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Crestline Packaging Solutions LLC Litigation 12 docs · open →

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Engagement letter2

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CRESTLINE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LLCCounsel Crestline Packaging Solutions LLCCrestline Packaging Solutions LLCDefendant Ridgeway Freight Services IncHARKNESS LLPHarkness LLPMeridian Forensic Accounting Group LLCOfficer Ridgeway Freight Services IncPinnacle Ridge Capital Partners LPPlaintiff Crestline Packaging Solutions LLCRidgeway Freight Services IncSinclair LLPTEXAS CRESTLINE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS LLCTHE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SA

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2022-04-14 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… eway became effective. The MTSA had a three-year term running through April 14, 2022, and governed all freight transportation services provided by Ridgeway for CPS's shipping …

2022-04-14 · meridian-retention-letter.docx

… he MTSA carried a three-year term running from April 15, 2019 through April 14, 2022; however, CPS terminated the MTSA for cause effective April 22, 2021, following the ident …

2022-04-14 · pre-suit-demand-letter.docx

… red into the MTSA for an initial term of three years, running through April 14, 2022. The MTSA was the product of arms-length negotiations between sophisticated commercial pa …

2022-04-14 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… three-year agreement with a term running from April 15, 2019 through April 14, 2022. Under the MTSA, Ridgeway served as the exclusive LTL and FTL carrier for CPS's Texas man …

2022-04-14 · initial-case-assessment-memo.docx

… s an initial term of three years, running from April 15, 2019 through April 14, 2022, with automatic one-year renewal periods absent written notice of non-renewal provided at …

2022-04-14 · texas-claims-analysis-memo.docx

… ishes a three-year term commencing on April 15, 2019, and expiring on April 14, 2022, with automatic renewal for successive one-year periods unless either party provides writ …

2022-03-03 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… n ninety (90) days of execution of the Settlement Agreement (i.e., by March 3, 2022). This installment remains outstanding and is being actively tracked by the engagement te …

2022-03-03 · settlement-agreement-and-mutual-release.docx

… ninety (90) calendar days of the Effective Date (i.e., no later than March 3, 2022). Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank ac …

2022-01-02 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… n thirty (30) days of execution of the Settlement Agreement (i.e., by January 2, 2022). This installment was received on December 10, 2021, well in advance of the contractual …

2022-01-02 · settlement-agreement-and-mutual-release.docx

… thirty (30) calendar days of the Effective Date (i.e., no later than January 2, 2022). Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank ac …

2021-12-17 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… being closed with a status designation of closed_completed effective December 17, 2021. The matter has been resolved through a negotiated settlement reached at mediation on Nov …

2021-12-15 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… ariance. This adjustment was reflected on Invoice No. SC-0487-F dated December 15, 2021. The staffing model for this matter reflected an efficient allocation of attorney resourc …

2021-12-14 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… disposing of all claims and counterclaims was filed with the Court on December 14, 2021. The first settlement installment of $1,000,000.00 has been received by the client, and t …

2021-12-10 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… greement (i.e., by January 2, 2022). This installment was received on December 10, 2021, well in advance of the contractual deadline. Payment was made by wire transfer to CPS's …

2021-12-03 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… zed in a fully executed Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated December 3, 2021. An Agreed Order of Dismissal with Prejudice disposing of all claims and counterclaims wa …

2021-12-03 · settlement-agreement-and-mutual-release.docx

… SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL RELEASE Effective Date: December 3, 2021 This Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (this "Agreement") is entered into as of Dec …

2021-11-18 · matter-closing-memo.docx

… been resolved through a negotiated settlement reached at mediation on November 18, 2021, and memorialized in a fully executed Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated Decem …

2021-11-18 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… et.) Constance Farr in advance of the mediation session scheduled for November 18, 2021, in the above-referenced matter. This Statement is intended to provide the Mediator with …

2021-11-18 · settlement-agreement-and-mutual-release.docx

… Center, 300 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1200, Fort Worth, TX 76102, on November 18, 2021, and, as a result of that mediation, reached an agreement in principle to resolve all cla …

2021-11-11 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… and warned that further discovery obstruction would not be tolerated. November 11, 2021: In compliance with the Court's order, Ridgeway produced supplemental documents. This pro …

