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

Filing 79

CERTIFIED REMAND ORDER. MDL No. 2106. Signed by MDL (FLSD) on 1/14/14. (Attachments: # 1 Transmittal from FLSD, # 2 1 09-md-02106 Designation of Record, # 3 1 09-md-02106 Dkt. Sheet - flsd, # 4 09-MD-2106 DE 1, 2, 4-30, # 5 0 9-MD-2106 DE 32-36, # 6 09-MD-2106 DE 37 part 1 of 3, # 7 09-MD-2106 DE 37 part 2 of 3, # 8 09-MD-2106 DE 37 part 3 of 3, # 9 09-MD-2106 DE 38, 39, 41-47, 49, 50, # 10 09-MD-2106 DE 51, # 11 09-MD-2106 DE 52-59, 61-65, 68, 70, 72-76, # (1 2) 09-MD-2106 DE 78-84, 86-91, # 13 09-MD-2106 DE 93, 95-103, 106-108, # 14 09-MD-2106 DE 110-115, # 15 09-MD-2106 DE 116-125, 127-129, 132-134, # 16 09-MD-2106 DE 136-140, 142-158, # 17 09-MD-2106 DE 160-162, 164-167, 170-175, 177-190, # ( 18) 09-MD-2106 DE 191-199, 201-215, # 19 09-MD-2106 DE 217-229, 232-247, # 20 09-MD-2106 DE 248, # 21 09-MD-2106 DE 249 part 1 of 2, # 22 09-MD-2106 DE 249 part 2 of 2, # 23 09-MD-2106 DE 251-253, 262-266, 284-287, 300, 301, 310, 319, 326-3 31, # 24 09-MD-2106 DE 335, 336, 338-344, 346-349, # 25 09-MD-2106 DE 350, # 26 09-MD-2106 DE 351-358, # 27 09-MD-2106 DE 360-366, 368-374, # 28 09-MD-2106 DE 375 part 1 of 3, # 29 09-MD-2106 DE 375 part 2 of 3, # 30 09-MD-2106 DE 375 p art 3 of 3, # 31 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 1, # 32 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 2, # 33 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 3, # 34 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 4, # 35 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 5, # 36 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 6, # 37 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 7, # 38 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 8, # 39 09-MD-2106 DE 376 part 9, # 40 09-MD-2106 DE 377 part 1, # 41 09-MD-2106 DE 377 part 2, # 42 09-MD-2106 DE 378, # 43 09-MD-2106 DE 379, # 44 09-MD-2106 DE 380, # 45 09-MD-2106 DE 381 part 1, # 46 09-MD-2 106 DE 381 part 2, # 47 09-MD-2106 DE 382 part 1, # 48 09-MD-2106 DE 382 part 2, # 49 09-MD-2106 DE 382 part 3, # 50 09-MD-2106 DE 382 part 4, # 51 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 1, # 52 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 2, # 53 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 3, # 54 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 4, # 55 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 5, # 56 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 6, # 57 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 7, # 58 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 8, # 59 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 9, # 60 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 10, # 61 09-MD-2106 DE 383 part 11, # 62 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 1, # 63 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 2, # 64 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 3, # 65 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 4, # 66 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 5, # 67 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 6, # 68 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 7, # ( 69) 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 8, # 70 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 9, # 71 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 10, # 72 09-MD-2106 DE 384 part 11, # 73 09-MD-2106 DE 385 part 1, # 74 09-MD-2106 DE 385 part 2, # 75 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 1, # 76 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 2, # 77 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 3, # 78 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 4, # 79 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 5, # 80 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 6, # 81 09-MD-2106 DE 386 part 7, # 82 09-MD-2106 DE 387 part 1, # 83 09-MD-2106 DE 387 part 2, # 84 09-MD-2106 DE 388, # 85 09-MD-2106 DE 389 part 1, # 86 09-MD-2106 DE 389 part 2, # 87 09-MD-2106 DE 389 part 3, # 88 09-MD-2106 DE 389 part 4, # 89 09-MD-2106 DE 390, 392-394, # 90 1 10-cv-20236 Dkt. Sheet - flsd, # 91 10cv20236 DE #1-27, 29-31, 45, 53, 60-65, 67-70, 73, # 92 1 09-cv-23835 Dkt. Sheet - flsd, # 93 09cv23835 DE 112, 115-126, # 94 09cv23835 DE 130, 134, 135 and 145)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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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.
/
AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ JOINDER IN BANK OF AMERICA N.A.’S MOTION FOR
A DETERMINATION OF FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS’ WAIVER OF
PRIVILEGE FOR ITS E-MAIL SERVER DOCUMENTS
Avenue Term Lenders1 hereby join in Bank of America, N.A.’s Motion for a
Determination of Fontainebleau Resorts’ Waiver of Privilege for its E-Mail Server Documents,
dated February 23, 2011 [D.E. # 215].
Dated: February 28, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
[e-mail]
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
Fla Bar No.: 581305
[e-mail]
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Local Counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders

1 The Avenue Term Lenders consist of the plaintiffs in the case captioned Avenue CLO Fund,

Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, et al., Case No. 09-CV-23835-GOLD/GOODMAN (S.D. Fla.).

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Of counsel:
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
HENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing AVENUE TERM
LENDERS’ JOINDER IN BANK OF AMERICA N.A.’S MOTION FOR A
DETERMINATION OF FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS’ WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE FOR
ITS E-MAIL SERVER DOCUMENTS 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: February 28, 2011
/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.

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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

David J. Woll, 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

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, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
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]

Defendant
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-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 45;
GRANTING MOTIONS TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE,
CONSENT TO DESIGNATION, AND REQUEST TO ELECTRONICALLY
RECEIVE NOTICES OF ELECTRONIC FILINGS [ECF Nos. 210, 211, 213, 214]
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon four Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice,
Consent to Designation and Request to Electronically Receive Notices of Electronics
Filings (“Motions”) [ECF Nos. 210, 211, 213, 214], 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 Kenneth
Murata [ECF No. 210], Asher L. Rivner [ECF No. 211], Peter J. Most [ECF No. 213], and
C. Dana Hobart [ECF No. 214] 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. 210, 211, 213, 214]
are GRANTED.

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2.

Kenneth Murata, Asher L. Rivner, Peter J. Most, and C. Dana Hobart are permitted
to appear and participate in this action for purposes of limited appearances in the
above-referenced action.

3.

The Clerk shall provide electronic notification of all electronic filings to Kenneth
Murata at [e-mail], Asher L. Rivner at [e-mail], Peter J.
Most at [e-mail], and C. Dana Hobart at [e-mail].
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 28th day of February,

2011.
__________________________________
THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

cc:

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman
Counsel of record

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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 IN
OPPOSITION TO BANK OF AMERICA’S MOTION FOR A DETERMINATION
OF WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE FOR ITS E-MAIL SERVER DOCUMENTS
Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”) respectfully submits this Response in
Opposition to Defendant Bank of America, N.A.’s (“BOA”) Motion for a Determination of FBR’s
Waiver of Privilege for its E-Mail Server Documents [D.E. 215]:
I.

BACKGROUND
BOA served FBR with its subpoenas duces tecum on September 2, 2010, seeking fifty-seven

categories of documents. FBR timely responded to the subpoenas. Shortly thereafter, FBR worked
collaboratively with BOA and the other subpoenaing entities to develop a list of search terms and
date range to arrive at a realistic means of identifying and producing responsive documents from its
e-mail server. FBR respectfully emphasizes to the Court that the scope of this undertaking was
immense, particularly for a non-party, which has no large firm “litigation support group.” See BOA’s
Declaration, ¶ 6. Nonetheless, FBR agreed to apply these terms and parameters at its own expense.
To do so, FBR hired a third party vendor, Ikon, to conduct the requested search of the e-mail
server. FBR then conducted an internal privilege review of the search results performed by Ikon and
produced what it believed and intended to be only non-privileged e-mails. While FBR’s privilege

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review may not have been perfect, it never intended to waive its privilege with respect to its e-mail
server. Rather, after its production, FBR continued to work with BOA once it was discovered that
potentially privileged materials had in fact been inadvertently produced.
For example, on December 9, 2010, BOA first notified FBR that it had identified potentially
privileged e-mails produced in response to the subpoena. It provided FBR with copies of the nine
e-mail strings and asked that privilege with respect to those e-mails be asserted by December 13,
2010. On December 13, 2010, FBR provided its privilege log with respect to those e-mail strings
which were, in fact, privileged. On December 20, 2010, BOA again notified FBR that it had
identified a number of additional potentially privileged e-mails (fourteen e-mail strings) and asked
FBR for a response by December 23, 2010. FBR again timely responded on December 21, 2010,
and provided another privilege log with these additional e-mails.
Then, during a January 13, 2010 telephone conference, BOA informed FBR that it would no
longer be identifying potentially privileged e-mails in the manner described above, despite FBR’s
timely compliance with each request from BOA.1 At this time, FBR was first informed of the extent
of its inadvertent production of potentially privileged e-mails. BOA asked what steps FBR would
take to rectify the situation. FBR first requested that BOA continue the above-described process of
identifying potentially privileged e-mails and affording FBR a reasonable amount of time to respond.
BOA refused. FBR then undertook a further effort to identify potentially privileged e-mails.
On January 18, 2011, FBR again retained Ikon to assess its options and to determine the cost
of further privilege review. This inquiry alone cost FBR $1,500. Over the next week, and after

