Opinion
21-cv-9030 (AT) (RWL)
06-02-2022
STEFANO FARSURA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. QC TERME UC CORP, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ROBERT W. LEHRBURGER, United States Magistrate Judge.
As discussed at the conference held (remotely via Teams) on June 2, 2022:
1. Without waiver of their assertion of lack of personal jurisdiction, Defendants shall file an answer and any counterclaims by July 1, 2022.
2. To the extent Defendants' answer asserts affirmative defenses or counterclaims making relevant Plaintiff's financial information, Plaintiff shall produce documents sufficient to show his assets and credit-worthiness for the mid-2011-2016 period. Plaintiff need not produce tax returns or tax preparation documents. Unless and until ordered otherwise, Defense counsel shall continue to refrain from reviewing either the Drop Box materials or the documents produced by Ortega & DiLeonardo.
3. Defendants may depose Kirsten Jordan, limited to her role, if any, in ownership of QC Terme's expansion plans in North America; her role, if any, in acting as agent of Plaintiff; her role, if any, in the “4 projects” for which Plaintiff claims having forgone business opportunity. To the extent Ms. Jordan had a business-oriented role in connection with either QC Terme or the 4 projects or as Plaintiff's agent, questioning may extend to Ms. Jordan's knowledge gained within the context of those roles. Ms. Jordan shall produce documents, to the extent not duplicative of documents already produced in the litigation, responsive to topic 1 of the requests for production as set forth in the subpoena issued to her, and topic 2 modified to replace the word “involvement” with “ownership.”
4. The parties shall meet and confer further in regard to the subpoena issued by Defendants to Victor Kiarsis. By June 7, 2022, Plaintiff shall file a letter reporting on status of the parties' positions with respect to the subpoena and whether any issue remains for the Court to resolve.
5. The parties shall meet and confer and proposed a revised schedule by June 9, 2022.
The Clerk of Court is respectfully requested to terminate the motions at Dkt. 52, 56, and 66.
SO ORDERED.