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no reasonable basis or need to explore its discredited theory through a deposition of Mr. Gruss. By way of background, Mr. Gruss was the CFO of the Zwirn entities. He effectively was terminated by DBZ on October 4, 2006, shortly after an internal investigation by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP ("Schulte Ro

stoppel for the Fund's failure to honor Mr. Zwim's alleged promise and subsequent written redemption requests; • fraudulent inducement because Mr. Zwirn did not intend to honor his alleged promise when it was made on November 13, 2006; and • breach of fiduciary duty and negligent misrepresentation

formerly served as Executive Vice President for Enforcement of NASD and as Chief Litigation Counsel at the SEC. Gibson Dunn, with the assistance of Deloitte & Touche, reviewed over a million documents and interviewed 23 witnesses, including Mr. Gruss on five separate occasions. Gibson Dunn made two presentations

were invalid and set forth the schedule of eligible withdrawal dates for FTC's investments. FTC did not respond to the letter by claiming that Mr. Zwirn had promised to honor FTC's demand for $80 million. 17 EFTA00613924 FTC subsequently submitted a request for complete withdrawal on February 13,

Zwinz & Co., L.P., DBZ GP, LLC, and Zwirn Holdings, LLC EFTA00613904 Table of Contents Preliminary Statement 1 Statement of Facts 2 A. Mr. Zwirn's Personal Background 2 B. DBZ Background 2 I. DBZ's Investment Strategy 3 2. Mr. Zwirn's Role at DBZ 3 3. Mr. Dubin's Involvement with D

nvestments. Mr. Zwim and Mr. Epstein scheduled a meeting on November 21, 2006, that was to include Mr. Dubin, Mr. Cutler, Mr. Lee, Fried Frank, and Deloitte & Touche. The main purpose of the meeting was to give Mr. Epstein comfort about the value of FTC's investments in the Fund. Mr. Epstein cancelled the meetin

ich no response is required. 7. Admit the allegations of Paragraph 7. 2 EFTA00731280 8. Deny the allegations of Paragraph 8, except admit that Zwirn lives in New York, New York, and at times was referred to as the "Managing Partner" of the Company; and aver that Zwirn was the managing member of

ed Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP ("Gibson Dunn") to conduct a thorough internal investigation of all potential accounting issues. Gibson Dunn retained Deloitte & Touche as a special accountant for its investigation. The Company made appropriate disclosures and self-reported these issues to the United States Securit