1

FBR has also consistently notified the bank that it in no way intended, or
requested, that the Bank’s discovery efforts in the case be prejudiced or delayed.
2

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consulting further with Ikon’s electronic discovery experts, Ikon provided FBR with a cost estimate
and a proposed work order, detailing the methods that would be used to conduct a further privilege
review of the e-mail hard drive.2 FBR hired Ikon for this purpose in the beginning of February at
a cost of $12,500.00 to undertake this process. Since then, FBR has worked diligently to complete
the process and expects to produce a comprehensive list of privileged e-mails which may have
inadvertently produced.3 FBR further relies on the attached Declaration of Stephen Thacker.
II.

FBR DID NOT WAIVE ITS PRIVILEGE WITH RESPECT TO ANY E-MAILS
The drastic relief sought by BOA must be considered against the well established precept:
The attorney-client privilege is the oldest of the privileges for
confidential communications known to the common law. Its purpose
is to encourage full and frank communication between attorneys and
their clients and thereby promote broader public interests in the
observance of law and administration of justice.

Upjohn Company v. United States, 449 U.S. 383, 389 (1981), internal citations omitted.
Under Federal Rule of Evidence 502(b), the disclosure of privileged information does not
waive the privilege if: (1) the disclosure is inadvertent; (2) the holder of the privilege or protection
took reasonable steps to prevent disclosure; and (3) the holder promptly took reasonable steps to
rectify the error. In addition to these factors, the Court may also consider: (1) the reasonableness of
precautions taken to prevent inadvertent disclosure, (2) the amount of time it took the producing
party to realize its error, (3) the scope of the production, (4) the extent of the inadvertent disclosure,

2

Part of the discussions with Ikon entailed a manner of identifying potentially
privileged e-mails in a format that would be more workable to the bank, i.e. using, BOA’s own
assigned document numbering system.
3

Again, BOA was concurrently made aware of FBR’s efforts in this regard as well
as its progress with respect to Ikon. BOA was also informed on February 3, 2011, that FBR
“do[es] not intend to delay BOA’s case in any way.”
3

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and (5) the overriding interest of fairness and justice. United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. Liberty
Surplus Ins. Corp., 630 F.Supp.2d 1332, 1336 (M.D.Fla. 2007). These factors weigh in favor FBR
and against the relief sought by BOA, particularly under the circumstances described above.
First, there is nothing to suggest that FBR’s production of potentially privileged e-mails was
intentional. To the contrary, the foregoing demonstrates FBR’s intent and efforts to consistently
maintain its privilege, while at the same time, timely complying with the subpoenas.4 BOA’s
attempt to speak for FBR’s “state of mind” is simply incorrect. Motion, p. 5.
FBR also took reasonable precautions to avoid any inadvertent disclosure. After FBR’s
vendor applied the agreed upon search terms, FBR initially conducted an internal privilege review
of those results using a list of its former and current attorneys’ names and reviewed each e-mail
identified as being potentially privileged. Thereafter, FBR served BOA and others with a privilege
log and produced the remaining contents of the e-mail hard drive.5 FBR also filed with this Court
a Motion for Confidentiality Order prior to the disclosure of the e-mail hard drive. While this request
was denied, it nonetheless is reflective of FBR’s precautions to protect and maintain its privileges.
In addition, as soon BOA notified FBR of the extent of its inadvertent production of
potentially privileged e-mails, FBR took prompt steps to rectify the situation. Given its limited
internal capabilities, FBR immediately contacted Ikon to provide an assessment of the production

4

The only Eleventh Circuit case cited by BOA, United States v. Suarez, 820 F.2d
1158 (11th Cir. 1987), is readily distinguishable and lends no support to BOA. In Suarez, the
court held that an attorneys’ prior testimony at an evidentiary hearing as to communications with
his client (with the client’s consent and pursuant to an express waiver) constituted a waiver of the
privilege for the same testimony at trial. Here, FBR is not seeking to use its privilege in such a
“sword and shield” manner and it is not asking that it be “rewarded” for anything.
5

FBR has provided three privilege logs during the course of these events.
4

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and to verify BOA’s notification. Ikon subsequently provided FBR with its proposed work order.
Within a week of receiving the proposal, FBR hired Ikon to conduct a comprehensive analysis and
further privilege review of the e-mail hard drive. That process is substantially complete and FBR
expects to produce to BOA and others a comprehensive list of the privileged e-mails contained on
the hard drive. Again, BOA was kept abreast of FBR’s ongoing efforts in this regard. This too
refutes BOA’s unsupported contention that “FBR has not taken any independent action to recall
allegedly inadvertently produced privileged documents.” Motion, p. 7. Clearly it has.
The scope of production also weighs in favor of FBR. The e-mail hard drive included
approximately 200,000 e-mails, the vast majority of which are not privileged. BOA acknowledges
that the e-mail hard drive also includes over 30,000 e-mails from its in-house counsel alone. Clearly,
under these circumstances, the overriding interests of fairness and justice weigh in favor of FBR, a
third party, who has already incurred significant expense in complying with BOA’s subpoena.
While there should be no finding of a wholesale waiver of privilege with respect to its e-mail
server, FBR alternatively proposes a workable, less-drastic solution. First, FBR asks for a reasonable
amount of time to complete the presently on-going task of conducting a refined analysis of
potentially privileged e-mails. Once that process has been completed, FBR will identify any
inadvertently produced e-mails using BOA’s document identifying method. In the meantime, FBR
is not seeking to shoulder BOA with the responsibility of, in essence, conducting a privilege review
for FBR. Nor is FBR asking to delay in any manner the ongoing discovery in this case. Rather, FBR
simply asks that BOA notify FBR of any privileged e-mails identified in its ongoing discovery (such
as deposition preparation), until the full review process can be completed.
For these reasons, FBR respectfully requests that BOA’s Motion be denied.
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Respectfully submitted,
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

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 1, 2011, 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]
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.

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.

David A. Rothstein, Esq.
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive
Penthouse 2-B
Miami, Florida 33133

Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et

J. Michael Hennigan, Esq.
Kirk Dillman, Esq.
Rebecca Pilch, Esq.
Caroline Walters, Esq.
HENNIGAN & DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017

Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et al.

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ATTORNEYS:
David M. Friedman, Esq.
Marc E. Kasowitz, Esq.
Jed I. Bergman, Esq.
Seth A. Moskowitz, Esq.
KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES
FRIEDMAN LLP
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6799
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Harley E. Riedel
Russell M. Blain
Susan Heath Sharp
STRICHTER, RIEDEL, BLAIN
PROSSER, P.A.
110 East Madison Street, Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33602

REPRESENTING :
Soneet R. Kapilla, Chapter 7 Trustee

&

Soneet R. Kapilla, Chapter 7 Trustee

&

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

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

James B. Heaton, III, Esq.
Steven J. Nachtwey, Esq.
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN
PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois 60654

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,
Ltd.

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ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

Brett M. Amron, Esq.
BAST AMRON LLP
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 1440
Miami, Florida 33131
David Parker, Esq.
KLEINBERG KAPLAN
COHEN, P.C.
551 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10176

WOLFF

Arthur H. Rice, Esq.
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON
SCHILLER, P.A.
101 Northeast Third Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,
Ltd.

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,
& Ltd.

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
&

Robert G. Fracasso, Esq.
SCHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
1500 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

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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 46; SETTING ORAL ARGUMENT
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiffs’ Motion for Order Dismissing
Aurelius Action Without Prejudice (“Motion”) [ECF No. 212]. 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 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Order Dismissing Aurelius Action Without
Prejudice [ECF No. 212] 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 Friday, April 8, 2011 at 3:00 p.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, including tabbed and indexed copies of all case law and authorities cited

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therein, by Friday, March 25, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. The courtesy copies shall include
a table of contents and shall indicate the docket entry number of each document
contained therein.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Miami, Florida, this 1st day of March,
2011.
______________________________
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
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.
________________________________/
NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY

THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully gives notice that she will be out of the country and
unavailable for the period of Thursday, March 10, 2011 through Monday, March 21, 2011 due to a
longstanding, prepaid vacation. While undersigned counsel represents third party, Fontainebleau
Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), we are providing this Notice only as it relates to FBR and in an abundance
of caution. Due to undersigned counsel’s status as the attorney with the most knowledge of FBR,
relating to subpoenas served on it in this action, FBR respectfully requests that all parties refrain from
conducting any proceedings related to FBR during this period.
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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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 3, 2011, 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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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN
SERVICE LIST
ATTORNEYS:

REPRESENTING :

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.

