Opinion
Master File No. 02 Civ. 3288 (DLC), No. 02 Civ. 8981 (DLC).
June 10, 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, April 13, 2005 and May 9, 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 is 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 July 29, 2005;
Rebuttal expert reports shall be submitted no later than August 26, 2005;
Revised expert reports shall be submitted no later than September 9, 2005;
The close of expert discovery shall be October 20, 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 September 23, 2005;
Opposition briefs shall be filed no later than October 21, 2005;
Reply briefs shall be filed no later than October 28, 2005.
So ordered.