BGC Partners, Inc. et al v. Avison Young (Canada), Inc. et al

Filing 378

ORDER Granting 377 Stipulation for Extension of Time. Motions due by 4/15/2021. Signed by Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah on 6/1/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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Case 2:15-cv-00531-RFB-EJY Document 378 Filed 06/01/20 Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Robert S. Larsen, Esq. (NV Bar No. 7785) Wing Yan Wong, Esq. (NV Bar No. 13622) GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 Telephone: (702) 577-9301 Facsimile: (702) 255-2858 rlarsen@grsm.com wwong@grsm.com Nathaniel Kritzer, Esq. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Tel. (212) 378-7535 Fax. (212) 506-3950 nkritzer@Steptoe.com Attorneys for Defendants Avison Young (Canada) Inc.; Avison Young (USA) Inc.; Avison Young-Nevada, LLC; Mark Rose, Joseph Kupiec, John Pinjuv and The Nevada Commercial Group, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA NEWMARK GROUP INC., G&E ACQUISITION COMPANY LLC, and BGC REAL ESTATE OF NEVADA LLC, ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) AVISON YOUNG (CANADA) INC., AVISON ) ) YOUNG (USA) INC., AVISON YOUNG– NEVADA LLC, MARK ROSE, THE NEVADA ) ) COMMERCIAL GROUP, JOHN PINJUV, JOSEPH KUPIEC, DOES 1 through 5, and ROE ) BUSINESS ENTITIES 6 through 10. ) ) Defendants. ) CASE NO.: 2:15–cv–00531–RFB–EJY STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINES IN APRIL 24, 2020, ORDER (ECF NO. 339) 25 26 Plaintiffs Newmark Group Inc., G&E Acquisition Company LLC, and BGC Real Estate of 27 Nevada, through their counsel, and Defendants Avison Young (Canada) Inc., Avison Young (USA) 28 Inc., Avison Young–Nevada LLC, Mark Rose, Joseph Kupiec, John Pinjuv, and The Nevada Case 2:15-cv-00531-RFB-EJY Document 378 Filed 06/01/20 Page 2 of 4 1 Commercial Group, through their counsel (together, the “Parties”), jointly submit the following 2 stipulation to extend the deadlines in the scheduling order entered on April 24, 2020 (the 3 “Scheduling Order”) (ECF No. 339): 4 5 6 1. On April 24, 2020, the Court entered an order granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Amend the Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order. (ECF No. 339.) 2. At telephonic hearings on April 6 and April 20, 2020, the Court entered rulings on 7 Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Directed to the AY Defendants and Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel 8 Directed to the NCG Defendants. (ECF Nos. 334 & 338.) 9 3. At a telephonic hearing on May 13, 2020, the Court entered rulings on Plaintiffs’ 10 Motion to Compel Directed to Third-Party Subpoena Recipients, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective 11 Order Regarding Defendants’ Rule 30(b)(6) Notice of Deposition, and Plaintiffs’ Motion for 12 Protective Order. (ECF No. 369.) Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective Order is subject to further 13 briefing and is scheduled for oral argument on June 10, 2020. (ECF Nos. 369 & 370.) 14 4. On May 21, 2020, Plaintiffs filed their Motion to Compel Directed to the AY 15 Defendants, the NCG Defendants, and the Third-Party Subpoena Recipients, which is currently 16 being briefed. (ECF No. 374.) 17 5. On May 28, 2020, the Parties met and conferred on a series of discovery issues and 18 anticipate the potential need to seek Court intervention to assist with the resolution of discovery 19 matters for which the Parties are at an impasse. 20 6. The Parties have expressed a preference for in-person depositions (where and when 21 it is safe to do so), and ongoing conditions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic currently do not 22 allow for safely conducting in-person depositions. 23 7. Given that extensive additional discovery has been ordered to be searched in 24 conjunction with Plaintiffs’ first three Motions to Compel (including tens of thousands of 25 documents), and additional motions are pending before the Court and/or otherwise anticipated, the 26 Parties have agreed to the following extensions of the deadlines set forth in the Scheduling Order: 27 a. All document productions are to be completed by July 13, 2020. 