Bank of America, N.A.

Daniel L. Canton, Esq.

Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation

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]
Craig V. Rasile, Esq.

Bank of America, N.A.

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

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

HUNTON & WILLIAMS

Barclays Bank PLC

1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500

Deustche Bank Trust Company Americans

Miami, FL 33131

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
Bank of Scotland PLC

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

REPRESENTING :

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.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Mark D. Bloom, Esq.

Barclays Bank PLC

GREENBERG TAURIG

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

1221 Brickell Avenue

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Sarah A. Harmon, Esq.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

BAILEY KENNEDY

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

8984 Spanish Ridge Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89148
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

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

REPRESENTING :

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.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

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

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

REPRESENTING :

Aaron Rubinstein, Esq.

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

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

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
ROBINSON

&

SCHILLER
101 NE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Gregory S. Grossman, Esq.

MG Financial Bank, N.A.

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

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

REPRESENTING :

Andrew B. Kratenstein, Esq.

Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

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

Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et

DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive
Penthouse 2-B
Miami, Florida 33133
J. Michael Hennigan, Esq.

Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et al.

Kirk Dillman, Esq.
Rebecca Pilch, Esq.
Caroline Walters, Esq.
HENNIGAN & DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017

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

REPRESENTING :

David M. Friedman, Esq.

Soneet R. Kapilla, Chapter 7 Trustee

Marc E. Kasowitz, Esq.
Jed I. Bergman, Esq.
Seth A. Moskowitz, Esq.
KASOWITZ

BENSON

TORRES

&

FRIEDMAN LLP
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6799
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
Harley E. Riedel

Soneet R. Kapilla, Chapter 7 Trustee

Russell M. Blain
Susan Heath Sharp
STRICHTER,

RIEDEL,

BLAIN

&

PROSSER, P.A.
110 East Madison Street, Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33602
Harold Defore Moorefield, Jr., Esq.

Bank of Scotland PLC

STERNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON
Museum Tower, Suite 2200
150 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

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

REPRESENTING :

Mark D. Bloom, Esq.

Bank of Scotland PLC

John B. Hutton, III, Esq.
GREENBERG TRAURIG
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]
James B. Heaton, III, Esq.

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,

Steven J. Nachtwey, Esq.

Ltd.

BARTLIT BECK HERMAN
PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Brett M. Amron, Esq.

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,

BAST AMRON LLP

Ltd.

SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 1440
Miami, Florida 33131
David Parker, Esq.
KLEINBERG

KAPLAN

ACP Mater, Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Master,
WOLFF

Ltd.

&

COHEN, P.C.
551 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10176

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

REPRESENTING :

Arthur H. Rice, Esq.
RICE

PUGATCH

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch
ROBINSON

&

SCHILLER, P.A.
101 Northeast Third Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Robert G. Fracasso, Esq.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

SCHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
1500 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131

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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 DETERMINATION OF WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE
FOR FONTAINEBLEAU’S E-MAIL SERVER DOCUMENTS

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Bank of America, N.A.’s Motion for
a Determination of Fontainebleau Resorts’ Waiver of Privilege for its E-Mail Server
Documents. (DE# 215).

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I have reviewed the motion, the Response in Opposition (DE#

219) and BANA’s Reply (DE# 222).
Given BANA’s representation that it needs a decision in connection with
upcoming depositions (which, according to BANA, began on February 17, 2011) and the
April 15, 2011 discovery cutoff, the Parties are in need of a timely ruling.
In its Response (p. 3), Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC contends that it has “worked
diligently to complete the process” [of facilitating an additional privilege review of
potentially privileged e-mails with a third party information technology expert – IKON]
and “expects to produce a comprehensive list of privileged e-mails which may have
inadvertently produced.” [sic].
In support of its Opposition to the Motion, FBR attached the declaration of
Stephen Thacker, IKON’s Director of Electronic Discovery for the Southeast.
Mr. Thacker’s relatively succinct declaration explains that IKON received a
signed work order from FBR on February 7, 2011 (almost a month ago) and that IKON
and “Cataphora,” which is described as a “third-party vendor that provides linguisticbased technology,” are “currently in the process of completing work pursuant to the

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The Avenue Term Lenders, who describe themselves at the plaintiffs in Avenue
CLO Fund, Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, et al., Case No. 09-CV-23835GOLD/GOODMAN (S.D. Fla.), have joined in the motion. (DE# 217).

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Statement of Work …, which includes sampling and reviewing of what we refer to as
“tiered document sets.” (DE# 219-1).
Mr. Thacker’s declaration, however, does not further explain “tiered document
sets.”
More significantly, neither Mr. Thacker’s declaration nor FBR’s response
provides any notice about when the additional privilege review is expected to be
completed. In fact, neither document even makes a ballpark prediction of when the
privilege review is expected to be completed.
In the meantime, of course, time, as it always does, is passing.
Given the procedural history here, it is inequitable to permit FBR to prejudice
BANA’s ability to effectively take depositions by keeping it and other parties in the dark
about which emails are actually privileged even though they were produced months ago.
On the other hand, FBR is technically a non-party to this litigation and has taken
some steps to protect the privilege.
Therefore, FBR (and its third party vendors) shall have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday
March 14, 2011 to provide BANA with a final privilege log for its email server. If FBR
does not meet this deadline, then it shall be deemed to have waived all privileges
concerning the email server documents -- and BANA and any other party are free to use
any document produced, notwithstanding its privileged or arguably privileged status.
This ruling does not cover emails which FBR previously produced but later “recalled”
after BANA advised it of the privileged status of certain email documents. In other
words, those recalled emails will remain privileged (subject to later substantive
challenge) even if FBR fails to timely provide the supplemental, final privilege log.
If FBR timely provides a final privilege log, then BANA and other parties may
not use the emails listed as privileged absent further order from the Court.
FBR’s supplemental, final privilege log must be sufficiently detailed to provide
BANA with the ability to determine whether to challenge a particular email document as
privileged. At a minimum, therefore, the privilege log must provide the date of the email,
a description of the subject, a document identifier (such as a “Bates” number), a list of all
recipients (including “CC” recipients and “BCC” recipients, if known) and a list of all
attorneys involved in the email communications (as either a sender or a recipient). The

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list of attorneys shall also designate the identities of the clients represented by the
attorneys. This master list of attorneys need only be provided once and it need not be on
the privilege log itself (e.g., it might, for example, be on a separate, master list of
attorneys).
DONE AND ORDERED, in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, this 4th day of March,
2011.

Copies furnished to:
All counsel of record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 1:09-md-2106-GOLD/GOODMAN

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to:
Case No. 09-cv-23835-ASG
Case No. 10-cv-20236-ASG
/

REVOLVING LENDERS’ OPPOSITION TO
AVENUE AND AURELIUS PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR AN ORDER
DISMISSING AURELIUS PLAINTIFFS’ ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Defendants Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, HSH Nordbank AG, New York
Branch, Bank of Scotland PLC, MB Financial Bank, N.A., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation, and Camulos Master Fund, L.P. (collectively, “Revolving Lenders”) respectfully
submit this opposition to the motion of plaintiffs in Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et al. v. Bank of
America, N.A., et al., Case No. 09-cv-23835-ASG (the “Avenue Plaintiffs” and “Avenue
Action”) and ACP Master, Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 10-cv-20236ASG (the “Aurelius Plaintiffs” and “Aurelius Action”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) for an Order
dismissing the Aurelius Action without prejudice and approving the terms of Plaintiffs’ proposed
stipulation (the “Dismissal Motion”).

