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    The arbitrator determined in an interim arbitration award handed down in early June that Randazza had violated his fiduciary duties owed to the studio as its attorney and employee. Haberfeld also said that Randazza committed numerous ethical violations, breached his employment contract, held on to client funds in his trust account and caused it hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages over the course of his employment with Corbin Fisher. One of the violations Haberfeld noted included an attempt to take a $75,000 bribe from an opposing party in the Oron copyright infringement litigation brought on by Corbin Fisher. The arbitrator said that Randazza had “secretly negotiated a $75,000 bribe to conflict himself out from suing Oron in the future.” Haberfeld in his ruling also said that Randazza was liable for spoliation of evidence relative to a wipedclean laptop computer and representing clients that were adversaries to the studio, including the bluechip porn brands XVideos, XNXX, Titan Media and Bang Bros. After twoandahalf years of alternative dispute resolution involving tens of thousands of documents and pieces of evidence and many dozens of hours of deposition and cross examination, Haberfeld made his interim arbitration award finding — one that is intended to assist the process toward the achievement of a final award.

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    The arbitrator determined in an interim arbitration award handed down in early June that Randazza had violated his fiduciary duties owed to the studio as its attorney and employee. Haberfeld also said that Randazza committed numerous ethical violations, breached his employment contract, held on to client funds in his trust account and caused it hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages over the course of his employment with Corbin Fisher. One of the violations Haberfeld noted included an attempt to take a $75,000 bribe from an opposing party in the Oron copyright infringement litigation brought on by Corbin Fisher. The arbitrator said that Randazza had “secretly negotiated a $75,000 bribe to conflict himself out from suing Oron in the future.” Haberfeld in his ruling also said that Randazza was liable for spoliation of evidence relative to a wipedclean laptop computer and representing clients that were adversaries to the studio, including the bluechip porn brands XVideos, XNXX, Titan Media and Bang Bros. After twoandahalf years of alternative dispute resolution involving tens of thousands of documents and pieces of evidence and many dozens of hours of deposition and cross examination, Haberfeld made his interim arbitration award finding — one that is intended to assist the process toward the achievement of a final award.

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    The arbitrator determined in an interim arbitration award handed down in early June that Randazza had violated his fiduciary duties owed to the studio as its attorney and employee. Haberfeld also said that Randazza committed numerous ethical violations, breached his employment contract, held on to client funds in his trust account and caused it hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages over the course of his employment with Corbin Fisher. One of the violations Haberfeld noted included an attempt to take a $75,000 bribe from an opposing party in the Oron copyright infringement litigation brought on by Corbin Fisher. The arbitrator said that Randazza had “secretly negotiated a $75,000 bribe to conflict himself out from suing Oron in the future.” Haberfeld in his ruling also said that Randazza was liable for spoliation of evidence relative to a wipedclean laptop computer and representing clients that were adversaries to the studio, including the bluechip porn brands XVideos, XNXX, Titan Media and Bang Bros. After twoandahalf years of alternative dispute resolution involving tens of thousands of documents and pieces of evidence and many dozens of hours of deposition and cross examination, Haberfeld made his interim arbitration award finding — one that is intended to assist the process toward the achievement of a final award.

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    LASVEGASAdultindustryattorneyMarc
    Randazza,throughapublicist,todaysaidhewill
    challengeaninterimarbitrationawardof
    $600,000awardedtohisformeremployer,gay
    adultstudioCorbinFisher.
    TheawardstemsfromRandazzasdeparture
    fromtheLasVegasbasedstudioinAugust
    2012,wherehewasemployedasitsinhouse
    generalcounselforthreeyears.
    AfterheleftCorbinFisher,Randazzaalleged
    constructivedischargeandretaliatory
    terminationinaclaimthatwentstraighttoan
    arbitratoraspartofhisemploymentagreement
    withthestudio.Randazza,whoinitiated
    litigation,saidthatheisowedforhisfinalwages
    andbusinessexpenses.
    Theattorney,wholaterfoundedhisownlaw
    practiceinLasVegas,saidthatheinvoluntarily
    endedhisemploymentatCorbinFisherafter
    companyexecsbecamedistantandoutof
    communicationwithhim,alongwithacomplaint
    thathewasupset,betrayed,offendedand
    stressedoveractivitiesgoingonintheoffice
    thatcreatedallegedsexualharassmentandan
    hostileworkenvironment.

