Exhibit D Exhibit D
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People of the State of New York v.
Exxon Mobil Corporation Index No. 452044/2018
Motion for a Protective Order and Related Discovery Disputes
June 12, 2019
Presentation of Exxon Mobil Corporation 1
People of the State of New York
v.
Exxon Mobil CorporationIndex No. 452044/2018
Presentation of Exxon Mobil Corporation
Motion for a Protective Order and Related Discovery Disputes
June 12, 2019
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The Attorney General Is Not Entitled to Special Treatment
"[T]he moving defendants are entitled to examine the State, as if it were a private person, on those matters material and relevant to the defense unless those matters are otherwise protected from disclosure."
People v. Katz, 84 A.D.2d 381, 384 (1st Dep't 1982).
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The Attorney General Is Not Entitled to Special Treatment
“[T]he moving defendants are entitled to examine the State, as if it were a private person, on those matters material and relevant to the defense unless those matters are otherwise protected from disclosure.”
People v. Katz, 84 A.D.2d 381, 384 (1st Dep’t 1982).
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The Attorney General Is Not Exempt from Rule 11-f
"In an action in which the state is properly a party, whether as plaintiff, defendant or otherwise, disclosure by the state shall be available as if the state were a private person."
CPLR § 3102(f).
"A notice or subpoena may name as a deponent a corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity."
Comm. Div. R. 11-f(a).
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The Attorney General Is Not Exempt from Rule 11-f
• “In an action in which the state is properly a party, whether as plaintiff, defendant or otherwise, disclosure by the state shall be available as if the state were a private person.”
CPLR § 3102(f).
• “A notice or subpoena may name as a deponent a corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government,or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.”
Comm. Div. R. 11-f(a).
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ExxonMobil's Rule 11-f Notice Seeks Factual Information
StrPRE COL THESTATEOFNEWYORK
PEOPLEOFTHESTATEOFNEWYORK. --
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8. The facts underlying the allegations in the following paragraphs of the Complaint:
Defendant.
6, 12, 15, 18, 42, 53, 65, 80, 106, 108-16, 123, 125, 127, 138, 142, 158-61, 165, 175, 177, 183,PLEASETAKENOTICEthat,pmsuanttoSection202.70
theSupremeComt("UniformRules"),meludingRule11-f,and
185-86, 188, 210, 246-48, 250, 254-56, 269, 274, 275, 299-302, 306, 307, 309-11.
AttomeyGeneral("OAG"orthe"OHice"),actmganbehalfof
ofNewYork,beforeaNotaryPublicorotherpersonauthanzed
York to admimsteroaths,regardingevidencethat is matenal necessarym ihts achon,
includingtheMattersidentiftedbelow.
Thedepositionwill takeplaceattheofficesof Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton& Garrison
LLP,1285AvenueoftheAmencas,NewYork,NY 10019anApnl22,2019at9:00a.m.ar at
suchothertimeandplaceasmaybeagreedto amangcounselfortheparties,andshallcontinue
fromdaytodaythereafter,exceptforweekendsandhohdays,untilcompleted.
ExxonMobil's 11-f Notice at 7.
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ExxonMobil Requests Information the Attorney General
Acknowledged Was Relevant to Its Investigation
3. All Documents and Information that You received other than from
ExxonMobil pursuant to Any subpoena, document request, request for information, informal 11. The contents of the "Dropboxlink"
referenced in NYOAG-000005654.
request for Documents or Information, or through voluntary production Concerning the\\ ExxonMobil's 11-f Notice at 7.
Investigation.***
5. All Communications between You and Any Person other than ==-su-o,-O THESTATEOFNEWYORIL
AttorneyGeneraloftheStateofNewYorkExxonMobil Concerning the Investigation.
-against, HenBarryR.Osiraer- - - - EXXONMOBE.CORFORTATION. D
OFFICEOF NEWYORKPLEASETAKENOTICEthat. Article31oftheNewYorkCivilPractice PLEASETAKENOTICEthat,pursuant10Article31oftheNewYorkCivilPractice ShHAHOR. ENER.ELawandRules("N.Y.C.P.L.R.'),Def anonMobilCorporationCExxonMobil"),byits lawandRules("N.Y.C.P.L.R."),DefendantExxonMobilCoIporationCExxonMobil"),byitsundersignedcounsel,herebyrequeststhatPlaintiffBarbaraUnderwood.AttorneyGeneralofthe undersignedcounsel,herebyrequeststhatPlaintiffBarbaraUnderwood.AttorneyGeneralofthe PLEASETAKENOTICEthatpurumartoSecnon20270oftheUmfmaOniRu½forStateofNewYork(the"AttomeyGeneral"),produceforinspectionandcopymgAllDocEunents StateofNewYork(the"AttorneyGeneral"),produceforinspectionandcopymgAllDoctunents AbeSupsesneCourtC1.^nifonnRules) irxhatmgRt&11f midAttide11ofthrcivilPr.wtwrinPlaintifTspossession.custody.orcontrolrequestedherein(the"Requests."andeach inPlaintiffspossession.custody,orcontrolrequestedberein(the"Requests,"andeach I.awandRules.DefendantExxonMotidforptvanonExxogefebrl) tivmdtbondmindividuallya"Request^).InaccordancewiththeCourt'sNovember15.2018Prelinunary
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ofNoraAhmed,nolagerthanJanuary14,2019
10. All Communications between You and the following Persons Concerning
ExxonMobil: (a) Sharon Eubanks, Edwards & Eubanks, LLC, Edwards Kirby, or Bordas and
Bordas Attorneys, PLLC, (b) Peter Frumhoff or the Union of Concerned Scientists, (c) former
Vice President Albert Gore, (d) Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, (e) Richard Heede or the
Climate Accountability Institute, (f) Naomi Oreskes, (g) Matthew Pawa or the Pawa Law Group
P.C., an J (h) Ge 1 e Supran.