2021-10-28 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… continuing to assert that defense — was prejudicial and sanctionable. October 28, 2021: The Court granted CPS's Motion to Compel and ordered Ridgeway to produce complete billin …

2021-10-15 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… e data, accessorial charge documentation, and billing system records. October 15, 2021: CPS filed a Motion to Compel discovery, detailing with specificity the deficiencies in R …

2021-10-15 · motion-to-compel.docx

… ., Defendant. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY RESPONSES Filed: October 15, 2021 Plaintiff Crestline Packaging Solutions LLC ("CPS"), by and through its undersigned attor …

2021-10-12 · motion-to-compel.docx

… questing that Ridgeway supplement its responses within seven days. On October 12, 2021, Mr. Hogue responded by email, stating that Ridgeway "stands by its responses and objecti …

2021-10-08 · motion-to-compel.docx

… th efforts to resolve the deficiencies without Court intervention. On October 8, 2021, undersigned counsel sent a detailed meet-and-confer letter to Marcus T. Hogue of Bartlet …

2021-10-04 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… ation, and all documents relating to the purported oral modification. October 4, 2021: Ridgeway served its responses to CPS's discovery requests. The responses consisted large …

2021-10-04 · motion-to-compel.docx

… ervices Inc. ("Ridgeway"). Ridgeway's responses were due on or before October 4, 2021. Ridgeway served its responses on that date. Upon review, CPS determined that Ridgeway's …

2021-09-15 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… egorizes the overcharges by type, as discussed in Section IV.A below. September 15, 2021: CPS served its First Set of Interrogatories (8 interrogatories) and First Requests for P …

2021-09-15 · motion-to-compel.docx

… 215.1 and, in support thereof, states as follows: I. INTRODUCTION On September 15, 2021, CPS served its First Set of Interrogatories (consisting of eight interrogatories) and it …

2021-09-10 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… Crowley, CPA, CFF, served as the Engagement Partner and lead analyst. September 10, 2021: Meridian Forensic Accounting Group LLC completed its forensic invoice analysis, confirmi …

2021-08-20 · meridian-retention-letter.docx

… ston, Texas 77002 Telephone: (713) 555-4200 Facsimile: (713) 555-4201 August 20, 2021 VIA EMAIL (ncrowley@meridianforensic.com) Mr. Nathan Crowley, CPA, CFF Engagement Partner …

2021-08-20 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… profits allegedly resulting from CPS's early termination of the MTSA. August 20, 2021: Calderwood & Harkness LLP, on behalf of CPS, retained Meridian Forensic Accounting Group …

2021-08-20 · texas-claims-analysis-memo.docx

… nting analysis by Meridian Forensic Accounting Group LLC (retained on August 20, 2021; engagement partner Nathan Crowley, CPA, CFF) is completed and presented in expert report …

2021-08-05 · meridian-retention-letter.docx

… had and received, (3) common-law fraud, and (4) unjust enrichment. On August 5, 2021, Ridgeway filed its Original Answer and Counterclaim, asserting a counterclaim for approx …

2021-08-05 · first-discovery-requests.docx

… f the MTSA, as set forth in Ridgeway's Original Counterclaim filed on August 5, 2021, and state the factual basis for the $340,000.00 in alleged lost profits claimed therein, …

2021-08-05 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… harges, contractual interest, attorneys' fees, and exemplary damages. August 5, 2021: Ridgeway filed its Original Answer and Counterclaim. Ridgeway's Answer asserted affirmat …

2021-08-05 · motion-to-compel.docx

… gether with interest, attorneys' fees, and other available relief. On August 5, 2021, Ridgeway filed its Answer and Counterclaim. In its Answer, Ridgeway asserted affirmative …

2021-07-19 · meridian-retention-letter.docx

… pervasive billing irregularities. CPS filed its Original Petition on July 19, 2021, asserting four causes of action: (1) breach of contract, (2) money had and received, (3) …

2021-07-19 · mediation-position-statement.docx

… s, participants, or substance of any oral modification conversations. July 19, 2021: CPS filed its Original Petition in the 342nd Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, …

2021-07-19 · texas-claims-analysis-memo.docx

… om Marcus T. Hogue. The Original Petition in this matter was filed on July 19, 2021 — more than thirty days after the February 8, 2021 notice and more than fourteen days aft …