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March 26, 2008
VIA E-FILING AND HAND—DELIVERY
The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel
United States District Court
Northern District of California
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Courtroom 15, 18th Floor
San Francisco, California 94102
Re: Mark Lillge d/b/ a Creative Marketing Concepts v. Andrew Verity, et al.
U.S. District Court Case No. C07-02748 MHP
Dear Judge Patel: _
_ This law firm is counsel to plaintiff in the above action. I write pursuant to Local Rule
37-1 and the Court’s Standing Order to request a telephonic discovery conference. As Ian Boyd,
former counsel for plaintiff, indicated in voicemail messages to Mr. Bowser on March 19 and
March 20, there is an outstanding discovery dispute regarding certain documents which
defendants refuse to produce. These documents pertain in part to certain suppliers with whom
defendants have transacted business since leaving plaintiffs employ. Plaintiff suspects that ·
these documents may confirm, among other things, that defendants used plaintiffs artwork and
confidential information regarding prior customer orders to secure new orders with these same
suppliers for these same customers for defendants’ own business.
Plaintiff requires this information before completing follow up depositions of the
defendants in this matter, and in addition may need to promptly issue document subpoenas to .
certain of these suppliers, depending upon the information disclosed by defendants.

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The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel
March 26, 2008
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The parties have met and conferred in compliance with Local Rule 37. Brendan Dooley,
counsel for defendants, has advised me that he will be out ofthe office next week. Accordingly,
I request that the Court set the conference for some time this Friday, March 28, on which Mr.
Boyd, Mr. Dooley and I would participate.
I inquired yesterday with Mr. Dooley about his availability for a particular time on
Friday, but have not yet received an answer. I am also aware that Mr. Boyd sent an e-mail on
March l2 to defendants’ counsel specifically requesting a mutually agreeable time for a
discovery conference, to which he did not receive a response. Given that time is_ of the essence,
and Mr. Dooley’s impending absence from the office, plaintiff carmot wait any longer for
defendants.
Should the Court wish, I am happy to submit a short letter brief detailing the specific
discovery requests at issue, and I can have such a letter to the Court by Thursday, March 27.
I look forward to hearing from the Court. `
Respectfully submitted,
DONAHUE GALLAGHER WOODS LLP
Andrew S. MacKay
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cc: Brendan Dooley, Esq. (Counsel for Defendants)

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