Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Hotfile Corp. et al

Filing 55

NOTICE by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Disney Enterprises, Inc., Hotfile Corp., Anton Titov, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Universal City Studios Productions LLLP, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. re 54 SCHEDULING REPORT - Rule 26(f)/16.1, SCHEDULING REPORT - Rule 26(f)/16.1 NOTICE JOINT PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER (Stetson, Karen)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 11-20427-JORDAN

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.,
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION,
UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LLLP,
COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., and
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HOTFILE CORP., ANTON TITOV, and
DOES 1-10.
Defendants.
/
JOINT PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER
The parties having submitted their Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and Local Rule 16.1 Report, it is
hereby Ordered that:
1.

This case is assigned to the Standard Track.

2.

All motions to join additional parties or amend the pleadings shall be filed no later

than the following date:
[August 1, 2011 (Plaintiffs’ proposal)]
[June 15, 2011 (Defendants’ proposal)].
3.

The parties will exchange privilege logs no later than June 15, 2011.

4.

The parties will make expert disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. 26(a)(2) and Local

Rule 16.1(k) by September 9, 2011.
5.

The parties will exchange rebuttal expert reports by the following date:
[September 23, 2011 (Plaintiffs’ proposal)]

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[November 11, 2011 (Defendants’ proposal)]
6.

The parties shall complete discovery by the following date:
[October 17, 2011 (Plaintiffs’ proposal)]
[January 16, 2012 (Defendants’ proposal)]

7.

Each party may bring a motion for summary judgment on any grounds by the

following date:
[November 30, 2011 (Plaintiffs’ proposal)]
[January 30, 2012 (Defendants’ proposal)]
8.

[Plaintiffs’ proposal: Summary judgment motions on liability may be filed and

resolved based on a sample of works that Plaintiffs allege to have been infringed. Discovery
regarding additional works that Plaintiffs allege to have been infringed is deferred until the Court
has ruled on summary judgment on liability. The parties will meet and confer within 5 days of
the Court’s decision to determine whether any additional discovery related to the remaining
works alleged to be infringed is necessary prior to trial, and jointly propose a timeline and
process for completing such discovery limited to that single topic.]
9.

[Defendants’ proposal: Each party may bring a motion for summary judgment

regarding application of the DMCA “safe harbor” by June 15, 2011.

Discovery will be

conducted as necessary, limited to the issues raised by those motion(s), pending further order of
the Court. In the event that this motion practice does not completely resolve the case, each party
may bring a motion for summary judgment on any remaining grounds by January 30, 2012.]
10.

All pretrial motions shall be filed no later than ___________________________.

11.

All pretrial motions shall by resolved by the Court no later than

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12.

A pretrial conference shall be held on _________________________.

13.

Trial shall commence on _______________________.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, in Miami, Florida, this ______ day of
___________________, 2011.

_____________________________________
Hon. Adalberto Jordan
United States District Court Judge

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