In Re: SBK ART LLC

Filing 17

ORDER: SBK is directed to serve Akin with the petition, all supporting papers, and a copy of this Order by April 22, 2024 and to file proof of such service on the docket on the same day. Akin's response to SBK's petition, if any, is due May 6, 2024. Petitioners' reply, if any, is due May 13, 2024. ( Replies due by 5/13/2024., Service due by 4/22/2024.) (Signed by Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky on 4/18/2024) (ate)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
IN RE EX PARTE APPLICATION OF SBK ART LLC,
Petitioner,
for an Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782
To Take Discovery for Use in Foreign
Proceedings

24-mc-00147 (LAK) (RFT)
ORDER

Defendants.
ROBYN F. TARNOFSKY, United States Magistrate Judge:
On March 27, 2024, petitioner SBK ART LLC (“SBK”) filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. §
1782 for the issuance of document and deposition subpoenas to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &
Feld LLP and Akin Gump LLP (together, “Akin”) related to ongoing litigation in Malta and the
European Union and anticipated litigation in the Netherlands. (ECF 1, 8.) On March 28, 2024,
the petition was assigned to the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan, who referred the matter to me.
SBK is directed to serve Akin with the petition, all supporting papers, and a copy of this
Order by April 22, 2024 and to file proof of such service on the docket on the same day.
Akin’s response to SBK’s petition, if any, is due May 6, 2024. Petitioners’ reply, if any, is due
May 13, 2024. SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 18, 2024
New York, NY

SO ORDERED.
__________________________
ROBYN F. TARNOFSKY
United States Magistrate Judge