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

Filing 79

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Case 1:09-md-02106-ASG Document 160 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/14/2010 Page 1 of 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document applies to:
Case No. 09-CV-23835-ASG.
Case No. 10-CV-20236-ASG.
_________________________________/
MDL ORDER NUMBER 37;
REFERRING MOTIONS TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE JONATHAN GOODMAN
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &
Calnan, P.A.’s Motion to Withdraw as Counsel [ECF No. 144] and Term Lenders’ Motion
for Sanctions Against Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC for Failure to Comply with Court Order
to Produce Documents in Response to Subpoena [ECF No. 153]. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636 and the Magistrate Rules of the Local Rules for the Southern District of Florida, the
Motions [ECF Nos. 144, 153] are hereby REFERRED to United States Magistrate Judge
Jonathan Goodman to take all necessary and proper action as required by law.
DONE and ORDERED IN CHAMBERS at Miami, Florida this 13th day of
October, 2010.

______________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc:

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman
Counsel of record

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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.
________________________________/
NOTICE OF CALL-IN INFORMATION FOR TELEPHONIC HEARING ON WALDMAN
TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT MARX & CALNAN, P.A.’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS
COUNSEL AND TERM LENDERS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Come now, Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts
Holdings, LLC and Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC (collectively, “Fontainebleau”),
by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby give notice to all parties of the following
call-in information for the hearing on Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A.’s
Motion to Withdraw as Counsel and Term Lenders’ Motion for Sanctions, set for Monday,
October 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.:
Call-in Number:

[phone]

Passcode:

4982319#

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

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 14, 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. 374113
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD
Magistrate Goodman

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD-PARTY FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S MOTION FOR
LEAVE TO FILE RESPONSE TO TERM LENDERS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), through its undersigned counsel, for the
reasons set forth below, respectfully moves for permission to file a Response in Opposition to the
Term Lenders’ “Motion for Sanctions against Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC for Failure to Comply
with Court Order to Produce Documents in Response to Subpoena,” [D.E. 153], and states:
1.

On October 8, 2010, the Term Lenders filed their Motion for Sanctions against FBR

in connection with their previously issued subpoenaed and the Court’s Order regarding same.
2.

On October 13, 2010, the Court issued its paperless Order setting a telephonic hearing

on FBR’s counsel’s motion to withdraw and on the Term Lender’ Motion for Sanctions [D.E. 159].
The Order specifies that neither party shall file any additional written materials in connection with
either motion.
3.

FBR asks for leave to file a response to the Term Lenders’ Motion for Sanctions for

the following reasons. First, the Motion seeks relief that FBR submits is unwarranted. The proposed
Response explains why and elaborates on additional important information. Second, FBR’s

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

Response was already substantially completed by the time the Court had issued its October 13, 2010
Order. Third, the information provided in FBR’s Response would be substantially the same as
FBR’s counsel would explain to the Court at the time of the telephonic hearing.
4.

The proposed Response is attached.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 202
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By:

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

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 15, 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

3

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

4

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

5

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

REPRESENTING :
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

7

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/Goodman

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD
Magistrate Goodman

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
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THIRD-PARTY FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S
RESPONSE TO TERM LENDERS’ MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), through its undersigned counsel and
pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 37 and 45 and Local Rules 7.1 and 26.1 of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, respectfully submits the following
Response in Opposition to the Term Lenders’ “Motion for Sanctions against Fontainebleau Resorts,
LLC for Failure to Comply with Court Order to Produce Documents in Response to Subpoena,”
dated October 8, 2010:
Introduction
FBR and its counsel wish to first emphasize that they have endeavored to comply with the
Subpoena and this Court’s Order of August 30, 2010 to the best of their ability under extraordinary
circumstances. The Term Lenders themselves describe the underlying litigation as a “legal storm.”
FBR, though not a party to this litigation, has nonetheless found itself caught up in the storm. While
FBR acknowledges that it has been unable to fully comply to the letter of the Subpoena and the
Order, it has made significant developments in meeting its obligations and has also worked

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cooperatively with the Term Lenders’ counsel to see this matter to its proper conclusion. Although
the undersigned law firm has moved for permission withdraw as counsel for FBR and two other
entities [D.E. 144] (and continues to request that relief), we provide this response in due respect of
the Court and counsel and to demonstrate that sanctions are not warranted. FBR respectfully asks
that the Motion be denied.
Background
While much of the background provided in the Term Lenders’ Motion is correct, it does not
fully describe the efforts undertaken by FBR to produce the subpoenaed materials, the subject of
which became very much a moving target in an attempt to narrow the searches within an extremely
large amount of information and data. FBR prefers not to file all of the communications among
counsel, S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.7, but offers this additional information and explanation.
In its initial response to the Term Lenders’ Subpoena, FBR explained that, from an electronic
document perspective, there are three computer servers containing information believed to be
responsive to the Subpoena, at least in part: (1) the document server, (2) the e-mail server, and (3)
the accounting server. Each server contains a massive amount of information and data. For
example, the document server alone contains approximately 600,000 files of documents (not
considering the number of pages of each document / file). The e-mail server, without limiting search
terms or specific queries, contains about 400 gigabytes of data. The accounting server is essentially
a database, which, in order to be of any use, necessarily requires a list of reports to be run.
In addition to the electronic documents and information, there are approximately eighty (80)
boxes of potentially responsive documents (hard copies), which, until recently, were stored and
maintained in Las Vegas. As discussed below, arrangements have already been made with the Term

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Lenders for those boxes to be produced for review and/or copying. That inspection process is
currently underway.
FBR did not receive copies of the computer servers (also maintained in Las Vegas) until
August 24, 2010. It immediately researched its options as to how to access the immense amount of
information in terms of being able to produce it as electronic discovery in this and other matters.
On August 19, 2010, the Term Lenders filed their Motion to Compel [D.E. 123], which was
granted by the Court on August 30, 2010 [D.E. 129]. FBR was ordered to produce all non-privileged
documents responsive to the Subpoena by September 13, 2010 and to produce a privilege log by
September 20, 2010 [D.E. 129].
Sanctions Are Not Warranted Under the Circumstances
Since August 30, 2010 (and prior), FBR has worked diligently and has expended significant
sums of money in an effort to comply with the Subpoena and the Court’s Order. The following is
illustrative of those efforts and why sanctions should not be imposed and any finding of contempt
not warranted.
Prior to entry of the Court’s Order on August 30, 2010, FBR’s counsel had coordinated the
shipment of the eighty boxes (approximate) of documents from Las Vegas to Aventura, Florida.
FBR hired a former employee to assist counsel in reviewing the boxes for privilege and
responsiveness to the Subpoena as quickly as possible.1 Even this expedited review process took

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Due to the September 13, 2010 deadline, only a cursory privilege review was
attempted. Accordingly, FBR and the Term Lenders were in the process of negotiating a
“clawback” agreement and/or proposed confidentiality order in the event of the inadvertent
production of privileged or confidential materials.
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a full week.
In addition, FBR hired an electronic discovery expert with IKON (a document copying /
production company) to assist FBR with responding to the subpoenas that have been issued in this
and other matters, particularly with respect to the electronically stored data.
FBR (through its counsel) communicated extensively with counsel for the Term Lenders to
apprise them of the status of the document production and to work together to resolve the significant
hurdles presented as briefly described above. Many of these discussions focused on a narrowing of
the search to be conducted of the three computer servers in light of their immense size.
Eventually, the parties agreed that the Term Lenders would provide (and did provide) a list
of search terms in order to narrow the search of the e-mail server for responsive documents. FBR,
through IKON, has run the search terms provided through the e-mail server. The results of that
search are currently contained on a hard-drive prepared with IKON’s assistance. In performing this
task, FBR expended over $25,000.00. While the costly search has been performed, the review for
privilege has not. Presumably, once FBR has had an opportunity to conduct that review, it would
be in a position to provide the product to the Term Lenders.
FBR (through its counsel) also attempted to work cooperatively with counsel for the Term
Lenders to provide information from the accounting server in a meaningful fashion. The parties
agreed that the Term Lenders would provide FBR with a list of reports to run on the accounting
server. While the parties were essentially working on a step by step process with regard to these
matters, FBR never received from the Term Lenders the list of reports to be run on the accounting
server. FBR is not seeking to assign blame on the Term Lenders, but respectfully submits it is not

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a failure on its part.
Finally, while the document server was discussed at great length among counsel, the parties
had not yet decided upon, or reached an agreement as to the procedure to be used to narrow the
search of this immense database. Again, FBR does not ascribe fault to the Term Lenders, but FBR
should not be sanctioned or responsible for this fact.
A rather significant event occurred to FBR during the process described above. As noted in
the undersigned’s motion to withdraw as counsel for FBR, a one billion dollar judgment was entered
against FBR in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. This judgment also led to issuance of
an Order restraining FBR from transferring any of its assets for any purpose, including the payment
of attorneys’ fees and expenses. While this ruling would obviously have an affect on the
undersigned law firm’s ability to continue with its representation of FBR (as cited in the motion to
withdraw [D.E. 144] and reply memorandum [D.E. 152]), as a practical consequence, it also
prohibited any expenditure of money for any purpose, including any future expenditures for the
matters detailed above. While the restraining Order has recently been lifted, the one billion dollar
judgment has not been vacated such that the undersigned still has uncertainty as to the effect of that
judgment and the related out-of-state litigation on any ongoing representation.
Despite the pending motion to withdraw, the undersigned counsel has made arrangements
with counsel for Term Lenders to review the boxes of documents located in Aventura as early as
October 14, 2010. That inspection is currently taking place. Thus, while the Term Lenders ask that
the Court order FBR to produce for inspection the hard copy documents located in Aventura, those
documents are already being made available.

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However, with respect to counsel’s presence at the document inspection and, more
significantly, continuing the electronic discovery process described above, the undersigned counsel
has significant concern over the expenditure of tens of thousands of additional dollars on such efforts
under the current circumstances. Thus, while the undersigned firm continues to request permission
to withdraw, it is assisting FBR in explaining to the Court the efforts that have been undertaken thus
far, and the other intervening events.
The Term Lenders also ask that the Court order FBR to pay for the costs incurred by Term
Lenders in extracting responsive documents from the various servers. This relief is not warranted.
As indicated, the e-mail server has been searched for responsive documents after FBR and
the Term Lenders worked collaboratively to define the requested searches. The only task that
remains with respect to the e-mail server production is the review for privilege and/or entry of a
suitable clawback agreement or confidentiality order due to the circumstances.
With respect to the document server and accounting server, and using the already completed
work on the e-mail server as a guide, the cost of extracting responsive documents (assuming the
Term Lenders provide the requested search parameters) could easily exceed $50,000.00 or more.
Imposition of this type of expense, in addition to the amounts FBR has already expended, would
clearly be excessive and not indicative of the efforts FBR has already undertaken.
FBR respectfully submits that, under these circumstances, any inability on its part to comply
with the Subpoena and Order was by no means willful. Rather, though Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 37 (relied upon by the Term Lenders) does not apply to FBR as a non-party, American
Honda Bailey Industries, Inc. v. CLJP, Inc., 2010 WL 3860742, *9 (N.D. Fla. 2010), and cases cited