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    Thoseactivities,accordingtothearbitrators
    decisionthatwaswidelydisseminatedjust
    recentlythroughtheadultentertainmentB2B
    community,includedtestimonybyRandazza
    thathisofficeatthestudiowasusedforaporn
    shootandthathewasupsetafterhedrovetwostudioofficialsinthebackseatofhiscarwhile
    theyproceededtogiveblowjobstoeachother.

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    JudgeStephenHaberfeld,thearbitrator,howeverdeterminedthat,contrarytoRandazzas
    centralcontentioninarbitration,theterminationofhisemploymenthadnothingtodowitha
    sexuallychargedworkenvironment.
    ThearbitratordeterminedinaninterimarbitrationawardhandeddowninearlyJunethat
    Randazzahadviolatedhisfiduciarydutiesowedtothestudioasitsattorneyandemployee.
    HaberfeldalsosaidthatRandazzacommittednumerousethicalviolations,breachedhis
    employmentcontract,heldontoclientfundsinhistrustaccountandcausedithundredsof
    thousandsofdollarsindamagesoverthecourseofhisemploymentwithCorbinFisher.
    OneoftheviolationsHaberfeldnotedincludedanattempttotakea$75,000bribefroman
    opposingpartyintheOroncopyrightinfringementlitigationbroughtonbyCorbinFisher.
    ThearbitratorsaidthatRandazzahadsecretlynegotiateda$75,000bribetoconflicthimself
    outfromsuingOroninthefuture.
    HaberfeldinhisrulingalsosaidthatRandazzawasliableforspoliationofevidencerelativetoa
    wipedcleanlaptopcomputerandrepresentingclientsthatwereadversariestothestudio,
    includingthebluechippornbrandsXVideos,XNXX,TitanMediaandBangBros.

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    Aftertwoandahalfyearsofalternativedisputeresolutioninvolvingtensofthousandsof
    documentsandpiecesofevidenceandmanydozensofhoursofdepositionandcross
    examination,Haberfeldmadehisinterimarbitrationawardfindingonethatisintendedto
    assisttheprocesstowardtheachievementofafinalaward.
    Inresponsetothelawsuitandapressreleasedistributedtotheadultentertainmentcommunity
    byCorbinFisherlastweek,Randazzaspublicist,whosubmittedapressreleaseonbehalfof
    theattorney,notedthatHaberfeldsawardisnotafinalresult.

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    Mr.Randazzahasnowstartedtheprocessofchallengingtheinterimfindings,andwhile
    mattersofthissortdotendtobecomeuglyalongthewaytowardtheirfinalresolution,weare
    confidentthatthefinalresultoftheseproceedingswithshowthatheactedproperlythroughout
    thisordeal,Randazzaspublicistsaid.

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    Wehavenotmadeanypublicstatementspriortothispointconcerningthearbitrator,opposing
    counsel,theotherpartiestothisaction,ortheprocessitself.Weunderstandtheimportanceof
    allowingthemattertobecompletedpriortocommenting.However,nowthattheoppositionhas
    takentheaffirmativestepstopublishpressreleasesandotherprematureconjecture,wefeelan
    obligationtorespondpubliclytotheirinaccurateattemptstocreateafictionalsenseoffinality
    wherenoneexists.