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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The Dismissal Motion is a procedurally flawed application that asks this Court to
enter an Order dismissing without prejudice claims that it has already dismissed with prejudice
and over which the Court no longer has jurisdiction. In its May 28, 2010 decision, this Court
dismissed with prejudice the claims in the Aurelius and Avenue Actions against the Revolving
Lenders. Thereafter, at the request of the Aurelius and Avenue Plaintiffs, this Court entered a
partial final judgment with respect to those claims to enable the Aurelius and Avenue Plaintiffs
to pursue an appeal. The Aurelius and Avenue Plaintiffs have since filed notices of appeal of
that final judgment. As a result, this Court does not have jurisdiction to grant the Dismissal
Motion.
The Dismissal Motion should be denied for the additional reason that Plaintiffs’
proposed stipulation, which they ask the Court to order, is unfairly prejudicial to the Revolving
Lenders in that (a) it effectively seeks to modify the Court’s previous dismissal order to provide
for dismissal of the claims against the Revolving Lenders without prejudice instead of with
prejudice, (b) it would require the Revolving Lenders to waive potential statute of limitations
defenses, and (c) it effectively seeks to obtain a change in venue of millions of dollars of claims
with no showing that the District of Nevada, the forum selected by the Avenue Plaintiffs, is an
appropriate or more convenient forum than the forum selected by the Aurelius Plaintiffs.
Contrary to Plaintiffs’ suggestion, there was nothing unreasonable about the Revolving Lenders’
unwillingness to enter into the stipulation proposed by Plaintiffs, nor is there any basis to impose
its terms on Defendants by court order. Moreover, while chastising the Revolving Lenders for
not agreeing to their proposed terms, Plaintiffs fail to mention that Plaintiffs rejected an
alternative proposal by the Revolving Lenders that provided, among other things, that the trial, if

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any, of the claims in the Avenue and Aurelius Actions, take place in this Court, along with the
claims in the related Fontainebleau case.
ARGUMENT
I.

THE COURT LACKS JURISDICTION TO ENTER AN ORDER WITH
RESPECT TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE REVOLVING LENDERS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF APPEAL
This Court lacks jurisdiction to modify its prior Order and Entry of Partial Final

Judgment to now dismiss the Aurelius Action without prejudice. The Avenue and Aurelius
Plaintiffs filed notices of appeal on January 19, 2011 and February 11, 2011, respectively, of this
Court’s Partial Final Judgment dismissing their claims against the Revolving Lenders with
prejudice. As a result, this Court was divested of jurisdiction and cannot enter an Order
modifying its prior ruling or otherwise adjudicate the same Aurelius claims against the
Revolving Lenders that are involved in the pending appeals.
The filing of a notice of appeal “is an event of jurisdictional significance – it
confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over the
aspects of the case involved in the appeal.” Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459
U.S. 56, 58 (1982); see also Weaver v. Florida Power & Light Co., 172 F.3d 771, 773 (11th Cir.
1999) (“It is well-settled law that the filing of a notice of appeal divests the district court of
jurisdiction over a case”); Abrahams v. Incorporated Village of Hempstead, 2010 WL 3025191,
*1 (2d Cir. Aug. 4, 2010) (“The dismissal of the complaint while the appeal was pending was
error. A notice of appeal divests a district court of jurisdiction.”).
While the Court may enter orders relating to the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims
against Bank of America as Disbursement Agent under the Disbursement Agreement – claims
which were not dismissed and are not subject to a pending appeal, and which the Plaintiffs have

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described as entirely distinct from their claims against the Revolving Lenders (see Plaintiff Term
Lenders’ Joint Motion for Partial Final Judgment, Docket No. 151, at 2) – the Court of Appeals
now has sole jurisdiction over all aspects of the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims for breach of the
Credit Agreement, including all claims against the Revolving Lenders.
II.

DISMISSING THE AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND
PROCEEDING WITH ALL CLAIMS IN THE AVENUE ACTION WOULD
UNFAIRLY PREJUDICE THE REVOLVING LENDERS
Plaintiffs claim that granting the Dismissal Motion and approving Plaintiffs’

proposed stipulation will not prejudice the Revolving Lenders and that counsel for the Revolving
Lenders failed to identify any such prejudice during discussions concerning the proposed
stipulation. These assertions are wrong on several counts.
First, as was conveyed to counsel for the Avenue Plaintiffs, the Revolving
Lenders object to and would clearly be prejudiced by a dismissal of the Aurelius Action without
prejudice.1 Declaration of David J. Woll (“Woll Decl.”), ¶ 5. This Court has already dismissed
the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims against the Revolving Lenders with prejudice. Apart from the
jurisdictional issue raised above, it is hard to imagine why any defendant would agree to convert
a dismissal with prejudice to a dismissal without prejudice while receiving no benefit or
concession in return. Furthermore, even if the Court had not already dismissed the claims
against the Revolving Lenders with prejudice, the claims of the Aurelius Plaintiffs would now be
subject to a dismissal with prejudice if, as Plaintiffs represent, the Aurelius Plaintiffs have sold
all of their interests in the Credit Agreement to the Avenue Plaintiffs. See, e.g., Serefex Corp. v.
Hickman Holdings, LP, 695 F. Supp. 2d 1331, 1344 (M.D. Fla. 2010) (dismissing claim with
1

The stipulation proposed by the Avenue Plaintiffs provides that “[t]he Aurelius Action
shall be dismissed without prejudice as to claims arising out of or related to any Aurelius
Notes that are purchased by any of the [Avenue Plaintiffs].” Dillman Decl., Ex. A ¶ 1.
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prejudice where plaintiff lacked standing to challenge validity of a contract to which it was not a
party).2
Second, as was also conveyed to counsel for the Avenue Plaintiffs, the Revolving
Lenders object to the proposed stipulation, which Plaintiffs have asked the Court to order, to the
extent that it requires the Revolving Lenders to waive potential statute of limitations defenses.
Woll Decl., ¶ 5. The stipulation proposed by the Avenue Plaintiffs provides that “[f]or purposes
of computing time periods pursuant to any applicable statutes of limitations or repose, the time
for filing the claims asserted in the Aurelius Action shall be deemed to have been tolled at all
times during the pendency of the Aurelius Action.” Dillman Decl., Ex. A ¶ 3. Whether and to
what extent periods of limitation or repose for a particular claim are tolled by the pendency of
the Aurelius Action is a legal question that can be resolved, if necessary, as and when it arises. If
such periods are tolled for a particular claim by operation of law, there is no need for a
stipulation “deeming” that to be the case. If they are not, there is no reason why the Revolving
Lenders should be expected to waive a potential defense in a stipulation, the sole purpose of
which is to assist the Avenue Plaintiffs in buying claims against the Revolving Lenders from the
Aurelius Plaintiffs.

2

Of course, there is no evidence in the record that any of the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims
have been effectively sold and assigned to the Avenue Plaintiffs; only statements to the
effect that the Avenue Plaintiffs have “purchased all of the Term Loan Notes previously
held by the [Aurelius Plaintiffs]” in a declaration from counsel. Dillman Decl., ¶ 2. See
Morgan v. Sec. of Health & Human Servs., 2007 WL 5161614, at *3 (Fed.Cl. Apr. 2,
2007) (“[A]ssertions of counsel are not evidence.”); see also Sesostris, S.A.E. v.
Transportes Navales, S.A., 727 F. Supp. 737, 743 (D.Mass. 1989) (“attorney’s affidavit
does not provide sufficient proof of ownership [of disputed cargo ship]”). The Credit
Agreement contains various requirements that a party must comply with to effectively
transfer its interests under the Credit Agreement, and Plaintiffs do not even try to
demonstrate that these requirements have been met.
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Third, and as was also conveyed to counsel for the Avenue Plaintiffs, the
Revolving Lenders object to the Avenue Plaintiffs’ attempt to fold the Aurelius Action into their
own action without addressing issues regarding the ultimate venue for trial, if any. Woll Decl., ¶
6.

The Avenue and Aurelius Plaintiffs chose to file their actions in Nevada and New York,

respectively. Since the Avenue Plaintiffs claim to be purchasing the Aurelius Plaintiffs’
litigation position and “succeed[ing] to all claims asserted in the Aurelius Action” (Avenue
Motion at 2), they are merely stepping into the shoes of the Aurelius Plaintiffs. While this might
entitle them to substitute in as plaintiffs in the New York action, it does not entitle them to treat
the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims as if they were originally filed in Nevada. Pursuant to MDL
procedures, if the Aurelius Plaintiffs’ claims against the Revolving Lenders are revived, those
claims would be remanded to the Southern District of New York for trial, if necessary.3
Conspicuously absent from the Dismissal Motion is any mention of the proposal that the
Revolving Lenders made to address this venue issue. The Revolving Lenders proposed that the
parties stipulate that any trial in the Aurelius, Avenue and Fontainebleau Actions take place in
the Southern District of Florida. That procedure, which would promote “efficient case
management” and avoid “splitting claims” far more than anything contained in the stipulation
proposed by Plaintiffs, was rejected out of hand by Plaintiffs. Instead, Plaintiffs sought a onesided stipulation that the Revolving Lenders had every right to reject.

