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`SONAL N. MEHTA (SBN 222086)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Telephone: (650) 858-6000
`Facsimile: (650) 858-6100
` Sonal.Mehta@wilmerhale.com
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`SETH P. WAXMAN (pro hac vice)
`HOWARD M. SHAPIRO (pro hac vice)
`JONATHAN E. PAIKIN (pro hac vice)
`DEREK A. WOODMAN (pro hac vice)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Ave NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: (202) 663-6000
`Facsimile: (202) 663-6363
` Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com
` Howard.Shapiro@wilmerhale.com
` Jonathan.Paikin@wilmerhale.com
` Derek.Woodman@wilmerhale.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`INTUIT INC.
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`DAVID Z. GRINGER (pro hac vice)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`7 World Trade Center
`250 Greenwich St.
`New York, NY 10007
`Telephone: (212) 230-8800
`Facsimile: (212) 230-8888
` David.Gringer@wilmerhale.com
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,
`Plaintiff,
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`INTUIT INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 3:22-cv-01973-CRB
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`DEFENDANT INTUIT INC.’S NOTICE OF
`SETTLEMENT AND WITHDRAWAL OF
`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
`TEMPORARILY UNDER SEAL
`CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE OF RECENT
`DEVELOPMENT AND DECLARATION OF
`THOMAS HENRY
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`Defendant Intuit Inc. files this Notice to apprise the Court that it has entered a public,
`nationwide settlement with the State Attorneys General of all 50 states and the District of Columbia
`to settle potential claims related to Intuit’s marketing of its online tax-preparation products. Copies
`of Assurances of Voluntary Compliance entered into with New York and Texas, both of which
`memorialize the settlement, are attached hereto as Exhibits A and B. Substantively identical
`agreements have been filed in other state courts pursuant to those states’ laws. Intuit did not admit
`liability in the settlement, and if necessary, it will continue to defend its practices in this litigation and
`the FTC administrative proceeding.
`In connection with the recent TRO Hearing, Intuit filed an administrative motion (ECF No.
`58) notifying the Court that a settlement in principle had been reached, and requesting that the
`information remain under seal until the settlement was finalized and publicly announced. The FTC
`opposed the request to temporarily seal (ECF No. 63), which, because it also discussed the settlement
`was itself subject to an administrative motion to seal (ECF Nos. 64 and 67). Now that the settlement
`is public, the basis for sealing has expired and the following documents can be unsealed and placed
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`Intuit’s Confidential Notice of Recent Development and Declaration of Thomas Henry
`in Support of Intuit’s Administrative Motion to File Temporarily Under Seal, filed on
`April 20, 2022 (ECF Nos. 58-2 and 58-3).
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` FTC’s Opposition to Intuit’s Administrative Motion to File Temporarily Under Seal,
`filed on April 22, 2022 (ECF No. 64-1).
`To avoid any confusion, Intuit’s Statement Responding to Plaintiff’s Administrative Motions
`to Consider Whether Another Party’s Material Should Be Sealed and Administrative Motion to Strike
`Exhibits (ECF No. 56), to which the FTC responded (ECF No. 65), remains pending. The documents
`at issue in that administrative motion do not relate to the settlement.
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`Dated: May 4, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:/s/ David Z. Gringer
`David Z. Gringer (pro hac vice)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`7 World Trade Center
`250 Greenwich St.
`New York, NY 10007
`Telephone: (212) 230-8800
`Facsimile: (212) 230-8888
` David.Gringer@wilmerhale.com
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`Sonal N. Mehta (SBN: 222086)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Telephone: (650) 858-6000
`Facsimile: (650) 858-6100
` Sonal.Mehta@wilmerhale.com
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`Seth P. Waxman (pro hac vice)
`Howard M. Shapiro (pro hac vice)
`Jonathan E. Paikin (pro hac vice)
`Derek A. Woodman (pro hac vice)
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Ave NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: (202) 663-6000
`Facsimile: (202) 663-6363
` Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com
` Howard.Shapiro@wilmerhale.com
` Jonathan.Paikin@wilmerhale.com
` Derek.Woodman@wilmerhale.com
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