Opinion
21-CV-4897 (JMF) 21-CV-8255 (JMF)
10-12-2021
UMB BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, Defendant. SM MERGER/ARBITRAGE, L.P. et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY et al., Defendants.
ORDER
JESSE M. FURMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court has accepted SM Merger/Arbitrage L.P. et al v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company et al., No. 21-CV-8255, as related to UMB Bank, N.A. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, No. 21-CV-4897.
In the interests of judicial economy, counsel for the parties in both cases are directed to confer with one another and, no later than November 2, 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.
Unless and until the Court orders otherwise, the motion deadlines in 21-CV-4897 (see Docket No. 19) remain in effect. It is further ORDERED that the plaintiffs in 21-CV-8255 shall promptly serve a copy of this Order on each of the defendants and file proof of service on the docket.
SO ORDERED. .