Republic of Turkey v. Christie's Inc. et al

Filing 410

ORDER: A bench trial in this matter is presently scheduled to commence on April 5, 2021. See Dkt. No. 370. A final pre-trial conference is hereby scheduled for March 18, 2021 at 2 p.m. By no later than March 8, 2021, the parties are ORDERED to mee t and confer and inform the Court whether they continue to wish to proceed with trial on April 5, 2021 or whether they would prefer to adjourn the bench trial for a brief period of time such that proceeding in-person would be more feasible. The pa rties may also opt to proceed with the bench trial remotely. As noted in Dkt. No. 370, courts in this district have already successfully conducted remote bench trials. See, e.g., Optima Media Group Limited v. Bloomberg L.P., et al. (Case No. 17-cv -1898-AJN, S.D.N.Y.); Ferring Pharm. Inc., et al. v. Serenity Pharm. LLC, et al. (Case No. 17- cv-9922-CM-SDA, S.D.N.Y.); SEC v. Paulsen, Case (Case No. 18-cv-6718-PGG, S.D.N.Y.); Financial Guaranty Insurance Company v. The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (Case No. 12- cv-7372-LJL-KNF, S.D.N.Y.)., (Final Pretrial Conference set for 3/18/2021 at 02:00 PM before Judge Alison J. Nathan.) (Signed by Judge Alison J. Nathan on 3/4/2021) (nb)

Case 1:17-cv-03086-AJN-SDA Document 410 Filed 03/04/21 Page 1 of 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

3/4/21

Republic of Turkey,
Plaintiff,
17-cv-3086 (AJN)
–v–
ORDER
Christie’s Inc., et al.,
Defendants.

ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
A bench trial in this matter is presently scheduled to commence on April 5, 2021. See
Dkt. No. 370. A final pre-trial conference is hereby scheduled for March 18, 2021 at 2 p.m.
By no later than March 8, 2021, the parties are ORDERED to meet and confer and inform
the Court whether they continue to wish to proceed with trial on April 5, 2021 or whether they
would prefer to adjourn the bench trial for a brief period of time such that proceeding in-person
would be more feasible.
The parties may also opt to proceed with the bench trial remotely. As noted in Dkt. No.
370, courts in this district have already successfully conducted remote bench trials. See, e.g.,
Optima Media Group Limited v. Bloomberg L.P., et al. (Case No. 17-cv-1898-AJN, S.D.N.Y.);
Ferring Pharm. Inc., et al. v. Serenity Pharm. LLC, et al. (Case No. 17-cv-9922-CM-SDA,
S.D.N.Y.); SEC v. Paulsen, Case (Case No. 18-cv-6718-PGG, S.D.N.Y.); Financial Guaranty
Insurance Company v. The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (Case No. 12-cv-7372-LJL-KNF,
S.D.N.Y.).
SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 4, 2021
New York, New York

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ALISON J. NATHAN
United States District Judge