Opinion
21 Civ. 1815 (AT)
03-08-2022
APEX LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC., APEX MARITIME CO., INC., APEX MARITIME CO. LAX, INC., APEX MARITIME CO. ORD, INC., APEX SHIPPING CO., INC., FLEXPORT INTERNATIONAL, LLC, OREGON INTERNATIONAL AIR FREIGHT CO., d/b/a OIA GLOBAL, ROHLIG USA, LLC, EFL CONTATNER LINES ILC, CRANE WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS LLC, and DIMERCO EXPRESS USA CORP., Plaintiffs, v. M/V ONE APUS in rem, CHIDORI SHIP HOLDING LLC, JESSICA SHIP HOLDING S.A., NYK SHIPMANAGEMENT PTE LTD., OCEAN NETWORK EXPRESS PTE LTD.. HAPAG-LLOYD AKTIENGESELLCHAFT, and HMM CO., LTD. f/k/a HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD., Defendants.
ORDER
ANALISA TORRES, District Judge:
To protect the public health, while promoting the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding," Fed.R.Civ.P. 1, it is ORDERED pursuant to Rules 30(b)(3) and 30(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that all depositions in this action may be taken via telephone, videoconference, or other remote means. It is further ORDERED pursuant to Rule 30(b)(5) that a deposition will be deemed to have taken place "before an officer appointed or designated under Rule 28" if such officer attends the deposition using the same remote means used to connect all other participants, so long as all participants (including the officer) can clearly hear and be heard by all other participants. The parties are encouraged to engage in discovery through remote means at every available opportunity.
SO ORDERED.