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therein; American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Motorcycle Information Network, Inc., 2006 WL
1063299, *1 (M.D. Fla. 2006)2, FBR provides the detailed explanation above to demonstrate that
its inability to provide a complete and timely response was substantially justified and that an award
of sanctions or expenses would be unjust. Ibid.
With regard to the Term Lenders reference to Rule 37(b)(2)(B) as to payment of expenses
by the non-compliant party, or “the attorney advising that party . . . ,” again, though that provision
does not apply here, there is absolutely no basis to suggest that FBR’s counsel caused any of the
delays or events complained of in the Motion. To the contrary, although the undersigned has moved
to withdraw as counsel, the foregoing demonstrates a concerted effort by counsel and FBR to
cooperate with the Term Lenders and provide the requested information and documents as best as
it is able and at its own significant expense.3
In addition, FBR’s good faith efforts described above are decidedly different that the
recalcitrant behavior of the pro se litigant in Phipps v. Blankeney, 8 F.3d 788 (11th Cir. 1993), cited
by the Term Lenders. As the first sentence of that opinion makes clear, the plaintiff in Phipps
“refused to comply with several court orders about discovery and wrote to the district court that he

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In American Honda Motor Co., Inc., the court declined to find Robert Craig
Knievel, a/k/a Evel Knievel, in contempt even though he had offered no explanation for not
appearing for deposition. Here, FBR has offered a specific explanation as to why it has not been
able to currently comply with the Subpoena and the Order and that its attempts to do so have
been done in good faith. Howard Johnson Company, Inc. v. Khimani, 892 F.2d 1512, 1516 (11th
Cir. 1990).
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In light of the scope of the Term Lenders’ subpoena and the costs FBR has already
incurred, FBR respectfully submits that the Term Lenders have it backwards in their attempt to
shift the cost of complying to FBR. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 45(c)(1); Bailey Industries, Inc. v. CLJP,
Inc., 2010 WL 3860742, *8-10 (N.D. Fla. 2010).
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had no intention of complying with future orders.” 8 F.3d at 789. It should go without further
comment that FBR’s attempts to comply with the Subpoena and Court Order bear no relation
whatsoever to the comments and behaviors exhibited by the plaintiff in Phipps. 8 F.3d at 790, n. 3.
Conclusion
In light of the circumstances described above, FBR respectfully submits that it has acted in
good faith in its attempts to comply with the Subpoena and the Court’s Order. Any inability of FBR
to fully comply was not due to any willful misconduct, but instead, is based on an actual inability
to currently comply given the scope of the Subpoena. Even in that regard, FBR has attempted to
work cooperatively with the Term Lenders to the scope in order to comply in a fashion that is
feasible and fair to all parties. FBR respectfully requests that the Motion be denied.

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 October 15, 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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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

REPRESENTING :
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document applies to:
Case No. 09-CV-23835-ASG.
Case No. 10-CV-20236-ASG.
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MDL ORDER NUMBER 38;
GRANTING MOTIONS TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE,
CONSENT TO DESIGNATION, AND REQUEST TO ELECTRONICALLY
RECEIVE NOTICES OF ELECTRONIC FILINGS [ECF Nos. 155, 156, & 157]
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon three Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice,
Consent to Designation and Request to Electronically Receive Notices of Electronics
Filings (“Motions”) [ECF Nos. 155, 156, & 157], requesting, pursuant to the Special Rules
Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Florida, permission for a limited appearance of Rebecca T. Pilch
[ECF No. 155], Robert W. Mockler [ECF No. 156], and Caroline M. Walters [ECF No. 157]
in this matter and to electronically receive notice of electronic filings. Having considered
the Motions and being otherwise fully advised, it is hereby
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that:
1.

The Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice, Consent to Designation and Request to
Electronically Receive Notices of Electronics Filings [ECF Nos. 155, 156, & 157]
are GRANTED.

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2.

Rebecca T. Pilch, Robert W. Mockler, and Caroline M. Walters are permitted to
appear and participate in this action for purposes of limited appearances as cocounsel on behalf of the Term Lenders in the above-referenced action.

3.

The Clerk shall provide electronic notification of all electronic filings to Rebecca
T. Pilch at [e-mail], Robert W. Mockler at
[e-mail], and Caroline M. Walters at
[e-mail].
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 15th day of October,

2010.

__________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc:

U.S. Magistrate Judge Chris M. McAliley
Counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MAGISTRATE JUDGE JONATHAN GOODMAN
Courtroom No. 4
CIVIL MINUTES
DATE: 10/18/10
TIME: Begin 10:00 a.m. End:11:38 a.m.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Case Style:

Fontainebleau Las Vegas Contract Litigation

Case No.:

09-MD-02106-GOLD / GOODMAN

Parties in attendance: (appeared telephonically)
Craig Trigoboff, Esq., Sara Springer, Esq., Kirk Dillman, Esq., Steven Nachtwey, Esq., Daniel
Cantor, Esq., Steven Fitzgerald, Esq., Jason Kirschner, Esq., and Russell Blain, Esq.
PROCEEDING:
Telephonic hearing on Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Produce DE [153] and Motion to
Withdraw as Counsel DE [144].
RESULT OF HEARING:
Telephonic hearing held on Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Produce DE [153] and Motion to
Withdraw as Counsel DE [144]. Counsel addressed the Court on matters regarding status of
discovery and production of documents as well as issues surrounding reviewing for privileged
information.
Court heard arguments from counsel on Motion to Withdraw.
Matters taken under advisement.

DAR No.: 10:06:54 and 10:21:12

INTERPRETER: None

TAPE No.:10-JG-12 and 13

COURT REPORTER: None

DEPUTY CLERK:

Michael A. Santorufo

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
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ORDER ON MOTION TO WITHDRAW
This matter is before the Court on Waldman Trigoboff Hilderbrandt Marx &
Calnan, P.A.’s motion to withdraw as counsel for Fontainebleau Resorts, LCC,
Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC, and Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC
(DE# 152). The Term Lender Plaintiffs, and Defendant Bank of America, N.A., oppose
the motion. Having considered the motion and associated briefing, having held a hearing
on October 18, 2010 and being otherwise duly advised, it is hereby
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the motion to withdraw is CONDITIONALLY
GRANTED. Waldman Trigoboff shall immediately advise their clients that they must
obtain new counsel within 30 days. After new counsel is obtained, Waldman Trigoboff
may proceed with its requested withdrawal at any time during the next 30 days by filing a
stipulation for substitution of counsel with the Court, which shall be signed by Waldman
Trigoboff, the new counsel, and a representative of each Fontainebleau client. Attached
to the stipulation, counsel shall include a proposed order ratifying the stipulation and
approving the substitution of new counsel. Waldman Trigoboff may not withdraw
until the stipulation for substitution of counsel is approved by the Court.
Until the Court approves the substitution of counsel, Waldman Trigoboff shall
retain responsibility for coordinating appropriate responses to the discovery materials
which this Court previously ordered produced and which are the subject of a separate
order on a motion for sanctions. Assuming that new counsel is retained within 30 days,
Waldman Trigoboff shall also coordinate with new counsel in complying with their
clients’ discovery obligations.
The Court will not entertain motions to continue the Fontainebleau clients’
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herewith, because of the appearance of new counsel or because of new counsel’s need to
familiarize itself with the case file.
If, however, the Fontainebleau clients do not obtain new counsel within 30 days,
then the Waldman Trigoboff firm shall, after the expiration of the 30 days, file a notice
with the Court indicating that its clients have not obtained new counsel.
If this scenario unfolds, then the Court will quickly schedule and hold a hearing to
determine whether and when Waldman Trigoboff can withdraw, why its clients did not
timely arrange for replacement counsel, and whether other remedies are appropriate to
ensure that the Term Lender Plaintiffs and Bank of America are not further prejudiced.
The hearing will also address any steps necessary to prevent the District Court’s
scheduling order from being undermined.
If this hearing becomes necessary, managing members of the Fontainebleau LLC
entities will be required to attend and provide testimony and supporting documentation.
A shareholder/partner from the Waldman Trigoboff firm will also be required to attend.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 18th Day of
October, 2010.

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
____________________________________/
ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
This matter is before the Court on the Term Lenders’ motion for sanctions against
Fontainebleau Resorts, LCC (DE# 153, filed October 8, 2010). The Court held a hearing
on the motion on October 18, 2010.

The motion relates to materials subject to a

subpoena issued on April 22, 2010. After Fontainebleau failed to comply with the
subpoena, the Term Lenders moved to compel production and (after Judge Gold had
already twice extended the discovery deadlines) I ordered that the materials be produced
by September 13, 2010, and that a privilege log be produced by September 20, 2010
(DE# 129, filed August 30, 2010).
Fontainebleau has identified three computer servers likely to contain the
information sought in the subpoena. All three servers, which were in Fontainebleau’s
possession, have been copied and are now in the Florida offices of Fontainebleau’s
counsel. The three servers consist of an email server, a document server, and an account
server.
After agreeing with the Term Lenders’ counsel on relevant search terms,
Fontainebleau’s counsel hired IKON, a third-party vendor which conducts e-discovery, to
search the email server for relevant documents.

Because of concerns regarding its

client’s ability to pay, Fontainebleau’s law firm ordered IKON to stop its work on the
email server. At that time, IKON had already completed its work retrieving the relevant
documents but had not yet started to search the responsive information on the email
server for privileged information.
To date, no relevancy search has been conducted on the documents and accounts
servers and no privilege search has been conducted on any of the three servers. During
the hearing, Fontainebleau’s counsel stated that it would take less than a day to run a
search on the email server with agreed-upon search terms for privilege review purposes.

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At no time did Fontainebleau request relief from the Court’s order granting the
Term Lenders’ motion to compel. Instead, Fontainebleau’s counsel unilaterally decided
to stop efforts to comply with this Court’s order that its client produce the documents
subject to the April 22, 2010 subpoena and a privilege log.1
Having carefully considered this matter, and concluding that Fontainebleau is not
in compliance with the order requiring it to produce the subpoenaed files and a privilege
log, the Term Lenders’ motion for sanctions is GRANTED IN PART, DENIED IN
PART, and RESERVED IN PART as follows:
Fontainebleau is ordered to produce responsive, non-privileged emails by the end
of business on October 25, 2010.
Fontainebleau is ordered to provide a privilege log for information obtained from
the email server by the end of business on November 5, 2010.
Fontainebleau is ordered to produce relevant, non-privileged electronic files from
the accounting and documents servers by the end of business on November 8, 2010.
Fontainebleau is ordered to provide a privilege log for information on the
accounting and document servers by the end of business on November 17, 2010.
If Fontainebleau does not fully and timely comply with this order, then the
Term Lenders shall forthwith file a “Notice of Non-Compliance,” which shall simply
state that Fontainebleau has not complied with this order by the deadlines set forth
above.

The Court will then immediately schedule a show cause hearing (to

determine why Fontainebleau should not be sanctioned) and will require a
managing member of Fontainebleau Resorts, LCC to personally appear at the
hearing.
Finally, the Court RESERVES ruling on the issue of monetary sanctions, the
request for fees and costs, and on the Term Lenders’ demand that the servers themselves
be turned over.
Although the relevant hard-copy documents have already been produced, they
were produced beyond the deadline, and without a request for additional time. I will

1

Fontainebleau has, however, finally made 80 boxes of documents
available and at least one of the subpoenaing parties has reviewed those materials and
arranged to photocopy those documents that it deemed relevant.
2

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therefore RESERVE ruling on the Term Lender’s motion for fees and costs with regard
to these finally-produced documents.
In an effort to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding, producing the remainder
of the responsive, non-privileged materials and the privilege logs by the new deadlines
established in this order will not necessarily immunize Fontainebleau from an order
awarding attorney’s fees and costs. Fontainebleau may well be sanctioned for its tardy
conduct to date, but the Court’s evaluation of whether sanctions are appropriate, and, if
so, the amount of the sanctions, will likely be affected by Fontainebleau’s compliance
with the new deadlines established here.

