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Pursuant tiD Rules 4 S(c)(3)~~lA.) and Z5(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil

P' r oc;eciixre- and Loc al Rule 7 . :?(]B), Eirr1eq)-l-Incy, 'Nlovarlt Adva.ru,cINse. , Inc .

(".PLdva n c;elVI(-l" or "Erm,i'€,ericy :Movanl:'''), brings this ernerg; e , ricy rn.cat. ion, for 01

protect'E.lrc order in ronxiEx :t.ion with a c1-11positiari sUbpoen .a that was issued b ;~

Joseph Gray-, cc>>un.se:l fo r Uelfelndarits N1e. : rchan.t Money 'Tree, Tric„ ("Merchant

Money 'free"), Reach F'iniarici .al ]LLIZ ("IR_e ;ac,li FiiraatzcialL''), First ]? umd:> Ll.("' ("First

Flun.d~;''')~, and A.rne; ri'h~[er~cha. rit ]LLC' (".ALI7llE~riA4erch.arit"') aind. siaroed on third party

John :K _ornop ('"Mr , k:on.a p"'), •;,+on1mandiin g; the production o f clo,:,iunlemts atid

depo,, l tll (?I7 t C St :I mC)Ily Q :C I 'T bmr s dkv~ , February 8 , 2007' ,a date p 1" ev 1 CMLl :;ly, sch.e;dulled

:F+a:r the ;3 0( b)( 6) deposition of , defen.ch'ti l_. Flxl;ji ;,'h Financial arid a diate that, other

couri.~f~ l for Adlv anoeMe is unable to attend dlu(- to depositions and olthEN. nneet:in;~s

in other be chmiged .

Adlv anc e Me, brings this Motion far' :Protec tive Order in the United States

District Court four the Northern Ellistrict of Georgia, Atlexita Division,, pursuant to an .

Order dated February 16, 2,{}0 7 issued in, the. Eastcllm District o#"Texas wherein the

United States Magistrate 3 oY ii I). Love deteariminE,d that he~ was, without au.thoril~v to

act on this M otion, amd " . . . in. s,t:nac t [f;<i] the arties to seek relief from the Uniitedl

States, District C'uurr; in the Northern Distri ct Of Georgia . . ."

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More, spe;rifi(-Alll ly, this is the sFrcumd geme:r gene, y motion A.dvxncebAe; has,

been, fairced to file, i ns connection with the third p arty subpoena that was served san

Mr. K c}rio;p . Previously, Defenclaazt:; unil3'tE.rall,y n{at i c;ed the de position of Mr.

KX,riop for Sunday, January 21, 2007 without Adw,anceMe's corisentand without

the approval afN Z,agi,sitr ate Judge Love or Jucl~; ~~ Davis Who preside over-thw. two

, ac1:ior. E s pending in, the, Eastell:-n. Di,;1:ria of"T'e ,}.a>. Des pite the Eastern. C)i. s, triic;t o f

Texas Local Rule CV-'30's clear pro'. hibit:i anE against the taking o f rlE,pos il; ior.is on

,wE,ekeM6, without the- approval of a. judge: or the agreement o f c;oiz:nsel, counsel for

:C>f, fE,tad ants riane thel , S s U fu S e;cl tO take this df. po SI 1:l o r. i off i, a 1 emli r wid even fl e w

to Atlanta, Georgia fir the purpose of takfti,g Mr. Ko:rtop's deposition . Only after

Advanc; E;N1e filed yin emergency m otiari inn the Eastern I?:i.;tric-A. of Texas amt nriacte

arrang e;rne;nts to file a similar motion ire this Court did L)efendaxits relent and agree

t o 1-.Eke Mr. l{.olio p 's deposition off'(.-al e,nd.ar„ Thereafter, L}E~:fE, n~d anits again

umilatera :Lly &che;dixlied Mr . Koriop's deposition on, February f3,, 20[17 -- a date

prew:ious'kY set for th e, 30(b)(6) clE,p o sitioni of' de feri da,r.i t . Reach Finaracia:l. At the.

time I)efen~da~1't~~ u~nilatf~r~~l1y scheduled Mr . K-ariop' :, clE,positiorn for February .3,

2007, l.Ar. K; o: nalp was available "cm any Thursday" :in the month of February or

Marc;l,~ . In other word s , it appears that De.fen[lants deliberately n oticed. Mr.

