Silvers v. Google, Inc.

Filing 86

MEMORANDUM by Google, Inc. in limited opposition to plaintiff's counsel;s moiton to withdraw as counsel for plaintiff (Former Deputy Clerk)

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Case 9:05-cv-80387-KLR Document 86 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/26/2006 Page 1 of 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORID A CASE NO . 05-80387 CIV RYSKAMPNITUNIC STEVEN A . SILVERS, an individual , Plaintiff, V. GOOGLE, INC ., a Delaware corporation , Defend an t . GOOGLE, INC ., a Delaware corporation, Counterclaimant , V. STEVEN A . SILVERS, an individual ; STELOR PRODUCTIONS, INC ., a Delaware corporation ; STELOR PRODUCTIONS, LLC, a business entity of unknown form ; an d STEVEN ESRIG, an individual , Counterdefendants . DEFENDANT /COUNTERCLAIMANT GOOGLE INC .'S MEMORANDUM IN LIMITED OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF ' S COUNSEL'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIF F Defendant/Counterclaimant GOOGLE INC . ("GOOGLE"), by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby files its Memorandum in Limited Opposition to Plaintiff's Counsel's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Plaintiff ("Motion to Withdraw"), an d states as follows : 1 . On or about June 5, 2006, the law firms of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P .A . and 213526 .0001 /N0612623 1 ADORNO & YOSS LLP 350 East Las Olas Boulevard · Suite 1700 · Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301 · Telephone (954) 763-1200 · Facsimile ( 954) 766-7800 Case 9:05-cv-80387-KLR Document 86 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/26/2006 Page 2 of 4 CASE NO . 05-80387 CIV RYSKAMP/VITUNI C Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P .A ., counsel to Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant STEVEN A . SILVERS ("SILVERS"), filed their Motion to Withdraw and requested an Order allowing them to withdraw as counsel of record for SILVERS based on "irreconcilable differences . " 2 . GOOGLE does not object to the withdrawal, so long as the withdrawal is subject to the following two conditions. 3 . First, SILVERS should be produced for deposition before the withdrawal is effectuated . Fact discovery is currently scheduled to end on July 31, 2006, and GOOGLE needs SILVERS' deposition to determine the extent to which additional discovery is needed in preparing for trial . SILVERS' counsel has not objected to producing SILVERS for deposition prior to withdrawing, and the parties are currently negotiating a deposition date for late June . Accordingly, GOOGLE respectfully requests that the Court condition any withdrawal on first having SILVERS produced for deposition. 4 . Second, GOOGLE respectfully requests that the Court extend the discovery and case schedule to the extent necessary to accommodate any delay caused by SILVERS' retention of new counsel .' WHEREFORE, Defendant/Counterclaimant GOOGLE INC . respectfully requests that this Court grant Plaintiff STEVEN A . SILVERS's counsel's Motion to Withdraw subject to the conditions as outlined herein, together with such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper . IThe parties are currently negotiating a revised schedule independent of any delay caused by the withdrawal of Plaintiff's counsel. As currently proposed, fact discovery would end on August 14, 2006 with expert discovery thereafter . 213526 .0001/N0612623 1 2 ADORNO & YOSS LL P 350 East Las Olas Boulevard · Suite 1700 · Fo rt Lauderdale , Florida 33301 · Telephone (954) 763-1200 · Facsimile (954) 766-7800 Case 9:05-cv-80387-KLR Document 86 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/26/2006 Page 3 of 4 CASE NO . 05-80387 CIV RYSKAMPNITUNI C Ja ouglhs s Florida Bar No . : 226246 jatlas@adorno .com Samantha Tesser Haimo Florida Bar No . 0148016 stesser@adorno .com ADORNO & YOSS LLP 350 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3330 1 Phone : (954) 763-1200 Fax : (954) 766-780 0 Andrew P. Bridges Califo rnia Bar No . 122761 abri dges @ winston .com WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 101 California Street, Suite 3900 San Francisco , Californ ia 94111 (415) 591- 1000 - Telephone (415) 591-1400 - Fax Counsel for Defendant Google Inc . 213526 .00011N0612623_1 3 ADORNO & YOSS LLP 350 East Las Olas Boulevard · Suite 1700 · Fo rt Lauderdale , Florida 33301 · Telephone (954) 763-1200 · Facsimile (954) 766-7800 Case 9:05-cv-80387-KLR Document 86 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/26/2006 Page 4 of 4 CASE NO . 05-80387 CIV RYSKAMP/VITUNI C CERTIFICATE OF SERVIC E I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been fu rn ished by f mail on thi T V day of December, 2005 upon: HARLEY S . TROPIN, ESQ ., KENNETH R . HARTMANN, ESQ . and GAL. M . McQUILKIN, ESQ ., Kozyak, Tropin, Throckmorton, P.A., 2525 Ponce de Leon , 9th Floor , Miami , FL 33134 ; ADAM T . RABIN , ESQ., Dimond , Kapl an & Rothstein , P .A ., 525 South Flagler D rive , Trump Plaza , Suite 200, West Palm Beach , FL 33401 ; and KEVIN C . KAPLAN, ESQ ., Burlington, Weil, Schwiep , Kaplan & Blonsky , P .A ., 2699 South Bayshore Drive, Miami , FL 33133 . k--~ 213526 .0001 /N06126231 4 ADORNO & YOSS LLP 350 East Las Olas Boulevard · Suite 1700 · Fo rt Lauderdale, Florida 33301 · Telephone (954) 763-1200 · Facsimile (954) 766-7800

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