09-CV-1047 (D. Nev.) (collectively the “Term
Lender Plaintiffs”) submit this response to the Chapter 7 Trustee’s Motion for Brief Excusal of
Compliance with Second Amended Order Resetting Certain Pretrial Deadlines, Referring
Discovery Motions, Directing Parties to Mediation, and Establishing Pretrial Dates and
Procedures:
1.

Term Lender Plaintiffs do not oppose the Trustee’s request for a brief extension

of his time to produce documents in these coordinated matters so long as any such extension will
not require or result in the extension of any other deadlines set by the Court in MDL Order
Number Sixteen; Second Amended Order Resetting Certain Pretrial Deadlines, Referring
Discovery Motions, Directing Parties to Mediation and Establishing Pretrial Dates and
Procedures [Docket 76].
2.

Term Lender Plaintiffs understand that the Trustee intends shortly to file a motion

that will detail the issues that have caused the Trustee to file its Motion for Brief Excusal and

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will propose a plan for resolving such issues expeditiously.

Term Lender Plaintiffs will

comment on any such motion when it is filed.

Dated: July 19, 2010.

Respectfully submitted:

HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP

BARTLIT BECK HERMAN
PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By: ____/s/ Brett Amron
James B. Heaton, III
Steven J. Nachtwey
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

and

and

David A. Rothstein, Esq. (Fla. Bar No.: 056881)
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq. (Fla Bar No.: 581305)
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 331343
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

Brett Amron
BAST AMRON
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Ave., Suite 1440
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Plaintiffs
AVENUE CLO FUND, LTD., et al.

Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ACP MASTER, LTD., et al.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing TERM LENDER
PLAINTIFFS’
RESPONSE
TO
CHAPTER
7
TRUSTEE’S
MOTION
FOR BRIEF EXCUSAL OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECOND AMENDED ORDER
RESETTING CERTAIN PRETRIAL DEADLINES, REFERRING DISCOVERY
MOTIONS, DIRECTING PARTIES TO MEDIATION, AND ESTABLISHING
PRETRIAL DATES AND PROCEDURES was filed with the Clerk of the Court using
CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being served this day on all counsel of
record or pro se parties identified on the attached Service List in the manner specified either via
transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in some other authorized
manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive electronically the Notice of
Electronic Filing.

Dated: July 19, 2010.
By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
Lorenz Michel Prüss

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys: 

Representing: 

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq. 
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq. 
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq. 
William J. Sushon, Esq. 
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 
Times Square Tower 
7 Times Square 
New York, NY 10036 
Tele:  (212) 326‐2000 
Fax:  (212) 326‐2061 

Defendants 
Bank of America, N.A. 
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation 

Craig V. Rasile,Esq. 
Kevin Michael Eckhardt, Esq. 
HUNTON & WILLIAMS 
1111 Brickell Avenue 
Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 810‐2500 
Fax:  (305) 810‐2460 

Defendants 
Bank of America, N.A. 
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation 

Craig V. Rasile, Esq. 
HUNTON & WILLIAMS 
1111 Brickell Avenue 
Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 810‐2579 
Fax:  (305) 810‐2460 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deustche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 
Bank of Scotland PLC 

David J. Woll, Esq. 
Justin S. Stern, Esq. 
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq. 
Thomas C. Rice, Esq. 
Steven S. Fitzgerald 
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 
425 Lexington Avenue 
New York, NY 10017‐3954 
Tele:  (212) 455‐3040 
Fax:  (212) 455‐2502 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

John Blair Hutton III, Esq, 
Mark D. Bloom, Esq. 
GREENBERG TAURIG 
1221 Brickell Avenue 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 579‐0788 
Fax:  (305) 579‐0717 

Defendants 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company America 
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

Sarah A. Harmon, Esq. 
BAILEY KENNEDY 
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue 
Las Vegas, NV 89148 
Tele:  (702) 562‐8820 
Fax:  (702) 562‐8821 

Defendant  
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. 
Barclays Bank PLC 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC 

Frederick D. Hyman, Esq. 
Jason I. Kirschner, Esq. 
Jean‐Marie L. Atamian, Esq. 
MAYER BROWN LLP 
1675 Broadway 
New York, NY 10019‐5820 
Tele:  (212) 506‐2500 
Fax:  (212) 261‐1910 

