Opinion
21 Civ. 9370 (AT)
12-08-2021
STARR INDEMNITY &LIABILITY COMPANY a/s/o BBC International LLC, Jacques Moret Inc., Love 2 Design LLC, Medline Industries, Inc., FKA Brands/Homedics and/or Homedics USA LLC, Delta Galil USA Inc., Resideo Technologies, Inc., and Greenlane; and LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY a/s/o Blue Star Clothing Co. Inc., Coaster Co. of America and Coaster International Corp., IDP LLC dba Integrated Design Products and Houseware Brands LLC, Wyndham Collection, Inc., and SRS International Group LLC, Plaintiffs, v. TRUST FREIGHT SERVICES, INC., ALL-WAYS FORWARDING INT'L INC., SEA GATE LOGISTICS, INC., YANG MING MARINE TRANSPORT CORP., MASTERPIECE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, LLC, KUEHNE + NAGEL INC. d/b/a BLUE ANCHOR AMERICA LINE. UNITED GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC., DANMAR LINES LTD. a/k/a DANMAR LINES AG, U.S. PACIFIC TRANSPORT, INC., and ORIENT EXPRESS CONTAINER CO., LTD., Defendant.
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. Hie parties are encouraged to engage in discovery through remote means at every available opportunity.
SO ORDERED.