Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Adelson et al

Filing 984

ORDER Granting 983 Stipulation for Extension of Time re To Extend to File the Joint Proposed Pretrial Order. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 9/30/2024. Signed by District Judge Anne R. Traum on 5/8/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ALZ)

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E. LEIF REID, Nevada Bar No. 5750
KRISTEN L. MARTINI, Nevada Bar No. 11272
NICOLE SCOTT, Nevada Bar No. 13757
LUCY CROW, Nevada Bar No. 15203
LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 600
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
One East Liberty Street, Suite 300
Reno, Nevada 89501
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
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JAMES J. PISANELLI, Nevada Bar No. 4027
TODD L. BICE, Nevada Bar No. 4534
JORDAN T. SMITH, Nevada Bar No. 12097
PISANELLI BICE PLLC
400 South 7th Street, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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JOSEPH M. ALIOTO, PRO HAC VICE
ALIOTO LAW FIRM
One Sansome Street, 35th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

LAS VEGAS SUN, INC., a Nevada
corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 2:19-cv-01667-ART-VCF
ORDER APPROVING
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO
EXTEND THE TIME TO FILE THE
JOINT PROPOSED PRETRIAL ORDER

SHELDON ADELSON, an individual, and as
the alter ego of News+Media Capital Group
LLC, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc., and
(SECOND REQUEST)
Interface Operations LLC dba Adfam;
PATRICK DUMONT, an individual, and as
alter ego of Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc.,
News+Media Capital Group, LLC, and Interface
Operations LLC dba Adfam; NEWS+MEDIA
CAPITAL GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company; LAS VEGAS REVIEWJOURNAL, INC., a Delaware corporation;
INTERFACE OPERATIONS LLC DBA
ADFAM, a Delaware limited liability company

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and as alter ego of Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Inc., and News+Media Capital Group, LLC; and
DOES, I-X, inclusive,

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Defendants.

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation,
Counterclaimant,
v.
LAS VEGAS SUN, INC. a Nevada corporation;
BRIAN GREENSPUN, an individual and as the
alter ego of Las Vegas Sun, Inc.; GREENSPUN
MEDIA GROUP, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company, as the alter ego of Las Vegas
Sun, Inc.,
Counterclaim Defendants.

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Pursuant to LR 26-3 and LR IA 6-1, Plaintiff/Counterdefendant LAS VEGAS SUN, INC.,

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and Counterdefendants BRIAN GREENSPUN and GREENSPUN MEDIA GROUP, LLC

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(collectively the “Sun”), by and through their counsel Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP,

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Pisanelli Bice PLLC, and the Alioto Law Firm, and Defendant/Counterclaimant LAS VEGAS

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REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC., and Defendants NEWS+MEDIA CAPITAL GROUP LLC,

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SHELDON ADELSON (through Dr. Miriam Adelson as Special Administrator of Defendant

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Sheldon Adelson’s Estate), PATRICK DUMONT, and INTERFACE OPERATIONS LLC DBA

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ADFAM (collectively the “RJ”), by and through their counsel of record, Kemp Jones, LLP, Jenner

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& Block LLP, and Richard L. Stone, Esq., hereby stipulate and agree to extend the deadline for

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filing the joint proposed pretrial order by approximately 120 days, from May 30, 2024, to

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September 30, 2024. This is the second request to extend this deadline following the resolution of

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dispositive motions, and this request is made for good cause. The parties respectfully stipulate and

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agree as follows:

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1.

All discovery has been completed in this action, and on March 31, 2024, the Court

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issued Orders (ECF Nos. 969 & 970) resolving the parties’ pending cross-motions for summary

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judgment, triggering the 30-day deadline to file the joint pretrial order as agreed by the parties in

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their Joint Stipulation for Extension of Case Schedule. See ECF No. 799; see also LR 26-1(b)(5).

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2.

The preparation of a jointly proposed pretrial order in this complex antitrust and

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breach of contract matter will encompass identifying hundreds, if not thousands, of trial exhibits,

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and designations of portions of potentially more than a dozen deposition transcripts, all with

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objections. To complete the joint pretrial order, the parties anticipate needing several meet and

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confers and exchanges of the joint pretrial order before submission.

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3.

The Sun and the RJ have been conferring regarding the joint pretrial order, and the

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parties believe that this additional time to confer and finalize the joint pretrial order is warranted

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given the scope of the case, and that the Court’s earliest trial availability to accommodate a trial in

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early 2025.

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4.

Accordingly, the parties agree that good cause exists for this extension of time to

effectuate these undertakings and complete the joint pretrial order, which the parties have agreed

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to preliminarily exchange between themselves on August 20, 2024, and submit the joint filing

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September 30, 2024, which is still no less than five months before the Court’s earliest trial setting.

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DATED this 8th day of May, 2024.

DATED this 8th day of May, 2024.

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LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP

KEMP JONES LLP

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By: /s/ Kristen L. Martini
E. Leif Reid, Bar No. 5750
Kristen L. Martini, Bar No. 11272
Nicole Scott, Bar No. 13757
Lucy Crow, Bar No. 15203
One East Liberty Street, Suite 300
Reno, Nevada 89501-2128

By: /s/ Michael J. Gayan
J. Randall Jones, Esq., Bar No. 1927
Michael J. Gayan, Esq., Bar No. 11135
Mona Kaveh, Esq., Bar No. 11825
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, 17th Fl.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
Amy M. Gallegos, Esq., Pro Hac Vice
David R. Singer, Esq., Pro Hac Vice
JENNER & BLOCK LLP
515 South Flower Street, Suite 3300
Los Angeles, California 90071

PISANELLI BICE PLLC
James J. Pisanelli, Bar No. 4027
Todd L. Bice, Bar No. 4534
Jordan T. Smith, Bar No. 12097
400 South 7th Street, Suite 300
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Richard L. Stone, Esq., Pro Hac Vice
850 Devon Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90024

ALIOTO LAW FIRM
Joseph M. Alioto, Pro Hac Vice
One Sansome Street, 35th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104

Attorneys for Defendants/
Counterclaimant

Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

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DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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May 8, 2024
DATED: ______________________________

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