Coventry Capital US LLC v. EEA Life Settlements, Inc. et al

Filing 271

ORDER: Before the Court is the parties' joint letter dated March 1, 2021. (ECF No. 270). Pursuant to the discovery conference held today, March 4, 2021, the Court orders as follows: 1. Defendant EEA Life Settlements, Inc. ("EEA Inc .") shall provide to Plaintiff Coventry Capital US LLC ("Coventry") a metadata log concerning: (As further set forth herein.) A Telephone Status Conference is scheduled for Friday, April 16, 2021 at 11:00 am on the Court's conference line. The parties are directed to call: [phone]; access code: 380-9799, at the scheduled time. The parties are not required to file a joint status letter in advance of the conference, although if they elect to do so, their filing shall be jointly submitted no later than April 13, 2021, and shall not exceed six pages. ( Telephone Conference set for 4/16/2021 at 11:00 AM before Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Sarah L Cave on 3/4/2021) (va)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
COVENTRY CAPITAL US LLC,
Plaintiff,
-v-

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 17 Civ. 7417 (VM) (SLC)

EEA LIFE SETTLEMENTS INC., et al,

ORDER

Defendants.

SARAH L. CAVE, United States Magistrate Judge.
Before the Court is the parties’ joint letter dated March 1, 2021. (ECF No. 270). Pursuant
to the discovery conference held today, March 4, 2021, the Court orders as follows:
1. Defendant EEA Life Settlements, Inc. (“EEA Inc.”) shall provide to Plaintiff Coventry
Capital US LLC (“Coventry”) a metadata log concerning:
a. the 46 documents listed on EEA Fund Management Limited’s (“EEA UK”) and
EEA Fund Management (Guernsey) Limited’s (the “Manager”) supplemental
privilege log (the “Supplemental Privilege Log”), which were among the 344
documents withheld by EEA on the basis of privilege (“Withheld Documents”).
(See ECF No. 270 at 1; 270-1); and
b. the 98 documents withheld as irrelevant that EEA Inc. described during
today’s discovery conference.
2. The parties shall confer with one another regarding the reasonable time period for
the production of the metadata log to Coventry.

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3. After Coventry receives the metadata log, if the parties continue to have a dispute
regarding privilege, the parties may propose an in camera review by the Court of a
sample of no more than 20 privileged documents, as the Court proposed in its
December 16, 2020 order. (See ECF No. 262 at 17).
A Telephone Status Conference is scheduled for Friday, April 16, 2021 at 11:00 am on the
Court’s conference line. The parties are directed to call: [phone]; access code: 380-9799,
at the scheduled time. The parties are not required to file a joint status letter in advance of the
conference, although if they elect to do so, their filing shall be jointly submitted no later than
April 13, 2021, and shall not exceed six pages.
Dated:

New York, New York
March 4, 2021

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