Litigation And Dispute Resolution

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These guidelines detail the standard terms of engagement between Freescale and outside counsel. Section 1 addresses effective communication, including the company's expectation that counsel allow sufficient time to review and consider counsel's advice and work product prior to deadlines. The remaining Sections address handling confidential/proprietary information, budgets, staffing, retention authority, litigation planning, non-litigation planning, procedures for addressing potential conflicts of interest, media policy, professional fees, invoice timing and format, and policies on expenses.

Letter from outside counsel to several companies setting the terms for a shared counsel arrangement. The shared counsel arrangement was adopted because the companies faced a conflict of interest.