Free Motion in Limine - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Dan W. Goldfine (#018788) Richard G. Erickson (#019066)
SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

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One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Telephone: (602) 382-6000 Facsimile: (602) 382-6070 Attorneys for Plaintiff Meritage Corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Meritage Corporation, a Maryland Corporation,
Plaintiff,
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Case No. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS

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DECLARATION OF MAUREEN L. ZACHOW

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Greg Hancock,
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Defendants.

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I, Maureen L. Zachow, declare as follows:

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1. I am at least 18 years of age, and I make this Declaration in the above-

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captioned matter.
2. I am a paralegal with Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P., which represents Plaintiff

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Meritage Corporation in this matter.
3. On March 17, 2006, Meritage inadvertently produced two privileged

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documents to Defendant. Entitled "Material Litigation and Miscellaneous Legal
Department Status Report as of

February 13,2006 (Exhibit 1) and "Meritage Homes

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Phoenix Division Quarterly Summary of Legal Activities" (Exhibit 2).
4. Shortly after September 12,2007, the Defendant

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substituted a nonprivileged

document for the privileged, unsigned version of the complaint.
5. In late October 2007, Defendant removed "Material Litigation and
Miscellaneous Legal Department Status Report as of

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February 13,2006 (Exhibit 1) and

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"Meritage Homes Phoenix Division Quarterly Summary of Legal Activities" (Exhibit 2)
from Defendant's Exhibit Book.
6. Shortly before the May 20, 2008 trial date, Defendant resubmitted "Material
Litigation and Miscellaneous Legal Department Status Report as of

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February 13,2006

(Exhibit 1) and "Meritage Homes Phoenix Division Quarterly Summary of Legal
Activities" (Exhibit 2).
7. Meritage provided Defendant with an itemized and detailed privilege log

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with more than 400 items in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(5). The privilege log
provided to Defendant contained more than 25 references to documents withheld from
production with strikingly similar names such as "Material Litigation and Miscellaneous

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Legal Issues Status Report," "Litigation Status Report," "Legal Activities Report," and
"Quarterly Summary of

Legal Activities."

Pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure, I declare under the penalty of perjury and
under penalty of possible sanctions, that the foregoing is tre and correct.

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DATED this 26th day of June, 2008.

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Maureen L. Zachow, êtA
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