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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P A U L , W E I S S , R I F K I N D , W H A R T O N & G A R R I S O N LLP 1 2 8 5 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS N E W Y O R K NEW YORK 1 0 0 1 9 - 6 0 6 4 TELEPHONE (212)373 LLOYD K G A R R I S O N R A N D O L P H E PAUL SIMON H R I F K I N D LOUIS S WEISS JOHN F WHARTON 3000 (1946 (1946 (1 9 5 0 (1927 (1927 1991) 1956) 1995) 1 950) 1977) UNIT3601 OFFICE T O W E R A B E I J I N G F O R T U N E P L A Z A NO 7 D O N G S A N H U A N Z H O N G L U CHAOYANG DISTRICT BEIJING 1 0 0 0 2 0 P E O P L E S R E P U B L I C OF C H I N A T E L E P H O N E ( 8 6 10) 5 8 2 8 6 3 0 0 12TH FLOOR HONG KONG C L U B B U I L D I N G 3A CHATER ROAD C E N T R A L HONG KONG TELEPHONE (852) 2846 0 3 0 0 ALDER CASTLE lO NOBLE STREET W R I T E R S DIRECT D I A L N U M B E R L O N D O N EC2V 7 J U U K TELEPHONE (44 20) 7 3 6 7 1 6 0 0 (212) 373-3543 FUKOKU SEIMEI BUILDING 2 2 UCHISAIWAICHO 2 CHOME CHIYODA KU TOKYO 1 OO OO 1 1 J A P A N T E L E P H O N E (81 3) 3 5 9 7 8 1 0 1 WRITER S DIRECT F A C S I M I L E (212)492-0543 WRITER S DIRECT E M A I L A D D R E S S TORONTO D O M I N I O N C E N T R E 7 7 KING STREET W E S T S U I T E 3 1 OO PO BOX 2 2 6 TORONTO ONTARIO M 5 K 1J3 TELEPHONE (416) 504 0 5 2 0 agordon@paulweiss com 2 0 0 1 K STREET N W W A S H I N G T O N DC 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 4 7 TELEPHONE (202) 223 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 DELAWARE AVENUE SUITE 2 0 0 POST OFFICE BOX 3 2 W I L M I N G T O N DE 1 9 8 9 9 0 0 3 2 TELEPHONE (302) 655 44 1 O 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 *NOT ADMITTED TO THE NEW YORK BAR 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 JR 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 cc: All counsel (by email)

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