American Airlines Inc v. Travelport Limited et al

Filing 357

Joint MOTION to Extend Time filed by American Airlines Inc, Orbitz Worldwide, LLC, Sabre Holdings Corporation, Sabre Inc, Sabre Travel International Ltd, Travelport Limited, Travelport, LP (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) (Pentz, Justin)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff, vs. TRAVELPORT LIMITED, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 4:11-cv-00244-Y JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc. (“American”); and Defendants Travelport Limited; Travelport, LP; Sabre Inc.; Sabre Holdings Corp.; Sabre Travel International LTD; and Orbitz Worldwide, LLC (collectively “Defendants”, and together with American “the Parties”), through their undersigned counsel, respectfully move for an extension of certain case deadlines as discussed in further detail below. In addition, should the Court grant this Motion, the Parties respectfully request that the Court deny as moot the pending motion for additional depositions [Doc. 325] and cross-motion for an extension of the case schedule [Doc. 334].1 The Parties request that the following deadlines set in the Court’s Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part American’s Motion to Extend [Doc. 245] and the Court’s Order Granting Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines to Exchange Expert Reports [Doc. 268] be modified as follows: 1. 1 The expert disclosures for each party plaintiff shall be due July 25, 2012. As indicated to the Court in the Parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines for Exchange of Expert Reports [Doc. 350] filed last Friday, the Parties engaged in extensive negotiations regarding these Motions and have reached various agreements, which are summarized in this Joint Motion. 2. The expert disclosures for each party defendant shall be due August 27, 2012. 3. All fact discovery shall be completed by September 14, 2012. 4. Rebuttal expert disclosures shall be due September 24, 2012. 5. All pretrial and dispositive motions except motions in limine shall be due October 16, 2012. As part of its agreement to the above schedule, the Parties have also come to other agreements regarding discovery. The Parties have agreed that each side shall each be entitled to take up to 23 fact depositions. In entering into this agreement, each party reserves its rights to (1) move for leave for additional depositions, or (2) move for a protective order with respect to any individual depositions.2 The Parties have also agreed that for any party witness to be deposed in both this case and the Tarrant County case, the deposition in this case shall precede the Tarrant County case deposition if reasonably practicable. Further, for any party witness deposed in the Tarrant County case and this case, the second deposition shall generally be limited to five hours of questioning.3 Finally, Travelport has agreed that it will produce a privilege log for the document production it is making in connection with this Court’s Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Travelport Defendants [Doc. 337] no later than June 25, 2012. Travelport has also 2 This includes the right of any party to move for a protective order to prevent the re-deposition of a witness that was deposed in American Airlines v. Sabre Inc., et al., pending in Tarrant County, Texas (the “Tarrant County case”). By entering into this stipulation, no party is agreeing to permit its witnesses to be re-deposed in this case if previously deposed in the Tarrant County case. 3 The Parties have agreed to several exceptions to the general rule: (a) Defendants’ deposition of Cory Garner shall be limited to seven hours of questioning; further, Defendants shall have the right, where warranted in good faith, to request that the second deposition of one additional American witness be subject to the full seven hours of questioning, and American agrees to consider any such request in good faith; and (b) American shall be permitted to take the second deposition of up to one such witness for the full seven hours in this case and shall have the right, where warranted in good faith, to request that the second deposition of one additional party witness be subject to the full seven hours of questioning, and Defendants agree to consider any such request in good faith. -2- agreed that it will complete its re-review of privileged documents (as discussed in Travelport’s June 8, 2012 letter to Judge Cureton) no later than June 29, 2012, and produce the majority of documents and a privilege log associated with that review by June 29, 2012, and produce any the remaining documents and a final privilege log no later than July 6, 2012. Dated: June 22, 2012 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Yolanda Cornejo Garcia_____ Yolanda Cornejo Garcia /s/ Michael L. Weiner______________ Michael L. Weiner michael.weiner@dechert.com DECHERT LLP 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036-6797 