28 -2- Case 2:15-cv-00531-RFB-EJY Document 378 Filed 06/01/20 Page 3 of 4 1 2 b. The period for fact depositions will run from August 24, 2020 through November 25, 2020. 3 c. Initial expert disclosures shall be made in accordance with Fed. R. 4 Civ. Pro. 26 on or before January 15, 2021, with rebuttal expert disclosures due on 5 or before February 15, 2021. 6 d. Expert depositions are to be completed by March 15, 2020. 7 e. The dispositive motion deadline is April 15, 2021. 8 f. The joint pretrial report shall be filed within 60 days of decisions on 9 10 dispositive motions. 8. This stipulated extension is requested in good faith and made with good cause. The 11 ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impose significant disruptions to ordinary business 12 activities of all parties and counsel. Further, under the Court’s orders to date, Defendants are 13 diligently reviewing more than 100,000 pages of documents and producing responsive non- 14 privileged documents to Plaintiffs on a rolling basis to expedite the production timeline as much as 15 possible. The Parties are in the process of briefing Plaintiffs’ fourth Motion to Compel and the 16 Parties respectively anticipate filing additional Motions to Compel in the near future based on their 17 inability to reach a compromise on certain topics discussed on their May 28, 2020 meet and confer 18 telephone conference. 19 9. The Parties have further agreed that in order to permit the completion of all 20 document productions and to allow the Parties adequate time to review the voluminous productions 21 in advance of further fact depositions, that additional time is required across the entirety of the case 22 schedule. 23 10. The Parties’ stipulated request is made in good faith and is the product of a 24 collaborative and cooperative effort by the Parties to identify a reasonable time frame to complete 25 their respective discovery endeavors. This stipulated extension is not intended to delay or 26 inconvenience the Court but, rather, seeks to preserve judicial economy and minimize the need for 27 unnecessary Court intervention. 28 -3- Case 2:15-cv-00531-RFB-EJY Document 378 Filed 06/01/20 Page 4 of 4 1 2 11. The Parties reserve their rights to request an additional extension of the deadlines set forth above upon a showing of good cause to the Court. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED 5 6 7 8 UNITED MAGISTRATE JUDGE June 1, 2020 DATED: Submitted: May 29, 2020 9 Agreed to by: 10 By: /s/ Tina B. Solis By: /s/ Nathaniel J. Kritzer 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Todd L. Bice, Esq., Bar No. 4534 Pisanelli Bice PLLC 400 South 7th Street, Suite 300 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 214-2100 Facsimile: (702) 214-2101 tlb@pisanellibice.com F. Thomas Hecht (pro hac vice) Tina B. Solis (pro hac vice) Seth A. Horvath (pro hac vice) Nixon Peabody LLP 70 West Madison Street, Suite 3500 Chicago, Illinois 60602 fthecht@nixonpeabody.com tbsolis@nixonpeabody.com sahorvath@nixonpeabody.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs Newmark Group Inc., G&E Acquisition Company LLC, and BGC Real Estate of Nevada LLC Nathaniel J. Kritzer (pro hac vice) Steptoe & Johnson LLP Firm ID No. 43315 1114 6th Avenue New York, NY 10036 nkritzer@steptoe.com Attorneys for Defendants Avison Young (Canada) Inc., Avison Young (USA) Inc., Avison Young–Nevada LLC, Mark Rose, Joseph Kupiec, The Nevada Commercial Group LLC, and John Pinjuv By: /s/ Robert S. Larsen Robert S. Larsen Wing Y. Wong Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP 300 S. 4th St., Suite 1550 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Tel. (702) 577-9301 Fax. (702) 255-2858 rlarsen@grsm.com wwong@grsm.com Attorneys for Defendants Avison Young (Canada) Inc., Avison Young (USA) Inc., Avison Young–Nevada LLC, Mark Rose, Joseph Kupiec, The Nevada Commercial Group LLC, and John Pinjuv 27 28 -4-

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