Defendant  
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 

Robert Gerald Fracasso, Jr. 
SHUTTS & BOWEN 
201 S Biscayne Boulevard 
Suite 1500 Miami Center 
Miami, FL 33131 
Tele:  (305) 358‐6300 
Fax:  (305) 381‐9982 

Defendant  
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 

Phillip A. Geraci, Esq. 
Steven C. Chin, Esq. 
Aaron Rubinsten 
W. Stewart Wallace 
KAYE SCHOLER LLP 
425 Park Avenue 
New York, NY 10022‐3598 
Tele:  (212) 836‐8000 
Fax:  (212) 836‐8689 

Defendant  
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

Arthur Halsey Rice, Esq. 
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON & SCHILLER 
101 NE 3 Avenue 
Suite 1800 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 
Tele:  (305) 379‐3121 
Fax:  (305) 379‐4119 

Defendant  
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch 

Gregory S. Grossman, Esq. 
ASTIGARRAGA DAVIS MULLINS & GROSSMAN
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor 
Miami, FL 33131‐2847 
Tele:  (305) 372‐8282 
Fax:  (305) 372‐8202 

Defendant  
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 

Laury M. Macauley, Esq. 
LEWIS & ROCA LLP 
50 W Liberty Street 
Reno, NV 89501 
Tele:  (775) 823‐2900 
Fax:  (775) 321‐5572 

Defendant  
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 

Peter J. Roberts, Esq. 
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN FLANTZ WOLFSON & 
TOWBIN LLC 
321 N Clark Street, Suite 800 
Chicago, IL 60654 
Tele:  (312) 276‐1322 
Fax:  (312) 275‐0568 

Defendants 
MB Financial Bank, N.A. 
HSH Nordbank AG 

Anthony L. Paccione, Esq. 
Arthur S. Linker, Esq. 
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP 
575 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY 10022‐2585 
Tele:  (212) 940‐8800 
Fax:  (212) 940‐8776 

Defendants  
Bank of Scotland 
Bank of Scotland PLC 

Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq. 
Michael R. Huttenlocher, Esq. 
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 
340 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY  10173 
Tele:  (212) 547‐5400 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

Nicholas J. Santoro 
SANTORO DRIGGS WALCH KEARNEY 
JOHNSON & THOMPSON 
400 S 4th Street 
Third Floor 
Las Vegas, NV  89101 
Tel:    (702) 791‐0308 
Fax:    (702) 791‐1912 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

Bruce Judson Berman 
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 
201 S. Biscayne Blvd. 
Suite 2200 
Miami, FL  33131 
Tele:  (305) 358‐3500 
Fax: :  (305) 347‐6500 

Defendant  
Camulos Master Fund, L.P. 

David M. Friedman, Esq. 
Jed I. Bergman, Esq. 
Seth A. Moskowitz 
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES & FRIEDMAN 
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor 
New York, NY 10019‐6799 
Tele:  (212) 506‐1700 
Fax:  (212) 506‐1800 

Plaintiff  
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC 

Jeffrey I. Snyder, Esq. 
Scott L. Baena, Esq. 
BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE  
  & AXELROD 
200 S Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500 
Miami, FL 33131‐2336 
Tele:  (305) 375‐6148 
Fax:  (305) 351‐2241 

Plaintiff  
Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC 

Harold Defore Moorefield Jr., Esq. 
STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER 
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON 
Museum Tower 
150 W Flagler Street, Suite 2200 
Miami, FL 33130 
Tele:  (305) 789‐3467 
Fax:  (305) 789‐3395 

Defendant  
Bank of Scotland PLC 

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Attorneys: 

Representing: 

David Parker, Esq. 
Marc R. Rosen, Esq. 
KLEINBERG, KAPLAN, WOLFF & COHEN 
551 Fifth Avenue 
18th Floor 
New York, NY  10176 
Tele:   (212) 986‐6000 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

James B. Heaton, Esq. 
John D. Byars, Esq. 
Steven James Nachtwey, Esq. 
Vincent S. J. Buccola, Esq. 
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT
54 West Hubbard St. 
Suite 300 
Chicago, IL   60654 
Tele:   (312) 494‐4400 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

Brett Michael Amron 
Bast Amron LLP 
150 West Flagler Street 
Penthouse 2850 
Miami, FL 33130 
Tele:   (305) 379‐7905 

Plaintiffs 
ACP Master, Ltd. 
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd. 

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