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Judge Liman: Mr. Gottlieb?
Lively's lawyer Gottlieb: Thanks for setting this on an emergency basis. Ms. Lively should only sit for on deposition, seven hours. At 10:30 am this morning your Honor granted motions to dismiss, for Wallace- now they offer us 3 options

Lively's lawyer Gottlieb: With Jed Wallace and Street Relations being dismissed without prejudice, they asked to attend ad participate at tomorrow's deposition. We want an order that tomorrow will be the only deposition, or that it be rescheduled.

Judge Liman: Have you proposed other dates to [Baldoni's lawyer] Freedman?
Gottlieb: I have called him.
Judge Liman: Let me hear from counsel for the Wayfarer parties.
Wayfarer's lawyer: Three attorneys have flown in from California, and the clients are mid-air

Wayfarer's lawyer: Given Ms. Lively's wealth and NY domicile, I don't know what the burden would be of more than one deposition here. We are ready for tomorrow. Ms. Lively should not be entitled to special treatment due to being a celebrity

Judge Liman: Don't throw around accusations. Your client is also a person of high profile. Neither was known to me, even their names, before this case. Whether they have celebrity for now is irrelevant. Celebrity can be fleeting.
Wayfarer lawyer: OK. We're ready

Judge Liman: What is the harm of putting off the deposition for a few weeks until we know who is in the case?
Wayfarer's counsel Kevin Fritz: We intend to elicit testimony then serve additional requests.

Judge Liman: Mr. Babcock?
Street Relations' lawyer Chip Babcock: I'm at DFW airport already. Our idea was to attend tomorrow and if we had more questions, notice another deposition.
Judge: It seems this is a function of the timing of my order on Wallace

Judge Liman: Mr Gottlieb, what about you amend your complaint tonight or tomorrow morning, without prejudice to a more detailed amendment by the end of July?
Lively's lawyer Gottlieb: I appreciate the creativity of the thought. We also have several attorneys here

Lively's lawyer Gottlieb: Why don't we stipulate, without having to file an amendment so quickly?
Wayfarer's lawyer: Mr Gottlieb & Mr Babcock (for Street Relations and Jed Wallace) should stipulate between themselves.
Judge: You don't object to them being there?

Wayfarer's lawyer: We didn't think he'd get much time, given the minimal allegations against him-
Judge Liman: This is at the 11th and a half hour, requesting more than seven hours.
Mr. Babcock: Not acceptable to us would be adding a RICO claim or something

Street Relations / Wallace lawyer Babcock: I think I could do my part in an hour or so.
Judge: Figure out now if something can be filed tonight to get Mr. Babcock [that is, Wallace and Street Relations] back in the case - confer on that

Break [15 min]
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6:16 pm - they've back
Lively's Gottlieb: We could file a placeholder complaint. Or your Honor could pull back the dismissal order, and refile it in 48 hours. Either way it's doable.
Judge Liman: Mr. Babcock, any objection to me vacating the order?
Babcock: Yes.

Judge Liman: So what if Mr. Gottlieb files what he calls a dummy complaint, your time to respond is adjourned sin die
Babcock: It depends how stupid the dummy is. The problem is if the later amendment expands things such that I need to ask more questions.

Wayfarer's lawyer Kevin Fritz: We tried to reach Mr. Gottlieb during the break.
Gottlieb: We can speak in another break.
Judge Liman: I'm going to give you leave to file an amended complaint, it can be identical, and you can do another complain by the end of July

Judge Liman: So the Wallace parties can participate in tomorrow's deposition. If between you all you can adjourn the deposition, it would avoid the need for Mr. Babcock to move to reopen the deposition.

Judge: Adjourned.
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