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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO.: 20-cv-23287-DPG

LUIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ,

MARIA TERESA RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a 

MARIA TERESA LANDA,

ALFREDO RAMON FORNS,

RAMON ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ,

RAUL LORENZO RODRIGUEZ,

CHRISTINA CONROY, and

FRANCISCO RAMON RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC,

CORPORACIÓN HABANOS, S.A.,

WPP PLC, YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC,

and BCW LLC, a/k/a BURSON COHN & 

WOLFE LLC,

Defendants.

DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF FILING SUPPLEMENTAL 

DECLARATION OF JIM BELLINGHAUSEN IN SUPPORT OF 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT

Defendant Young & Rubicam LLC hereby gives notice of filing the Supplemental 

Declaration of Jim Bellinghausen, attached as “Exhibit A,” in support of Defendant’s Motion to 

Dismiss the Complaint. 

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Date: November 19, 2021 s/Naim S. Surgeon

NAIM S. SURGEON

Florida Bar No. 101682

E-Mail: nsurgeon@stroock.com

STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP

200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100

Miami, Florida 33131

Tel: 305-789-3960

Fax: 305-789-9302

-andPEDRO FREYRE

Florida Bar No. 192140

E-Mail: pedro.freyre@akerman.com

AKERMAN LLP

Three Brickell City Centre

98 Southeast Seventh Street, Suite 1100

Miami, Florida 33131

Tel: (305) 982-5507

Fax: (305) 374-5095

-andCHRISTOPHER DAVIES (admitted pro hac vice)

E-Mail: christopher.davies@wilmerhale.com

JESSICA LUTKENHAUS (admitted pro hac vice)

E-Mail: jessica.lutkenhaus@wilmerhale.com

ASHLEY MCLAUGHLIN LEEN (admitted pro hac 

vice)

E-Mail: ashley.leen@wilmerhale.com

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE 

AND DORR LLP

1875 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: (202) 663-6000

Fax: (202) 663-6363

Attorneys for Defendants WPP PLC, YOUNG & 

RUBICAM LLC, and BCW LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on November 19, 2021, I electronically filed the foregoing

document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing documents 

are being served this day on all counsel of record via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing 

generated by CM/ECF. 

/s/ Naim S. Surgeon

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EXHIBIT A 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

LUIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ,

MARIA TERESA RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a 

MARIA TERESA LANDA,

ALFREDO RAMON FORNS,

RAMON ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ,

RAUL LORENZO RODRIGUEZ,

CHRISTINA CONROY, and

FRANCISCO RAMON RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

IMPERIAL BRANDS PLC,

CORPORACIÓN HABANOS, S.A.,

WPP PLC, YOUNG & RUBICAM LLC,

and BCW LLC, a/k/a BURSON COHN & 

WOLFE LLC,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:20-cv-23287-DPG

SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF JIM BELLINGHAUSEN IN SUPPORT OF 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT

I, Jim Bellinghausen, hereby declare under penalty of perjury the truth of the following statements 

based upon personal knowledge and knowledge gained from the review of corporate records of 

VML, LLC and Young & Rubicam LLC (“Y&R”), d/b/a VMLY&R (“VMLY&R”) or the 

“Company” and from discussions with others with such knowledge:

1. I am an adult and competent to testify to the matters below. I make this Declaration to 

supplement my Declaration submitted to the Court on April 28, 2021, titled, “Declaration 

of Jim Bellinghausen In Support Of Defendants’ Motion To Dismiss The Complaint” 

(hereinafter “April 28 Declaration”).

2. In my April 28 Declaration, I stated that 636 VMLY&R employees sat in VMLY&R’s New 

York office as of the end of 2020, accounting for approximately 32 percent of the 

Company’s nationwide headcount. However, additional review of VMLY&R’s company 

data has revealed that there were 463 VMLY&R employees in VMLY&R’s New York 

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office, accounting for approximately 24 percent of the nationwide headcount. I am sorry 

for the error.

3. This correction does not change the facts supported by my April 28 Declaration: that New 

York is the headquarters of Y&R; that the Miami, Florida office of VMLY&R accounts for 

a minimal proportion of VMLY&R’s total U.S. workforce and total revenue; and that none 

of VMLY&R’s offices or personnel—either in New York, Miami, or elsewhere in the 

United States—performed the marketing work for Corporación Habanos S.A. (“Habanos”) 

that is at issue in the above-captioned litigation. 

4. To the contrary, I have confirmed that the relevant marketing work for Habanos was 

performed by the Spain-based employees of a legally distinct corporation in Spain that is 

not a party in this lawsuit. That distinct Spanish company is not a direct or indirect 

subsidiary of VMLY&R. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, to the best of my

knowledge.

Executed on November 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Missouri. 

 _______________________

Jim Bellinghausen

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