EXHIBIT 13TANNEBAUM
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
June 13, 2013,
Mr. Phillip J. Pattee
Assistant Bar Counsel
State Bar of Nevada
600 E. Charleston Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89104-1563
RE: Grievance #SC13-049¢ / Jason Gibson.
Dear Mr. Pattee:
Having been admitted pro hac vice for the purpose of representing Mr, Randazza in this matter,
please find below my response on behalf of Mr. Randazza’s to the above-mentioned inquiry.
INTRODUCTION
Mr. Gibson seeks Bar Discipline of his former General Counsel, Mare J. Randazza.
Mr. Gibson, claims that “writing this complaint is not empowering or cathartic,” and that he “has
not composed or submitted this complaint out of anger or spite.” That being the case,
undersigned counsel will refrain from addressing the comments about Mr. Randazza failing a
part of the Nevada Bar or the specious backhanded innuendo about him possibly cheating on his
wife. Perhaps though, Mr. Gibson's “disappointed circumstances” “that have left me feeling
compelled to do so” include the circumstance that Mr. Gibson is in the middle of arbitration with
Mr. Randazza.
‘None of Mr. Gibson’s allegations warrant a serious look, as the explanations below will dispel
any notion that Mr. Randazza engaged in any, much less a “host of questionable activities” or
“unethical actions unbefitting a licensed attorney.”
RANDAZZA’S “TERMINATION”
Contrary to Mr. Gibson’s assertion that Mr. Randazza ("RANDAZZA") ended his relationship
with Mr. GIBSON (“GIBSON”) by his abrupt resignation, he was actually terminated.
RANDAZZA sent GIBSON, an e-mail stating that he would be forced to withdraw from
representing Liberty Media Holdings LLC in active litigation if their relationship, which
GIBSON had made openly hostile, did not improve, and that he had a suggestion for improving
that relationship. GIBSON told RANDAZZ.A that he “accepted my resignation” and terminated
RANDAZZA’S employment in his response. RANDAZZA’S ¢-mail in response stated that he
did not resign, nor was it his intention to do so. See Exhibit A. step
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RANDAZZA. (See Exhibit B.), RANDAZZA reached out to GIBSON to see his companies
were still looking for in-house counsel. RANDAZZA initially inquired about what he could do
to retain them and move on from his firm, which evolved into a discussion as to whether
RANDAZZA should move in-house with them ~ a discussion they initiated.
‘THE $75,000 “BRIBE.”
RANDAZZA used the term “bribe” for the $75,000 payment in the same sense as someone
frustrated with their child says “I am going to kill you.” It was not a bribe, it was a term.
“Oron” was a file-sharing website run by FF Magnat Limited, a Hong Kong limited company run
by Russians living in Europe and the US. Liberty Media Holdings, LLC, Excelsior’s alter-ego
that owns all of the intellectual property for the “Corbin Fisher” brand, sued the site for
approximately $34 million in copyright inftingement damages. Liberty filed suit in mid-June;
Oron settled in early July for $550,000. Part of the reason for this early success wes Liberty’s
decision (at RANDAZZA’S urging) to seek a Mareva injunction in Hong Kong, as much of
Oron’s money was held in banks outside the United States.
From July through August 2012, Liberty and Oron litigated over whether the settlement
agreement was actually a binding settlement agreement. In early August, the Court held that the
settlement agreement was valid and entered judgment in Liberty's favor, which was collected
from Oron’s PayPal account (and remains in RANDAZZA’S trust account today).
ron appealed this decision. As part of a blanket resolution of the whole matter, Oron’s
successor counsel suggested # payment that would include $75,000 for RANDAZZA to not
represent others against the site. RANDAZZA did not seek or solicit this payment; it was
offered by Oron’s counsel. In fact, this is a frequent issue in litigation involving Liberty.
In RANDAZZA‘S first interaction with this attomey, Valentin Gurvits, Mr. Gurvits offered
RANDAZZA a similar payment. RANDAZZA informed Mr. Gibson that Gurvits had offered.
RANDAZZA that payment and Gibson asked what it meant. RANDAZZA explained to him that
essentially he wanted to “bribe” RANDAZZA to never sue his client again. (This is in a case
against TNAflix.com) GIBSON actually encouraged RANDAZZA to take it if this would
facilitate the settlement with TNAflix. However, RANDAZZA explained to both Mr. Gurvits
and GIBSON that RANDAZZA would not accept payment in exchange for a limitation on who
RANDAZZA could represent or not represent in the future. No payment in the TNAflix case
was made to RANDAZZA.
‘Subsequently, RANDAZZA had a case involving Liberty Media and Megaupload. In that case,
‘the attorney on the other side made a similar overture. He wanted to pay RANDAZZA an
undisclosed sum in order to never sue his client again, RANDAZZA explained to him that he did
not feel comfortable taking that offer. GIBSON was well aware that this had been offered and
tried to encourage RANDAZZA to take it in order to facilitate settlement. Ultimately, it was
taken off the table by the time the final settlement was made because RANDAZZA insisted upon
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