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YOU ' SEE ['lHO COllES I'|EXT. BUT WIAT CAN t/riE D0?

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DOESN'T SEEII TO THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR

3 T{IIOLE LOT. THEY'RE ASKING FOR SO}'E BASIC
IfiIFORI,IATION TO

4 ASSIST THEII IN UNDERSTANDING THE SUI,II.IARY INFOR AITON

IN P.K.F.
5 PROVIDED THE REPORT. HOI.I CAN UE DEAL l,lITH TIIAT?

o TR. SCHECTER: IF I
WELL, CAN STEP BACK JUST FOR A

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IIO'IENT, YOUR HONOR. IF I IHAT TI{IS
THOUGHT I.IAS A

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SITUATION WHERE THERE I{A$ I'IODERATIOiI, IN TERI,IS OF
THE
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REQUESTS, WHETS€R WE COULD NEGOIIATE TO SOI,IE NARROWER,

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REASONABLE OUTCOME, THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED A LOI{O

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TIIIE AGO.

IT
IS IIOT AN ACT OF DEFIANCE. WE'RE IIOI

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13 FOLDING OUR ARI,IS THE WAY THAT COUI{SEL LIKES TO

14 CHARACTERIZE tT III ATTITUDE.
TERIIS OF I,IY CLIENT CO PLIED

15 UITI{ IHE AGREEIIENT. NoBoDY, INCLUDING coU
PAST SEL,

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RAISED ANYTHING ABoUT THE CoI'IPLIANCE OF THE AGREEIE T
FOR
YEARS.
17 THREE THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS RAISEO AIIY ISSUE

18 WITH COIIPLIANCE IT
OF THE AGRE€I.IENT THE LAST FOUR }IONTHS

19 IS COUNSE L.

IF
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THIS WAS rq SITUATION WHERE WE
WERE

2'l CIAII,IING TECHIIICAL COIIPLIANCE, gUT l'lE HAD PEOPLE CALLIIIG

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CONFUSED, PEOPLE RAISING ISSUES, GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO

23 FELT DISEI{FRANCH ISED, I
COULD UNDERSTAND BETTER COUNSEL'$
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z4 POSITION. DON'T THII{K IT WOULD BE LEGALLY ..
AIIYTIORE
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25 WELL.GROUNDED LEGALLY BUT IT WOULD BE }IORE DEFENSIBLE

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IIORAL LY .

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BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE, YOUR

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HONOR. FOR THREE YEARS, I|Y CI.IENT CO}IPLIED WITH
THE

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[ENyNrA D. DARDEN, CSR