Exhibit B 

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From: Whitney Bernstein

To: Stone, Andrew (USAAZ); Jones, Reginald (CRM); Rapp, Kevin (USAAZ); Kozinets, Peter (USAAZ); Perlmeter,

Margaret (USAAZ); Boyle, Daniel (USACAC)

Cc: Thomas H. Bienert; Toni Thomas; pcambria@lglaw.com; Erin McCampbell Paris; bf@federlawpa.com; Feder Law;

Gary S. Lincenberg; Ariel A. Neuman; Gopi K. Panchapakesan; David Eisenberg; Joy Bertrand

Subject: RE: US v. Lacey, et al. - 18-CR-00422-PHX-SMB

Date: Friday, July 9, 2021 4:03:15 PM

Hi Andy,

As to your first question, when we challenged the government’s repeated interviews of Ferrer about

attorney advisals that Backpage’s actions were legal, the government claimed that these

communications were not subject to attorney-client privilege and the Court agreed in Dkt. 1168 at 9-

11. Accordingly, the disclosure tracks the Court’s order and is not a waiver of a privilege that the

government argued and the Court agreed did not apply to these communications.

As to your second question, our clients’ good faith is always a defense to specific intent crimes like

those charged in this case. The documents you are asking about are among several that Defendants

may use at trial to negate your purported evidence of criminal intent and to establish their good

faith, and they were provided pursuant to Rule 16. At this time Defendants don’t know what

documents, if any, they may introduce at trial, but are continuing to review discovery and

documents and will make such decisions based on evidence and arguments presented by the

government during its case. Whether an advice of counsel jury instruction will be sought by the

defense will be determined only after hearing and assessing the evidence the government puts on in

its case.

Thank you,

Whitney

Whitney Z. Bernstein | Partner

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP

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From: Stone, Andrew (USAAZ) <Andrew.Stone@usdoj.gov> 

Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 3:38 PM

To: Whitney Bernstein <wbernstein@bklwlaw.com>; Jones, Reginald (CRM)

<Reginald.Jones4@usdoj.gov>; Rapp, Kevin (USAAZ) <Kevin.Rapp@usdoj.gov>; Kozinets, Peter

(USAAZ) <Peter.Kozinets@usdoj.gov>; Perlmeter, Margaret (USAAZ)

<Margaret.Perlmeter@usdoj.gov>; Boyle, Daniel (USACAC) <Daniel.Boyle2@usdoj.gov>

Cc: Thomas H. Bienert <tbienert@bklwlaw.com>; Toni Thomas <tthomas@bklwlaw.com>;

pcambria@lglaw.com; Erin McCampbell Paris <emccampbell@lglaw.com>; bf@federlawpa.com;

Feder Law <fl@federlawpa.com>; Gary S. Lincenberg <glincenberg@birdmarella.com>; Ariel A.

Neuman <aneuman@birdmarella.com>; Gopi K. Panchapakesan <gkp@birdmarella.com>; David

Eisenberg <david@deisenbergplc.com>; Joy Bertrand <joy.bertrand@gmail.com>

Subject: RE: US v. Lacey, et al. - 18-CR-00422-PHX-SMB

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Whitney,

In your cover letter from Friday evening, you wrote that you “attached documents from Backpage’s

former counsel relevant to the Defendants’ good faith.” And that the production was made

“because, in light of the Court’s order at Dkt. 1168, it cannot be deemed to waive any otherwise

applicable privilege.”

Two questions:

With respect to your latter statement, what’s your reasoning for why this disclosure isn’t

a waiver of the attorney-client privilege?

With respect to your former statement, are Defendants asserting an advice of counsel

defense? If not, what is the distinction between a “good faith” defense that relies on

attorneys’ legal memoranda and an “advice of counsel” defense?

Thanks,

Andy

From: Whitney Bernstein <wbernstein@bklwlaw.com>

Sent: Friday, July 2, 2021 5:09 PM

To: Jones, Reginald (CRM) <Reginald.Jones4@usdoj.gov>; Rapp, Kevin (USAAZ)

<KRapp@usa.doj.gov>; Stone, Andrew (USAAZ) <AStone1@usa.doj.gov>; Kozinets, Peter (USAAZ)

<PKozinets@usa.doj.gov>; Perlmeter, Margaret (USAAZ) <MPerlmeter@usa.doj.gov>; Boyle, Daniel

(USACAC) <DBoyle@usa.doj.gov>

Cc: Thomas H. Bienert <tbienert@bklwlaw.com>; Toni Thomas <tthomas@bklwlaw.com>;

pcambria@lglaw.com; Erin McCampbell Paris <emccampbell@lglaw.com>; bf@federlawpa.com;

Feder Law <fl@federlawpa.com>; Gary S. Lincenberg <glincenberg@birdmarella.com>; Ariel A.

Neuman <aneuman@birdmarella.com>; Gopi K. Panchapakesan <gkp@birdmarella.com>; David

Eisenberg <david@deisenbergplc.com>; Joy Bertrand <joy.bertrand@gmail.com>

Subject: US v. Lacey, et al. - 18-CR-00422-PHX-SMB

Counsel:

Please see attached.

Thank you,

Whitney

Whitney Z. Bernstein

Partner | Orange County

Bienert Katzman Littrell Williams LLP

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