Opinion
21-CV-8255 (JMF) 21-CV-10351 (JMF)
12-07-2021
SM MERGER/ARBITRAGE, L.P. et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY et al., Defendants. EHAB KHALIL, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court has accepted Khalil v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al., No. 21-CV-10351, as related to SM Merger/Arbitrage L.P. et al v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al., No. 21-CV-8255.
In the interests of judicial economy, counsel for the parties in both cases are directed to confer with one another and, no later than December 13, 2021, to submit a joint letter addressing the parties' positions on how the Court should proceed with the new case, including whether the cases should be consolidated, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 42; whether there is a need for a conference to discuss coordination of the two cases (or anything else); and anything else the parties think appropriately bears on the Court's management of the cases going forward. 1
Unless and until the Court orders otherwise, the deadlines in 21-CV-8255 (see Docket No. 40) remain in effect. It is further ORDERED that the plaintiffs in 21-CV-10351 shall promptly serve a copy of this Order on the defendants and file proof of service on the docket.
SO ORDERED. 2