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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
`MIAMI DIVISION
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`Case No. 22-cv-23753-MOORE/BECERRA
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`EDWIN GARRISON, et al., on behalf of
`themselves and all other similarly situated,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`OPPOSITION BY DEFENDANTS THOMAS BRADY, GISELE BÜNDCHEN,
`UDONIS HASLEM, WILLIAM TREVOR LAWRENCE, KEVIN O’LEARY,
`SHAQUILLE O’NEAL, AND DAVID ORTIZ TO PLAINTIFFS’ EXPEDITED MOTION
`FOR LEAVE TO CONDUCT JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY, AND TO AMEND
`THEIR COMPLAINT WITH ANY FACTS ARISING FROM SUCH DISCOVERY
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`Defendants Thomas Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Udonis Haslem, William Trevor Lawrence,
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`Kevin O’Leary, Shaquille O’Neal, and David Ortiz (the “Remaining Non-FTX Defendants”) file
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`this brief opposition to Plaintiffs’ Expedited Motion for Leave to Conduct Jurisdictional
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`Discovery, and to Amend Their Complaint with Any Facts Arising from Such Discovery (“Motion”;
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`ECF 163).
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`Plaintiffs’ Motion seeks “jurisdictional” discovery from Defendants Stephen Curry, Larry
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`David, Golden State Warriors, LLC, Shohei Ohtani, and Naomi Osaka (collectively, the “Non-
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`Resident Defendants”). See ECF 163 at 1. The Motion also, however, seeks to upend the existing
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`schedule for briefing the motions to dismiss filed by the Remaining Non-FTX Defendants and the
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`Non-Resident Defendants (ECFs 139, 154 & 156-59) – collectively, the “Motions to Dismiss” –
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`which briefing schedule the Court set over two weeks before Plaintiffs filed the Motion. See ECF
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`132. Plaintiffs request leave to file an amended pleading “within twenty (20) days after completing
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
`MIAMI DIVISION
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`Case No. 22-cv-23753-MOORE/BECERRA
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`EDWIN GARRISON, et al., on behalf of
`themselves and all other similarly situated,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`SAM BANKMAN-FRIED, et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`OPPOSITION BY DEFENDANTS THOMAS BRADY, GISELE BÜNDCHEN,
`UDONIS HASLEM, WILLIAM TREVOR LAWRENCE, KEVIN O’LEARY,
`SHAQUILLE O’NEAL, AND DAVID ORTIZ TO PLAINTIFFS’ EXPEDITED MOTION
`FOR LEAVE TO CONDUCT JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY, AND TO AMEND
`THEIR COMPLAINT WITH ANY FACTS ARISING FROM SUCH DISCOVERY
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`Defendants Thomas Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Udonis Haslem, William Trevor Lawrence,
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`Kevin O’Leary, Shaquille O’Neal, and David Ortiz (the “Remaining Non-FTX Defendants”) file
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`this brief opposition to Plaintiffs’ Expedited Motion for Leave to Conduct Jurisdictional
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`Discovery, and to Amend Their Complaint with Any Facts Arising from Such Discovery (“Motion”;
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`ECF 163).
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`Plaintiffs’ Motion seeks “jurisdictional” discovery from Defendants Stephen Curry, Larry
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`David, Golden State Warriors, LLC, Shohei Ohtani, and Naomi Osaka (collectively, the “Non-
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`Resident Defendants”). See ECF 163 at 1. The Motion also, however, seeks to upend the existing
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`schedule for briefing the motions to dismiss filed by the Remaining Non-FTX Defendants and the
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`Non-Resident Defendants (ECFs 139, 154 & 156-59) – collectively, the “Motions to Dismiss” –
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`which briefing schedule the Court set over two weeks before Plaintiffs filed the Motion. See ECF
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`132. Plaintiffs request leave to file an amended pleading “within twenty (20) days after completing
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`Case 1:22-cv-23753-KMM Document 196 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/10/2023 Page 2 of 5
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`that brief jurisdictional discovery, so Plaintiffs may incorporate any additional facts that support
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`personal jurisdiction over these FTX Non-Florida Defendants and address arguments raised in all
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`Defendants’ motions to dismiss.” Motion at 1. Granting the request, of course, would require re-
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`briefing of the Motions to Dismiss.
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`For all of the reasons stated in the opposition filed by the Non-Resident Defendants (“Non-
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`Resident Defendants’ Opposition”; ECF195), the Motion should be denied. Because the Motion
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`does not seek leave to take discovery from the Remaining Non-FTX Defendants, they do not
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`formally adopt Section I of the Non-Resident Defendants’ Opposition, although they submit that
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`the arguments are well taken.
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`However, as to Plaintiffs’ request to file a further amendment – and, correspondingly,
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`change the existing briefing schedule for and require re-briefing of the Motions to Dismiss – the
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`Remaining Non-FTX Defendants adopt Section II of the Non-Resident Defendants’ Opposition.