3

In fact, in briefing before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation regarding
consolidated pre-trial proceedings for these and the Fontainebleau actions, the Avenue
Plaintiffs agreed with the Aurelius Plaintiffs that all actions should be transferred for
pretrial purposes to New York on the basis that, among other reasons, the parties to the
Credit Agreement at issue selected New York as the preferred forum and agreed New
York law governs, and the majority of the parties, witnesses and counsel are located in
the New York area. Woll Decl., Ex. A and B.
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CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the Revolving Lenders respectfully request that the
Court deny the Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss the Aurelius action without prejudice and Plaintiffs’
request that the Court approve their proposed stipulation.
Respectfully submitted,
Date: March 7, 2011
By:

/s/ John B. Hutton_____

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
John B. Hutton (Florida Bar No. 902160)
Mark D. Bloom (Florida Bar No. 303836)
1221 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
-andSIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
Thomas C. Rice (pro hac vice)
David J. Woll (pro hac vice)
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, and
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

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By:

/s/ Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.

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

/s/ Peter Roberts

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

By:

/s/ Arthur Halsey Rice

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

/s/ Robert Fracasso

SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
Robert G. Fracasso
1500 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
-andMAYER BROWN LLP
Jean-Marie L. Atamian (pro hac vice)
Jason I. Kirschner (pro hac vice)
1675 Broadway
New York, New York 10019-5820
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING
CORPORATION

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By:

/s/ Andrew Kratenstein

MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
Andrew B. Kratenstein (pro hac vice)
Michael R. Huttenlocher (pro hac vice)
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10171
Telephone: [phone]
-andRaquel A. Rodriguez
201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 220
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
CAMULOS MASTER FUND, L.P.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 7, 2011, a copy of the foregoing
REVOLVING LENDERS’ OPPOSITION TO AVENUE AND AURELIUS PLAINTIFFS’
MOTION FOR AN ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS PLAINTIFFS’ ACTION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE and the accompanying DECLARATION OF DAVID J. WOLL were filed with the
Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF and that they are being served this day on the following
counsel of record 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 Notices of Electronic Filing.
By:

James B. Heaton
Steven J. Nachtwey
BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR &
SCOTT
54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60610
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Brett Michael Amron
BAST AMRON LLP
150 West Flagler Street
Penthouse 2850
Miami, FL 33130
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

/s/ John B. Hutton
John B. Hutton

J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
HENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Avenue, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
David A. Rothstein
Lorenz M. Pruss
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for ACP Master, Ltd. & Aurelius
Capital Master, Ltd.
David M. Friedman
Jed I. Bergman
Seth A. Moskowitz
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN, LLP
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Avenue CLO, et al. Plaintiffs

Attorneys for Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC

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

Russell M. Blain
Harley E. Riedel
Susan Heath Sharp
STICHTER, RIEDEL, BLAIN & PROSSER,
P.A.
110 East Madison Street, Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33602
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Daniel L. Cantor
Bradley J. Butwin
Jonathan Rosenberg
William J. Sushon
O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Craig V. Rasile
HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Kenneth E. Noble
Anthony L. Paccione
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.
Drew M. Dillworth
STEARNS WEAVER MILLER WEISSLER
ALHADEFF & SITTERSON, PA
Museum Tower
150 West Flagler Street, Suite 2200
Miami, Florida 33130
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A. and
Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation
Aaron Rubinstein
Phillip A. Geraci
KAYE SCHOLER LLP
425 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Bank of Scotland PLC
Jean-Marie L. Atamian
Jason I. Kirschner
MAYER BROWN LLP
1675 Broadway
New York, New York 10019-5820
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Arthur Halsey Rice
RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON &
SCHILLER, P.A.
101 Northeast Third Avenue, Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Robert G. Fracasso
SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
1500 Miami Center
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for HSH Nordbank AG, New York
Branch
Robert W. Glantz
Peter J. Roberts
SHAW GUSSIS FISHMAN GLANTZ
WOLFSON & TOWBIN LLC
321 North Clark St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60654
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation
Andrew B. Kratenstein
Michael R. Huttenlocher
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10171
Telephone: [phone]
Raquel A. Rodriguez
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
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Gregory S. Grossman
ASTIGARRAGA DAVIS
MULLINS & GROSSMAN, PA
701 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 220
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

Attorneys for MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
M.L. NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO
COMPLY WITH ORDER DATED MARCH 4, 2011, AND TO SERVE PRIVILEGE LOG
Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC (“FBR”), by and through its undersigned counsel,
pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(b) and S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.1, moves for a two-week extension of time to
comply with the Court’s Order dated March 4, 2011 [D.E.223] and to serve its final privilege log.
As grounds and good cause for this request, FBR respectfully submits:
1.

FBR is mindful of the time sensitive nature of the matters attendant to the Court’s

March 4, 2011 Order. In the Order, the Court has allowed FBR until 5:00 p.m., March 14, 2011, to
provide Bank of America (“BANA”) (and other parties as applicable) with its final privilege log for
its e-mail server.
2.

Since receiving the Court’s Order, FBR has been diligently working to prepare and

finalize its final privilege log. While FBR will try to summarize its efforts in doing so, it will
provide some detail to apprise the Court of those efforts and why additional time is needed.
3.

FBR retained two IT vendors to assist in the process of searching its e-mail server as

previously provided to BANA to identify additional, potentially privilege e-mails. That process
identified many thousands of e-mails. Those results were then sorted into “tiers” in order to

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN
characterize the e-mails from “highly likely” to be privileged to “highly unlikely.” There were
approximately 8,400 e-mails in the “highly likely tier.” Given the time and financial restraints, FBR
has focused primarily on this tier of e-mails.
4.

While the logistics that were applied to identify this set of e-mails were largely

successful, there were instances where certain e-mails were not privileged (based on other outside
recipients, for example). Thus, FBR has undertaken, and is in the process, of manually reviewing
and confirming privilege for as many of the 8,400 e-mails as possible. It is clear, however, that
additional time is needed given the number of e-mails and other practical IT limitations. FBR is
hopeful that any additional time that may be afforded will allow it to reduce the number of e-mails
identified as being privileged and, in doing so, impose less of a burden upon any of the parties who
may use or need FBR’s responsive and non-privileged e-mails. In other words, FBR anticipates that
the additional time sought will allow it to reduce the number of e-mails to be included on its
privilege log.
5.

In addition, the deadline set forth in the Court’s Order coincides with the

undersigned’s wedding date and one-week honeymoon. While we recognize that this alone may not
constitute good cause, the undersigned has previously had primary involvement with these matters
and at least some additional time is needed for others within the firm to assist.
6.

In accordance with S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.1.A.3, the undersigned counsel certifies that she

has conferred with counsel for BANA and the Term Lenders. BANA has indicated that it would not
oppose FBR’s requested extension provided the Court agrees to extend the discovery schedule (and
other corresponding deadlines based on the discovery extension) by one month. The Term Lenders

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oppose any extension of the discovery schedule but have not responded further with respect to the
particular relief sought herein.
7.

In addition, pursuant to S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.A.2, attached is a proposed Order granting

this Motion.
WHEREFORE, Third Party, Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, respectfully requests that this
Court enter an Order extending the time for compliance with the Court’s March 4, 2011 Order and
to serve its final privilege log for the e-mail server through 5:00 p.m., March 28, 2011, or whatever
different or additional relief the Court may deem appropriate.

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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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on March 9, 2011, I electronically filed the foregoing document
with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being
served this day on the attached service list through transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing
generated by CM/ECF.
WALDMAN TRIGOBOFF HILDEBRANDT
MARX & CALNAN, P.A.
2200 North Commerce Parkway, Suite 200
Weston, Florida 33326
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

By:

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

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SERVICE LIST
ATTORNEYS :

REPRESENTING :

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

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

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

Bank of America, N.A.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-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.
Justin S. Stern, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

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

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

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

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

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

HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch

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

REPRESENTING :

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

MG Financial Bank, N.A.

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

MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

MB Financial Bank, N.A.

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

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

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MASTER CASE NO .: 09-MD- 2106-CIV-GOLD /GOODMAN
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.
KASOWI TZ BENSON TORRES
FRIEDMAN
1633 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10019-6799
Tel: [phone]/Fax: [phone]

Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC

&

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

Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

REPRESENTING :

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

Bank of Scotland PLC

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

In Re: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
M.L. NO. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
________________________________/
ORDER ON FONTAINEBLEAU RESORTS, LLC’S MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLY WITH ORDER DATED
MARCH 4, 2011, AND TO SERVE PRIVILEGE LOG
THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Non-Party Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC’s Motion
for Extension of Time to Comply with Order Dated March 4, 2011, and to Serve Privilege Log. The
Court, having considered the Motion, finding good cause for the requested relief, and being
otherwise duly advised in the premises, it is hereupon
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC’s Motion is granted.
Fontainebleau Resorts, LLC, shall have until March 28, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to comply with the Court’s
Order dated March 4, 2011 and to serve its final privilege log as to the e-mail server.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, at Miami, Florida, on this _____ day of March, 2011.

