Opinion
22 Civ. 10625 (AT)
12-19-2022
TIMOTHY REIF and DAVID FRAENKEL, as Co-Trustees of the LEON FISCHER TRUST FOR THE LIFE AND WORK OF FRITZ GRUNBAUM and MILOS VAVRA, Plaintiffs, v. REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, a foreign state, and the ALBERTINA MUSEUM, an agency of the REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, and LEOPOLD MUSEUM PRIVATE FOUNDATION, a foundation owned and controlled by the REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, Defendants.
ORDER
ANALISA TORRES, UNITED STATES 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.