ASCENSION HEALTH v. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. (S.D.N.Y. 7-23-2009)

PAUL GARDEPHE, District Judge

WHEREAS counsel for the parties have informed this Court that they will be conducting a mediation in late August or early September 2009;

It is hereby ORDERED that, within one week of conducting the above-referenced mediation, the parties are to submit by facsimile to Chambers a joint letter apprising this Court of the progress of settlement negotiations — including the outcome of the mediation — and the prospect for settlement;

It is further ORDERED that the parties must complete fact and expert discovery in the above-captioned action no later than September 25, 2009.

And it is further ORDERED that the parties may make post-discovery dispositive motions in accordance with the Court's Individual Practices and the following schedule:

a. Parties must serve moving papers, if any, by October 9, 2009.

b. Parties must serve opposition papers, if any, by October 26, 2009.

c. Parties must serve reply papers, if any, by November 6, 2009.

This Order embodies determinations made by this Court at the July 22, 2009 telephonic pretrial conference.

SO ORDERED.