________________________________________
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
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’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING
AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
The Avenue plaintiffs have purchased all Term Loan Notes previously owned by the
Aurelius plaintiffs.1 They seek a dismissal of the Aurelius Action without prejudice so that they
may pursue all of their claims in a single action rather than splitting claims in multiple
proceedings. Bank of America, N.A. stipulated to this requested relief,2 and thus all parties
currently before the Court concur.
Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permits dismissal without prejudice if
stipulated to by “all parties who have appeared.” In an effort to avoid burdening this Court with
unnecessary motion practice, plaintiffs sought the agreement of the Revolving Lenders to the
requested relief. The Revolving Lenders refused, stating that they “were not getting anything in
return.”3 What they demanded “in return” for the obvious efficiencies of consolidating all claims

1 Declaration of Kirk D. Dillman in support of Motion for Order Dismissing Aurelius Action

Without Prejudice, ¶ 2.
2 Id. at ¶ 3.
3 Id. at ¶ 4.

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in a single action was for the plaintiffs to abandon their chosen home forum and, contrary to the
rules governing these MDL proceedings,4 transfer their claims to this Court for all purposes.5
At no point did the Revolving Lenders cite the lack of jurisdiction of this Court as an
issue. Indeed, the Revolving Lenders acknowledge that, despite the fact that the claims against
the Revolving Lenders were then on appeal, they agreed to the relief sought by this motion so
long as plaintiffs agreed to their extortive demands.6 Only when that failed did the Revolving
Lenders retreat to the position that such relief was jurisdictionally barred.
Regardless of the Revolving Lenders’ motives, however, they are correct that the Court
lost jurisdiction over Aurelius’ claims against the Revolving Lenders once the Order dismissing
those claims was appealed. Accordingly, until that Order is reversed and the claims are returned
to this Court for further proceedings, plaintiffs acknowledge that the Court lacks jurisdiction to
impose the efficiencies sought by this motion with respect to the claims against the Revolving
Lenders.
The appeal of Aurelius’s claims against the Revolving Lenders, however, has no bearing
on this Court’s continuing jurisdiction over the remaining claims against Bank of America.7 The

4

28 USCS § 1407 (“Each action so transferred shall be remanded by the panel at or before the
conclusion of such pretrial proceedings to the district from which it was transferred….”);
Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, 523 U.S. 26, 28, 40 (U.S. 1998)
(holding 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a) “imposes a duty on the Panel to remand any such action to the
original district “at or before the conclusion of such pretrial proceedings,” which bars the Panel
“recognizing any self-assignment power in a transferee court”).

5

Revolving Lenders’ Opposition to Avenue and Aurelius Plaintiffs’ Motion for an Order
Dismissing Aurelius Plaintiffs’ Action Without Prejudice (“Opp.”), p. 6; Declaration of David J.
Woll in support of the Revolving Lenders’ Opposition to Avenue and Aurelius Plaintiffs’ Motion
for an Order Dismissing Aurelius Plaintiffs’ Action Without Prejudice, ¶ 6.
6 Opp., p. 6.
7

“Appellate jurisdiction over an appeal from an interlocutory decision certified under Rule 54(b)
is limited to the rulings or orders certified by the district court.” Edwards v. Prime Inc., 602 F.3d

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Revolving Lenders agree: “[T]he Court may enter orders relating to the Aurelius Plaintiffs’
claims against Bank of America … under the Disbursement Agreement – claims which were not
dismissed and are not subject to a pending appeal…”8 All parties to those claims have stipulated
to the relief. Accordingly, plaintiffs request that the Court dismiss the remaining claims against
Bank of America in the Aurelius Action without prejudice and enter the Stipulation with respect
to those claims.9
Dated: March 17, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

_

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq._________
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
[e-mail]
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
Fla Bar No.: 581305
[e-mail]
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Local Counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders

1276, 1288 (11th Cir. 2010). See also United States v. Fundes Described in Attachment A to the
Complaint for Forfeiture in Rem, et al., 2008 WL 479997 *2 (M.D. Fla. Feb 19. 2008)
(explaining a notice of appeal “divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the
case involved in the appeal” but that “[i]n collateral matters not involved in the appeal … the
district court retains jurisdiction.”).
8

Opp., p. 4.

9

If and when the Eleventh Circuit reinstates the claims against the Revolving Lenders,
jurisdiction will return to this Court, and the common sense relief which the plaintiffs seek can
be ordered. Plaintiffs will address at that time the Revolving Lenders’ make-weight arguments
that they would somehow be prejudiced if all claims were pursued in a single action rather than
split between multiple courthouses across the country. Opp., pp. 4-6.
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Of counsel:
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
HENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
Respectfully submitted,

Dated: February 16, 2011

____/s/ Brett Michael Amron
Brett Michael Amron
Email: [e-mail]
BAST AMRON LLP
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 1440
Miami, FL 33131
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Local Counsel for ACP Master, Ltd. Aurelius
Capital Master, Ltd.

Of counsel:
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
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing TERM LENDERS’
REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS
ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 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: March 17, 2011

_

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq._________

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys:

Representing:

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
Ken Murata, Esq.
Asher Rivner, 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

David J. Woll, 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

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]

Defendants
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, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
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]

Defendant
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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MAGISTRATE JUDGE GOODMAN’S DISCOVERY PROCEDURES
The following discovery procedures apply to all civil cases assigned to
United States District Judge Alan S. Gold.
OVERALL STATEMENT
The procedures are designed to help the Parties and the Court work together
to timely resolve discovery disputes without undue delay and unnecessary expense.
MEET AND CONFER
Counsel must actually confer (in person or via telephone) and engage in
reasonable compromise in a genuine effort to resolve their discovery disputes
before filing discovery motions. In other words, there must be an actual
conversation before a discovery motion is filed. If counsel refuses to participate
in a conversation, then the movant shall so state in the required certificate of
conference and outline the efforts made to have a conversation.
The Court may impose sanctions, monetary or otherwise, if it determines
discovery is being improperly sought, is being withheld in bad faith or if a party
fails to confer in good faith. Sending an email or telefax to opposing counsel with
a demand that a discovery response or position be provided on the same day will
rarely, if ever, be deemed a good faith effort to confer before filing a discovery
motion.
DISCOVERY MOTIONS
If, after conferring, the parties are unable to resolve their discovery disputes
without Court intervention, then the moving party shall file a motion, no longer
than 5 pages (not counting the signature block and certificate of service).
The 5-page limit does not mean that parties are expected to file a motion of 5
pages. Instead, the parties should be governed by the “less-is-more” philosophy.
The purpose of the motion is merely to frame the discovery issues and succinctly
explain the dispute.

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The moving party may attach as exhibits to the motion materials relevant to
the discovery dispute. For example, if the dispute concerns interrogatories, the
interrogatory responses (that restate the interrogatories) shall be filed, with some
indication of which interrogatories remain in dispute. Because the parties may
attach relevant discovery as an exhibit to the motion, compliance with the
requirement (in Local Rule 26.1(h) (2) or (3)) to state the specifics of the written
discovery requests at issue is not required. The movant shall include in the
motion a certificate of good faith that complies with S.D. Fla. L. R. 7.1 (A) (3).
Counsel shall also deliver a courtesy hard copy of the motion and tabbed
exhibits to Judge Goodman’s chambers at the time of filing.
Once a discovery motion is filed, the Court will review the motion and either
order a response, schedule the motion for a discovery conference/hearing or enter a
ruling. No written responses to the motion are permitted absent specific court
order.
The Court will designate one day per week for a discovery calendar and will
therefore usually be able to timely schedule a hearing/conference (if one is
appropriate).
RESPONSES TO MOTIONS
If the Court decides that a response is appropriate, then the responding party
shall file a response to the discovery motion within the time frame ordered by the
Court, or, if the Court sets the motion for a discovery conference, no later than the
close of business three business days before the discovery conference noticed by
the Court. The response shall be limited to 3 pages (not counting the signature
block and certificate of service). The responding party may attach as exhibits
materials relevant to the discovery dispute, as referenced above. Counsel shall
also deliver a courtesy hard copy of the response and tabbed exhibits to Judge
Goodman’s chambers at the time of filing.
No reply memoranda are permitted absent specific court order. The
Court anticipates that it will rarely conclude that a reply may be filed.
These procedures do not relieve parties from the requirements of any Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure or Local Rule, except as noted above.
2

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HEARINGS
Counsel must provide opposing counsel with citations to all cases and other
authority which counsel intends to cite at the hearing at least 2 business days
before the hearing. If a hearing/conference is scheduled, then the Court
anticipates that it will be able to do so within 7 to 10 days of receiving a hard copy
of the motion.
PRE-HEARING DISCUSSIONS
The mere fact that the Court has scheduled a discovery hearing/conference
does not mean that the parties should no longer try to resolve the dispute. To the
contrary, the parties are encouraged to continually pursue settlement of disputed
discovery matters. If those efforts are successful, then counsel should contact
Judge Goodman’s chambers as soon as practicable so that the hearing can be
timely canceled. Alternatively, if the parties resolve some, but not all, of their
issues before the hearing, then counsel shall also timely contact chambers and
provide notice about those issues which are no longer in dispute (so that the Court
and its staff do not unnecessarily work on matters which became moot).
EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES
The Court reminds the parties and counsel that Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 37 (a) (5)
requires the Court to award expenses, including fees, unless an exception (such as
the existence of a substantially justified, albeit losing, discovery position) applies
to the discovery dispute and ruling.
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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 FILING [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Term Lenders hereby file this Notice of Filing [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING IN
PART MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE,
which is being submitted in connection with the Term Lenders’ Motion for Order Dismissing
Aurelius Action Without Prejudice [DE #212] in that matter styled In re Fontainebleau Las
Vegas Contract Litigation, 09-md-2106.

