Global Net Lease, Inc. v. Blackwells Capital LLC
- James Oetken
- 1:22-cv-10702
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Global Net Lease, Inc. v. Blackwells Capital LLC, Judge Oetken ordered discovery searches and consolidated it with Case No. 22-CV-10703.
Defendants, Sue Perrotty, and all parties in this action and Case No. 22-CV-10703.
What happened
In Global Net Lease, Inc. v. Blackwells Capital LLC, the court addressed a dispute about what documents Defendants had to search for and produce. The court reviewed letters from all parties and heard arguments.
The court ordered Defendants to search for five groups of terms, including terms related to joint ventures, a stalking horse, November 7, and management fees. It also ordered production by February 24, 2023, of all responsive, nonprivileged documents in Sue Perrotty’s possession.
The court ordered the parties to discuss new deposition dates and consolidated this action with Case No. 22-CV-10703 for discovery, pretrial proceedings, and trial. The cases kept separate identities, and this case became the lead case. Judge Oetken issued the order.
The detailed version
- Global Net Lease, Inc. v. Blackwells Capital LLC · No. 1:22-cv-10702
- James Oetken
- Feb. 22, 2023
Discovery ruling
After reviewing letters submitted by all parties and hearing argument about the discovery dispute, the court ordered Defendants to search for and produce responsive, nonprivileged documents containing or using these terms:
- `jv`
- `venture`
- `stalking horse`
- `“November 7”` or `“November 7th”` or `“Nov 7”` or `“11/7”`
- `“management fee”` or `“mgmt fee”`
The court further ordered that all responsive, nonprivileged documents in Sue Perrotty’s possession be produced by February 24, 2023. The parties were ordered to meet and discuss revised deposition dates in light of the discovery ruling.
Consolidation
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), the court consolidated this action with Case No. 22-CV-10703 for all purposes, including discovery, pretrial proceedings, and trial. The order states that the consolidated cases retain separate identities and that the consolidation does not affect the parties’ rights in either case. This action was designated as the lead case, and future filings were required to be made only in this case. The footnote states that all parties consented to consolidation after a February 21, 2023 telephone conference.
Disposition
The order resolves a discovery dispute and directs consolidation; it does not decide the underlying claims. Judge J. Paul Oetken entered the order on February 22, 2023.
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