Linksmart Wireless Technology, LLC v. Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Filing 120

ORDER granting ECF No. 117 Motion for Leave to File Document. Defendant MGM shall promptly file and serve its amended pleading. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 2/24/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - AB)

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SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
Patrick G. Byrne
Nevada Bar No. 7636
[e-mail]
Aleem A. Dhalla
Nevada Bar No. 14188
[e-mail]
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Telephone: [phone]

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Snell & Wilmer

L.L.P.
LAW OFFICES
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
702.784.5200

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FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
Neil J. McNabnay (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Ricardo J. Bonilla (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Lance E. Wyatt, Jr. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Rodeen Talebi (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
Dallas, TX 75201
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants GOLDEN NUGGET,
LLC; LANDRY’S, LLC; LAS VEGAS SANDS
CORP.; and MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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LINKSMART WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION,
Defendant.

Case No. 2:18-cv-00862-MMD-NJK

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LINKSMART WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 2:18-cv-00864-MMD-NJK

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GOLDEN NUGGET, INC. and LANDRY’S,
INC.,
Defendants.

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LINKSMART WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
LLC,
Case No. 2:18-cv-00865-MMD-NJK

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.,

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Defendant.

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LINKSMART WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
LLC,
Case No. 2:18-cv-00867-MMD-NJK

Snell & Wilmer

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL,

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Defendant.

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LINKSMART WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
LLC,
Case No. 2:18-cv-00868-MMD-NJK

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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WYNN LAS VEGAS LLC,

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Defendant.

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MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE
FIRST AMENDED ANSWER. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES,
AND COUNTERCLAIMS TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT

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Defendant MGM Resorts International seeks leave pursuant to Rule 15(a)(2) of the Federal

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Rules of Civil Procedure to file an amended answer, attached as Exhibit A. Specifically, MGM’s

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proposed amended answer adds an additional affirmative defense based on the theory of intervening

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rights. Linksmart has informed MGM that it does not oppose this motion.

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) provides that once the time has passed to amend a

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pleading as a matter of course, a party may amend its pleading “only with the opposing party’s

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written consent or with the court’s leave,” and “[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so

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requires.” FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a)(2). In this case, the Court has not yet set a deadline for amending

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pleadings in the Scheduling Order. (See ECF No. 71.) Accordingly, the liberal policy of Rule

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15(a)(2) applies to the instant unopposed motion.

prejudice, bad faith, undue delay or futility. Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962); see also

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Abramson v. Gonzalez, 949 F.2d 1567, 1581 (11th Cir. 1992). Because none of these conditions

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are present in this case, MGM respectfully requests that this Court grant it leave to amend its

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answer.

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Dated: February 21, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

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By /s/ Aleem A. Dhalla
Patrick G. Byrne
Nevada Bar No. 7636
[e-mail]
Aleem A. Dhalla
Nevada Bar No. 14188
[e-mail]
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]

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Neil J. McNabnay (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Ricardo J. Bonilla (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Lance E. Wyatt, Jr. (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Rodeen Talebi (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel. [phone]
Fax. [phone]

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Snell & Wilmer

L.L.P.
LAW OFFICES
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1100
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
702.784.5200

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Attorneys for Defendants
GOLDEN NUGGET, LLC; LANDRY’S,
LLC; LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.; and
MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL

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ORDER
Defendant MGM's unopposed motion for leave to file is GRANTED. Docket No. 117.
Defendant shall promptly file and serve its amended pleading.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
DATED: ____________________
February 24, 2020

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