212.698.3608 212.698.3599 (Fax) R. Paul Yetter State Bar No. 22154200 Anna Rotman State Bar No. 24046761 YETTER COLEMAN LLP 909 Fannin, Suite 3600 Houston, Texas 77010 713.632.8000 713.632.8002 (fax) Mike Cowie mike.cowie@dechert.com Craig G. Falls craig.falls@dechert.com DECHERT LLP 1775 I Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20006-2401 202.261.3300 202.261.3333 (Fax) Bill Bogle State Bar No. 025661000 Roland K. Johnson State Bar No. 00000084 HARRIS, FINLEY & BOGLE, P.C. 777 Main Street, Suite 3600 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817.870.8700 817.332.6121 (fax) Carolyn H. Feeney carolyn.feeney@dechert.com Justin N. Pentz justin.pentz@dechert.com DECHERT LLP 2929 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 215.994.4000 215.994.2222 (Fax) Yolanda C. Garcia State Bar No. 24012457 Michelle Hartmann State Bar No. 24032401 WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 200 Crescent Court, Suite 300 Dallas, Texas 75201-6950 214.746.7700 214.746.7777 -3- Of Counsel: PAUL HASTINGS LLP M.J. Moltenbrey 875 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 202.551.1700 202.551.1705 (Fax) Walker C. Friedman State Bar No. 07472500 wcf@fsclaw.com Christian D. Tucker State Bar No. 00795690 tucker@fsclaw.com FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C. Tindall Square Warehouse No. 1 604 East 4th Street, Suite 200 Fort Worth, Texas 76102 817.334.0400 817.334.0401 (Fax) WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Richard A. Rothman James W. Quinn 767 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10153 212.310.8426 212.310.8285 (fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff American Airlines, Inc. /s/ Andrew C. MacNally___________ Ralph H. Duggins Texas Bar No. 06183700 (rduggins@canteyhanger.com) Scott A. Fredricks Texas Bar No. 24012657 (sfredricks@canteyhanger.com) Philip A. Vickers Texas Bar No. 24051699 (pvickers@canteyhanger.com) CANTEY HANGER LLP Cantey Hanger Plaza 600 West 6th Street, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX 76102-3685 Phone: (817) 877-2800 Facsimile: (817) 877-2807 John T. Schriver JTSchriver@duanemorris.com Paul E. Chronis pechronis@duanemorris.com DUANE MORRIS LLP 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700 Chicago, Illinois 60603-3433 312.499.6700 312.499.6701 (Fax) Faith E. Gay faithgay@quinnemanuel.com Steig D. Olson steigolson@quinnemanuel.com QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10010 212.849.7000 212.849.7100 (Fax) Attorneys for Defendants Travelport Limited and Travelport, LP Chris Lind Illinois Bar No. 6225464, Colorado Bar No 27719 (chris.lind@bartlit-beck.com) Andrew K. Polovin Illinois Bar No. 6275707 (andrew.polovin@bartlitbeck.com) Andrew C. MacNally Illinois Bar No. 6293271 (andrew.macnally@bartlit-beck.com) -4- /s/ Christopher S. Yates_______ Christopher S. Yates (admitted Pro Hac Vice) California State Bar No. 161273 Email: Chris.Yates@lw.com Daniel M. Wall (admitted Pro Hac Vice) California State Bar No. 102580 Email: Dan.Wall@lw.com Brendan A. McShane California State Bar No. 227501 Email: Brendan.McShane@lw.com LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111-6538 Telephone: (415) 391-0600 Facsimile: (415) 395-8095 BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP 54 West Hubbard Street, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60654 Phone: (312) 494-4400 Facsimile: (312) 494-4440 Donald E. Scott Colorado Bar No. 21219, Illinois Bar No. 2531321 (don.scott@bartlit-beck.com) Karma M. Giulianelli Colorado Bar No. 30919, California Bar No. 184175 (karma.giulianelli@bartlitbeck.com) Sean C. Grimsley Colorado Bar No. 36422, California Bar No. 216741 (sean.grimsley@bartlitbeck.com) Sundeep K. (Rob) Addy Colorado Bar No. 38754 (rob.addy@bartlit-beck.com) BARTLIT BECK HERMAN PALENCHAR & SCOTT LLP 1899 Wynkoop Street, 8thFloor Denver, Colorado 80202 Phone: (303) 592-3100 Facsimile: (303) 592-3140 John J. Little Texas State Bar No. 12424230 Email: jlittle@jpf-law.com LITTLE PEDERSEN FANKHAUSER LLP 901 Main Street, Suite 4110 Dallas, TX 75202-3714 Telephone: (214) 573-2300 Facsimile: (214) 573-2323 Attorneys for Defendant Orbitz Worldwide, LLC George S. Cary (gcary@cgsh.com) Steven J. Kaiser (skaiser@cgsh.com) CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 974-1920 Facsimile: (202) 974-1999 Attorneys for Defendants Sabre Inc., Sabre Holdings Corporation, and Sabre Travel International Limited -5- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 22nd day of June 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing document with the clerk of the court for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, using the electronic case filing system of the court. The electronic case filing system sent a “Notice of Electronic Filing” to the attorneys of record who have consented in writing to accept this Notice as service of this document by electronic means. /s/ Justin N. Pentz Justin N. Pentz

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