Media Glow Digital, LLC v. Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Paul Gardephe
- 1:16-cv-07907
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Media Glow Digital v. Panasonic, Judge Gardephe adjourned the trial and reset pretrial deadlines because of limited court operations during COVID-19.
The plaintiffs and defendants were affected by the rescheduled trial and revised pretrial deadlines. The plaintiffs’ objections to the denial of their request to file a Third Amended Complaint remained unresolved.
What happened
In Media Glow Digital Digital, LLC and Times Square LED, LLC v. Panasonic Corp. of North America and others, the court changed the schedule for the parties’ trial because of the coronavirus-related suspension of jury trials and limited court operations.
The trial was moved from May 18, 2020, to June 8, 2020. The joint pretrial order, motions in limine, requested jury-question topics, and requests for jury instructions were due May 9, 2020; responses were due May 16, 2020.
Judge Paul G. Gardephe also said the court would address in a later order the plaintiffs’ objections to a magistrate judge’s order denying their request to file a third amended complaint. The order did not decide those objections.
The detailed version
- Media Glow Digital, LLC v. Panasonic Corporation of North America · No. 1:16-cv-07907
- Paul Gardephe
- Mar. 30, 2020
Background
The case involved Media Glow Digital, LLC and Times Square LED, LLC as plaintiffs and Panasonic Corp. of North America, Icon Architectural Group, LLC, Icon Architectural Group, PLLC, Icon HD, LLC, Earl B. Lovell-S.P. Belcher, Inc., and NY Land Surveyor, P.C. as defendants. The court had scheduled a trial for May 18, 2020.
Order
Citing the standing order concerning the coronavirus pandemic, including the suspension of jury trials and limited court operations, the court adjourned the trial to June 8, 2020. It also changed the deadlines for the joint pretrial order, motions in limine, requested voir dire, and requests to charge to May 9, 2020, and set May 16, 2020, as the deadline for responsive papers.
Pending Issue and Disposition
The court stated that it would address in a forthcoming order the plaintiffs’ objections to Magistrate Judge Pitman’s December 10, 2018 order denying their request to file a Third Amended Complaint. This order did not resolve those objections. Judge Paul G. Gardephe signed the order on March 30, 2020.
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