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Contract analysis / expert-retention-letter-lakeshore.docx
expert-retention-letter-lakeshore.docx
1035-00003 · 8 clauses
High · 1 Medium · 4 Standard · 0
1. Scope of Engagement Medium
⚑ Notice / time limit to track
1. Scope of Engagement (a) Royalty Audit and Damages Quantification Lakeshore's primary task will be to review and analyze streaming data, sublicense agreements, and revenue records produced by Crescendo in discovery, and to calculate the total back-royalties and other damages owed to Plaintiffs arising from Crescendo's unauthorized exploitation of Plaintiffs' copyrighted works. The period of analysis for purposes of
2. Materials to Be Provided High
⚑ Non-compete / exclusivity restraint
2. Materials to Be Provided Calderwood & Harkness LLP will provide to Lakeshore the following materials for review and analysis in connection with this engagement, among others: (i) Crescendo's discovery production (Bates Nos. CDM-000001 through CDM-004218), consisting of: • Streaming logs, including platform usage data for Plaintiffs' works reflecting stream counts, timestamps, geographic data, and subscriber tier i
3. Background on the Dispute Medium
⚑ Assignment / subcontracting
3. Background on the Dispute For Dr. Marchetti's orientation, we provide the following brief factual summary of the dispute: Ms. Fonseca is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and recording artist based in Los Angeles, California, with a distinguished twenty-eight-year career spanning Latin pop, jazz, and contemporary R&B. She has released nine studio albums, received three Grammy Award nominations, and won two Lati
4. Fee Arrangement Medium
⚑ Liability cap to check against exposure
4. Fee Arrangement Lakeshore's fees for this engagement will be billed at Dr. Marchetti's standard expert engagement rate of $625.00 per hour. Supporting staff assigned to the engagement by Lakeshore will be billed at a rate of $350.00 per hour. Lakeshore shall submit monthly invoices to Calderwood & Harkness LLP at the address set forth above, with sufficient detail to permit review and approval by the firm and, as
5. Privilege and Confidentiality Medium
⚑ Confidentiality undertaking
5. Privilege and Confidentiality This engagement is at the direction of counsel in connection with pending litigation, and all aspects of Lakeshore's retention and work are to be treated as privileged and confidential. Specifically: (a) All communications between Lakeshore and Calderwood & Harkness LLP, and all draft reports, working papers, notes, memoranda, and other work product generated by Lakeshore in connectio
6. Conflicts of Interest
6. Conflicts of Interest We request that Lakeshore confirm, in writing, that it has conducted an appropriate conflicts check and that it has no conflicts of interest with respect to any party, entity, or individual involved in this action. Specifically, please confirm that Lakeshore has no current or prior engagement or relationship that would create a conflict with respect to any of the following: • Marguerite D. Fo
7. Engagement Team at Calderwood & Harkness LLP
7. Engagement Team at Calderwood & Harkness LLP The Calderwood & Harkness LLP engagement team for this matter is as follows: Day-to-Day Contact: Christy Bauer, Lead Associate Email: c.bauer@calderwoodharkness.com Supervising Partner: Alan Ngo, Responsible Partner, intellectual Property Email: a.ngo@calderwoodharkness.com Additional Support: Peter Vassiliev, Associate Email: p.vassiliev@calderwoodharkness.com Ms. Baue
8. Timeline and Deliverables
8. Timeline and Deliverables We anticipate the following timeline for Lakeshore's work on this engagement: (a) Initial Review and Preliminary Damages Estimate. Lakeshore should target completion of an initial review of the discovery materials and preparation of a preliminary damages estimate within four (4) weeks of receipt of the materials described in Section 2 above. We expect to transmit these materials to Lakesh