Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

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Joint MOTION for Protective Order Motion for Entry of Protective Order by Wells Fargo & Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America Corporation, Bank of America, National Association, U.S. Bancorp, U.S. Bank, National Association, Wachovia Corporation, Wachovia Bank, National Association, UBS Americas, Inc., BB&T Corporation, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Compass Bancshares, Inc., The Bank of New York,. Compass Bank, Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., The Frost National Bank, First Horizon National Corporation, First Tennessee Bank, National Association, National City Corporation, National City Bank, Zions Bancorporation, Zions First National Bank, Bank of New York Co., Inc., The Bank of New York Co, Inc., Unionbancal Corporation, Union Bank of California National Association, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD, City National Corporation, City National Bank, City National Corporation, City National Bank, Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, First Citizens Bancshares, Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, Lasalle Bank Corporation, Lasalle Bank NA, M&T Bank Corporation, M&T Bank, The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC, First Data Corporation, Telecheck Services, Inc., Remitco, LLC. (Attachments: #1)(Melsheimer, Thomas)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION DATA TREASURY CORPORATION, Plaintiff v. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY; et al. Defendants 2:06-CV-72 DF

MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER Plaintiff Data Treasury Corp. and Defendants Wells Fargo & Company; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association; Bank Of America Corporation; Bank Of America, National Association; U.S. Bancorp; U.S. Bank, National Association; Wachovia Corporation; Wachovia Bank, National Association; BB&T Corporation; Branch Banking And Trust Company; Compass Bancshares, Inc.; Compass Bank; Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.; The Frost National Bank; First Horizon National Corporation; First Tennessee Bank, National Association; National City Corporation; National City Bank; Zions Bancorporation; Zions First National Bank; Bank Of New York Co., Inc.; The Bank Of New York; Unionbancal Corporation; Union Bank Of California, National Association; Bank Of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.; City National Corporation; City National Bank; Comerica Incorporated; Comerica Bank & Trust, National Association; Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas; First Citizens Bancshares, Inc.; First Citizens Bank & Trust Company; Lasalle Bank Corporation; Lasalle Bank NA; M&T Bank Corporation; M&T Bank; UBS Americas, Inc.; Small Value Payments Company, LLC; The Clearing House Payments Company, LLC; Magtek, Inc; First Data Corporation; Telecheck

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Services, Inc., Remitco, LLC1 (the "Moving Parties") hereby move that the Court enter the protective order attached to this motion as Exhibit A (the "Proposed Order") to govern discovery in this case. The Proposed Order is virtually identical to the protective orders this court entered in related litigation: Data Treasury Corp. v. Bank of America, Corp., Bank of America, N.A. (2:05cv-292); Data Treasury Corp. v. Wachovia Corp., Wachovia Bank N.A. (2:05-cv-293); and Data Treasury Corp. v. Wells Fargo & Co, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (2:05-cv-291).2 Additionally, the Proposed Order is substantially similar to the protective order in the related Data Treasury Corp. v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., et al. (5:02-cv-124) litigation. Thus, as parties and non-parties to the related prior cases, the Plaintiff and many of the Defendants involved in this case have already, and continue to, work under the Proposed Order's terms. The Non-Joining Defendants agree with all of the Protective Order's provisions except for two. First, the Proposed Order includes only one level of confidentiality such that all documents either receive no confidentiality designation, or are marked "confidential." "Confidential" documents under the Proposed Order may be shared with outside counsel and inhouse counsel who are previously identified and disclosed to all parties. All parties have an opportunity to object to in-house counsels' receipt of "confidential" information. In contrast, the Non-Joining Defendants request a two-tier protective order that allows documents to be marked either "for outside counsel only ("FOCO")" or "confidential." Under their proposal, documents
This list of defendants includes all defendants except for: Suntrust Banks, Inc.; Suntrust; Harris Bankcorp, Inc.; Harris, N.A.; Keycorp; Keybank, N.A.; The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.; PNC Bank, N.A.; Electronic Data Systems; HSBC North America Holdings Inc.; HSBC Bank USA, N.A.; Viewpointe Archive Services, LLC; Bancorpsouth, Inc.; Bancorpsouth Bank (the " Non-Joining Defendants" ). Additionally, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is filing a separate notice that joins with the Moving Defendants regarding the one tier protection and joins with the Non-Joining Defendants with regards to the additional language in paragraph 28. 2 The Proposed Order contains only two differences from the prior orders, and neither is material. First, the last full paragraph of § 1 is new and governs the use of confidential information produced by non-parties in related actions. Second, the words " in accordance with Local Rule CV-5(a)(7)" have been added to the end of § 7 for clarity. MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER ­ Page 2
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marked " confidential" may be shared with in-house or outside counsel, but documents marked " FOCO" may only be shared with outside counsel. Many of the documents previously produced under the Proposed Order will be reproduced or otherwise incorporated into this litigation' s document productions because of overlapping patents and parties. Changing to a two-tier order will require the parties to re-review their productions, re-designate confidentiality, re-label their productions, and re-produce their documents. Accordingly, the majority of parties agree that this case should proceed under the same protective order as the previous litigation to prevent that unnecessary hardship and complication. Furthermore, changing the Proposed Order' s terms would add another layer of complexity because it would require the parties to handle the previously produced documents under two different protective orders. The Proposed Order would allow the parties who have already produced documents to simply incorporate the prior productions by reference to the extent those productions are relevant to this case. Additionally, the Non-Joining Defendants' concerns can be remedied via other means. The Proposed Order requires a party to disclose the identity of any in-house counsel who may review " confidential" information before granting the in-house counsel access. If the NonJoining defendants have concerns about particular in-house counsel receiving confidential information, then they can raise those concerns when the in-house counsel are designated. Once those concerns are raised, the parties can address them on an individual basis and enter into such agreements as may be necessary. The second disagreement the Non-Joining parties have with the Proposed Order regards the exact language of § 28' s prosecution bar. The Moving Defendants believe that the Proposed

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Order' s language adequately restricts reviewing attorneys' ability to participate in prosecuting new patents, continuations in part, or reexaminations.

