HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of New York

Opinion

G I BS ON DUNN Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 555 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 Tel 415.393.8200 www.gibsondunn.com Kristin A. Linsley Direct: +1 415,393,8395 Fax: +1 415.374.8471 KLinsley@gibsondunn.com

October 9, 2020

VIA ECF The Honorable Paul A. Engelmayer United States District Judge United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 40 Foley Square, Room 2201 New York, New York 10007 Re: HomeAway.com, Inc. v. City of New York, No. 18 Civ. 7742 (PAE) Dear Judge Engelmayer: We represent Plaintiff HomeAway.com, Inc. in the above-captioned action. Pursuant to Rule 4.B of this Court’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Cases, HomeAway respectfully requests permission to file in redacted form the exhibit to the Declaration of Kristin A. Linsley in support of HomeAway’s motion for attorney’s fees and costs, which consists of attorney billing records. The material that HomeAway has redacted reflects attorney-client privileged and/or protected attorney work product descriptions of our work, as it reflects descriptions of counsel’s litigation strategy and/or communications with clients. See, e.g., Elliott Assocs., L.P. v. Republic of Peru, 176 F.R.D. 93, 97 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) (“[A]ttorney invoices revealing the details of the services rendered are protected.”); Bank Brussels Lambert v. Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) S.A., 1995 WL 598971, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 11, 1995) (“[C]orrespondence, bills, ledgers, statements, and time records which also reveal the motive of the client in seeking representation, litigation strategy, or the specific nature of a service provided ... fall within the attorney-client privilege.”); see also Tabatznik v. Turner, 2016 WL 1267792, at *13 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 30, 2016) (permitting redaction of billing records in context of application for attorney’s fees); Makinen v. City of New York, 2016 WL 1451543, at *6 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 12, 2016) (same). Pursuant to Rule 4.B, HomeAway is electronically filing under seal a copy of the unredacted materials with the proposed redactions highlighted. Respectfully submitted, Granted. CAG SO ORDERED. Kristin A. Linsley anl A : PAUL A. ENGEL|MAY ce: All counsel of record (via ECF) United States District Judge October 13, 2020 Beijing * Brussels * Century City * Dallas * Denver * Dubai * Frankfurt * Hong Kong * Houston * London « Los Angeles * Munich Naw Vark « Oranca Cniinty « Daln Altn « Daric « San Franriern « San Dain « Singannra « \Wachinotnn NC