Federal Trade Commission v. Publishers Business Services, Inc. et al

Filing 182

ORDER Granting 176 Motion to Extend Time re: Discovery. Discovery due by 12/20/2010. Evidentiary Hearing set for 1/24/2011 09:00 AM in LV Courtroom 7C before Judge Philip M. Pro. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 6/24/10. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 v. PUBLISHERS BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA *** ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

2:08-CV-00620-PMP-PAL ORDER

Having considered the arguments of counsel presented at the pretrial conference conducted June 22, 2010, and those set forth in the briefs of the parties recently filed on the issue of monetary relief (Doc. #154, #161, #168), the Court finds that it is appropriate to reopen discovery in this case to enable the parties to conduct expert and fact discovery

relating to the issue of monetary damages to be determined pursuant to this Court's Order (Doc. #151) entered April 7, 2010.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED as follows: 1. Discovery shall be reopened for a period of 180 days, to and including December 20, 2010, during which time counsel for the parties shall complete all fact and expert discovery with regard to the issue of monetary damages. 2. Defendants Request for Extension of Time to Disclose Expert Witnesses (Doc. #176) is GRANTED to the extent that Defendants shall, not later than July 7, 2010, disclose to Plaintiff the identity of Defendants expert witnesses who may be called on behalf of Defendants to offer testimony relating to damages at the evidentiary hearing on
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that issue. 3. Defendants shall produce expert reports from each of its expert witnesses not later than September 21, 2010. 4. Plaintiff shall thereafter disclose its expert witnesses on the subject of monetary damages not later than October 21, 2010. 5. Plaintiff shall thereafter provide to Defendants the expert reports of its expert witnesses not later than December 20, 2010. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the evidentiary hearing to consider or to determine monetary damages previously set for August 23, 2010, is hereby continued to commence on January 24, 2011, at 9:00 A.M.

DATED: June 24, 2010.

PHILIP M. PRO United States District Judge

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