Opinion
BLANK ROME LLP, Anthony B. Haller, Attorney for Defendants SYNTHES USA, SYNTHES USA SALES LLC, SYNTHES SPINE COMPANY, LP.
LEWIS, FEINBERG, LEE, RENAKER & JACKSON, P.C., Kirsten G. Scott, Attorney for Plaintiff TROY M. LINDELL and the CLASS.
STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: CASE DEADLINES AND SCHEDULE
BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2015, the parties requested, and the Court set, an informal telephonic conference for May 7, 2015 at 8:30 a.m., to discuss discovery matters and case deadlines;
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2015, and pursuant to the Court's May 1, 2015 order (Docket No. 188), the parties each submitted a two-page letter regarding discovery and case deadlines;
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2015, the parties participated in a telephonic conference with the Court on those matters;
WHEREAS, through the aforementioned letters and telephonic conference, the parties informed the Court that on May 1, 2015, they stipulated to the following:
(1) By May 5, 2015, Defendants shall produce a privilege log;
(2) By May 6, 2015, Defendants shall provide deposition availability during the last two weeks of May for witnesses Steve Wilkin and David Wholey;
(3) By May 7, 2015, Defendants shall provide substantive responses to Plaintiff's request for electronic expense data related to Healthcare Professional expenses incurred by full commission Sales Consultants and electronic deduction data related to Accounts Receivable deductions, including stating whether it will produce the requested data and by what deadlines;
(4) By May 8, 2015, Defendants shall produce 2014 end-of-year wage statements;
(5) By May 12, 2015, Defendants shall complete and serve supplemental written responses to all discovery requests;
(6) By May 29, Defendants shall produce all other outstanding documents, including electronic emails;
(7) The fact discovery cut-off shall be extended from May 5, 2015 to June 29, 2015;
(8) The expert disclosure deadline shall be extended from May 8, 2015 to July 10, 2015;
(9) The supplemental expert disclosure deadline shall be extended from June 5, 2015 to July 22, 2015;
(10) The expert discovery cut-off shall be extended from June 22, 2015 to August 21, 2015; and
(11) The last day to file pretrial motions, including motions for summary judgment, shall be extended from July 15, 2015 to August 28, 2015. Any opposition is due three weeks after the filing. The reply is due two weeks after the opposition.
WHEREAS, Defendants state that as of May 11, 2015, they have complied with paragraphs one to five above, which materials Plaintiff is in the process of reviewing;
WHEREFORE, the parties request that the Court enter the attached order confirming the schedule for the remainder of the paragraphs, numbers five through eleven, set forth above.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
The Court, having considered the parties' letters submitted to the Court on May 5, 2015, and the parties' statements made during the telephone conference with the Court on May 7, 2015 on these matters, and good cause appearing, orders as follows:
1. By May 12, 2015, Defendants shall complete and serve supplemental written responses to all discovery requests;
2. By May 29, 2015, Defendants shall produce all outstanding documents responsive to Plaintiff's discovery requests;
3. The fact discovery cut-off shall be extended from May 5, 2015 to June 29, 2015;
4. The expert disclosure deadline shall be extended from May 8, 2015 to July 10, 2015;
5. The supplemental expert disclosure deadline shall be extended from June 5, 2015 to July 22, 2015;
6. The expert discovery cut-off shall be extended from June 22, 2015 to August 21, 2015; and
7. The last day to file pretrial motions, including motions for summary judgment, shall be extended from July 15, 2015 to August 28, 2015. Any opposition is due three weeks after the filing. The reply is due two weeks after the opposition. The notice of the hearing date should be set sufficiently out to accommodate this briefing schedule and allow for a minimum of two weeks between the completion of briefing and the hearing date.
8. In addition, the parties shall appear for a telephonic status conference on May 27, 2015, at 8:00 a.m., during which the parties should be prepared to discuss the status of discovery.
IT IS SO ORDERED.