At the risk or stating the obvious,

Fontainebleau’s exposure to sanctions will be aggravated should it fail to fully and timely
comply with this Order.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 18th Day of
October, 2010.

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-MD-02106-CIV-ASG

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
New York)

This Document Relates to: No. 09 Civ. 8064 (Southern District of
No. 09 Civ. 1047 (District of

Nevada)

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF
RAQUEL A. RODRIGUEZ
OF McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP AS COUNSEL
FOR DEFENDANT CAMULOS MASTER FUND. L.P.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned hereby appears in this proceeding as
counsel for Camulos Master Fund, L.P., and requests that all papers be served upon the
undersigned at the address provided below.

Dated: Miami, Florida

Respectfully submitted,

October 21,2010

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
Isl Raquel A. Rodriguez
Raquel A. Rodriguez (Fla. Bar # 511439)
201 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 2200
Miami, Florida 33131-4336
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)

rrodriguez(£mwe.com
Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq. *
Michael R. Huttenlocher, Esq. *

McDermott Wil & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10173
[phone] (tel)

[phone] (fax)
akratenstein(£mwe.com
mhuttenlocher(£mwe.com
Attorneysfor Defendant Camulos Master Fund, L.P.
* Admitted pro hac vice.
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OF COUNSEL:

Nicholas 1. Santoro
Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Johnson &
Thompson
400 S. Fourth Street
3rd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)
N santoro(£nevadafirm.com

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 21, 2010, I electronically fied the foregoing
document with the Clerk of the Court using CMÆCF. I also certify the foregoing document is
being served this day on all counsel of

record identified on the attached list reflecting the Court's

Mailing Information for this Case (retrieved from CMÆCF on this date), in the manner
specified, either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF or in
some other authorized manner for those counselor parties who are not authorized to receive
electronically Notice of Electronic Filing.
IslRaquel A. Rodriguez

Raquel A. Rodriguez

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the foregoing by U.S.
(who therefore require manual noticing), and were furnished a copy of
First Class Mail:
Bruce Bennett
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP
865 S Figueroa Street
Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
John D. Byars
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD PARTIES, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS
PROPERTIES I, LLC AND FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS HOLDINGS, LLC’S
MOTION FOR ENTRY OF CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER
Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC and
Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC (collectively, “FBR”), by and through their undersigned
counsel, and pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), hereby file and serve this Motion for Entry of
Confidentiality Order, and state:
1.

Over the course of a number of months, FBR was served with subpoenas by (i)

Plaintiff Term Lenders1, (ii) Defendant, Bank of America and (iii) Defendants, JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC.
2.

In response to the Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Motion to Compel [D.E. 123], and on

August 31, 2010, FBR was ordered by Magistrate Goodman to produce all hard copy documents (i.e.
non-electronic documents) which were responsive to Plaintiff Term Lenders’ subpoena by
September 13, 2010. [D.E. 129]

1

The Plaintiff Term Lenders include the plaintiffs in the cases captioned Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, et al., Case No. 09-cv-1047-KJD-PAL (D. Nev.) and ACP Master, Ltd., et
al v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 09-cv-8064-LTS/THK (S.D.N.Y.).

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

3.

In response to that Order, FBR made available to all of the requesting parties (not just

the Plaintiff Term Lenders) approximately eighty (80) boxes of documents. Given the vast number
of documents contained in these boxes, FBR did not have a reasonable opportunity to fully review
them prior to production in order to preserve privilege, confidentiality and objections to nonresponsiveness.2
4.

In response to Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Motion for Sanctions [D.E. 153] and on

October 18, 2010, Magistrate Goodman entered an Order requiring FBR to produce all responsive,
non-privileged documents located on FBR’s email server by October 25, 2010 [D.E. 167]. In
addition, and by November 8, 2010, FBR is required to produce all responsive, non-privileged
documents located on its document and accounting servers.
5.

Again, and given the voluminous number of electronic documents found on these

serves, FBR will likewise not have an opportunity to inspect them all prior to production on October
25, 2010 in conformity with Magistrate Goodman’s Order to preserving privilege, confidentiality
and objections to non-responsiveness.
6.

Accordingly, and pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d), FBR requests that the Court enter

a confidentiality order, ruling that any documents (hard copy or electronic) produced by FBR to the
parties here are done so without waiver of the attorney-client privilege, the work product privilege,
the accountant-client privilege or any other privilege which might apply, but are yet unknown
because the documents have not been reviewed.
7.

It is anticipated that counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders Defendant, Bank of

2

On October 14, 2010, counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders reviewed the boxes made
available by FBR and made arrangements for copies of certain documents to be made.
2

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

America and Defendants, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC will argue that this Court’s Amended
MDL Order Number 24 [D.E. 116] (“Order Number 24”) should provide sufficient protection for
FBR. However, due to the vast number of documents being produced by FBR as well as the October
25, 2010 and November 8, 2010 deadlines, the specific procedures set forth in Order Number 24
are not feasible with respect to FBR’s present document production requirements.
8.

For example, paragraph four (4) of Order Number 24 states that FBR’s designation

of a document as “. . . Confidential or Highly Confidential shall constitute a representation that such
Confidential Information has been reviewed by an attorney. . .” As reflected, it is simply impossible
for an attorney3 to review the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents FBR has produced prior
to the October 25, 2010 and November 8, 2010 deadlines.
9.

In addition, paragraph seventeen (17) of Order Number 24 states, “[i]f Privileged

Covered Material has been produced. . . the party making the claim of privilege, work product or
other ground for withholding may notify the receiving party and state the basis for the claim.” Again,
due to the enormous amount of documents being produced by FBR, these procedures are simply not
feasible unless the receiving party first alerts FBR as to what it has copied and/or printed from the
servers and the eighty (80) boxes of documents such that privilege can be identified and asserted.
10.

In light of the extraordinary circumstances presented by FBR’s financial hardship and

the enormity of the document production being made by FBR without any ability to conduct a

3

Due to financial hardship, FBR has no employees. Undersigned counsel has previously
handled these matters, at times, with one other lawyer who assisted with document production
matters.
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privilege review, FBR requests that the Court enter a separate Confidentiality Order which addresses
these issues.
11.

Pursuant to S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.A.2, attached is a proposed Confidentiality Order4

which addresses the unique issues presented to FBR.
CERTIFICATE OF COUNSEL
In accordance with S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.1.A.3, the undersigned certifies that she has conferred
with counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders; Defendant, Bank of America; and, Defendants, JP Morgan
Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and The Royal
Bank of Scotland PLC with regard to this Motion and the relief sought. Counsel for these parties
oppose the relief requested.
/s Sarah J. Springer
Sarah J. Springer, Esq.
WHEREFORE Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Properties
I, LLC and Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC, respectfully request that this Honorable Court
enter the attached Confidentiality Order.
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 202
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
By:

4

/s Sarah J. Springer
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

The proposed Confidentiality Order has been revised to address certain concerns
expressed by the parties prior to submission of this Motion.
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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 22, 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
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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]
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

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER
This cause having come before the Court on Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC,
Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC and Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC’s (collectively,
“FBR”) Motion for entry of Confidentiality Order dated October 22, 2010 [D.E. 171], the Court
having considered the Motion and being otherwise advised in the premises, it is hereupon
ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

This Order addresses FBR’s compliance with certain subpoenas served on it by (i)

Plaintiff Term Lenders1, (ii) Defendant, Bank of America and (iii) Defendants, JP Morgan Chase
Bank, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC as well as FBR’s compliance with prior Court Orders in respect of same [D.E. 129]
[D.E. 167].
2.

Consistent with this Court’s prior Orders dated August 30, 2010 [D.E. 129] and

October 18, 2010 [D.E. 167], FBR will make available for inspection and copying its hard copy and
electronic documents no later than October 25, 2010.
1

The Plaintiff Term Lenders include the plaintiffs in the cases captioned Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, et al., Case No. 09-cv-1047-KJD-PAL (D. Nev.) and ACP Master, Ltd., et
al v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 09-cv-8064-LTS/THK (S.D.N.Y.).

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3.

For purposes of this Order and in connection with that effort, an “Inadvertently

Produced Document” shall be defined as a document produced by FBR to any party in this litigation
which may be identified or subject to an attorney-client privilege, work-product privilege,
accountant-client privilege or other applicable privilege but for the inability to identify such privilege
under the deadlines imposed by prior orders.
4.

In the event that any party copies or prints any of the hard copy or electronic

documents, such party shall provide FBR within five (5) business days copies of any such documents
that were copied or printed. If FBR then identifies an Inadvertently Produced Document within
twenty-one (21) days after receiving a copy of same from the party to whom it was produced, FBR
may demand the return of the Inadvertently Produced Document (including all copies thereof), which
demand shall be made to the receiving party’s counsel, in writing, and shall contain information
sufficient to identify the Inadvertently Produced Document. Prior to the expiration of this twenty-one
(21) day period, no hard copy or electronic document that was copied or printed shall be disclosed,
communicated, copied, disseminated or shown to anyone (including the Court) other than the
receiving party’s counsel.
5.

Upon receipt of written demand for return of an Inadvertently Produced Document,

the receiving party shall within five (5) business days return the Inadvertently Produced Document
(and any copies thereof) to FBR and shall immediately delete all electronic versions of the document.
6.

Inclusion of and/or failure of FBR to make a written demand for return of an

Inadvertently Produced document shall not result in the waiver of any privilege or protection
associated with such document, nor result in a subject matter waiver of any kind and such

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Inadvertently Produced Document shall have no evidentiary value in this, or any other, litigation.
7.

The receiving party may object to FBR’s designation of an Inadvertently Produced

Document by providing written notice of such objection within five (5) business days of its receipt
of a written demand for the return of an Inadvertently Produced Document. Any such objection shall
be resolved by the Court after an in camera review of the Inadvertently Produced Document and
after FBR and the parties’ counsel have an opportunity to submit memoranda on the issue. Pending
resolution of the matter by the Court, the parties shall not use any documents that are claimed to be
Inadvertently Produced Documents in this, or any other, litigation, for any reason or purpose; nor
shall same have any evidentiary value.
8.

No copies will be made of an Inadvertently Produced Document or distributed to any

person for any purpose.
9.

The parties shall take reasonable measures, consistent with this Order, to prevent

unauthorized disclosure or use of an Inadvertently Produced Document and are responsible for
employing reasonable measures to control the duplication of, access to, and distribution of, an
Inadvertently Produced Document.
10.

At the conclusion of this action, including, without limitation, dismissal, settlement,

trial or any appeals, any party that received an Inadvertently Produced Document shall return or
destroy such documents and all copies thereof and, in either case, certify that fact, in writing, to
counsel for FBR.
11.

After the termination of this action, this Order shall continue to be binding on all

parties, or other third parties under applicable law, to whom an Inadvertently Produced Document

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was disclosed or communicated, and this Court shall retain jurisdiction over all such parties for
enforcement of its provisions.
DONE and ORDERED in chambers at Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida this ___ day of
October, 2010.
____________________________________________________________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE JONATHAN GOODMAN
cc:

counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document applies to:
Case No. 09-CV-23835-ASG.
Case No. 10-CV-20236-ASG.
_________________________________/
MDL ORDER NUMBER 39; SETTING ORAL ARGUMENT
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Joint Motion for Partial
Final Judgment (“Motion”) [ECF No. 151]. Having reviewed the Motion and the record, I
conclude that oral argument is necessary. Accordingly, it is hereby:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
1.

