Message-ID: <32625973.1075853275168.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT) From: richard.sanders@enron.com To: nmanne@susmangodfrey.com Subject: RE: Enron/Duke Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Richard B Sanders X-To: "Neal S. Manne" @ENRON X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Richard_Sanders_Oct2001\Notes Folders\Sent X-Origin: Sanders-R X-FileName: rsanders.nsf Is it still April fools day? "Neal S. Manne" 04/05/2001 11:05 AM To: Robert Rivera , "Jonathan J. Ross" cc: "RSanders (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Enron/Duke I do not care about the appearance. There is no jury. Morris won't care and will understand why we paid for her to have a lawyer. I do not want Duke to have a private shot at her. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Rivera > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 12:09 PM > To: Neal S. Manne; Jonathan J. Ross > Subject: Enron/Duke > > I met with Mark Lowes, the lawyer Sanders hired to represent Rebecca > McDonald. I walked him through the issues in dispute and explained that > we're not seeking any confidential or privileged information from Rebecca. > Lowes says he agrees with our position on all issues, including > transportation, and will work with Rebecca accordingly. He will meet with > her this afternoon and set up a meeting with us for tomorrow morning. > > Rebecca apparently asked Lowes whether it would look bad, either for her > or for Enron, that Enron was paying for her lawyer. I told Lowes that my > instinct was the exact opposite. Regardless, he asked us to consider > asking Duke to split her legal bills with Enron and also giving Duke the > opportunity to meet with her privately. I told him that I didn't like > that idea so much but that we'd think about it and get back to him when we > meet with Rebecca. > > Robert Rivera, Jr. > Susman Godfrey L.L.P. > 1000 Louisiana St., Ste. 5100 > Houston, TX 77002 > (713) 653-7809 > rrivera@susmangodfrey.com > - C.DTF