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Thursday, 12/14/2023 1:10:02 AM

Thursday, December 14, 2023 1:10:02 AM

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I have to reread this tomorrow but from
a quick look it looks like I was wrong
about this being finalized in the near
future.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
minutes Initial Conference Hearing ~Util - Set Hearings Wed 12/13 2:15 PM
Minute Entry for Initial Conference Proceedings held on 12/13/2023 before Magistrate Judge James R. Cho. Appearances by Suzanne J. Romajas and Elliot Weingarten for plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); Ernest Badway on behalf of defendants LG Capital Funding, LLC (LG Capital), Joseph Lerman (Lerman), Daniel Gellman (Gellman), and Boruch Greenberg (Greenberg) (together, the "LG Capital Defendants"); and Jerome M. Selvers for defendant Eli Safdieh (Safdieh). Case discussed. The Court heard argument from parties regarding the disputes in their Joint 26(f) Report64 , including the number of depositions, number of interrogatories, and deadline for completing fact discovery. The Court entered the following pretrial schedule: parties to exchange automatic disclosures by 1/5/2024; no amendment of the pleadings or joinder of additional parties permitted after 4/1/2024 without good cause; and parties to complete fact discovery by 12/10/2024. By 1/5/2024, the parties shall move for entry of a protective order as it relates to production of confidential documents. The Court entered the following expert discovery schedule: parties to identify their experts and subject matter by 11/26/2024; exchange expert reports and information by 1/9/2025; exchange rebuttal expert disclosures by 2/10/2025; and complete all discovery, including expert depositions, by 3/10/2025. The Court does not enter a deadline for commencing dispositive motion practice at this time. The Court further limited discovery as follows: SEC, LG Capital Defendants and Safdieh are each limited to taking 10 depositions (10 for the SEC, 10 for the LG Capital Defendants, and 10 for Safdieh for a total of 30 depositions). Parties shall request leave of Court to conduct additional depositions. With respect to interrogatories, SEC, LG Capital, Lerman and Safdieh are each limited to 25 interrogatories (for a total of 100 interrogatories). Gellman and Greenberg are jointly limited to a combined 25 interrogatories. The Court approves the parties' schedule in paragraph II.12.C of the Rule 26(f) Report 64 as it relates to the production of responses to third-party subpoenas. Telephonic status conference scheduled for 3/20/2024 at 10:00 a.m. before Magistrate Judge James R. Cho. Each party is directed to call toll free (888) 808-6929 and use access code 106-5334. Ordered by Magistrate Judge James R. Cho on 12/13/2023. (AT&T Conference Bridge.) (JDP)

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