Opinion
2:19-01657-RFB-NJK
12-08-2022
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, a Japanese corporation Plaintiff, v. ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., a Nevada corporation, KAZUO OKADA, an individual Defendants.
J. Stephen Peek, Esq. (1758) Bryce K. Kunimoto, Esq. (7781) Jessica E. Whelan (14781) Erica C. Medley (13959) HOLLAND & HART LLP Attorneys for Defendants ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC. and KAZUO OKADA Jeffrey S. Love (pro hac vice) Kristin L. Cleveland (pro hac vice) Caroline L. Desmond (pro hac vice) KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP Attorneys for Defendant ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
J. Stephen Peek, Esq. (1758) Bryce K. Kunimoto, Esq. (7781) Jessica E. Whelan (14781) Erica C. Medley (13959) HOLLAND & HART LLP
Attorneys for Defendants ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC. and KAZUO OKADA
Jeffrey S. Love (pro hac vice) Kristin L. Cleveland (pro hac vice) Caroline L. Desmond (pro hac vice) KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP
Attorneys for Defendant ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC.'S UNOPPOSSED MOTION TO REMOVE SALUMEH R. LOESCH AS COUNSEL OF RECORD
This matter is before the Court on Defendant Aruze Gaming America, Inc.'s (“AGA”) Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record (ECF No. 159) filed December 7, 2022. Salumeh R. Loesch seeks to withdraw as counsel of record for AGA. The Motion represents that Salumeh R. Loesch is no longer associated with Klarquist Sparkman LLP, one of the firms representing AGA. The Motion also represents that AGA will continue to be represented by attorneys Kristin L. Cleveland, Caroline L. Desmond, and Jeffrey S. Love of Klarquist Sparkman LLP and J. Stephen Peek, Bryce K. Kunimoto, Jessica E. Whelan, and Erica C. Medley of Holland & Hart LLP. Local Rule IA 11-6 provides that “no withdrawal . . . will be approved if it will result in delay of discovery, the trial, or any hearing in the case.” Discovery has not yet closed and withdrawal will not delay this action.
Having reviewed and considered this matter, and for good cause shown, IT IS SO ORDERED:
1. The Motion to Withdraw (ECF No. 159) is GRANTED.
2. Defendant Aruze Gaming America, Inc. will continue to be represented by attorneys Kristin L. Cleveland, Caroline L. Desmond, and Jeffrey S. Love of Klarquist Sparkman LLP and J. Stephen Peek, Bryce K. Kunimoto, Jessica E. Whelan, and Erica C. Medley of Holland & Hart LLP.