Shuffle Tech International LLC v. Wolff Gaming, Inc.

Filing 46

WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Young B. Kim on 8/16/2012: Status hearing and motion hearing held. For the reasons stated in open court and as detailed below, Defendant- Counter-Plaintiff's motion to compel discovery 40 is grante d in part and denied in part. Plaintiff has until August 31, 2012, to comply with this order. A status hearing is scheduled for September 14, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. in courtroom 1944D. At the next status hearing, parties are to report on whether Plai ntiff has complied with this order and whether they would like to schedule a settlement conference. Parties are ordered to schedule the deposition of party representatives, agents and employees by September 7, 2012, to be completed by October 5, 2012. Parties are not required to schedule the deposition of third-party witnesses at this time. (For further details see written opinion.) Mailed notice (ma,)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Name of Assigned Judge
or Magistrate Judge

CASE NUMBER
CASE
TITLE

Sitting Judge if Other
than Assigned Judge

Blanche M. Manning
11 C 7358

DATE

Young B. Kim
August 16, 2012

Shuffle Tech International LLC vs. Wolff Gaming, Inc.

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT

Status hearing and motion hearing held. For the reasons stated in open court and as detailed below, DefendantCounter-Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery [40] is granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff has until
August 31, 2012, to comply with this order. A status hearing is scheduled for September 14, 2012, at 11:00 a.m.
in courtroom 1944D. At the next status hearing, parties are to report on whether Plaintiff has complied with this
order and whether they would like to schedule a settlement conference. Parties are ordered to schedule the
deposition of party representatives, agents and employees by September 7, 2012, to be completed by October 5,
2012. Parties are not required to schedule the deposition of third-party witnesses at this time.

O[ For further details see text below.]

Notices mailed by Judicial staff.

STATEMENT
Defendant-Counter-Plaintiff Wolff Gaming, Inc.'s motion to compel discovery is granted in part and denied in
part. In its motion, Wolff seeks to compel Plaintiff Shuffle Tech International LLC to supplement its answers
to Interrogatory ## 6-9 and Requests to Produce ## 1-10, 15, 17-23.
Interrogatories
The motion is granted as to # 6. Plaintiff is ordered to supplement its answers and provide the necessary contact
information of the individuals listed in its answer and to provide detailed information about the funding received
from Robert Saucier and Kevin Thorton. The motion is denied as to # 7 but Plaintiff is ordered to clarify its
answer and identify the specific documents (with their corresponding bates-stamp numbers) that reflect the
responsive answers to this interrogatory. The motion is granted in part as to # 8 to the extent that Plaintiff is
ordered to provide information about the agreements it entered into with others after April 2010 regarding its
product identified as "CW-1 Professional Fully Automatic Flush Mounted Card Shuffler" on its website and any
other shufflers designed for professional use. Plaintiff may respond to this interrogatory by producing a copy of
the relevant agreements to Wolff. The motion is granted as to # 9. Plaintiff is ordered to provide the underlying
calculations and data for its damages figure of $198,333 per month.

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STATEMENT
Requests to Produce
The motion is denied as to ## 1, 2 and 3 because the bank and financial records Wolff seeks are not relevant to
the claims or defenses in this matter. The motion is denied as to ## 4 and 5. The motion is granted as to ## 6,
7, and 8. Plaintiff is ordered to supplement its response as these requests are not limited to documents reflecting
its communications about the subject matters identified in these requests. The motion is granted in part as to ##
9 and 15. Plaintiff is ordered to produce the sales information Wolff seeks in these two interrogatories, covering
the period from April 2010 to the date of disclosure, pertaining to its product identified as CW-1 on its website
and any other shufflers designed for professional use. If the information (or documents) responsive to these
interrogatories is deemed confidential, parties are to agree on a protective order and file a motion seeking the
entry of the same. The motion is denied as to # 10 and 18-23. The motion is denied as to # 17 without prejudice.

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