IN RE: NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS LITIGATION
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:19-cv-01578
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In In re: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Litigation, Judge Caproni granted Mintz & Gold’s withdrawal subject to service and ordered Navidea to retain replacement counsel.
Navidea, Mintz & Gold, Goldberg’s counsel, Mr. Weisbrot, and the parties required to attend the status conference.
What happened
In In re: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Litigation, Mintz & Gold, Navidea’s counsel, asked to withdraw from representing Navidea. Navidea said it did not object and intended to hire new counsel.
The court ordered Navidea to retain new counsel and have that lawyer file a notice of appearance by July 17, 2024. It also scheduled a status conference for July 19, required Mintz & Gold to serve the order on Navidea, and directed Goldberg’s counsel to request that Mr. Weisbrot be removed as counsel because he had died.
Judge Valerie Caproni granted Mintz & Gold’s withdrawal effective June 19, 2024, provided that the firm served Navidea and filed proof of service by the specified deadlines.
The detailed version
- IN RE: NAVIDEA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS LITIGATION · No. 1:19-cv-01578
- Valerie Caproni
- June 17, 2024
Background
Mintz & Gold (M&G), identified as Navidea’s counsel, filed a motion to withdraw on June 11, 2024. The parties appeared before the court on June 17. Navidea represented that it did not object to M&G being relieved as counsel and intended to hire a new lawyer.
Orders concerning representation
The court stated that a corporation may not appear in federal court without a lawyer. It therefore ordered Navidea to retain new counsel and required the new counsel to file a notice of appearance before the close of business on July 17, 2024.
The court granted M&G’s motion to withdraw as Navidea’s counsel effective June 19, 2024. That ruling was contingent on M&G serving a copy of the order on Navidea by June 18 and filing proof of service on the docket by June 19.
Other orders
The court ordered the parties to appear for a status conference on July 19, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 443 of the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in New York. It also ordered Goldberg’s counsel to file a letter requesting that Mr. Weisbrot be terminated as counsel because of his passing.
Disposition
Judge Valerie Caproni granted M&G’s motion to withdraw, effective June 19, 2024 and subject to the stated service requirement, and entered the additional deadlines and conference order described above.
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