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K:o:nop'sdeposititan to conflict with the 30(b)(6) deposition . of defc-11dant Reach

Financial .

After After n.urn~e ~r~c~u.; a,ttE ~r7ip1t~~ to informally resolve; ~th :i ,e over several days

fail. e;d,, on :Fe,bi2ia~~y 5, :_OC~;~, .ALd'van.ce;~~[f, filed an E~iriei'€;E,n,cy Motion for P'ra~tect :i`~E~

Order in the Eastern District oi' TE,xa,s„ i3i mili l. tarne,cnxsly,1the Iaefen.c km1ts filed a.

Motion t o C arn.p f.l the deposition o f J ohn K:o:n op con, February 8, 2007 .. The

Horionab l e, Jal-m 11 Love, U .S . 1'Via;gi s trate Judge den . i ed. both motions, stating:

[Qhis Court, sitting in the E,118teM District ofTexas,

cannot compel attendance a non-p;artjf witness outside
its u.bpi:iena. :rarlg,e . Accordingly, the Court DENIES the
motions of both parties and in.st:na{ct,> the I:)arties to seek
relief frc>ni the 'United States District Court in the
Northern District of Georgia ifthey cannot seek
favorable resolution oiFtlleir own..

Affidavit of Ronald S5. Lemie,ux. in Support of Advancelvic"s Motion . for Protective

Order, E>?d1 . I.

None oi'the. senior counsel fir AclvarlceMe, are available to attelndtlie.

df,p 0si tio r E of'Mr . :K:(-)mo p on Fcbruai7~ 8, 2007 dclue to an expert deposition in

another case that is 1 .~rf.sently pending in the Eastern District c>f"Texas ;; a critical

client conference that cannot be postponed in another niatter ; and other

depositions . AclvariceMe; would be severely prejudiced if this deposition ofa

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senior counsel since the subpoena calls far the prt,ciucticm of dc,cumej1't :; and

,deposition t, e ; s,til-n ony .:us to matters that are. likely protect:e; c} by the att:orr.Ee=y--cl ient

privile.g;f, . Adlvaiwen/le :ha.s made numerous attempts to iniformally resolve this

sch.e:du llinig matter ; 11OWever, its efforts h. aATv been. Unsuccessful . For these reasorLs,

Ai d varic; e],M e rnoves this Court for a prot{a cti.vE, order providing that(l)

the product ion of' docu rner.its amdd deposition t.e stimion ,y of Mr. Konolp not €;o

forward ort February 8, 2007, as Crirrently scheduled, (2),thus de :x>ositiorl go iFor`Nardl

at a date, time, arid location that is mutually ag ]C e E',i ~ b l e, t o {C O Ulr1 :iE : l For A d<< cIll C ~ 64 e,

counsel for Uefe»darits, acrid third px.rty John Konop, and (3) any documents Mr.

]{.onop intends t o produce, in, re;;ponisse; to this subpoena be provided irRially only to

counsel for Advarice:Pvie, riot counsel for Uef6c~arnts, so th at counsel for

.A,ci•varnc ;eME, can review these d[oc .izirriE,tnt .> and remove ftoni production any

d GCU172 c ]'2 $ > that are protected by the aftoime ;Y-clie ; rit: :p ri v !i lege, aiad otherwise

designate t h e re~ rna.i : n :i ~ng ~da~ctur.~E~TI~ S p UII"SUlclYlt 'CO the standi~n~, :Prot~~cti~vE~ Order, as

appropriate .

Irk sUpport. of' 1:his ~motic~ri ,. .A~d•van~c,erlvif~ relies, on its suppa:tl;in.€; nnen~oran. cltxrri

ofpcoints and aiathoritiels, filed With 1:Yiis emergency mot:icm.

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Date ci: February '1, 2007

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