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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION



 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, )

 Plaintiff, )

 vs. ) Case No.

 D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC., ) 3:17-CV-00039-JD

 Defendant. )

 ---------------------------------)



 Thursday, August 23, 2018

 Cause of Action

 1875 Eye Street, N.W.

 Washington, D.C.



 The above-entitled matter came on for

 deposition, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m.

















 APPEARANCES:



 ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF:

 JARAD BROWN, ESQ.

 KEVIN MORIARTY, ESQ.

 COURTNEY BROWN, ESQ.

 Federal Trade Commission

 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

 Washington, D.C. 20580

 (202) 326-2927

 jbrown4@ftc.gov



 ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT:

 KARA E. MCKENNA, ESQ.

 ASHLEY SALVINO, ESQ.

 CYNTHIA FLEMING CRAWFORD, ESQ.

 CATIE SHAWLEY, ESQ.

 Cause of Action

 1875 Eye Street, N.W.

 Suite 800

 Washington, D.C. 20006

 (202) 499-2417

 kara.mckenna@causeofaction.org







 I N D E X



 WITNESS: EXAMINATION:

 JEROME R. RADCLIFFE

 BY MR. BROWN 4

 BY MS. MCKENNA 260





 MARKED EXHIBITS DESCRIPTION FOR ID

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 EXHIBITS REFERENCED PAGE

 PX03152 53

 PX03193 81

 PX03200 198

 PX05110 169

 PX05114 258

 PX05115 170

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 Whereupon--

 JEROME R. RADCLIFFE

 a witness, called for examination, having been first

 duly sworn, was examined and testified as follows:

 EXAMINATION

 BY MR. BROWN:

 Q. Good morning. My name is Jarad Brown. I am an

 attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, and I'm

 here to talk about your reports in this matter, which

 is the FTC's case vs. D-Link Systems in the Northern

 District of California.

 Could you please state your full name for the

 record.

 A. Jerome Ryan Radcliffe.

 Q. Thank you for appearing to testify today.

 Before we get going, counsel for D-Link Systems

 and folks in the room, could you please introduce

 yourself?

 MS. MCKENNA: Kara McKenna on behalf of D-Link

 Systems.

 MS. SALVINO: Ashley Salvino on behalf of

 D-Link Systems.

 MS. SHAWLEY: Catie Shawley with Cause of

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