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joint_statement [2016/06/09 02:38] – [Proposed Trial Schedule] updates w/ results of scheduling conference. Carlos Pedrazajoint_statement [Unknown date] (current) – external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Trial Schedule ====== ====== Trial Schedule ======
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-<wrap lo>**DRAFT MODE** This article is being updated to reflect results from the May 9 scheduling conference.</wrap> 
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 Plaintiffs and defense attorneys met with [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] on May 9 for a [[scheduling conference|conference]] to create a **schedule** leading up to a January 31, 2017, trial in [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]' copyright infringement [[lawsuit]] against [[Axanar Productions]]. That schedule also included settlement talks before a federal magistrate. Plaintiffs and defense attorneys met with [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]] on May 9 for a [[scheduling conference|conference]] to create a **schedule** leading up to a January 31, 2017, trial in [[CBS]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]' copyright infringement [[lawsuit]] against [[Axanar Productions]]. That schedule also included settlement talks before a federal magistrate.
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 ===== Joint Report ===== ===== Joint Report =====
  
-A week before the conference, the two sides filed a joint report, required by the judge, that proposed several months of discovery and motions, as well a plan for alternative dispute resolution, before the January 2017 trial.+A week before the conference (May 2), the two sides filed a joint report, required by the judge, that proposed several months of discovery and motions, as well a plan for alternative dispute resolution, before the January 2017 trial.
  
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 ===== Proposed Trial Schedule ===== ===== Proposed Trial Schedule =====
  
-The joint report outlined the following schedule for pretrial activities leading up to a trial scheduled to begin in a year. However, following the May 9, 2016, [[scheduling conference]], a <wrap em>January 31, 2017, trial date was set</wrap>, which changed the originally proposed dates below. The new schedule appears in the [[anatomy_of_the_case|timeline of the case]].+The joint report outlined a schedule for pretrial activities leading up to a trial originally scheduled to begin in spring 2017. However, following the May 9, 2016, [[scheduling conference]], a January 31, 2017, trial date was set, which changed the pre-trial dates to those set below. The schedule will be updated as it changes in the [[anatomy_of_the_case|timeline of the case]].
  
 ^ Date ^ Scheduled Event | ^ Date ^ Scheduled Event |
-| 6/8/16 | Last day to add parties | +| 5/25/16 | Last day to add parties | 
-| 10/28/16 | Fact discovery cut-off | +| 11/2/16 | Fact discovery cut-off | 
-| 11/18/16 | Initial expert disclosures | +| 11/16/16 | Motion cut-off | 
-| 12/16/16 | Rebuttal expert disclosures | +| 12/16/16 | Objections to admitting evidence | 
-| 1/27/17 | Expert discovery cut-off | +| 1/4/17 | Expert witness disclosure | 
-| 2/13/17 | Motions due | +| 1/9/17 | Final Pre-Trial Conference | 
-| 4/24/17 | Final Pre-Trial Conference | +| 1/31/17 | Trial Begins* |
-| 5/9/17 | Trial Begins* |+
 | * <wrap lo>//Expected to last up to 15 days, with each side calling at least five witnesses.//</wrap> || | * <wrap lo>//Expected to last up to 15 days, with each side calling at least five witnesses.//</wrap> ||
  
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 At the same time, the parties responded to [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]]'s [[scheduling_conference|March 4 order]] that the attorneys explore one of several [[scheduling_conference#alternative dispute resolution|alternative dispute resolutions]] as a means to avoid going to the time and expense of trial. At the same time, the parties responded to [[judge_r._gary_klausner|Judge R. Gary Klausner]]'s [[scheduling_conference|March 4 order]] that the attorneys explore one of several [[scheduling_conference#alternative dispute resolution|alternative dispute resolutions]] as a means to avoid going to the time and expense of trial.
  
-According to their joint request, the plaintiffs and defendants selected the first option Klausner presented them: Settlement proceedings overseen by a federal magistrate, [[https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/judges-requirements/court-programs/judge-charles-f-eick|Judge Charles F. Eick]].+According to their joint request, the plaintiffs and defendants selected the first option Klausner presented them: Settlement proceedings overseen by a federal magistrate, [[federal_magistrate_judge_charles_f._eick|Judge Charles F. Eick]].
  
 Eick has considered other copyright cases, most recently a 2014 case involving a James Bond Knockoff, a 2013 case in which the frontman for the rock band Lights Over Paris was charged with fraud, and threw out a lawsuit brought by a former production assistant for director Oliver Stone who alleged the Walt Disney Co. and ABC had stolen ideas from her screenplay for the show //Ugly Betty//.(([[http://www.law360.com/judges/magistrate-judge-charles-f-eick|Law 360 summary of Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick]], retrieved 5/3/16.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} Eick has considered other copyright cases, most recently a 2014 case involving a James Bond Knockoff, a 2013 case in which the frontman for the rock band Lights Over Paris was charged with fraud, and threw out a lawsuit brought by a former production assistant for director Oliver Stone who alleged the Walt Disney Co. and ABC had stolen ideas from her screenplay for the show //Ugly Betty//.(([[http://www.law360.com/judges/magistrate-judge-charles-f-eick|Law 360 summary of Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick]], retrieved 5/3/16.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}