Anwar et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited et al

Filing 1242

LETTER addressed to Magistrate Judge Frank Maas from Andrew G. Gordon dated February 26, 2014 re: Extension of Time to Complete Expert Discovery. Document filed by CITCO Bank Nederland N.V. Dublin Branch, CITCO Fund Services (Europe) B.V., Citco Canada Inc., Citco Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited, Citco Global Custody N.V., Citco Group Limited.(Gordon, Andrew)

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February 26, 2014

MATTHEW W ABBOTT
A L L A N J ARFFA
ROBERTA ATKINS
DAVID J B A L L
JOHN F BAUGHMAN
L Y N N B BAYARD
DANIEL J SELLER
CRAIG A B E N S O N
M I T C H E L L L BERG
MARK S BERGMAN
BRUCE BIRENBOIM
H CHRISTOPHER BOEHNING
ANGELO BONVINO
JAMES L BROCHIN
RICHARD J BRONSTEIN
DAVID W B R O W N
S U S A N N A M BUERGEL
PATRICKS CAMPBELL*
J E S S I C A S CAREY
JEANETTE K CHAN
YVONNE Y F CHAN
LEWIS R CLAYTON
JAY C O H E N
K E L L E Y A CORNISH
CHRISTOPHER J CUMMINGS
C H A R L E S E DAV1DOW
D O U G L A S R DAVIS
T H O M A S V DE L A B A S T I D E i l l
ARIEL J DECKELBAUM
A L I C E B E L I S L E EATON
ANDREW J EHRLICH
GREGORY A EZRING
L E S L I E G O R D O N FAGEN
MARC F A L C O N E
ROSS A F I E L D S T O N
ANDREW C FINCH
BRAD J FINKELSTEIN
BRIAN P FINNEGAN
ROBERTO F1NZI
PETER E FISCH
ROBERT C FEEDER
MARTIN FLUMENBAUM
A N D R E W J FOLEY
HARRIS B FREIDUS
M A N U E L S FREY
ANDREW L GAINES
KENNETH A GALLO
MICHAEL E GERTZMAN
A D A M M GIVERTZ
SALVATORE G O G L I O R M E L L A
ROBERT D G O L D B A U M
NEIL GOLDMAN
ERIC S G O L D S T E I N
ERIC GOODISON
C H A R L E S H GOOGE JR
A N D R E W G GORDON
UDI G R O F M A N
NICHOLAS GROOMBRIDGE
BRUCE A G U T E N P L A N
G A I N E S G W A T H M E Y III
ALAN S HALPERIN
JUSTIN G HAMILL
CLAUDIA HAMMERMAN
GERARD E HARPER
BRIAN S HERMANN
ROBERT M H I R S H
MICHELE HIRSHMAN
M I C H A E L S HONG
DAVID S H U N T I N G T O N
LOR ETTA A I P P O L I T O
JAREN JANGHORBANI

MEREDITH J KANE
ROBERTA A K A P L A N
BRAD S KARP
PATRICK N K A R S N I T Z
JOHN C KENNEDY
A L A N W KORNBERG
D A N I E L J KRAMER
DAVID K L A K H D H I R
STEPHEN P LAMB*
JOHN E LANGE
DANIEL J LEFFELL
XIAOYU GREG L I U
JEFFREY D MARELL
MARCO V M A S O T T I
EDWIN S MAYNARD
D A V I D W MAYO
E L I Z A B E T H R MCCOLM
MARK F M E N D E L S O H N
WILLIAM B MICHAEL
TOBY S MYERSON
C A T H E R I N E NYARADY
J A N E B O BR1EN
A L E X Y O U N G K OH
BRAD R OKUN
K E L L E Y D PARKER
MARC E P E R L M U T T E R
VALERIE E RADWANER
CARL L REISNER
W A L T E R G R1CCIARD1
WALTER RIEMAN
R I C H A R D A ROSEN
A N D R E W N ROSENBERG
JACQUELINE P RUBIN
R A P H A E L M RUSSO
JEFFREY D SAFERSTEIN
JEFFREY B S A M U E L S
D A L E M SARRO
TERRY E S C H I M E K
KENNETH M SCHNEIDER
ROBERT B SCHUMER
JAMES H SCHWAB
J O H N M SCOTT
S T E P H E N J SH1MSHAK
DAVID R S I C U L A R
MOSES SILVERMAN
STEVEN SIMKIN
JOSEPH J SIMONS
MARILYN SOBEL
A U D R A J SOLOWAY
SCOTT M SONTAG
TARUN M STEWART
ERIC A L A N S T O N E
AIDAN SYNNOTT
ROBYN F T A R N O F S K Y
MONICA K THURMOND
DANIEL J TOAL
LIZA M VELAZQUEZ
MARIA T V U L L O
ALEXANDRA M WALSH*
LAWRENCE G WEE
T H E O D O R E V W E L L S JR
BETH A W I L K I N S O N
STEVEN J W I L L I A M S
LAWRENCE I WITDORCHIC
MARK B W L A Z L O
J U L I A MASON WOOD
J O R D A N E YARETT
KAYE N YOSHINO
T O N G YU
T R A C E Y A ZACCONE
T ROBERT Z O C H O W S K I

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Via ECF
The Honorable Frank Maas
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, NY 10007
Anwar, et al v. Fairfield Greenwich Limited, et al,
No. 09-cv-118(VM)(FM)
Dear Judge Maas:
We represent defendants The Citco Group Ltd., Citco Fund Services
(Europe) B.V., Citco (Canada) Inc., Citco Global Custody N.V, Citco Bank Nederland,
N.V., Dublin Branch, and Citco Fund Services (Bermuda) Ltd. (collectively, the "Citco
Defendants"). We write on behalf of the Citco Defendants as well as the plaintiffs and
defendants PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC Canada") and PricewaterhouseCoopers
Accountants, N.V. ("PwC Netherlands") respectfully to request a short extension of the
current deadline for expert depositions from March 31, 2014 until April 25, 2014.
By way of brief background, on January 30, 2013, the Court set a schedule
for expert discovery in this matter. On November 12, 2013, the Court extended the
deadline for expert discovery until March 31, 2014. Since that time, the parties have
cooperated with respect to the scheduling of expert depositions and have been working
diligently toward completing all expert depositions by the March 31 deadline. The

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PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, W H A R T O N & GARRISON

The Honorable Frank Maas

parties agree, however, that an extension of the schedule is necessary to accommodate the
scheduling of the more than 20 expert witness depositions in this matter. In addition to
the relatively large number of expert depositions, certain depositions have already had to
be rescheduled for unanticipated reasons: two of the witnesses have fallen ill, one shortly
after the start of the deposition and the other a few days before the deposition, and the
recent deposition of another witness will be continued to a second half-day by agreement
of the parties. Given the complexity of the issues in this matter, we anticipate that there
may be additional expert witnesses whose depositions will continue into a second day.
Accordingly, the parties respectfully request that the expert deposition
deadline currently set for March 31 be reset for April 25.

Respectfully submitted,

Andrew G. Gordon
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