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`Plaintiffs have already amended their pleading once as of right in this action, when they more than
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`doubled the size of initial pleading (ECF 1), going from 41 pages to 97 pages, plus appending a
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`19-page “expert” report as an exhibit. See ECF 16.1 Given the incurable deficiencies in Plaintiffs’
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`existing Amended Complaint, which are not “technical pleading deficiencies” but incurable legal
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`flaws, see Motions to Dismiss, the Remaining Non-FTX Defendants believe that no amendment
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`should be allowed, if at all, until the Court rules on the Motions to Dismiss, which should be
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`briefed on the schedule the Court set on April 11, 2023 (ECF 132).
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`1 Plaintiffs also amended their pleading in action styled Podalsky v. Bankman-Fried, No. 22-cv-
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`23983-KMM (S.D. Fla.). See Podalsky ECF 4.
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`Case 1:22-cv-23753-KMM Document 196 Entered on FLSD Docket 05/10/2023 Page 3 of 5
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`COLSON, HICKS, EIDSON, P.A.
`255 Alhambra Circle, Penthouse
`Coral Gables, Florida 33134
`(305) 476-7400
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`By: /s/ Roberto Martinez
`Roberto Martínez
`Florida Bar No. 305596
` bob@colson.com
`Stephanie A. Casey
`Florida Bar No. 97483
` scasey@colson.com
`Zachary Lipshultz
`Florida Bar No. 123594
` zach@colson.com
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`Andrew B. Clubok (pro hac vice)
` andrew.clubok@lw.com
`Susan E. Engel (pro hac vice)
` susan.engel@lw.com
`Brittany M.J. Record (pro hac vice)
` brittany.record@lw.com
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, D.C. 20004-1304
`Tel: +1.202.637.2200
`Fax: +1.202.637.2201
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`Marvin S. Putnam (pro hac vice)
` marvin.putnam@lw.com
`Jessica Stebbins Bina (pro hac vice)
` jessica.stebbinsbina@lw.com
`Elizabeth A. Greenman (pro hac vice)
` elizabeth.greenman@lw.com
`10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1100
`Los Angeles, California 90067
`Tel: +1.424.653.5500
`Fax: +1.424.653.5501
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`Michele D. Johnson (pro hac vice)
` michele.johnson@lw.com
`650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor
`Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925
`Tel: +1.714.540.1235
`Fax: +1.714.755.8290
`Attorneys for Defendants Thomas Brady, Gisele
`Bündchen, and Shaquille O’Neal
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`DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A.
`Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
`2665 South Bayshore Drive, PH-2B
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`Miami, Florida 33133
`Telephone:
`(305) 374-1920
`Facsimile:
`(305) 374-1961
`By: /s/ David A. Rothstein
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`David A. Rothstein, Esq.
`Fla. Bar No. 995762
` DRothstein@dkrpa.com
`Alexander M. Peraza, Esq.
`Fla. Bar No. 107044
` APeraza@dkrpa.com
`Eshaba Jahir-Sharuz, Esq.
`Fla. Bar No. 1038846
` Eshaba@dkrpa.com
`MCANGUS GOUDELOCK & COURIE LLC
`2000 Market Street, Suite 780
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`(484) 406-4334
`By: /s/ Eric A. Fitzgerals
`Eric A. Fitzgerald (pro hac vice)
` eric.fitzgerald@mgclaw.com
`Hillary N. Ladov (pro hac vice)
` hillary.ladov@mgclaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant William Trevor
`Lawrence
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`AKERMAN LLP
`350 East Las Olas Boulevard – Suite 1600
`Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
`Tel.: 954-463-2700
`Fax: 954-468-2454
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`By: /s/ Christopher S. Carver
`Christopher S. Carver, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 993580
` christopher.carver@akerman.com
`Jason S. Oletsky, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 9301
` jason.oletsky@akerman.com
`Katherine A Johnson, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 1040357
` katie.johnson@akerman.com
`Attorneys for Defendant David Ortiz and
`Udonis Haslem
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`MARCUS NEIMAN RASHBAUM
`& PINEIRO LLP
`100 Southeast Third Avenue, Suite 805
`Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394
`Tel: (954) 462-1200
` South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2530
`Miami, Florida 33131
`Tel: (305)-400-4260
`By: /s/ Jeffrey Neiman
`Jeffrey Neiman
`Fla Bar. No. 544469
`jneiman@mnrlawfirm.com
`Jeffrey Marcus
`Fla. Bar No. 310890
`jmarcus@mnrlawfirm.com
`Michael Pineiro
`Fla. Bar No. 041897
`mpineiro@mnrlawfirm.com
`Brandon Floch
`Fla. Bar No. 125218
`bfloch@mnrlawfirm.com
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`BERK BRETTLER LLP
`9119 Sunset Boulevard
`West Hollywood, CA 90069
`Tel.: (310) 278-2111
`Andrew B. Brettler (pro hac vice)
` abrettler@berkbrettler.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Kevin O’Leary
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