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STATE

OF NEW

YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF ALBANY AIR.BNB, INC.,

DECISION AND ORDER

Petitioner, Index

No.

5393-13

-against-

ERIC

T. SCHNEIDERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE

OF

NEW YORK, Respondent.

Supreroe

Court, Albany County, Justice Gerald W. Connolly, Presiding APPEARANCES: Roberta A. Kaplan, Esq. Maria T. Vullo, Esq. Paul, Weiss,

Rifkind,

Wharton & Garrison LLP Attorneys for Petitioner 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 And Terence L. Kindlon, Esq. Kindlon Shanks & Associates - 74 Chapel Street Albany, NY 12207 Clark Russell, Esq. - Asst. Attorney General

Karla

G.

Sanchez, Esq.

-

Executive Deputy Attorney General Economic Justice Division Randal] Fox, Esq. - Bureau Chief Taxpayer Protection Bureau Attorneys for the Respondent Office of the New York State Attorney General 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Fiona

J.

Kaye, Esq.

Wilmer

Cutler

Pickering

Hale and Dorr, LLP Attorneys for The Internet Association

250

Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 And

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Patrick J. Carome, Esq.

Samir

Jain, Esq. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP

1875

Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Robert

W.

Jones, Esq. Attorneys for The Electronic Frontier Foundation and The Center for

Democracy

and Technology 75 Troy Road East Gxeenbush, NY 12061 And Matthew Zimmerman, Esq. Electronic Frontier Foundation 85 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 And Gregory T. Nojeim, Esq. Center for Democracy and Tech. 1634 Eye Street NW, Suite

1100

Washington, DC 20006 Connolly, J.: Before the court is the Application

of

Airbnb, Inc.

("petitioner")

for the quashing of a subpoena served in the matter of an investigation by Attorney General Eric T.

Schneiderman

relating to petitioner's clients that rent apartments located in New York State via petitioner's Internet platform.

1

The subpoena commands that, ...pursuant to the Executive Law §63(12) and §2302(a) of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules , petitioner produce:

1.

An Excel spreadsheet Identifying all Hosts that rent

Accommodation(s)

in New York State, including: (a) name, physical and email address, and other contact information; (b) Website user name; (c) address

of

the

Accommodation(s)

rented, including unit or apartment number; (d) the dates, duration of guest stay, and the rates charged for the rental of each associated Accommodation; (e) method of payment to Host including

'The

Court held oral argument on April 22,2014. By Letter Decision and Order of December

5,2013,

the Court granted (i) the Electronic Frontier Foundation and

the

Center for Democracy and Technology and (ii) The Internet Association leave to file

amicus curias

briefs.