Order | Filed: September 21, 2026
Gene Style Ltd. v. Y.Chroma Apparel Inc. et al
Assault Libel & Slander | New York Southern
Order
ORDER: On June 24, 2026, the Court set a firm trial date in this case, of October 26, 2026, and set a deadline for the submission of the joint pretrial order, and associated materials, of September 25, 2026. Dkt. 47. On September 18, 2026, the Cou rt received a letter from defendants, statingthat plaintiff, that morning, had unexpectedly furnished 7,800 pages of document discovery to the defense, Dkt. 48, nearly three months after the May 20, 2026 deadline the Court, in February, had set for the end of fact discovery, Dkt. 36. Defendants represent that plaintiff had previously produced only 79 pages of document discovery. Dkt. 48. Defendants seek preclusion of those documents and an emergency conference, given the imminent joint pretrial order deadline. Id. Plaintiff, while acknowledging the delinquent production, opposes this request. Dkt. 49. Plaintiff should bring to the conference (1) plaintiffs full prior document production; (2) plaintiffs September 18 document production; and (3) plaintiffs initial disclosures. Plaintiff should also be prepared to concretely identify - as would be set out in a joint pretrial order - the witnesses that plaintiff would plan to call, and the documents that plaintiff would plan to offer, at trial, alternatively assuming that (1) the September 18 document production were permitted and (2) the September 18 document production were precluded. Defendants should bring to the conference a full set of the parties' discovery correspondence , including emails. Defendants should also be prepared to respond to plaintiffs representation that "Defendants have made no formal discovery production in this action," Dkt. 49 at 2 n.1, and to quantify and describe the documents the defen se has produced, formally or otherwise. The Court directs the parties to confer, in advance of the conference, and to attempt to resolve these issues while maintaining the trial date, to which counsel and the Court committed months ago. Counsel may w ish to consider, for example, a resolution under which (1) plaintiffs counsel would be permitted to designate in the joint pretrial order, as exhibits at trial, a verysmall subset of the newly produced documents, all within the scope of plaintiffs in itial disclosures; (2) defendants would be permitted, by the end of next week, to take up to 3 depositions of plaintiff, with the costs of the depositions to be shared by plaintiff and defendants, and with the depositions scheduled to prioritize defe ndants' convenience; and (3) the Court would defer for approximately two weeks the deadline for the joint pretrial order and associated materials. SO ORDERED. (Status Conference set for 9/23/2026 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom 1305, 40 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.) (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 9/21/2026) (jca)
Response | Filed: September 18, 2026
| Entered: September 18, 2026
Gene Style Ltd. v. Y.Chroma Apparel Inc. et al
Assault Libel & Slander | New York Southern
Response in Opposition to Motion
LETTER RESPONSE in Opposition to Motion addressed to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer from Robert J. Hantman dated September 18, 2026 re: 48 LETTER MOTION to Adjourn Conference /(i) for a pre-motion conference to preclude, or, in the alternative, (ii) to Adjourn Trial Dates addressed to Judge Paul A. Engelmayer from Alan A. Heller dated September 18, 2026. . Document filed by Gene Style Ltd...(Hantman, Robert)