Oral argument on Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Joint Motion for Partial Final Judgment
[ECF No. 151] is hereby set before the Honorable Alan S. Gold, at the United
States District Courthouse, Courtroom 11-1, Eleventh Floor, 400 North Miami
Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33128 on Wednesday, December 17, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
Please notify the Court immediately at [phone] of any disposition or
settlement of this case or resolution of the scheduled Motion.

2.

To assist the Court, the parties are ORDERED to deliver to the undersigned’s
Chambers a Joint Binder containing tabbed and indexed courtesy copies of the
motion and any responses, replies, exhibits, and memoranda of law related to the
motions by Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. The courtesy copies
shall include a table of contents and shall indicate the docket entry number of each

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document contained therein.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Miami, Florida, this 22nd day of October,
2010.
______________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc:

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman
Counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
____________________________________/
ORDER ON MOTION FOR ENTRY OF CONFIDENTIALITY ORDER
This matter is before the Court on a Motion for Entry of Confidentiality Order by
Fontainebleau Resorts, LCC, Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC, and Fontainebleau
Resorts Properties I, LLC (DE# 171), filed October 22, 2010. The motion indicates that
the parties potentially affected by the proposed order oppose the requested relief.
Because of the time-sensitive nature of this matter, and the Court’s familiarity with the
issues, I will decide this motion without argument or additional briefing. 1
During a lengthy telephone hearing on October 18, 2010, Fontainebleau’s counsel
stated that it would take “less than a day” to run a search on the email server with agreedupon search terms for privilege review purposes. Based, in part, on that representation,
the Court entered an order on October 18 (DE# 167) requiring that responsive, nonprivileged emails be produced by the end of business on Monday, October 25, 2010
(today).
Shortly before 4 p.m. last Friday, four days after the entry of the October 18 order
and one business day before Fontainebleau’s first production pursuant to the October 18
order was due, Fontainebleau filed its last-minute motion for the entry of a confidentiality
order. Fontainebleau now states that it likely will not have the opportunity to inspect all
of the relevant documents in conformity with the October 18 order. Fontainebleau states

1

The procedural history for this motion is recounted in two previous orders.
In brief, in August I granted a motion to compel production of materials subject to a
subpoena issued on April 22, 2010 (DE# 129, filed August 30, 2010). After
Fontainebleau failed to comply with the deadlines I set forth in the order granting the
motion to compel, the Term Lenders filed a motion for sanctions. After extensive
argument, I enlarged the deadlines for Fontainebleau to comply with the order granting
the motion to compel and reserved ruling on sanctions (DE# 167, filed October 18,
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that it is simply impossible for an attorney to review hundreds of thousands of documents
prior to the deadlines provided in the October 18 order.
Fontainebleau has not adequately explained why an attorney would need to
personally examine “hundreds of thousands of documents.” Fontainebleau’s motion does
not allege that its electronic discovery vendor, Ikon, or another vendor, cannot run the
appropriate search for privileged documents. In fact, that is exactly what the parties
contemplated during the hearing and, as noted above, Fontainebleau represented that it
would take less than a day to run a search for potentially privileged documents on the
email server. (In addition, Fontainebleau has not proffered any reason why it could not
run a similar privilege search on the documents and accounts servers.)

The Court

therefore does not understand Fontainebleau’s assertion that an attorney would have to
review “hundreds of thousands of documents” instead of a more limited number of
documents that are returned by the electronic discovery search as both responsive and
potentially privileged.
I have also reviewed the terms of the proposed confidentiality order submitted by
Fontainebleau. The proposed order would place the burden on the requesting parties to
produce back to Fontainebleau all of the documents which they copy off the servers.
This process might reveal attorney work product because it would demonstrate which
documents the requesting parties deem important enough to copy. 2
Additionally, the proposed order would impose time constraints on the requesting
parties which are unreasonable under the circumstances. For example, the requesting
parties might take weeks or longer to determine which documents they want to copy.
Fontainebleau’s own discovery delays should not result in the imposition of discovery
burdens on the requesting parties.
Fontainebleau’s motion does not request an extension of the production deadlines
set forth in the October 18 order, and none will be granted. Fontainebleau may, however,
file a motion at a later date if it determines that it inadvertently produced privileged
2

The Court understands that the potential for work product disclosure may
already have arisen when one of the requesting parties revealed to Fontainebleau which
three of the 80 boxes of hard-documents it wanted to copy. But letting Fontainebleau
known which boxes were copied is significantly less revealing than pinpointing specific
documents.
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information. The Court will not set a deadline as to when such motion must be filed, but
delay in filing such a motion will be one of several factors the Court will consider in
evaluating the motion. Moreover, if Fontainebleau cannot in good faith and with diligent
effort produce the privilege logs by the dates established in the October 18 order, it may
file a verified motion for an enlargement of time to produce the privilege log. The Court
is not predicting in advance whether it would grant such a motion, but is merely
providing a mechanism for potential relief if Fontainebleau can demonstrate substantial
good cause and compelling grounds in its verified motion. It is therefore,
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Fontainebleau’s Motion for Entry of
Confidentiality Order (DE# 171) is DENIED.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 25th Day of
October, 2010.

/s/ Jonathan Goodman
Jonathan Goodman
United States Magistrate Judge
Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD PARTIES, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS
PROPERTIES I, LLC AND FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS HOLDINGS, LLC’S
NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE
Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC and
Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC (collectively, “FBR”), by and through their undersigned
counsel, respectfully give notice of compliance with Magistrate Goodman’s Orders dated August
30, 2010 [D.E. 129] and October 18, 2010 [D.E. 167]. FBR has made available to counsel for
Plaintiff Term Lenders, Defendant, Bank of America, and Defendants, JP Morgan Chase Bank,
N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC all hard copy and electronic documents which are responsive to the various subpoenas
served upon FBR.

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

/s Sarah J. Springer
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 25, 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
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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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 ROBINS ON
SCHILLER
101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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SERVICE LIST
09-MD-02106

Scott Louis Baena
Jeffrey L. Snyder
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod
200 S Biscayne Blvd. Ste 2500
Miami, FL 33131

Lorenz M. Pruss
David A. Rothstein
Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Mark D. Bloom
John B. Hutton, III
Greenberg Traurig
1221 Brickell Ave
Miami, FL 33131

Brett Michael Amron
Bast Amron LLP
150 W. Flagler St., Penthouse 2850
Miami, FL 33130

Jean-Marie L. Atamian
Jason I. Kirschner, Frederick Hyman
Mayer-Brown LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

Bruce Bennett, Kirk Dilman
J. Michael Hennigan, Sidney P. Levinson
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LP
865 S Figueroa St., Ste 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Peter J. Most, Laren A. Smith
Michael C. Schneidereit
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LP
865 S Figueroa St., Ste 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Jed I. Bergman, David M. Friedman
Marc E. Kasowitz, Seth A. Moskowitz
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman
LLP
1633 Broadway
New York NY 10019

Arthur Linker, Kenneth E. Noble
Anthony L. Paccione
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
575 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022

Aaron Rubenstein, Philip A. Geraci
Andrew A Kress, W. Stewart Wallace
Kaye Scholer LLP
425 Park Ave, 12th Floor
New York NY 10022

Laury M. Macauley
Lewis and Roca LLP
50 West Liberty Street
Reno NV 89501

Michael R. Huttonlocher
Rocky Rodriguez
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste 2200
Miami, FL 33131

John D. Byars,
Vincent S. J. Buccola
Bartlet Beck Herman Palenchar &
Scott
54 W Hubbard St. Ste 300
Chicago, IL 60654

Marc R. Rosen
David Parker
Kleinberg, Kaplan Wolf & Cohen
551 Fifth Ave., 18th Floor
New York, Ny 10176

Nicholas J. Santoro
Santoro, Driggs, Walch
Kearney Johnson & Thompson
400 S 4th St., Third Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Daniel L. Cantor
Bradley J. Butwin, William J. Sushon
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Times Square Tower, 7 Times Square
New York NY 10036

Arthur H. Rice
Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller
101 NE 3 Avenue, Ste 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Peter J. Roberts
Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson &
Towbin LLC
321 N. Clark Street, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654

Robert G. Fracasso, Jr.
Shutts & Bowen
201 S. Biscayne Blvd. Ste 1500
Miami, FL 33131

Thomas C. Rice, Lisa Rubin
David Woll
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Ave
New York Ny 10017-3954

Harold D. Moorefield Jr
Stearns Weaver Miller
Alhadeff & Sitterson
150 W. Flagler St., Ste 2200
Miami, FL 33130

Aaron R. Maurice
Woods Erickson Whitaker &
Maurice LLP
1349 Galleria Drive, Ste 200
Henderson, NV 89014

Harley E. Riedel, Esq.
Stichter Riedel, Blain & Prosser, P.A.
110 East Madison Street, Ste 200
Tampa, FL 33602-4700

Gregory S. Grossman, Esq.
Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Flr
Miami, FL 33131-2847

Soneet R. Kapila, Chapter 7 Trustee
Kapila & Company
1000 S. Federal Highway, Ste 200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Sarah A. Harmon
Bailey Kennedy
8984 Spanish Ridge Ave
Las Vegas NV 89148

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

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all cases.

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR TERMINATION OF
APPEARANCE OF ATTORNEY ON SERVICE LIST
Camulos Master Fund L.P., by and through the undersigned counsel, hereby give notice
of this request to the Clerk of Courts that the following person be terminated from the Service
List:
Bruce J. Berman, Esq. (Fla. Bar # 159280)
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 2200
Miami, Florida 33131-4336
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
Dated: Miami, Florida
November 1, 2010

Respectfully submitted,
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP

__ /s/ Raquel A. Rodriguez __________________
Raquel A. Rodriguez (Fla. Bar # 511439)
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 2200
Miami, Florida 33131-4336
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]

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Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq.*
Michael R. Huttenlocher, Esq.*
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10173
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant Camulos Master Fund,
L.P.
*Admitted pro hac vice.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing NOTICE OF REQUEST
FOR TERMINATION OF APPEARANCE OF ATTORNEY ON SERVICE LIST 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: November 1, 2010.
/s/ Raquel A. Rodriguez

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Mailing Information for a Case 1:09-MD-02106-ASG
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Jean-Marie L. Atamian
[e-mail]
Jed I. Bergman
[e-mail]
Bruce Judson Berman
[e-mail] ,[e-mail]
Mark David Bloom
[e-mail] ,[e-mail],phillipsj @gtlaw.com ,
[e-mail]
Vincent S. J. Buccola
[e-mail]
Bradley J. Butwin
[e-mail]
Daniel L. Cantor
[e-mail]
Steven C. Chin
[e-mail]
Kirk Dillman
[e-mail]
Steven S. Fitzgerald
[e-mail]
Robert Gerald Fracasso , Jr
[e-mail]
David M. Friedman
[e-mail]
Phillip A. Geraci
[e-mail]
Gregory Stewart Grossman
[e-mail]
J. Michael Hennigan
[e-mail]
Michael R. Huttenlocher
[e-mail]
John Blair Hutton , III
[e-mail],[e-mail]
Frederick D. Hyman
[e-mail]
Jason I. Kirschner
[e-mail]

