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In spite of the raging litigation, I agree with Bob. I am not very
interested. Robert C Williams/ENRON@enronXgate 02/27/2001 04:54 PM To: Robert Vote/ENRON@enronXgate, Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Charles Cheek/ENRON@enronXgate, Rob Walls/ENRON@enronXgate, Michelle Lawless/ENRON@enronXgate Subject: RE: Vantage Point Consultants-Legal Presentation Bob, thanks. I'll look this over, but if it is just more software to catch firms sending an extra associate to a deposition I'm not interested. I think there is an art to managing outside counsel to get the best out them, and the approaches these systems follow is usually more harmful than productive. As a result, I am usually pretty cool to these programs. And I am certain that there is no way Kristina or Vicki will approve any payment to someone who is making a pitch from our business, if that is in the offing. Sorry to be such a downer on this. Maybe Richard is interested. It does seem that the EWS litigation is raging out of control. -----Original Message----- From: Vote, Robert Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:52 PM To: Williams, Robert C.; Sanders, Richard Cc: Cheek, Charles; Walls, Rob; Lawless, Michelle Subject: FW: Vantage Point Consultants-Legal Presentation Bob and Richard, I will send to you by hard copy the proposal that I received from Vantage Point Consultants-Rick Salomon referenced below. After you have had a chance to review give me your thoughts. Bob Vote -----Original Message----- From: Walls, Rob Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:30 PM To: Vote, Robert Subject: RE: Vantage Point Consultants-Legal Presentation Bob - Check with Bob Williams and Richard Sanders -- I'll defer to whatever the three of you decide (so long as the $5k doesn't come out of my budget!). Thanks. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Vote, Robert Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:01 PM To: Walls, Rob Cc: Cheek, Charles; Lawless, Michelle Subject: Vantage Point Consultants-Legal Presentation Rob, Some time ago you received a copy of the letter from Rick Salomon of Vantage Point Consultants which included a proposal for making a presentation to Enron's Legal Department regarding management of outside counsel. The seminar would be targeted to those Enron attorneys who are litigation managers or otherwise supervise the work of outside counsel. The cost for the presentation is $5000. From talking to Mr. Salomon, I understand that his seminar is an effort to expose Enron's Legal Dept to what other companies are doing regarding managing outside counsel, and his ultimate hope is to be able to enter into an agreement to provide assistance to Enron in reducing its outside legal costs through a variety of methods, including fee arrangements, billing practices and procedures and the like. Mr. Salomon's list of clients is impressive. Would you like me to proceed with arranging the presentation? I'd be happy to discuss further. Bob Vote
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