Opinion
22 Civ. 5122 (AT)
06-22-2022
In re PB LIFE AND ANNUITY CO., LTD., et al., Debtors in Foreign Proceedings, UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Plaintiff, v. GREG E. LINDBERG, individually. CHRIS HERWIG, individually, AAPC HOLDINGS, LLC, ACADEMY FINANCIAL ASSETS, LLC, AGH PARENT, LLC, ALPINE CAPITAL, LLC, ASIM HOLDINGS, LLC, ASL HOLDINGS, LLC, ATKINSON, LLC, ATLANTIC COAST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ATLAS FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, LLC, AUGUSTA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., BEGONIA EIGHT, LLC. BLH CAPITAL, LLC, BLUE DAFFODIL, LLC, BLUE VIOLET, LLC, CAPITAL ASSETS FUND I, LLC, CAPITAL ASSETS FUND II, LLC, CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT I, LLC, CAPITAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT II, LLC, CAPITAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT III, LLC, CARNATION THREE, LLC, CHATSWORTH ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, CHRYSANTHEMUM TWO, LLC, CSI INTERCO, LLC, DAHLIA TEN, LLC, DAISY SEVEN, LLC, DRUMMOND GROUP, LLC, DUNHILL HOLDINGS, LLC, ELI GLOBAL, LLC, ENGLERT HOLDINGS, LLC, EPPING, LLC, ERIE PROPERTIES, LLC, FLAGSHIP HOLDINGS, LLC, FLEET ASSIST INTERCO LIMITED, FLOWERY BRANCH. LLC, FORSYTH, LLC, FORTREX, LLC, GBIG CAPITAL, LLC, GBIG HOLDINGS, INC., GBI GROUP, LLC, GERANIUM TWO, LLC, GILFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, GLOBAL BANKERS INSURANCE GROUP, LLC, GLOBAL GROWTH HOLDINGS, INC., GLOBAL INSURANCE CAPITAL, LLC, GREENFIELD CAPITAL, LLC, HAMPTON ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., HANSEN AEROSPACE, LLC, HEALTHLINK HOLDINGS, LLC, HOOKSETT, LLC, HUTCHISON LAW GROUP, PLLC, INTEGRITY EMR HOLDINGS, LLC, INTEGRITY EMR, LLC, IRON CITY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., ITECH FUNDING, LLC, JACKSON ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., KITE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., LILAC SIX, LLC, MACON, LLC, MORNING MOUNTAIN HOLDINGS, LLC, NETHERLANDS INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC., NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL, LLC, NIH CAPITAL, LLC, NOM GB 2018 I, LLC, PARADIGM PARK HOLDINGS, LLC, PARALLEL CAPITAL ASSETS, LLC, PERSHING, LLC, RED BEGONIA, LLC, REVOLVERCAP PARTNERS FUND, LP, SATORI WATERS, LLC, SEDWICK, LLC, SENTINEL SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, SOMERSWORTH, LLC, STANDARD ADVISORY SERVICES, LTD, STANDARD FINANCIAL LIMITED, STANDARD INVESTMENT CAPITAL, LTD, TREATMENT RESOURCES OF MARGATE, INC., TRITON FINANCIAL LIMITED, TUX HOLDINGS, LLC, TYBEE ISLAND ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, UKAT HOLDINGS, LLC UKAT INVESTMENT LIMITED, VERDESIAN LIFE SCIENCES, LLC, WEARE, LLC, YELLOW LOTUS, LLC, YELLOW SUNFLOWER, LLC, UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS, LLC, CREDIT SUISSE AG CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., THE BRYN MAWR TRUST COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, Defendants.
ORDER
ANALISA TORRES, 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.