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Dated: April 12, 2011
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.

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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: April 12, 2011
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
CASE NO 09-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to all actions.
/
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
The Court has been apprised by counsel for the Term Lenders1 that the Term Lenders are
withdrawing without prejudice their Motion For Order Dismissing Aurelius Action Without
Prejudice [D.E. # 212] to the extent that it applies to the claims against the Revolver Lenders
(Counts I and II of the Amended Complaint filed in the Aurelius Action (“Aurelius Complaint”))
that are currently on appeal before the 11th Circuit. [D.E. # 208.] The Court has further been
apprised that all remaining parties have stipulated to the dismissal of the Aurelius Action without
prejudice in accordance with and as evidenced by the Stipulation and Order attached as Exhibit
A to the Declaration of Kirk D. Dillman in Support of Motion for Order Dismissing Aurelius
Action Without Prejudice (hereinafter “Stipulation”). [D.E. # 212-1.]
The Court, having reviewed the submission in this matter and the pleadings on file, and
for good cause having been shown, hereby Orders that the claims against Bank of America, N.A.
currently pending before this Court in the Aurelius Action (Count III of the Aurelius Complaint)

1 The Term Lenders are comprised of the plaintiffs in the cases captioned Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 09-cv-23835-ASG (the “Avenue Action”),
and ACP Master, Ltd., et al. v. Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 10-cv-20236-ASG (the
“Aurelius Action”).

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are Dismissed Without Prejudice in accordance with the Stipulation and hereby enters the
Stipulation to the extent applicable to those claims only. Neither this Order nor the Stipulation
shall apply to the claims asserted against any other party.
Dated: April

, 2011.

By ___________________________________
Hon. Alan S. Gold
United States District Court Judge

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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.

/

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION FOR ORDER DISMISSING AURELIUS ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all parties to these actions have agreed to the form and
contents of the [Proposed] Order Granting In Part Motion for Order Dismissing Aurelius Action
Without Prejudice. [D.E. # 233-1.]

Dated: April 12, 2011

Respectfully submitted,
____/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
[e-mail]
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
Fla Bar No.: 581305
[e-mail]
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Local Counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders

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Of counsel:
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
Peter J. Most
Robert Mockler
Rebecca T. Pilch
Caroline M. Walters
HENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing NOTICE OF NAME
CHANGE OF AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ COUNSEL 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: April 12, 2011.

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss ___________
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys:

Representing:

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
Ken Murata, Esq.
Asher Rivner, 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

David J. Woll, 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

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, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
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]

Defendant
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
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Avenue
Suite 1440
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: 305.379.7904
Fax: [phone]

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

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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 48;
GRANTING MOTIONS TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE,
CONSENT TO DESIGNATION, AND REQUEST TO ELECTRONICALLY
RECEIVE NOTICES OF ELECTRONIC FILINGS [ECF Nos. 236, 237]
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon two Motions to Appear Pro Hac Vice,
Consent to Designation and Request to Electronically Receive Notices of Electronics
Filings (“Motions”) [ECF Nos. 236, 237], 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 Peri L. Zelig [ECF
No. 236] and Donald D. Conklin [ECF No. 237] 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. 236, 237] are
GRANTED.

2.

Peri L. Zelig and Donald D. Conklin are permitted to appear and participate in this

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action for purposes of limited appearances in the above-referenced action.
3.

The Clerk shall provide electronic notification of all electronic filings to Peri L. Zelig
at [e-mail] and Donald D. Conklin at [e-mail].
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 28th day of April, 2011.

__________________________________
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-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates 09-CV-23835-ASG.

AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS WITHOUT
PREJUDICE AS TO CERTAIN PLAINTIFFS
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), the Avenue Term Lenders, by and
through their undersigned counsel, hereby move this Court for an order dismissing plaintiffs
Canyon Capital CLO 2004-1 Ltd.; Canyon Capital CLO 2006-1 Ltd; Canyon Capital CLO 20071 Ltd.; Caspian Corporate Loan Fund, LLC; and Mariner Opportunities Fund, LP ( the “Selling
Plaintiffs”) without prejudice. This voluntary dismissal by the Dismissing Plaintiffs in no way
modifies or affects the remaining plaintiffs’ prosecution of their claims against Bank of
America.1
I.

BACKGROUND
The Avenue Term Lenders are lenders under a credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”)

for the financing of the construction of the Fontainebleau Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The
Selling Plaintiffs have sold the Term Loans that form the basis for the claims at issue in this
action to certain of the other Avenue Term Lenders who are pursuing such claims in their own
name (the “Purchasing Appellants”). (Dillman Decl., ¶¶ 2-3.) Accordingly, in order to ensure
that the claims associated with those Term Loans are pursued by the proper parties, the Selling

1 The Avenue Term Lenders are simultaneously filing an identical motion to dismiss these five plaintiffs in the
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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Plaintiffs seek to dismiss their action without prejudice to the right of the Purchasing Appellants
to pursue such action in their own names.
II.

DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE SHOULD BE GRANTED
As a result of their sale of their Term Loans and the assignment of related claims to

certain other Avenue Term Lenders, the Selling Plaintiffs have no remaining interest in this case,
other than to ensure that the Purchasing Plaintiffs are not precluded from pursuing claims arising
out of such Term Loans. (Dillman Decl., ¶ 3.) The Purchasing Plaintiffs are already parties to
this action and thus the dismissal of the Selling Plaintiffs will not necessitate the substitution of
any new parties, will not increase the total amount of damages at issue in the case, and will not
otherwise impact this case or the parties thereto. (Id.) Accordingly, dismissal of these plaintiffs
without prejudice is appropriate. F.R.C.P. 41(a)(2).
III.

CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the Avenue Term Lenders respectfully request that this Court

enter an Order dismissing plaintiffs Canyon Capital CLO 2004-1 Ltd., Canyon Capital CLO
2006-1 Ltd., Canyon Capital CLO 2007-1 Ltd., Caspian Corporate Loan Fund, LLC, and
Mariner Opportunities Fund, LP without prejudice.

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Dated: May 9, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

By: Lorenz Michel Prüss
David A. Rothstein, Esq.
Fla. Bar No.: 056881
[e-mail]
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.
Fla Bar No.: 581305
[e-mail]
DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
Miami, FL 33133
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Local Counsel for Plaintiff Term Lenders
Of counsel:
J. Michael Hennigan
Kirk D. Dillman
HENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing DECLARATION OF
KIRK D. DILLMAN IN SUPPORT OF AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ MOTION TO
VOLUNTARILY DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS TO CERTAIN PLAINTIFFS
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: May 9, 2011

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss ___________
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys:

Representing:

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
Ken Murata, Esq.
Asher Rivner, 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

David J. Woll, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
Peri L. Zelig, Esq.
Donald D. Conklin, Esq.
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

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, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
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]

Defendant
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.

Michael g. Austin, Esq.
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

1596091

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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
SunTrust International Center
One Southeast Third Avenue
Suite 1440
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: 305.379.7904
Fax: [phone]

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

1596091

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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 49; GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR
EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DEADLINES [ECF No. 241]
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiffs in Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd., et al. v.
Bank of America, N.A., et al., Case No. 09-23835 and Defendant Bank of America, N.A.’s
Joint Motion for Extension of Certain Pre-trial Deadlines (“Motion”) [ECF Nos. 241].
Having reviewed the Motion, the record, and being otherwise duly advised, it is hereby
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that:
1.