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[e-mail]
Sidney P. Levinson
[e-mail]
Arthur S. Linker
[e-mail]
Robert W. Mockler
[e-mail]
Harold Defore Moorefield , Jr
[e-mail],[e-mail] ,[e-mail]
[e-mail], [e-mail]
Seth A. Moskowitz
[e-mail]
Kenneth E. Noble
[e-mail]
Anthony L. Paccione
[e-mail]
Rebecca T. Pilch
[e-mail]
Lorenz Michel Pruss
[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]
Craig Vincent Rasile
[e-mail],[e-mail]
Arthur Halsey Rice
[e-mail]
Thomas C. Rice
[e-mail]
Peter J. Roberts
[e-mail]
Raquel A. Rodriguez
[e-mail],[e-mail]
Jonathan Rosenberg
[e-mail]
David Alan Rothstein
[e-mail],[e-mail]
Lisa H. Rubin
[e-mail]
Aaron Rubinstein
[e-mail]
Susan Heath Sharp
[e-mail] ,[e-mail],[e-mail]
Sarah Springer
[e-mail]
William J. Sushon
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Glenn Jerrold Waldman
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W. Stewart Wallace
[e-mail]
Caroline M. Walters
[e-mail]
David J. Woll
[e-mail]

Manual Notice List
The following is the list of parties who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case
(who therefore require manual noticing), and were furnished a copy of the foregoing by U.S.
First Class Mail:
Bruce Bennett
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP
865 S Figueroa Street
Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
John D. Byars
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
54 West Hubbard Street
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60610
Camulos Master Fund
Camulos Capital LP
c/o Mr. Michael Iuliano
3 Landmark Square
4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901
Kevin Michael Eckhardt
Hunton & Williams
1111 Brickell Avenue
Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Sarah A. Harmon
Bailey Kennedy
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89148
James B. Heaton
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott
54 West Hubbard Street
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654

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Laury M. Macauley
Lewis & Roca LLP
50 W Liberty Street
Reno, NV 89501
Peter J. Most
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP
865 S Figueroa Street
Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Steven James Nachtwey
Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar &Scott
54 West Hubbard Street
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60610-4697
David Parker
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen
551 Fifth Avenue
18th Floor
New York, NY 10176
Marc R. Rosen
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen
551 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10176
Michael C. Schneidereit
Hennigan Bennett & Dorman LLP
865 S Figueroa Street
Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
____________________________________/
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
This matter is before the Court sua sponte to address follow-up issues arising
from the Term Lenders’ Motion for Sanctions against Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (DE#
153) and the Court’s initial Order on the Motion for Sanctions (DE# 167).
In that initial Order, the Court required Fontainebleau to produce responsive, nonprivileged documents and data by two different deadlines (October 25 and November 8,
2010), depending on the source of the material. In addition, the Court’s Order also
required Fontainebleau to provide privilege logs (for documents and data withheld on the
basis of privilege) by November 5 and 17, 2010.
The Court reserved ruling on the Term Lenders’ demand for monetary sanctions.
Fontainebleau has now filed a notice of compliance (DE# 174), advising that it
has made all the responsive materials available to the requesting parties. Although the
notice does not expressly say that Fontainebleau produced all responsive documents and
data and did not conduct a privilege review, the Court’s understanding is that
Fontainebleau is not withholding responsive documents and data on privilege grounds.
In the initial Order, the Court advised the Term Lenders to file a notice of noncompliance if Fontainebleau did not fully and timely comply with its production
obligations arising from the Order. The Term Lenders have not filed any such notice,
which indicates that all responsive documents and data have now been produced. In
addition, it does not appear as though Fontainebleau will be providing any privilege logs.
Under these circumstances, it is now appropriate to revisit the Term Lenders’
request for monetary sanctions.
If the Term Lenders (who by now have presumably been provided with all
responsive documents and data) intend to move forward on their demand for monetary
sanctions, then they shall file a supporting memorandum of 5 pages or less, outlining the

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relevant factual and procedural background and applicable legal authority, by November
12, 2010. The Court urges, but is not requiring, the Term Lenders to follow the “less is
more” maxim if they decide to pursue the sanctions issue.
If the Term Lenders do not submit the supporting memorandum by the November
12, 2010 deadline, then the Court will treat the monetary sanctions demand as waived and
will deny the request for monetary sanctions as moot.
If, on the other hand, the Term Lenders file the supporting memorandum, then
Fontainebleau shall have 14 days in which to submit a response of 5 pages or less, and
the Term Lenders shall have 7 days to submit a reply (if they choose) of 3 pages or less.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 2nd Day of
November, 2010.

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-MD-2106-CIV–GOLD/GOODMAN

In re:
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Contract Litigation
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This Document Relates to cases:
09-CV-23835-ASG
10-CV-20236-ASG
PLAINTIFF TERM LENDERS’ REPLY MEMORANDUM IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF
THEIR JOINT MOTION FOR PARTIAL FINAL JUDGMENT
On September 20, this Court entered final judgment against the Trustee on his claims
against the Revolving Lenders for their failure to fund Fontainebleau’s Notices of Borrowing
dated March 2 and March 3, 2009, in breach of the Fontainebleau Credit Agreement. [DE 141].
The Trustee filed a timely notice of appeal. [DE 168]. He will argue in the Eleventh Circuit that
this Court misconstrued the phrase “fully drawn” in the Credit Agreement and that the
Defendants should have funded their commitments. In this MDL, the Court decided the identical
issue against the Term Lenders when it granted the Revolving Lenders’ motion to dismiss. [DE
80]. Both the Trustee’s case and the Term Lenders’ case thus deal with the same contract
interpretation issue, against the same lenders regarding the same two Notices of Borrowing.
The question raised by this motion is one of timing only: whether it makes more sense for
the Eleventh Circuit to consider these identical issues once and for all now, or consider them
again a second time, perhaps a year or more from now, when the panel will have to reacquaint
itself with the dispute.
The answer is straightforward. The same economies that justify MDLs in the district
courts, see In re Managed Care Litig., 236 F. Supp. 2d 1336, 1342 (S.D. Fla. 2002), here counsel
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conserved when a court is able to consider a single issue once, rather than in multiple
proceedings conducted months or years apart. This Court should grant partial judgment under
Rule 54(b) to permit the Eleventh Circuit to address the Credit Agreement disputes just once.
Hoping to persuade this Court otherwise, the Defendants resurrect an argument they first
advanced but then abandoned in their motion-to-dismiss briefing. They argue that if the Term
Lenders are successful in their separate claims against Bank of America under the Disbursement
Agreement, that very success would preclude a recovery on the Credit Agreement claims. This
is so, Defendants say, because the same Defaults that the Term Lenders assert prevented Bank of
America from disbursing funds under the Disbursement Agreement also permitted the Revolving
Lenders to refuse to fund under the Credit Agreement. See Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in
Opposition to Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Joint Motion for Partial Final Judgment (“Def. Mem.”) at
7–9. For purposes of this motion, Defendants now describe this as an issue of mootness: “If
Fontainebleau was unable to satisfy the Disbursement Agreement’s funding conditions, or was
otherwise in default … then the Revolving Lenders cannot be held liable for rejecting
Fontainebleau’s March 3, 2009 Notice of Borrowing.” Id. at 8.
This argument is still wrong for the same reason it was wrong when the Defendants made
it eight months ago in their motion to dismiss. Compare Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss
the Term Lenders Complaints and Supporting Memorandum of Law [DE 36] at 20–22 (arguing
that allegations of Events of Default under the Credit Agreement precluded relief). Then, the
Term Lenders explained why Defaults (a defined term in the Credit Agreement) do not justify a
Revolving Lender’s unilateral refusal to fund a Notice of Borrowing. See Corrected Joint
Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [DE 48] at 16–22 (explaining that “[t]he Credit
Agreement’s provisions require the Revolving Lenders to fund even if there had occurred

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Defaults or Events of Default.”).

The Term Lenders explained that Defendants’ argument

confused contractually defined conditions—Defaults and Events of Default—for the commonlaw concept of a material breach. Id. This apparently persuaded the Defendants, for they did not
answer it in their reply brief. Nor did this Court endorse the argument in its dismissal. The
argument is no more persuasive this time around.
Defendants also say this Court’s “standing” decision counsels against entering partial
judgment. See Def. Mem. at 6. Defendants argue that if “the Term Lenders are not an intended
beneficiary of Defendants’ Revolving Loan commitment to Fontainebleau, then the Eleventh
Circuit need not address the ‘fully drawn’ issue at all.” Id. But the Eleventh Circuit must
consider this Court’s standing analysis only if it first concludes that the Defendants should have
funded the March 2 and 3 Notices of Borrowing. If that is the Eleventh Circuit’s conclusion, it
will have to consider standing sooner or later. If, on the other hand, the Eleventh Circuit agrees
with this Court on the meaning of “fully drawn,” then it never has to reach standing. The Court
of Appeals’ workload is unaffected.
The same fundamental misconception about the purpose of a Rule 54(b) judgment
underlies the Defendants’ argument that the Term Lenders would suffer no prejudice from delay.
See Def. Mem. at 10. Presumably, the Defendants mean that the Term Lenders would not be
collaterally estopped from asking the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider any unfavorable decision in
the Trustee’s appeal. But there is an intangible harm that comes from being second to the table.
It is the very reason the Defendants, by opposing this motion, are trying to prevent the Term
Lenders’ voices from being heard in the Eleventh Circuit now.
Judicial efficiency is at the heart of the decision whether to grant partial final judgment
under Rule 54(b). See Access Now, Inc. v. General Electric Co., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12876,

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*24 (S.D. Fla. May 11, 2001) (Gold, J.) (courts should consider “any judicial administrative
advantage” served by speeding appeal). The Eleventh Circuit would benefit from hearing the
perspective of all of the interested parties in the MDL litigation now, so that it can make a fully
informed decision about the meaning of the Credit Agreement.

DATED: November 4, 2010

Respectfully submitted

By: /s/ Brett M. Amron
Lorenz M. Pruss
David A. Rothstein
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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

-and-

-and-

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

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

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

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ACP Master, Ltd. and
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 4, 2010, I served a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Plaintiff Term Lenders’ Reply Memorandum in Further Support of Their Joint Motion
for Partial Final Judgment by first-class mail upon the following:
Daniel L. Cantor
Bradley J. Butwin
Jonathan Rosenberg
William J. Sushon
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Times Square Tower
7 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A.;
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation

Thomas C. Rice
Lisa H. Rubin
David J. Woll
Steven S. Fitzgerald
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10017-3954
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.;
Barclays Bank PLC; Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas; The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC; Bank of Scotland PLC

Craig V. Rasile
Kevin M. Eckhardt
Hunton & Williams
1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A.;
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation;
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Barclays
Bank PLC; Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas; The Royal Bank of Scotland
PLC; Bank of Scotland plc; HSH Nordbank
AG, New York Branch
Mark D. Bloom
John B. Hutton, III
Greenberg Traurig
1221 Brickell Ave.
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.;
Barclays Bank PLC; Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas; The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC; Bank of Scotland PLC

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Sarah E. Harmon
Bailey Kennedy
8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89148-1302
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.;
Barclays Bank PLC; Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas; The Royal Bank of
Scotland PLC
Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.
Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Museum Tower
150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33130
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Bank of Scotland PLC
Robert G. Fracasso, Jr.
Shutts & Bowen LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
1500 Miami Center
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation

Arthur H. Rice
Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A.
101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for HSH Nordbank AG, New
York Branch

Arthur S. Linker
Kenneth E. Noble
Anthony L. Paccione
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
575 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022-2585
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Bank of Scotland PLC
Jean-Marie L. Atamian
Jason I. Kirschner
Frederick D. Hyman
Mayer Brown LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-5820
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation
Aaron Rubinstein
Phillip A. Geraci
W. Stewart Wallace
Steven C. Chin
Kaye Scholer LLP
425 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022-3598
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for HSH Nordbank AG, New
York Branch
Peter J. Roberts
Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson &
Towbin LLC
321 N. Clark St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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Laury M. Macauley
Lewis and Roca LLP
50 W. Liberty St., Suite 410
Reno, NV 89501
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Gregory S. Grossman
Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman
701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Attorneys for MB Financial Bank, N.A.

