ALLIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED v. A-1 SPECIALIZED SERVICES & SUPPLIES, INC.

Filing 50

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE IS SET FOR 6/12/14 AT 4:00 PM IN COURTROOM 3A BEFORE HONORABLE MICHAEL M. BAYLSON, DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS, INCLUDING MATERIAL SUBMITTED UNDER RULE 44.1, SHALL BE FILED NO LATER THAN 10/15/14. DISCOVERY SHALL BE COMPLETED BY 9/30/2014. THE NON-JURY TRIAL WILL START ON MONDAY, 12/8/14 AT 9:00 AM IN COURTROOM 3A, ASSUMING ISSUES REMAIN FOR TRIAL. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MICHAEL M. BAYLSON ON 4/30/14. 5/1/14 ENTERED & E-MAILED.(fdc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ALLIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
and
ALLIANCE INDUSTRIES FZC

CIVIL ACTION
NO. 13-2510

v.
A-1 SPECIALIZED SERVICES, &
SUPPLIES, INC.

ORDER RE PRETRIAL SCHEDULE
AND NOW, this 30th day of April, 2014, following a pretrial conference on April 29,
2014 with counsel, it is ORDERED as follows:
1.

The parties shall make their initial production of documents now that the Court

has entered a Confidentiality Order, by May 9, 2014 and shall complete production of documents
already requested and not subject to any objections no later than May 30, 2014. Any motions to
compen as to existing discovery requests shall be filed by May 30, 2014.
2.

Defendants will submit papers for Court approval for foreign depositions for

witnesses located in countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention by May 9, 2014 and
for witnesses who are located in countries not subject to Hague Convention by May 16, 2014.
3.

The Court will require all parties to provide search terms for searching of

electronically stored information pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The search
terms proposed by defendants are approved but may be supplemented by agreement or by
request that the Court convene a conference to discuss this issue.
4.

The Court will have the next pretrial conference on June 12, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in

Courtroom 3A.

5.

Plaintiffs shall serve their expert reports by July 31, 2014 and defendants by

August 30, 2014. Discovery, including expert depositions, shall be completed by September 30,
2014 (except for foreign depositions that cannot be previously scheduled). Expert reports may
be promptly supplemented by newly obtained facts.
6.

Dispositive motions, including material submitted under Rule 44.1, shall be filed

no later than October 15, 2014. Responses are due October 29, 2014 and reply briefs by
November 5, 2014. The Court will expedite decision on any dispositive motions and requests for
rulings on foreign law, subject to reservation for factual issues that may have to be decided at
trial.
7.

A hearing on dispositive motions and Rule 44.1 issues will be scheduled during

the week of November 17, 2014. The non-jury trial will start on Monday, December 8, 2014 at
9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3A, assuming issues remain for trial.
8.

The Court will consider a motion for postponement of the trial only if a party can

demonstrate, with appropriate documentation, that despite a diligent and good faith effort to
secure deposition(s) of individual(s) located in a foreign country its efforts, as of a date
reasonably close to trial starting, have been unsuccessful, but it has a reasonable likelihood of
securing such deposition(s) in a reasonably proximate timeframe, and that the deponent(s) will
give highly relevant testimony.
9.

This trial listing is a special listing under our Standing Order dated January 1,

1970, and counsel shall consider themselves “attached” for this trial.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Michael M. Baylson
_______________________________
MICHAEL M. BAYLSON, U.S.D.J.
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