Jeffrey 

White/CAND/09/USCOURTS

05/12/2010 09:15 AM

To "Addy, Meredith" <maddy@brinkshofer.com>

cc levangie@pepperlaw.com, mccartha@pepperlaw.com, 

chentschel@dykema.com, dpoon@wsgr.com, 

lkerska@wsgr.com, mevenson@wsgr.com, bcc

Subject Re: FW: Activity in Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Nuance 

Communications, Inc. v. eCopy, Inc. and Consolidated Case 

Letter

Dear Ms Addy,

 I have reflected the parties' letter to the Court dated May 11, 2010 and our telephone conversation of 

this morning about the conflicts waiver issue that has arisen after the Court appointed you as Special 

Master. I have reluctantly decided as follows: For the reasons we discussed and for the reasons set forth 

in the parties' letter dated May 11, I cannot accept your continued you as the Special Master in this case 

unless the parties are satisfied with the conflicts waiver language governing your work in this case, i.e. 

unless your firm agrees to strike the disputed conflicts waiver language from your engagement letter. 

Although this Court has the authority to require you to complete your service as Special Master subject to 

all of the relevant statutory and ethical disqualification rules (ie without any prospective conflict waivers), 

I will not do so, as such action might create a difficult situation for the parties in this case as well as for 

you vis-a-vis your law firm.

So as not to inconvenience the Court or the parties, I am asking for a response from you by 5 PM Central 

Time.

As an aside I wish this issue could have been vetted with the parties before your name was provided to 

the court. 

While I am sending a cc of this email to all counsel, counsel may not respond to this communication via 

email to the court.

Jeffrey S. White

"Addy, Meredith" <maddy@brinkshofer.com>

"Addy, Meredith" 

<maddy@brinkshofer.com> 

05/12/2010 07:58 AM

To "'Jeffrey_White@cand.uscourts.gov'" 

<Jeffrey_White@cand.uscourts.gov>

cc "Nwaokai, Bridget" <bnwaokai@brinkshofer.com>

Subject FW: Activity in Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Nuance 

Communications, Inc. v. eCopy, Inc. and Consolidated Case 

Letter

Dear Judge White: 

I am available to discuss the parties’ letter to you regarding my engagement letter if you would 

like, at your convenience. 

Best regards, Meredith.

Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Document 168 Filed 05/12/10 Page 1 of 4
Meredith Martin Addy

312.321.4280 (direct)

312.320.4200 (cell)

From: ECF-CAND@cand.uscourts.gov [mailto:ECF-CAND@cand.uscourts.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:03 PM

To: efiling@cand.uscourts.gov

Subject: Activity in Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Nuance Communications, Inc. v. eCopy, Inc. and 

Consolidated Case Letter

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The following transaction was received from by Maggioni, Ilaria entered on 5/11/2010 3:02 PM 

and filed on 5/11/2010 

Case Name: Nuance Communications, Inc. v. eCopy, Inc. and Consolidated Case

Case Number: 3:08-cv-04227-JSW

Filer: Image Recognition Integrated Systems, Inc.

Image Recognition Integrated Systems Group, S.A.

Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Document 168 Filed 05/12/10 Page 2 of 4
Image Recognition Integrated Systems S.A.

Document Number: 167

Docket Text:

Letter from Nuance and I.R.I.S. Regarding Special Master's Engagement . 

(Maggioni, Ilaria) (Filed on 5/11/2010) 

3:08-cv-04227-JSW Notice has been electronically mailed to: 

Aaron Levangie levangie@pepperlaw.com 

Alison L McCarthy mccartha@pepperlaw.com 

Craig N Hentschel chentschel@dykema.com 

Daisy Suet Yin Poon dpoon@wsgr.com, lkerska@wsgr.com, mevenson@wsgr.com 

Elise Marie Miller emiller@wsgr.com 

Gregory D Len leng@pepperlaw.com 

Ilaria Maggioni mail@rkunstadtpc.com 

Jeffrey G Sheldon jeffrey.sheldon@usip.com 

Julie M Holloway jholloway@wsgr.com 

Marvin Craig Tyler ctyler@wsgr.com, nbolin@wsgr.com 

Meredith Martin Addy maddy@usebrinks.com 

Michael E. Dergosits mdergosits@dergnoah.com, choffman@dergnoah.com, 

tjoe@dergnoah.com 

Michael L. Meeks mmeeks@buchalter.com, bhsiao@buchalter.com, cdwyer@buchalter.com, 

rachelmoreno@buchalter.com 

Robert Marvin Kunstadt mail@rkunstadtpc.com 

Ron E Shulman rshulman@wsgr.com 

Salvatore Picariello picariellos@pepperlaw.com, belangerw@pepperlaw.com, 

jaragoss@pepperlaw.com, kingp@pepperlaw.com, murrays@pepperlaw.com, 

renaudm@pepperlaw.com 

Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Document 168 Filed 05/12/10 Page 3 of 4
Seungtaik Michael Song msong@wsgr.com, tnero@wsgr.com 

Thomas Wade Lathram Tom@SiliconEdgeLaw.com 

Tung-On Kong tkong@wsgr.com 

William D. Belanger belangew@pepperlaw.com 

3:08-cv-04227-JSW Please see General Order 45 Section IX C.2 and D; Notice has NOT 

been electronically mailed to: 

Luiz Von Paumgartten 

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

900 South Capital of Texas Highway

Las Cimas IV

5th Floor

Austin, TX 78746-5546

The following document(s) are associated with this transaction:

Document description:Main Document 

Original filename:100511 ixm final letter to jsw.pdf

Electronic document Stamp:

[STAMP CANDStamp_ID=977336130 [Date=5/11/2010] [FileNumber=6353877-0] 

[0bfa48a9ec1563794e61a67457fac7896fe655a87e7b5947d4780ac6b978ffe075364

716d17b5b89027ceb77af069437e5373f1c312d5aaae15ecf71cecaa6dc]]

Case 3:08-cv-04227-JSW Document 168 Filed 05/12/10 Page 4 of 4