Opinion
Master File No. 02 Civ. 3288 (DLC), No. 02 Civ. 8981 (DLC).
May 9, 2005
LOWEY DANNENBERG BEMPORAD SELINGER, P.C., Neil Selinger, Esq. Counsel for Plaintiffs.
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER FLOM LLP, Jay B. Kasner, Esq. Susan L. Saltzstein, Esq. Frances P. Kao, Esq., Counsel for Underwriter-Related Defendants.
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON GARRISON LLP, Eric S. Goldstein, Esq. Marc Falcone, Esq. Anne S. Raish, Esq., Counsel for Citigroup Defendants.
CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT MOSLE LLP, Eliot Lauer, Esq. Michael J. Moscato, Esq. Jonathan Walsh, Esq. Cynthia Ebbs, Esq., Counsel for Arthur Andersen LLP.
ALLEN OVERY, Pamela Rogers Chepiga, Esq. Andrew Rhys Davies, Esq., Counsel for Carl J. Aycock and John Porter, and Liaison Counsel With Authority for Clifford Alexander, James C. Allen, Judith Areen, Max E. Bobbitt, Francesco Galesi, Gordon S. Macklin, the Estate of John Sidgmore, Lawrence C. Tucker, Stiles A. Kellett, Jr., and Juan Villalanga.
LAW OFFICES OF COOPER RIDGE LANTINBERG, George E. Ridge, Esq., Counsel for Bert C. Roberts, Jr.
STIPULATION AND ORDER
WHEREAS, expert discovery and summary judgment briefing schedules were set by this Court pursuant to a Scheduling Order dated April 19, 2004;
WHEREAS, revised expert discovery schedules were approved by this Court pursuant to Stipulations and Orders dated March 4, 2005 and April 13, 2005;
WHEREAS, the parties agree that modifications to the expert discovery and summary judgment briefing schedules should be made given that trial in this matter has now been scheduled for March 6, 2006;
Based on the foregoing, it is hereby STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Plaintiffs, Arthur Andersen, the Underwriter-Related Defendants, the Citigroup Defendants, and the Director Defendants that the expert discovery and summary judgment briefing schedules shall be modified as follows:
Parties with the burden of proof on a particular issue must submit expert reports no later than June 13, 2005;
Rebuttal expert reports shall be submitted no later than July 11, 2005;
Revised expert reports shall be submitted no later than July 25, 2005;
The close of expert discovery shall be September 5, 2005.
Further, the parties STIPULATE AND AGREE that the schedule for the briefing of summary judgment motions shall be modified as follows:
Opening briefs in support of summary judgment shall be filed no later than August 10, 2005;
Opposition briefs shall be filed no later than September 7, 2005;
Reply briefs shall be filed no later than September 14, 2005.
So ordered.