The Joint Motion for Extension of Certain Pre-trial Deadlines [ECF Nos. 241] is
GRANTED.

2.

The parties shall comply with S.D. Fla. L.R. 16.1(K) concerning the exchange of
expert witness summaries and reports no later than Monday, May 23, 2011.

3.

Rebuttal expert reports shall be filed no later than Wednesday, June 22, 2011.

4.

Fact discovery for all depositions noticed on or before April 14, 2011 is extended
from April 14, 2011 to, and including, Friday, May 6, 2011.

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5.

All other dates and requirements in MDL Order No. 16; Second Amended Order
Resetting Certain Pretrial Deadlines [ECF No. 76] not revised herein, or by court
order, shall remain in full force and effect.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this 10th day of May, 2011,

nunc pro tunc.
__________________________________
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-MD-02106-CIV-GOLD/GOODMAN

IN RE: FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL No. 2106
This document relates to 09-CV-23835-ASG.
/
STIPULATION FOR ENTRY OF [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AVENUE TERM
LENDERS’ MOTION FOR AN ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN
PLAINTIFFS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

WHEREAS, on May 9, 2011 Plaintiffs Avenue Term Lenders filed a Motion for an Order
Dismissing the Actions of Certain Plaintiffs Without Prejudice [D.E. 243];
WHEREAS, Defendant Bank of America has no objection to the relief sought in the
Motion;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned,
counsel of record, that Plaintiffs Canyon Capital CLO 2004-1 Ltd., Canyon Capital CLO 2006-1
Ltd., Canyon Capital CLO 2007-1 Ltd., Caspian Corporate Loan Fund, LLC, and Mariner
Opportunities Fund, LP can and should be dismissed without prejudice pursuant to the
[Proposed] Order Granting Avenue Term Lenders’ Motion for an Order Dismissing the Actions
of Certain Plaintiffs Without Prejudice, attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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Respectfully submitted,
Dated: May , 2011
By:

/s/ Lorenz Michel Prüss

By:

/s/ Craig V. Rasile

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

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

-and-

-and-

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

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

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

Attorneys for Bank of America, N.A.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing STIPULATION FOR
ENTRY OF [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ MOTION
FOR AN ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PLAINTIFFS
WITHOUT PREJUDICE 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: May , 2011.

/s/ Lorenz M. Prüss ___________
Lorenz M. Prüss, Esq.

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SERVICE LIST

Attorneys:

Representing:

Bradley J. Butwin, Esq.
Daniel L. Cantor, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenberg, Esq.
William J. Sushon, Esq.
Ken Murata, Esq.
Asher Rivner, 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

David J. Woll, Esq.
Lisa H. Rubin, Esq.
Thomas C. Rice, Esq.
Peri L. Zelig, Esq.
Donald D. Conklin, Esq.
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

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, Esq.
W. Stewart Wallace, Esq.
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]

Defendant
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.

Michael G. Austin, Esq.
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
201 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 2200
Miami, FL 33131
Tele: [phone]
Fax: : [phone]

Defendant
Camulos Master Fund, L.P.

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

Defendant
Bank of Scotland plc

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EXHIBIT A

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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 09-CV-23835-ASG.
/
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AVENUE TERM LENDERS’ MOTION FOR AN
ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PLAINTIFFS WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon the Avenue Term Lenders’ Motion for an Order
Dismissing the Actions of Certain Plaintiffs against Defendant Bank of America without
Prejudice. For the reasons set forth in the Motion, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
1.

The Motion is GRANTED with respect to Counts I and V asserted against Defendant
Bank of America. This Order has no effect on claims asserted against any other
parties.

2.

The following parties are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE from this
action against Defendant Bank of America:
a. Canyon Capital CLO 2004-1 Ltd.
b. Canyon Capital CLO 2006-1 Ltd
c. Canyon Capital CLO 2007-1 Ltd.
d. Caspian Corporate Loan Fund, LLC
e. Mariner Opportunities Fund, LP

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3.

The clerk is directed to correct the docket so that the above-referenced parties are no
longer listed as plaintiffs in this action.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this __ day of May, 2011.

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

cc:

Magistrate Judge Goodman
All Counsel of Record

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MASTER CASE NO. 09-2106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
In re:
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to:
ALL ACTIONS
__________________________________/

JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DEADLINES
Plaintiffs in Avenue CLO Fund, Ltd. v. Bank of America, NA., 09-CV-1047 (D. Nev.) (the
“Avenue Action”), and defendant Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”) submit this joint motion
respectfully requesting that the Court modify certain pre-trial deadlines.
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2010, the Court entered MDL Order Number 3 [ECF No. 10]
(the “Scheduling Order”), which established certain pre-trial deadlines; and
WHEREAS, on May 24, 2010, the Court entered MDL Order Number 16 [ECF No. 76]
(“Amended Scheduling Order”), which revised the pre-trial deadlines established in the
Scheduling Order;
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2010, the Court entered MDL Order Number 33 [ECF
No. 134], which revised the pre-trial deadlines established in the Amended Scheduling Order;
WHEREAS, on May 11, 2011, the Court entered MDL Order Number 49 [ECF No. 244],
which further revised the pre-trial deadlines established in the Amended Scheduling Order; and
WHEREAS, the parties have reached an agreement on the revision of the pre-trial
deadlines requested in this motion.

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NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties hereby respectfully request that this Court
approve the following extensions to the deadlines set forth in the Amended Scheduling Order:
1.

The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the date for filing rebuttal

expert reports from June 22, 2011, to June 29, 2011.
2.

The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the deadline to complete

expert discovery, including depositions, from July 15, 2011, to July 29, 2011.
3.

The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the date for filing motions to

strike in whole or in part expert testimony (other than expert affidavits filed in support of a
motion for summary judgment) from July 29, 2011, to December 13, 2011, the date by which the
joint pretrial stipulation and motions in limine shall be filed. This will conform the Amended
Scheduling Order to the Court’s default Order Requiring Compliance With Local Rule 16.1 of
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
4.

The parties respectfully request that the Court extend the briefing schedule for

pre-trial dispositive motions such that the date for filing a pre-trial dispositive motion is extended
from July 29, 2011, to August 5, 2011; the date for filing an opposition is extended from August
30, 2011, to September 9, 2011; and the date for filing a reply is extended from September 15,
2011, to September 27, 2011.
Dated: June 22, 2011

Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Andrew Kamensky
HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP
Andrew Kamensky
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
Bradley J. Butwin (pro hac vice)
Jonathan Rosenberg (pro hac vice)
Daniel L. Cantor (pro hac vice)
William J. Sushon (pro hac vice)
7 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Bank Of America, N.A.
- and DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
By: /s/ David Rothstein
David A. Rothstein
2665 South Bayshore Drive, Penthouse Two
Miami, Florida 33133
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
-andHENNIGAN DORMAN LLP
Kirk D. Dillman (pro hac vice)
865 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Avenue CLO Fund,
Ltd., et al.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MASTER CASE NO. 09-2106-MD-GOLD/GOODMAN
In re:
FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS
CONTRACT LITIGATION
MDL NO. 2106
This document relates to:
ALL ACTIONS
__________________________________/
[PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING
CERTAIN PRE-TRIAL DEADLINES
THIS MATTER came before the Court for consideration upon the Joint Motion for
Extension of Certain Pretrial Deadlines [DE __] (the “Motion”) filed by Plaintiffs in Avenue
CLO Fund, Ltd. v. Bank of America, NA., 09-CV-1047 (D. Nev.) and Defendant Bank of
America, N.A. The Court, having considered the Motion, the record, and the representations of
counsel, finds good cause to grant the Motion.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
1.

The Motion [DE __] is GRANTED.

2.

The date for filing rebuttal expert reports is extended from June 22, 2011, to June
29, 2011.

3.

The date for completion of expert discovery, including depositions, is extended
from July 15, 2011, to July 29, 2011.

4.

The date for filing motions to strike in whole or in part expert testimony (other
than expert affidavits filed in support of a motion for summary judgment) is
extended from July 29, 2011, to December 13, 2011.

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5.

The following briefing schedule shall govern pre-trial dispositive motions:
Date
By 08-05-2011

Action
Pre-trial dispositive motions
and memoranda of law shall
be filed.
Oppositions to pre-trial
dispositive motions shall be
filed, including any motions
to strike expert affidavits, in
whole or part, supporting a
pre-trial dispositive motion.
Replies in support of pre-trial
dispositive motions shall be
filed.

By 09-09-2011

By 09-27-2011

6.

All other pretrial deadlines contained in MDL Order Nos. 16, 33, and 49
[ECF Nos. 76, 140, and 244] remain in full force and effect.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Miami, Florida this ___ day of __________, 2011.

THE HONORABLE ALAN S. GOLD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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