Opinion
Civil Action No. 9803-VCG
08-04-2014
Re: Base Optics Inc. v. Yaping Liu et al.
Joanne P. Pinckney Seton C. Mangine Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC 1220 North Market Street, Suite 950 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Evan O. Williford The Williford Firm LLC 901 North Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Yaping Liu 203 Hockessin Circle Hockessin, Delaware 19707
SAM GLASSCOCK III
VICE CHANCELLOR
Joanne P. Pinckney
Seton C. Mangine
Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC
1220 North Market Street, Suite 950
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Evan O. Williford
The Williford Firm LLC
901 North Market Street, Suite 800
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Yaping Liu
203 Hockessin Circle
Hockessin, Delaware 19707
Dear Counsel and Ms. Liu,
This letter memorializes my bench ruling at today's teleconference, in which I addressed Mr. Williford's Motion to Withdraw as counsel for Defendants Yaping Liu and Argus International Ltd. For the reasons stated in my bench ruling, I granted in part and denied in part this Motion.
More specifically, I granted Mr. Williford's Motion to Withdraw as counsel for the Individual Defendant, Ms. Liu, and denied the Motion as to Argus International Ltd. I further relieved Argus of its responsibility to file an answering brief, and from its obligation to make discovery, separate from the Individual Defendant, Ms. Liu. Argus, however, must be represented at the preliminary injunction hearing scheduled in Dover, Delaware on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 10:00 am. My ruling, moreover, does not relieve The Williford Firm from zealously representing Argus.
If appropriate, Mr. Williford may renew his Motion to Withdraw orally at the conclusion of next week's preliminary injunction hearing.
To the extent the foregoing requires an Order to take effect, IT IS SO ORDERED.
Sincerely,
/s/ Sam Glasscock III
Sam Glasscock III
See, e.g., Del. Lawyers' R. Prof'l Conduct 1.3 ("A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.").