Filed: May 03, 2016
Latest Update: May 03, 2016
Summary: ORDER REGARDING JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING MEDIATION NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . The Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel of record herein, hereby submit the following Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation: I. STATUS OF MEDIATION. 1. The mediation took place on April 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. before Justice Nancy Becker (Ret.) at the office of Advanced Resolution Management in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2. Defendant Le Vian Corp. ("Le Via
Summary: ORDER REGARDING JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING MEDIATION NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . The Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel of record herein, hereby submit the following Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation: I. STATUS OF MEDIATION. 1. The mediation took place on April 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. before Justice Nancy Becker (Ret.) at the office of Advanced Resolution Management in Las Vegas, Nevada. 2. Defendant Le Vian Corp. ("Le Vian..
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ORDER REGARDING JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING MEDIATION
NANCY J. KOPPE, Magistrate Judge.
The Parties to the above-entitled action, by and through their respective counsel of record herein, hereby submit the following Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation:
I. STATUS OF MEDIATION.
1. The mediation took place on April 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. before Justice Nancy Becker (Ret.) at the office of Advanced Resolution Management in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2. Defendant Le Vian Corp. ("Le Vian") was represented at the mediation by counsel and a company representative.
3. Plaintiff was represented by counsel and was available telephonically.
4. Defendant MJ Christensen Jewelers, LLC's ("MJC") counsel attended telephonically and its principals were available telephonically.
5. The Parties negotiated in good faith and made significant progress towards global resolution of the case.
6. Le Vian's counsel and representative required additional time to discuss the settlement with management in New York. Because it was late in the day and given the threehour time difference, the Parties were not able to reach resolution on the mediation date.
7. The Parties submitted a Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation on April 19, 2016 (Docket #86).
8. The Parties continue to negotiate in good faith; however, the process was slowed by Le Vian's counsel traveling the week of April 18th and the decision makers at Le Vian being out of the office the week of April 25th in observance of Passover.
9. The Parties have remained in communication with the mediator and continue to negotiate. The Parties are working towards a resolution before the need to take the following depositions, which require travel on the part of Le Vian's principals from New York and its counsel from California.
10. The following depositions are currently scheduled:
a. MJC's FRCP 30(b)(6) designee: May 10, 2016.
b. Le Vian's FRCP 30(b)(6) designee: May 12, 2016.
11. The following are the current discovery deadlines:
a. Close of discovery: June 13, 2016
b. Motion for Class Certification: June 13, 2016
c. Dispositive Motions: July 13, 2016
d. Joint Pretrial Order: August 12, 2016
12. Accordingly, the Parties propose that they submit another Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation on or about May 18, 2016, at which time the Parties will have either settled or will have proceeded with depositions and be proceeding towards completion of discovery.
A further joint status report shall be filed no later than May 18, 2016. IT IS SO ORDERED.