ExxonMobil's First and Third Document Requests.
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The Attorney General Agreed to Provide a Reasonable Witness List
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NEW YORK : PART 61---------------------------------------------------x
O E OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By BARBARA D. TM OMT· I tMnk it's in th iderestAttorney General of the State of New York,
Plaintiff, of both sides to be reasonably transparent about-against- 452044-18
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Who are likely to be Witnesses at this trial. AndDefendant.
---------------------------------------------------xMarch 21, 2019 I didn't interpret OAG's representation to be that60 Centre StreetNew York, New York
they are gonna give you a kitchen sink of names
and that I'm assuming that they are gonna identifyPlaintiff,
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EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, within reason the people who may be called as
60 Centre Street • •trial witnesses.
BEFORE: HON. BARRYOSTRAGER,Supreme Court Justice
APPEARANCES:
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K E R SQMARCE. MONTGOMERY,E5Q.JONATEANC. ZWEIG, ESQ.
MR. WALLACE· Absolutely, your Honor.Y k e Y t 64
E We're not planning to dump a huge list on them.Also Present - Patrick Con-or.
JACGUELINECAMPBELLSenior Court Reporter
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The Attorney General Failed to Provide a Reasonable Witness List
OAG's Witness List EnonMobifs
OAG's Preliminary Witness List OAG's Third Party Witness List
1. Adibatla, Bargo 23. Mizan, Tahmid INDIVIDUALS ENTITIES 1. Richard Auter
2. Allen, Cindy 24. Nauman, Scott 1. Natasha Lamb 1. Bank of America Corporation 2. William Colton
3. Bailes, Robert 25. Norman, Deidre 2. Stephen Viederman 2. Blackrock, Inc. 3. Richard DuCharme
4. Bannister, Kirsten 26. Onderdonk, Toddwa ason
3. Credit Suisse Group AG 4. Brant Edwards
5. Briggs, Steve 27. Powell, Guy 5. Michael Garland4. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc 5. Tom Eizember
6. Chang, Irene 28. Rosenthal, David 6. Liz Gordon 5. HSBC Bank USA, N.A.6. Jason Iwanika
7. Colton, William 29. Schreiber, Richard 7. John Stouffer 6. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.7. Stephen Littleton
8. DuCharme, Richard 30. Shores, Mark 8. Richard Auter 7. Morgan Stanley8. Todd Onderdonk
9. Edwards, Brant 31. Sinha, Somnath 9. Rakhi Kumar
10. Eizember, Thomas 32. Stobart, Christina 10. Michael Younis9. Guy Powell
11. Fisk, Norma 33. Stockmann, Tom 11. Roger Read 10. Rex Tillerson
12. Fountain, Robert 34. Stooksbury, Kevin12. Stephanie Hansen 11. Peter Trelenberg13. Danielle Fugere
13. Gardner, Robert 35. Strawbridge, William14. Andrew Logan
14. Genetti, Dominic 36. Stuewer, Sherri 15. Tracey Rembert
15. Gordon, Ken 37. Tanaka, Paul 16. Sister Jean Sliwinski
16. Horne, Joseph 38. Taschner, Lynne 17. Leslie Samuelrich
17. Hoy, Daniel 39. Tillerson, Rex 18. Christina Herman
18. Igercich, Richard 40. Trelenberg, Peter19. Robert Fohr
19. Iwanika, Jason 41. Wierstra, CharlesS ster P ic a A. Daly
20. Jacobs, Wesley 42. Wojnar, Theodore22. Atid Kimmelman
21. Littleton, Stephen 43. Woodbury, Jeffrey 23. Tim Brennan
22. Luettgen, Robert 44. Woods, Darren 24. Timothy Smith
45. Zinngrabe, Kay 25. Mary Beth Gallagher
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