Andrew B. Kratenstein
Michael R. Huttenlocher
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10173-1922
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Bruce J. Berman
Raquel A. Rodriguez
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131-4336
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

Attorneys for Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

Jed I. Bergman
David M. Friedman
Seth A. Moskowitz
Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman,
LLP
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Harley E. Riedel
Russell M. Blain
Susan Heath Sharp
Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, P.A.
110 E. Madison St., Suite 200
Tampa, FL 33602
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Soneet R. Kapila (Chapter 7
Trustee for Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Holdings, LLC, et al.)

Attorneys for Soneet R. Kapila (Chapter 7
Trustee for Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Holdings, LLC, et al.)

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Bruce Bennett
Kirk D. Dillman
J. Michael Hennigan
Sidney P. Levinson
Peter J. Most
Michael C. Schneidereit
Rebecca T. Pilch
Robert W. Mockler
Caroline M. Walters
Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP
865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Lorenz M. Pruss
David A. Rothstein
Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Avenue CLO Fund, LTD., et
al.

Attorneys for Avenue CLO Fund, LTD., et
al.
Brett Amron
Bast Amron LLP
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Ave., Suite 1440
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs ACP Master, Ltd.
and Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.
/s/ Brett Amron
Brett Amron

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

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.

NOTICE OF FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE
OCTOBER 18 ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
On October 18, 2010, this Court issued its Order on Motion for Sanctions, requiring
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”) to produce documents and privilege logs by certain
specified deadlines (DE# 167). The Court further instructed the Term Lenders to file a Notice of
Non-Compliance in the event Fontainebleau did not fully and timely comply with the Order.
On October 20, 2010, FBR filed a Notice of Compliance, stating that it had made all
responsive materials available to the Term Lenders. The Term Lenders promptly arranged for a
third-party vendor in Miami, IKON, to obtain these materials from FBR and to copy them. The
Term Lenders received these materials from IKON on November 2 and 3. Only then were the
Term Lenders in a position to evaluate FBR’s compliance with the Order. Having now done so,
the Term Lenders inform the Court as follows:
A.

FBR failed to produce responsive, non-privileged emails.

FBR provided a hard-drive containing approximately 126 gigabytes of data, nearly
700,000 emails and attachments. These files appear to include every email on FBR’s email
server within the 30-month date range to which the parties had previously agreed. They were not

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searched using the search terms to which the parties had previously agreed, nor were they
otherwise limited to responsive documents. The Term Lenders are determining the additional
costs that will be required to narrow this “dump” to a responsive set of emails.
B.

FBR failed to provide a privilege log for information obtained from the email
server.

FBR’s counsel has said that FBR did conduct a privilege review of the emails and intends
to produce a privilege log. The Term Lenders have not received one.
C.

FBR failed to produce responsive, non-privileged electronic files from the
document server.

FBR provided a hard-drive containing approximately 800 gigabytes of data, nearly
600,000 documents. Many of the files are compressed. Once decompressed, the size of the data
and the number of documents is expected to increase substantially. The files appear to include
every document on FBR’s document server, going back approximately a decade. FBR’s counsel
has confirmed that she did nothing to search or otherwise review these documents for
responsiveness. The Term Lenders are determining the additional costs that will be required to
narrow this “dump” to a responsive set of documents.

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Dated: November 5, 2010
Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
Lorenz Michel Prüss, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 581305
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHERSTEIN PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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

J. Michael Hennigan, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
Kirk D. Dillman, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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

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

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ACP Master, Ltd. and
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

-and-

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing 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: November 5, 2010
By:

/s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss
Lorenz Michel Pruss

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

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 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
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

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.

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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]

Defendant
MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

Defendants
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.

Raquel A. Rodriguez
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

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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

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
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD PARTIES, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS
PROPERTIES I, LLC AND FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS HOLDINGS, LLC’S
RESPONSE TO TERM LENDERS’ NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE
Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC and
Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC (collectively, “FBR”), by and through their undersigned
counsel, hereby file and serve this Response to Term Lenders’ Notice of Non-Compliance with the
October 18, 2010 Order on Motion for Sanctions, dated November 5, 2010, and state:
A.

FBR Produced All Responsive, Non-Privileged Emails

FBR provided a copy of the filtered email server to Term Lenders two weeks ago. FBR – a
third party to this action with no employees – spent over $25,000.00 to search the email server as
requested by the Term Lenders, yet Term Lenders now complain, amazingly, that they have received
too much data! However, FBR did not draft the search terms. As such, if they were over-inclusive,
the fault does not lie with FBR. Clearly, it cannot be said that FBR simply “dumped” the entire email
server on Term Lenders as the original email server contained approximately 400 gigabytes of data
and the email server produced to Term Lenders contains approximately 100 gigabytes of data – a
seventy-five (75) percent reduction. Nonetheless, and regardless of same, Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b)(2)(E)
provides that a party may produce documents “as they are kept in the ordinary course of business...”

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

As already stated, FBR did much more than that with respect to the email server.
B.

FBR Provided a Partial Privilege Log on November 8, 2010

FBR provided a partial privilege log with respect to the email server on November 8, 2010.
Due to a ministerial error, the deadline to provide a privilege log as set forth in the Court’s October
18, 2010 Order was mis-calendared on November 8, 2010, instead of November 5, 2010.
Undersigned counsel spoke with counsel for Term Lenders regarding this ministerial oversight and
is waiting to learn whether the Term Lenders will amend their Notice of Non-Compliance to remove
lateness as a basis for same. It certainly cannot be said that Term Lenders were prejudiced in any way
by this one (1) day delay in receiving the partial privilege log.
C.

FBR Produced All Responsive Files from the Document Server
Again, Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b)(2)(E) provides that a party may produce documents “as

they are kept in the ordinary course of business...” Two weeks ago, FBR gave the Term Lenders
access to the document server in its entirety– as it was kept in the ordinary course of business – for
purposes of inspection and copying.1 Term Lenders have in their possession a full copy of the
document server. Accordingly, Term Lenders cannot now be heard to complain.
D.

FBR is a Third Party and Should Not Be Required to Incur the Expense of Searching
any of the Servers on behalf of Term Lenders

FBR paid IKON – a third party vendor– over $25,000.00 to search the email server as
requested by the Term Lenders. To suggest that FBR should be required to incur further expense on

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The Court will also be reminded that FBR has timely made available over eighty (80)
boxes of hard copy documents as well as the accounting server in its entirety – all shipped from
Las Vegas, Nevada to South Florida again, at FBR’s expense. As such, Term Lenders have been
given access to all of FBR’s hard copy and electronic data!
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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

behalf of Term Lenders (banks!) is procedurally and substantively unfair. FBR is a Third Party to
this action with limited resources and no employees. Nonetheless, it has made available for
inspection and copying all documents (electronic and hard copy) which are responsive to the Term
Lenders’ subpoena. It is clear what the modus operandi of Term Lenders is: cause FBR to do all of
its work and incur all of its expenses.2
Dated: November 9, 2010

Respectfully Submitted,
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
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

The Court should be reminded that FBR previously offered to do the Term Lenders’
work by further searching the various servers for documents responsive to its subpoena but only
if Term Lenders paid FBR for same. Term Lenders refused that offer.
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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 9, 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
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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 ROBINS ON
SCHILLER
101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

&

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 02106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN

ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.

TERM LENDERS’ SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC
The Term Lenders submit this Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Motion for
Sanctions Against Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”) pursuant to the Court’s November 2,
2010 Supplemental Order on Motion for Sanctions (DE# 178).
I.

FACTS
As set forth in the Term Lenders’ Notice of Non-Compliance (DE# 180), FBR neither

fully nor timely complied with the Court’s October 18 Order on Motion for Sanctions ordering
FBR to produce certain documents and privilege logs by specified deadlines (DE# 167). FBR’s
non-compliance continues today:


FBR still has not produced responsive, non-privileged emails: FBR has produced

a hard-drive containing approximately 126 gigabytes of data, nearly 700,000 emails and
attachments (substantially more than the 16,000 previously represented by FBR’s counsel). The
Term Lenders were subsequently informed by FBR’s vendor, IKON, that these files had not been
searched using the search terms to which the parties had previously agreed. IKON further stated
that a set of searched emails did exist, consisting of approximately 100 gigabytes of data, still

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many hundreds of thousands of emails and attachments. It was IKON’s assessment that these
searched emails contained a substantial number of “false positives,” i.e., documents that
contained a search term but were not actually responsive to the subpoena. In the normal course
of a production, the producing party works collaboratively (and at its own cost) with the
requesting parties to modify and narrow search terms in order to reduce the problem of “false
positives”. That did not occur here. Instead, the Term Lenders have been left to incur the costs
to limit the emails they take into their document management systems to a more responsive set.
These costs are anticipated to be several thousands of dollars.


FBR still has not provided a privilege log for information obtained from the email

server: FBR’s counsel has said that FBR conducted a privilege review of the emails and that it
intends to produce a privilege log. On November 8, 2010, FBR provided the Term Lenders with
a “partial” privilege log for the emails. As of the filing of this Supplemental Brief, FBR has not
provided the remaining log.


FBR still has not produced responsive, non-privileged electronic files from the

document server: FBR provided a hard-drive containing approximately 800 gigabytes of data,
nearly 600,000 documents. Many of the files are compressed. Once decompressed, the size of
the data and the number of documents is expected to increase substantially. The files appear to
include every document on FBR’s document server for the last ten years. FBR’s counsel has
candidly acknowledged that FBR took no steps to review these documents for responsiveness or
for privilege. The Term Lenders have been told that the cost of processing this data in a manner
that would permit them to identify responsive documents) is between $150,000 and $200,000.

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II.

