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1 KINSELLA WEITZMAN ISER KUMP LLP Howard Weitzman (SBN 38723) [email protected] 2 Jonathan P. Steinsapir (SBN 226281) [email protected] 3 Zachary T. Elsea (SBN 279252) 4 [email protected] rd 808 Wilshire Boulevard, 3 Floor 5 Santa Monica, California 90401 Telephone: 310.566.9800 6 Facsimile: 310.566.9850

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7 FREEDMAN + TAITELMAN LLP Bryan J. Freedman (SBN 151990) 8 [email protected] 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 500 9 Los Angeles, California 90067 Telephone: 310.201.0005 10 Facsimile: 310.201.0045 11 Attorneys for Optimum Productions and John Branca and John McClain as Co12 Executors of the Estate of Michael J. Jackson 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 OPTIMUM PRODUCTIONS, a California corporation; and JOHN 17 BRANCA and JOHN MCCLAIN, in the respective capacities as CO18 EXECUTORS OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL J. JACKSON, 19 Plaintiffs, 20 vs. 21 HOME BOX OFFICE, a Division of 22 TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership, 23 and HOME BOX OFFICE, INC., a Delaware corporation, and DOES 1 24 through 5, business entities unknown, and DOES 6 through 10, individuals 25 unknown, 26

Case No. 2:19-cv-01862 GW(PJWx) Hon. George H. Wu JOINT REPORT PURSUANT TO COURT’S JANUARY 8, 2021 ORDER Date: February 4, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Ctrm: 9D

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Plaintiffs Optimum Productions and John Branca and John McClain, in their

2 respective capacities as Co-Executors of the Estate of Michael J. Jackson, on the one 3 hand, and Defendant Home Box Office, Inc., on the other (collectively, “the 4 Parties”), submit this report pursuant to the Court’s instructions in advance of the 5 Status Conference scheduled for February 4, 2021. 6

The Parties have conferred by email and telephone and have agreed that this

7 dispute will be resolved by an ADR organization other than the American 8 Arbitration Association. The parties will continue to meet and confer to attempt to 9 reach agreement on an arbitration organization and/or arbitrator, and in the absence

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10 of a such agreement, a procedure for selecting an arbitrator (either as contemplated 11 by the Agreement or as otherwise agreed to by the Parties). Neither party has agreed 12 to waive any rights under the Agreement. 13 14 DATED: February 1, 2021 15 16

Respectfully submitted, KINSELLA WEITZMAN ISER KUMP LLP

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/s/ Jonathan P. Steinsapir Jonathan P. Steinsapir Attorneys for Defendants Optimum Productions and John Branca and John McClain in the respective capacities as Co-Executors of the Estate of Michael Jackson

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/s/ Drew Breuder Drew Breuder Attorneys for Defendant Home Box Office, Inc.

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