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

Filing 401

ORDER Granting 400 Stipulation for Extension of Time Re: 397 Motion to Compel. Responses due by 9/29/2020. Replies due by 10/9/2020. Signed by Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah on 9/4/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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Todd L. Bice, Esq., Bar No. 4534
Pisanelli Bice PLLC
400 South 7th Street, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
F. Thomas Hecht, Illinois Bar No. 1168606
Tina B. Solis, Illinois Bar No. 6242461
Seth A. Horvath, Illinois Bar No. 6283110
Nixon Peabody LLP
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3500
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(admitted pro hac vice)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Newmark Group Inc.,
G&E Acquisition Company LLC, and BGC
RealEstate of Nevada LLC

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Nathaniel Kritzer
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]
(admitted pro hac vice)
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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Robert S. Larsen
Wing Y. Wong
Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
300 S. 4th St., Suite 1550
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

NEWMARK GROUP INC., G&E
ACQUISITION COMPANY LLC, and
BGC REAL ESTATE OF NEVADA LLC,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
AVISON YOUNG (CANADA) INC.,
AVISON YOUNG (USA) INC., AVISON
YOUNG–NEVADA LLC, MARK ROSE,
THE NEVADA COMMERCIAL GROUP,
JOHN PINJUV, and JOSEPH KUPIEC; DOES
1 through 5; and ROE BUSINESS ENTITIES
6 through 10,
Defendants.

Case No. 2:15–cv–00531–RFB–EJY
STIPULATION AND PROPOSED
ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFFS’
MOTION TO COMPEL THE AY
DEFENDANTS AND THE NCG
DEFENDANTS TO (I) SEARCH
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF ESI, (II)
PRODUCE “AY UNIVERSITY”
DOCUMENTS, (III) PRODUCE
DOCUMENTS IMPROPERLY
INCLUDED IN THE AY
DEFENDANTS’ CLAWBACK
REQUEST, (IV) PRODUCE
DOCUMENTS IMPROPERLY
WITHHELD AS PRIVILEGED, AND
(V) PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE
FORENSIC REPORT (ECF No. 397)
(First Request)

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In accordance with LR IA 6–1, LR 7–1, and LR 7–3, Plaintiffs Newmark Group Inc.,

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G&E Acquisition Company LLC, and BGC Real Estate of Nevada (together, “Plaintiffs”),

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through their counsel of record, and Defendants Avison Young (Canada) Inc., Avison Young
(USA) Inc., Avison Young–Nevada LLC, Mark Rose, Joseph Kupiec John Pinjuv, and The
Nevada Commercial Group (together, “Defendants”), through their counsel of record, hereby

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stipulate to, and request the entry of, an order setting a briefing schedule, and page limitations, on

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Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel the AY Defendants and the NCG Defendants to (I) Search

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Additional Sources of ESI, (II) Produce “AY University” Documents, (III) Produce Documents

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Improperly Included in the AY Defendants’ Clawback Request, (IV) Produce Documents
Improperly Withheld as Privileged, and (V) Provide an Adequate Forensic Report (the “Motion

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to Compel”), as set forth below.

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STIPULATION
1.

On September 1, 2020, Plaintiffs filed the Motion to Compel and a motion for

leave to file a brief exceeding 24 pages (the “Motion for Leave”). (ECF No. 182, Mot. to
Compel.)
2.

Under LR 7–2, the current deadline for Defendants’ response to the Motion to

Compel is September 15, 2020.
3.

Under LR 7–2, the current deadline for Plaintiffs’ reply in support of the Motion to

Compel is September 22, 2020.
4.

Having conferred and agreed, the parties respectfully request that the Court set the

following deadlines and page limitations with respect to the Motion to Compel:
a.

Defendants shall have until September 29, 2020, to file a response in

opposition to the Motion to Compel.

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b.

Plaintiffs shall have until October 9, 2020, to file a reply in support of the

Motion to Compel.
c.

Defendants do not object to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave, which seeks a 13-

page enlargement of the Motion to Compel.
d.

Plaintiffs do not object to an equivalent 13-page increase in the page limit

for Defendants’ response to the Motion to Compel if needed (i.e., Defendants may file a
response that is up to 37 pages if needed).
e.

Defendants do not object to a proportional increase in the page limit for

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Plaintiffs’ reply in support of the Motion to Compel if needed (i.e., if Defendants’

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response is 37 pages, Plaintiffs may file a reply that is up to 18 pages if needed; if

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Defendants’ response is 30 pages, Plaintiffs may file a reply that is up to 15 pages if

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needed, etc.).

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Dated: September 3, 2020

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Respectfully submitted by:

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NIXON PEABODY LLP

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

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By:

By:

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Todd L. Bice, Esq., Bar No. 4534
Pisanelli Bice PLLC
400 South 7th Street, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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/s/ Tina B. Solis

F. Thomas Hecht, Illinois Bar No. 1168606
Tina B. Solis, Illinois Bar No. 6242461
Seth A. Horvath, Illinois Bar No. 6283110
Nixon Peabody LLP
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3500
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(admitted pro hac vice)
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Newmark Group Inc.,
G&E Acquisition Company LLC, and BGC
RealEstate of Nevada LLC

/s/ Nathaniel J. Kritzer

Robert S. Larsen
Wing Y. Wong
Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
300 S. 4th St., Suite 1550
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Nathaniel Kritzer
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
Tel. [phone]
Fax [phone]
[e-mail]
(admitted pro hac vice)
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

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PROPOSED ORDER
Having reviewed the foregoing stipulation and found it to be supported by good cause, IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that (1) Defendants shall file their response to Plaintiffs’ Motion to
Compel by September 29, 2020; (2) Plaintiffs shall file the reply in support of their Motion to
Compel by October 9, 2020; (3) Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to enlarge the size of their Motion to

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Compel from 24 to 37 pages is granted; (4) Defendants may enlarge the size of their response to

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the Motion to Compel from 24 to 37 pages if needed; and (5) Plaintiffs may proportionally

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enlarge the size of the reply in support of their Motion to Compel in accordance with the length of

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Defendants’ response to the Motion to Compel if needed (i.e., if Defendants’ response is 37
pages, Plaintiffs may file an 18-page reply if needed; if Defendants’ response is 30 pages,

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Plaintiffs may file a 15-page reply if needed, etc.).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Hon. Elayna J. Youchah
United Magistrate Judge

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DATED:

Sept. 4, 2020