ALTHOUGH SANCTIONS ARE JUSTIFIED HERE, THE TERM LENDERS
REQUEST ONLY THAT THEY NOT BE PREJUDICED BY FBR’S
PRODUCTION FAILINGS
The Term Lenders issued their subpoena to FBR on April 22, 2010. For months, FBR

failed to produce a single document, forcing the Term Lenders to bring a Motion to Compel and,
subsequently, a Motion for Sanctions. FBR’s unjustified failure to produce documents is
sufficient by itself to support an award of monetary sanctions to compensate the Term Lenders
for the thousands of dollars of attorney’s fees they incurred in prosecuting these motions.1
FBR’s sanctionable conduct did not end there. The manner in which FBR subsequently
chose to produce both its emails as well as the documents on its document server has foisted the
substantial costs of culling responsive from non-responsive documents onto the Term Lenders.
These costs rightfully belong to FBR and constitute an appropriate measure of additional
sanctions.2

1

Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2) (court shall impose attorneys’ fees for violation of discovery order);
DeVaney v. Continental Am. Ins. Co., 989 F.2d 1154, 1162 (11th Cir. 1993) (Rule 37 sanctions
mandatory absent showing of substantial justification); Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e) (noncompliance
with subpoena subject to contempt); Folk v. Wallace Business Forms, Inc., 394 F.2d 240, 244
(4th Cir. 1968) (contempt sanctions may include attorneys’ fees).
2

A nonparty generally bears the cost of production in response to a subpoena. Behrend v.
Comcast Corp., 248 F.R.D. 84, 86 (D. Mass. 2008). It may not simply “dump massive amounts
of documents” upon the receiving party and “demand that they try to find what they are looking
for.” In re Sulfuric Acid Antitrust Litig., 231 F.R.D. 351, 363 (N.D. Ill. 2005); see also Devon
Mobile Communs. Liquidating Trust v. Adelphia Communs. Corp. (In re Adelphia Communs.
Corp.), 338 B.R. 546, 551 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2005) (“The Court does not 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). Rather, a producing party is
obligated “to sort through documents and produce only those responsive to [the] request.”
Rothman v. Emory Univ., 123 F.3d 446, 455 (7th Cir. 1997) (upholding monetary sanctions that
included the amount of the attorney’s fees the receiving party “incurred in reviewing the nonresponsive documents”); see e.g., Powell v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc., No. 07-80435-CivHurley/Hopkins, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110301, *89-90 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 14, 2010) (explaining
the “mass production of 14,589 pages in response to a discovery request…did not comply with
either the Local Rules or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because Defendant failed to
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Perhaps most insidious, however, is the Trojan Horse within FBR’s production. The
document server that FBR dumped on the Term Lenders undoubtedly contains documents that
would otherwise have been privileged were it not for their production. Despite having access to
this server at all times since the Term Lenders’ subpoena, FBR acknowledges that it has made no
effort to review the data and has taken no other steps to prevent the disclosure of privileged
information. Instead, as demonstrated by its recent Motion for Confidentiality Order (which this
Court summarily denied), FBR would like to shift to the Term Lenders the burden of dealing
with the privilege issue (DE# 171).
There can be little doubt that FBR’s failure to conduct any review of its document server
constitutes a waiver of all applicable privileges,3 but the Term Lenders are not asking the Court
to reach the waiver issue in the context of this sanctions motion. The Term Lenders merely
request clear direction that they may review and use all of the documents FBR has produced, free
of any obligation to apprise FBR of those documents that may implicate a privilege or to return
such documents to FBR.

produce the documents in such a manner so as to allow Plaintiff to locate responsive documents
with a reasonable effort.”).
3

“Any disclosure inconsistent with maintaining the confidential nature of the attorney-client
relationship waives the attorney-client privilege.” Pensacola Firefighters' Relief Pension Fund
Bd. of Trs. v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 265 F.R.D. 589, 596 (N.D. Fla. 2010)
quoting United States v. Jones, 696 F.2d 1069, 1072 (4th Cir. 1982). Even if the disclosure is
inadvertent, the production of privileged documents waives the privilege if the producing party
failed to “take reasonable steps to prevent the disclosure.” Fed. R. Evid. 502(b). Thus, “to
preserve a claim of privilege,” at the very minimum FBR had to “conduct a privilege review
prior to any document production.” Ciba-Geigy Corp. v. Sandoz Ltd., 916 F. Supp. 404, 412
(D.N.J. 1995). Indeed, the sheer volume of FBR’s production imposed upon it a heightened
obligation to thoroughly review its documents prior to production to protect any claim of
privilege. See New Bank of New England v. Marine Midland Realty Corp., 138 F.R.D. 479, 483
(E.D. Va. 1991) (“As the number of documents grows, so too must the level of effort increase to
avoid an inadvertent disclosure. Failure to meet this level of effort invites the inference of
waiver.”).
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III.

CONCLUSION
FBR’s continuing conduct warrants an award of substantial monetary sanctions. The

Term Lenders are prepared to “eat” the law and motion costs they previously incurred as well as
the future cost they will have to incur to narrow FBR’s voluminous production—but not while
retaining the risk that they will then be pilloried for having obtained and reviewed privileged
documents that FBR took no steps to review. FBR cannot have it both ways.

Dated: November 12, 2010
Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss

_

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

Lorenz Michel Prüss, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 581305
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHERSTEIN PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

-and-

-andJ. Michael Hennigan, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
Kirk D. Dillman, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Avenue CLO Fund, LTD.,
et al.

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James B. Heaton, III, Esq.
Steven J. Nachtwey, Esq.
John D. Byars, Esq.
Vincent S. J. Buccola, Esq.
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR
& SCOTT LLP
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs ACP Master, Ltd. and
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing 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: November 12, 2010
/s/ 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
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
The 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
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bank of Scotland plc

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 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
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

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.

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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]

Defendant
MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

Defendants
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.

Raquel A. Rodriguez
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

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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

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
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
____________________________________/
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
This matter is before the Court on the Term Lenders’ Notice of Non-Compliance
and Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Sanctions (DE## 180, 182).

The

background of these filings is detailed in three previous orders (DE## 129, 167, 178).
The Term Lenders’ Supplemental Memorandum states that the Term Lenders are
not seeking a monetary award. Instead, the Term Lenders seek clarification from the
Court that they will not have an obligation to conduct, in essence, their own privilege
review of the documents produced by Fontainebleau and to return potentially privileged
documents back to Fontainebleau.
Before resolving this matter, the Court requires additional information on the
contents of the “partial” privilege log furnished by Fontainebleau. In particular, the
Court would like to know whether the entries on the “partial” privilege log refer to
documents that are being withheld as privileged or whether the documents listed on the
log refer to documents that Fontainebleau has already produced. Fontainebleau shall
provide this information to the Court by this Friday, November 19, 2010. The Court
anticipates that this information can be provided in one page or less.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 15th Day of
November, 2010.

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD PARTIES, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC,
FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS PROPERTIES I, LLC, AND
FONTAINEBLEAU RESORT HOLDINGS, LLC’S RESPONSE AND
NOTICE REGARDING THE COURT’S ORDER ON MOTION TO WITHDRAW
Third Parties, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, Fontainebleau Resorts Properties I, LLC, and
Fontainebleau Resorts Holdings, LLC, through their undersigned counsel, respectfully file this
response and notice in accordance with the Court’s Order on Motion to Withdraw, dated October
18, 2010 [D.E. 166], and state that they are unable, and therefore do not intend, to retain replacement
counsel for Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A. within the deadline set forth in
the Court’s Order.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 202
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
By:

/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 November 18, 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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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

REPRESENTING :
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

&

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S RESPONSE TO
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), through its undersigned counsel, files its
Response to the Court’s Supplemental Order on Motion for Sanctions, dated November 15, 2010
[D.E. 183], and respectfully states:
FBR has served three privilege logs in connection with its response to the Term Lenders’
Subpoena. Each of the privilege logs pertain to e-mails contained on the e-mail server / hard drive.
The e-mails identified on each of those privilege logs have not been produced and have been
withheld from production. The only caveat to this response would be any inadvertent production of
which counsel is not presently aware.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 202
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
By:

/s Sarah J. Springer
Sarah J. Springer
Florida Bar No. 0070747

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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 19, 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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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
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.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Barclays Bank PLC
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
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.
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
ATTORNEYS:
Aruthur Halsey Rice, Esq.
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON
SCHILLER
101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

REPRESENTING :
HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

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.
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
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

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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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.

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

&

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CASE NO .: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

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

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.

CLARIFICATION BY TERM LENDERS REGARDING RESPONSE OF
FOUNTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC TO SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER ON MOTION
FOR SANCTIONS
In order to clarify any potential ambiguity left by the Response of Fontainebleau Resorts,
LLC (“FBR”) to Supplemental Order on Motion for Sanctions (DE# 186), Term Lenders state as
follows:
FBR’s privilege logs relate only to documents contained on the email server. FBR has
provided no privilege log pertaining to the approximately 800 gigabytes of data, nearly 600,000
documents, contained on the document server. FBR’s counsel has represented that FBR has not
reviewed and does not intend to review any data on the document server, either for
responsiveness or for privilege.
Dated: November 19, 2010

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Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss

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

Lorenz Michel Prüss, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 581305
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHERSTEIN PA
2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH-2B
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

-and-

-andJ. Michael Hennigan, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
Kirk D. Dillman, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)
HENNIGAN, BENNETT & DORMAN LLP
865 S. Figueroa St., Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Avenue CLO Fund, LTD.,
et al.

2

James B. Heaton, III, Esq.
Steven J. Nachtwey, Esq.
John D. Byars, Esq.
Vincent S. J. Buccola, Esq.
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR
& SCOTT LLP
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs ACP Master, Ltd. and
Aurelius Capital Master, Ltd.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing 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: November 19, 2010
/s/ 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
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Barclays Bank PLC
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
The 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
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bank of Scotland plc

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 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
Tele: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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

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.

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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]

Defendant
MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

Defendants
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.

Raquel A. Rodriguez
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

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Attorneys:

Representing:

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

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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Case 1:09-md-02106-ASG Document 188 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/23/2010 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-md-02106-GOLD
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION,
MDL No. 02106
This document relates to:
Case No. 1:09-cv-21879-GOLD
_______________________________/

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE [ECF No. 184]
THIS CAUSE having come before the Court on the Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice,
Consent to Designation and Request to Electronically Receive Notices of Electronic Filing
[ECF No. 184], requesting permission for a limited appearance of STEVEN C. CHIN in this
matter. Having considered the Motion and being otherwise fully advised in the premises,
it is hereby
ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

The Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice, Consent to Designation and Request
to Electronically Receive Notices of Electronic Filing [ECF No. 184] is
GRANTED.

2.

STEVEN C. CHIN is permitted to appear and participate in this action.

3.

The Clerk shall provide electronic notification of all electronic filings to
STEVEN C. CHIN at [e-mail].

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 22nd day of November,
2010.

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__________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
cc:
All Counsel of Record

Case 1:09-md-02106-ASG Document 189 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/24/2010 Page 1 of 12

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN
In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
THIRD-PARTY, FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S
RESPONSE TO TERM LENDERS’ SUPPLEMENTAL
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), in accordance with the Court’s Order dated November
2, 2010 [D.E. 178], respectfully submits its Response in Opposition to the Term Lenders’
Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Motion for Sanctions [D.E. 182]1, and states:
While FBR is respectful of the Term Lender’s apparent willingness to waive any claim for
monetary sanctions, in doing so, they seek to impale FBR with a proverbial “Morton’s Fork” by
suggesting that it is required to choose from two alternatives, neither of which is warranted.
I.

FBR Should Not Be Required to Incur the Expense of
Responding to the Subpoena or Conducting Additional Searches.

The Term Lenders have it backwards to the extent they seek to impose any cost, expense, or
sanction against FBR due to its attempts to comply with their subpoena. Federal Rule of Civil
1

The Term Lenders’ initial Motion [D.E. 153] was filed on October 8, 2010. The
Court directed that there would, at that time, be no further briefing on the Motion. [D.E. 159].
FBR then requested permission to file a response to the Motion [D.E. 162] given the relief sought
and to explain the status of its response to the subpoena. That request was denied without
prejudice [D.E. 163]. The Court indicated, however, that if FBR felt it necessary for the Court to
review the proposed response, it could renew its motion for leave to file it. FBR does ask that
the Court consider the previously submitted proposed response only to the extent that it provides
more detail of the pertinent events and further demonstrates FBR’s compliance and attempted
compliance with the subpoena and the requirements of the Court.

