Free Application for Access to Protected Material - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:07-cv-00831-MMS

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Filed 12/03/2007

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FORM 9 APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER BY OUTSIDE OR INSIDE COUNSEL

United States Court of Federal Claims
Bid Protest ____________________________________ International Management Services, Inc. ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________)

No. 07-831C Judge Sweeney

APPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER BY OUTSIDE OR INSIDE COUNSEL 1. I, Nicole S. Allen, hereby apply for access to protected information covered by the Protective Order issued in connection with this proceeding. 2. a. I, Nicole S. Allen, am an attorney with the law firm of McCarthy, Sweeney and Harkaway, PC, and have been retained to represent International Management Services, Inc., a party to this proceeding. 3. I am not a member of the bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims (the court). 4. My professional relationship with the party I represent in this proceeding and its personnel is strictly one of legal counsel. I am not involved in competitive decision making as discussed in U.S. Steel Corp. v. United States, 730 F.2d 1465 (Fed. Cir. 1984), for or on behalf of the party I represent, any entity that is an interested party to this proceeding, or any other firm that might gain a competitive advantage from access to the information disclosed under the Protective Order. I do not provide advice or participate in any decisions of such parties in matters involving similar or corresponding information about a competitor. This means that I do not, for example, provide advice concerning, or participate in decisions about, marketing or advertising strategies, product research and development, product design or competitive structuring and composition of bids, offers, or proposals with respect to which the use of protected information could provide a competitive advantage. 5. I Nicole S. Allen identify here (by writing "none" or listing names and relevant circumstances) those attorneys in my firm who, to the best of my knowledge, cannot make the representations set forth in the preceding paragraph: NONE 6. I identify here (by writing "none" or listing names, position, and responsibilities) any member of my immediate family who is an officer or holds a management position with an interested

Case 1:07-cv-00831-MMS

Document 18

Filed 12/03/2007

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