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US MAGISTRATE JUDGE REJECTS TRADE SECRET PRIVILEGE

AND GRANTS MOTION TO COMPEL TESTIMONY

Testimony Required Where Worries About Disclosure are Overblown

New York, N.Y.July 6, 2017United States Magistrate Judge, James C. Francis

IV, granted plaintiffs motion to compel compliance with their subpoena to depose
a third-party witness, Erika Lance. The witness had refused to answer questions
on the basis that they required the disclosure of trade secrets in the case captioned
S&A Capital Partners, Inc., Mortgage Resolution Servicing, LLC; and 1 st Fidelity
Loan Servicing, LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase &
Company, and Chase Home Finance LLC, No. 1:15-cv-00293-LTS-JCF.

Ms. Lance is an employee of Nationwide Title Clearing, Inc. (NTC) and was
deposed on March 21, 2017 by plaintiffs attorney, Brent Tantillo, Managing
Shareholder, Tantillo Law PLLC. During the deposition, Ms. Lance refused to
answer questions that would purportedly elicit NTCs proprietary information,
including questions about NTCs clients and the types of systems Ms. Lance used
to create certain documents on which her name appears.

In granting the motion, Judge Frances determined that the plaintiffs need for the
information outweighs harm of disclosure and that it had not been conclusively
established that trade secrets or other confidential information would be elicited.
Judge Frances further reasoned that a protective order in this litigation would
protect confidential information from disclosure to entities other than the attorneys
who are litigating the case.

According to Brent Tantillo, We are pleased with the courts decision to grant our
Motion to Compel. Trade secret discovery objections shouldnt be used to obstruct
justice in cases where adequate protections are available.

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