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Procedure 45( c), entitled, “Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions,” provides:
A party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena
must take reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or
expense on a person subject to the subpoena. The issuing court must
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction – which may
include lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees – on a party or
attorney who fails to comply.
See also Klay v. All Defendants, 425 F.3d 977, 982-984 (11th Cir. 2005); Davidson v. Government
Employees Insurance Company, 2010 WL 4342084, *5 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 26, 2010).
The Term Lenders then stand this provision – intended to protect FBR under these
circumstances – on its head when they suggest that sanctions or other relief should be entered in their
favor. There is no question that FBR has incurred significant expense in its good faith attempts to
comply with the subpoena and the Court’s requirements. If the Court is to consider any award of
expenses or sanctions, it should be in favor of FBR, not against it.
The efforts undertaken by FBR to work cooperatively with the Term Lenders, to respond to
the subpoena, to seek appropriate protection, and to comply with the Court’s requirements have been
extensive. These efforts are documented in FBR’s previous filings and numerous telephone
conferences and hearings with counsel and the Court. In the interests of brevity, they are not all
recounted here. By way of further response, however, FBR notes that it provided the Term Lenders
with a copy of the filtered e-mail server (applying the date range and search terms requested by
Term Lenders) and a privilege log. FBR also produced full copies of its document and accounting
servers as required. Term Lenders now complain they received too much data.2 Yet, FBR spent over
$25,000.00 to reduce the size of the e-mail server by 75%, using the search terms drafted by Term
2

The Term Lenders previously demanded that the servers be produced so that they
could search them for responsive documents.
2

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Lenders.3 With regard to the document server, Term Lenders acknowledge that the cost to search
it for responsive documents could approach $200,000. It cannot be credibly argued that such an
undertaking could be done “in the normal course” and that a third party should be required to incur
this extraordinary expense.
The cases cited by the Term Lenders in their attempt to shift the cost to FBR are
distinguishable and fail to overcome Rule 45(c).4 Foremost, with one exception, those cases
involved parties to the litigation, rather than subpoenas directed to non-parties and application of
Rule 45(c). This distinction is important given that FBR has no interest in this case and in view of
its extensive efforts to comply with the Term Lenders’ subpoena.
The case cited by the Term Lenders involving a non-party, Behrend v. Comcast Corporation,
248 F.R.D. 84 (D. Mass. 2008), offers no basis to require FBR to bear the expense of responding to
the subpoena. In Behrend, the court identified three factors to be considered in deciding cost
allocation where a non-party is required to respond to a subpoena, including: (1) whether the nonparty actually has an interest in the outcome of the case, (2) whether the non-party can more readily
bear the costs than the requesting party, and (3) whether the litigation is of public importance. 248
F.R.D. at 86. None of these factors weigh in favor of the Term Lenders. First, unlike the non-party

3

The Term Lenders argue that the search terms were not applied to the e-mail
server. However, as they know, IKON (the vendor retained by FBR to assist with the document
and data production) acknowledged this was an error on its part, not FBR. The search terms have
since been applied by IKON at no extra cost to FBR or the Term Lenders.
4

Though Fed.R.Civ.P. 37 (cited by the Term Lenders) does not apply to FBR as a
non-party, American Honda Bailey Industries, Inc. v. CLJP, Inc., 2010 WL 3860742, *9 (N.D.
Fla. 2010); American Honda Motor Co., Inc. v. Motorcycle Information Network, Inc., 2006 WL
1063299, *1 (M.D. Fla. 2006), FBR’s response and previous filings demonstrate that any
inability to provide a complete and timely response was substantially justified and that an award
of sanctions or expenses would be entirely unjust.
3

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in Behrend, FBR has no interest in the outcome of the case. Term Lenders suggest none. Next, there
is nothing to show that FBR can more readily bear the costs involved versus the Term Lenders. FBR
has no employees to further refine the search for responsive documents. FBR’s limited resources
make it financially impossible to engage a third party vendor to do so. On the other hand, the Term
Lenders consist of a group of over one hundred lenders or financial institutions who can more readily
bear these expenses. The Term Lenders do not and cannot contest this fact. Finally, the issues being
litigated by the Term Lenders here are not of public importance. Term Lenders suggest none.
In fact, Behrend demonstrates why the extraordinary relief requested by the Term Lenders
should be denied. For example, in Behrend, the plaintiff had offered to review the third party, Great
Media’s documents wherever they were stored before it incurred the expense of a privilege review.
248 F.R.D. at 85. Here, the Term Lenders are proposing that FBR’s privileges be deemed waived.
The plaintiff in Behrend had also stipulated that its document review would be subject to all of the
protections contained in an existing Protective Order in the underlying litigation and offered to enter
into an additional stipulation specifically preserving Greater Media’s privilege claims, if any. 248
F.R.D. at 85-86, n. 3. The Term Lenders here propose the opposite.
II.

The Court Should Not Find a Wholesale Waiver of Privilege and
Should Not Endorse the Term Lenders’ Request to Use FBR’s
Records in Any Manner They Wish.

Having obtained full access to FBR’s records through the subpoena process, the Term
Lenders now seek the Court’s imprimatur to allow them to use these confidential and potentially
privileged documents for whatever purpose they wish and without any further obligations
whatsoever. This request should be denied. This requested relief was not included in the Term
Lenders’ initial Motion. Nor do they indicate whether they, or their attorneys, intend to use FBR’s
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most confidential of documents solely in connection with this case, or in relation to other litigation,
or whether they propose to freely share FBR’s records with others, free of accountability or
responsibility for their confidential or privileged nature. The subpoena process was not intended for
this purpose.
The Term Lenders contend they “are not asking the Court to reach the waiver issue.” But this
is precisely the relief they are requesting when they ask the Court that “they may review and use all
of the documents FBR has produced,” without further obligation. The Term Lenders’ request is also
inconsistent with this Court’s prior Order dated October 25, 2010, in which the Court left open the
opportunity for FBR to file a motion at a later date if it determines that privileged information was
inadvertently produced [D.E. 173]. The Court’s indication in this regard is far more reasonable than
the drastic finding of a wholesale waiver as proposed by the Term Lenders.5
Nor can it be shown that FBR has not taken steps to preserve the confidentiality of its records
to the best it was able under the time and fiscal constraints. Its filing of a Motion for Entry of a
Confidentiality Order and its service of privilege logs, while not perfect and all-encompassing,
certainly refute any contention that FBR has waived any claim of privilege or other protection.
For these reasons, as well as those set forth in FBR’s prior filings, FBR requests that the
Term Lenders’ Motion be denied. If there is to be any imposition of costs incurred in connection
with FBR’s response to the subpoena, it should be in FBR’s favor. In addition, the Term Lenders’
request that the Court relieve the Term Lenders of any obligations with regard to any privileged or
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The Court’s Order pertained primarily to FBR’s Motion for Entry of a
Confidentiality Order. Though the Court denied FBR’s request on the grounds that it might
reveal the Term Lenders’ work product, those concerns would not apply to the relief requested
here. It would be difficult for Term Lenders to contend that the mere identification and return of
any privileged materials would constitute their attorneys’ work product.
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confidential information or documents should be denied.
Respectfully submitted,
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 200
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
By:

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

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 24, 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]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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 :

Whitney Thier, General Counsel
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC
19950 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, FL 33180

Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC

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

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

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

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

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

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

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

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

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.

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.
K A S O W I T Z B E NS O N T O R R E S
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

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ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Francis L. Carter, Esq.
Katz, Barron, Squitero, Faust, Grady, English &
Allen, P.A.
2699 S. Bayshore Drive, 7th Floor
Miami, Florida 33133
Phone [phone]
Facsimile 305-285-9227
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

ICAHN NEVADA GAMING
ACQUISTION LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 09-02106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
____________________________________/
ORDER ON MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
This matter is before the Court on the Term Lenders’ Motion for Sanctions
against Fontainebleau Resorts (DE# 153), filed October 8, 2010. On October 18, 2010,
the Court reserved ruling on the motion for sanctions and instructed the Term Lenders to
file a notice of non-compliance if Fontainebleau failed to comply with the production and
privilege-log deadlines set by the Court (DE# 167). Subsequently, the Term Lenders did
file a notice of non-compliance (DE# 181) and a supplemental memorandum of law (DE#
182). Fontainebleau also filed a memorandum of law (DE# 189).
Based on the parties’ filings, it appears that Fontainebleau did not review any of
the servers for responsive documents (and instead provided the Term Lenders with a
“document dump” of more than 926 gigabytes of data) and conducted a privilege review
only of the email server (See DE# 180, 181, 182, 186, 187). However, the Term Lenders
state in their supplemental memorandum that they no longer seek a monetary sanction
but instead request “direction” from the Court that “they may review and use all of the
documents [Fontainebleau] has produced, free of any obligation to apprise
[Fontainebleau] of those documents that may implicate a privilege or to return such
documents to [Fontainebleau]” (DE# 182). Fontainebleau opposes this relief (DE# 189).
In practical terms, the Term Lenders are seeking protection in case they encounter
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At this time, however, the Court is not prepared to summarily grant the alternative
relief that the Term Lenders now request. This relief was not originally requested in their
motion for sanctions, and the privilege dilemma that the Term Lenders’ describe appears
to be a consequence of Fontainebleau’s defective/non-responsive production, not a
sanctions issue flowing from Fontainebleau’s failure to timely produce documents and
data, which was the cause of the Term Lenders’ original motion for sanctions.
Additionally, Fontainebleau has not affirmatively asserted that any of the documents or
data it produced on the two servers (i.e., the documents and accounting servers) actually
contain privileged information. Fontainebleau’s lack of a specific privilege objection to
particular data on the two servers is, apparently, the result of its failure to even review the
two servers for privilege in the first place. (Fontainebleau did, however, advise that it
withheld data from the email server and prepared privilege logs for the data that it did not
produce.)
Although the Term Lenders state they are “not asking the Court to reach the
waiver issue in the context of this sanctions motion,” the requested relief necessarily
contemplates a decision that Fontainebleau waived privileges (emphasis added).
If the Term Lenders wish to pursue the alternate remedy mentioned in their recent
submission (DE# 182), they may file a motion (with incorporated memorandum of law)
of no more than seven pages by next Monday, December 6, 2010, which shall
specifically explain both the relief sought and why this issue is ripe for adjudication (and
thus why the Court would not merely be issuing an advisory opinion). The motion
should also provide relevant legal authority supporting the notion that the Court may
order the relief (presumably because of a waiver, but other theories may be urged if there

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are grounds to support them). Assuming the Term Lenders file such a motion, then
Fontainebleau may respond within seven days from the motion’s filing, and such
response shall also be limited to seven pages.
If the Term Lenders have a legitimate need to expedite the resolution of a specific
motion addressing the waiver-type relief it recently requested as an alternate type of
remedy for purported discovery failings by Fontainebleau, then they may file the motion
by Friday, December 3, 2010 (along with an explanation for the expedited treatment)
and Fontainebleau will then have four days to submit a response. No reply will be
permitted, regardless of when the Term Lenders’ motion is filed.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, this 29th day of November, 2010

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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