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Dated: November 9, 2006

Respectfully submitted, FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

By: /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer Texas State Bar No. 13922550 1717 Main Street Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75201 214-747-5070 (Telephone) 214-747-2091 (Telecopy) Robert E. Hillman Fish & Richardson P.C. 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110-2804 617-542-5070 (Telephone) 617-542-8906 (Telecopy) Robert M. Parker Robert Christopher Bunt Parker & Bunt, P.C. 100 E. Ferguson, Suite 1114 Tyler, Texas 75702 [phone] (Telephone) [phone] (Telecopy) Michael E. Jones Texas Bar No. 10929400 E. Glenn Thames, Jr. Texas Bar No. 00785097 Potter Minton 500 Plaza Tower 110 North College, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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By:/s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer by permission on behalf of the following counsel: Danielle Williams Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1001 West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Bill Boice Audra Dial Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4530 Kenneth Godlewski Stephen Baskin Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005-2018 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BB&T CORPORATION, BRANCH BANKING & TRUST CO., COMERICA BANK & TRUST, N.A., COMERICA, INC., M&T BANK, M&T CORPORATION, WACHOVIA CORPORATION, WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. John G. Flaim Brian Hurst Brian C. McCormack Baker & McKenzie 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2300 Dallas, TX 75201-0800 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Raymond Sweigart Jack Barufka Scott Pivnick Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1650 Tysons Blvd. McLean, VA 22102-4859 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC., THE BANK OF NEW YORK, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION

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David L. Ward, Jr. Donalt J.Eglinton Ward and Smith, P.A. 1001 College Court New Bern, NC 28562 Larry Carlson David Taylor Baker Botts L.L.P. (Dallas) 2001 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75201-2980 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS FIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES, INC., FIRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO. James H. Carter James T. Williams Jane Jaang Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, New York 10004-2493 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS THE CLEARINGHOUSE PAYMENTS CO., L.L.C. F/K/A SMALL VALUE PAYMENTS CO., L.L.C. Kurt M. Sauer Daffer McDaniel The Chase Building 700 Lavaca, Suite 720 Austin, TX 78701-3119 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC., THE FROST NATIONAL BANK EDWARD G. POPLAWSKI (Pro Hac Vice) E-Mail: [e-mail] JEFFREY A. FINN (Pro Hac Vice) E-Mail: [e-mail] CARISSA A. TENER (Pro Hac Vice) E-Mail: [e-mail] SIDLEY AUSTIN L.L.P. 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, California 90013 tel. [phone] fax [phone] LANCE LEE Texas Bar No. 240004762 YOUNG, PICKETT & LEE, L.L.P. 4122 Texas Blvd.
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P.O. Box 1897 Texarkana, Texas 75504 tel. [phone] fax [phone] E-Mail: [e-mail] COUNSEL FOR FIRST DATA CORPORATION, TELECHECK SERVICES, INC.;REMITCO, LLC, LASALLE BANK CORPORATION, LASALLE BANK NA, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. ANDRWS KURTH LLP Jerry L. Beane Texas Bar No. 01966000 [e-mail] Gerald C. Conley Texas Bar NO. 04664200 [e-mail] Kay Lynn Brumbaugh Texas Bar No. 00785152 [e-mail] Tonya M. Gray Texas Bar No. 24012726 [e-mail] 1717 Main Street, Suite 3700 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 214-659-4401 ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS COMPASS BANCSHARES, INC. AND COMPASS BANK, FIRST HORIZON NATIONAL CORPORATION FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, N.A. VINSON ELKINS William L. LaFuze Texas Bar No. 11792500 [e-mail] D. Ferguson McNiel Texas Bar No. 13830300 [e-mail] 2300 First City Tower 1001 Fannin St. Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 713-615-5017

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Scott W. Breedlove Texas Bar No. 00790361 [e-mail] Vinson & Elkins LLP 3700 Trammell Crow Center 2001 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75201-2975 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 214-220-7716 Harry Lee Gillam, Jr. Texas Bar No. 07921800 [e-mail] Melissa Richards Smith Texas Bar No. 24001351 [e-mail] Gillam & Smith LLP 110 South Bolivar, Suite 204 Marshall, TX 75670 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 903-934-9257 ATTORNEYS FOR UBS AMERICAS, INC. IRELL & MANELLA LLP Betsy Rosenblatt [e-mail] Andrew Weiss [e-mail] 1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 310-556-5206 ATTORNEYS FOR: CITY NATIONAL BANK CITY NATIONAL CORP. SMEAD, ANDERSON & DUNN LLP Melvin R. Wilcox, III [e-mail] 2110 Horseshoe Lane P.O. Box 3343 Longview, TX 75606 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: 903-232-1881 Of Counsel: John J. Feldhaus [e-mail]
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Anthony H. Son [e-mail] FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 3000 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR: U.S. BANCORP, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL CITY CORPORATION AND NATIONAL CITY BANK, ZIONS BANCORPORATION AND ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on November 6, 2006 to all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court' s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3). /s/ Thomas M. Melsheimer Thomas M. Melsheimer
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