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    Accordingtotherelease,Randazzascampnotedthataccusationsbyhisformeremployerwent
    sofarastosuggestthatbardisciplinecouldbeimposed.
    Thusfar,theysentcomplaintstoallfivebarassociationswhereMarcisadmittedandall
    weredismissedwithoutaction,thepublicistsaid.InFlorida,theyappealedthedismissal,and
    thatwasalsodismissed.Nevertheless,toexpeditethatpartoftheprocessanddemonstrate
    thatallactionstakenwereethical,Randazzahasvoluntarilysubmittedthefullfactsofthe
    complaintandtheinterimfindingstothebaroversightagenciesofMassachusetts,California,
    FloridaandNevada.
    Eachofthesejurisdictionspreviouslyreviewedthematterandoptednottopursueit.Wetrust
    thateachstatewhereMr.Randazzaislicensedalsounderstandsthecrucialdifferences
    betweenaninterimfindingandafinal,enforceable,judgment.
    Randazzascampfurthersaidthatitwouldrefrainfromcommentingonmatterssurroundingthe
    awardpubliclyuntilthecaseisresolved.
    Rightnow,itappearsthattheoppositionismoreinterestedinamediacampaignthanin
    reachingajustresult,eventhoughacourtmayoverturninterimfindings,thepublicistsaid.

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    BrianDunlap,CorbinFishersvicepresidentofbusinessdevelopment,howeversaidthatthe
    studiodidnotgopublicuntiltheawardwasissuedandthedeterminationsweremade.

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    Hesdemonstratednoremorseorintenttomakeuswholeforthedamagehecausedus,
    DunlaptoldXBIZ.So,yes,wevegonepublicbecausewefeelhesleftuswithlittlerecourse
    nowbuttodowhatwecantoensureheisunabletoharmotherclientsashesharmedusor
    continuetousehislawlicensetoabuseclientsandprofitattheirexpense.

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    Thishasbeenalongbutthoroughprocessandonlynowisanyonehearingstatementsfromus
    onit.
    DunlapsaidakeyfindinginthearbitrationhearingwasthatRandazzaallegedlyhadviolated
    CorbinFisherssettlementagreementwithOronbyprovidingFalconandRagingStallion's
    parentcompany,DataTechEnterprises,withinformationhegainedfromahacker.
    RandazzaassistedDatatechintheirsuitagainstOronbutthatassistancewasaviolationof
    oursettlementagreementwithOron,hesaid.HalfofouroriginalsettlementwithOronhadto
    gobacktothem,tosettletheirclaimsoverRandazzashavingviolatedthesettlement
    agreement.
    Randazzasothermisconduct,includingallegationsthatheworkedforotherclientswhile
    employedatthestudioandtheallegedOronbribe,waspainfulforCorbinFishersmanagement
    tocomprehend,Dunlapnoted.
    Itisdifficulttoimagineafeelingofbeingviolatedgreaterthanwhatcomeswithviolationbyan
    attorneytheyreentrustedwithsignificantpowers,andwegivethemagreatdealofcredit,
    credence,andtrustbecauseweassumetheyreheldtoahigherstandardthanalayman,
    Dunlapsaid.

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    Whenthatattorneyseemscharismaticandaffable,itsallthemorereasontofeelwecanplace
    trustinthem.Attheveryfoundationofthearbitrationaward,though,wasasituationinwhicha
    friendandtrustedcounselwasfoundtohavebeenviolatinghisdutiesto,andtherightsof,his
    clientsinveryseriousways.
    Dunlapnotedthat,onceHaberfeldfiledtheinterimarbitrationawardamountingto$600,000,
    Randazzaapproachedthestudiotoofferasettlementonethatthestudiorejected.
    [P]artofhissettlementofferwastopayus$20,000perbarlicenseheisabletokeepfrom
    havingsuspended/disbarred,Dunlapsaid.Inotherwords,heofferedusabountyonhisbar
    licenseswedgetmoreoftheawardifwedidnotcooperatewithbarinvestigatorsorsend
    followupcomplaints.
    Inhisattorneysownwords,theysaidtheyexpectsuspension/disbarmentin[Florida],sowe
    couldexpect$80,000ifnoneoftheotherfourbarstookaction.Werefusedthisofferbecauseit
    wasinsulting,itwasunethicalanattorneycannotoffersuchabountyontheirlicenseand
    becauseweknowmostallbarsusereciprocaldisciplineifonesuspends/disbars,theothers

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    AmotiontoconfirmthearbitrationawardwillbeconductedinClarkCounty,Nev.,DistrictCourt
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