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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TEXARKANA DIVISION
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`MAXELL LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`APPLE INC,
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:19-CV-00036-RWS
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`Apple has moved for a protective order regarding certain Maxell Rule 30(b)(6) topics.
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`Docket No. 228. The Court’s Standing Order only allows Maxell to file a response to Apple’s
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`motion—i.e., Apple is not afforded an opportunity to reply. Moreover, under the standing order,
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`the parties must meet and confer within 72 hours of the Court setting Apple’s motion for a hearing
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`and promptly notify the Court of the results of that meeting by filing a joint report of no more than
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`two pages. Given the current climate, including General Order 20-03, it is
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`ORDERED that Apple may file a reply brief in support of its motion for a protective order
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`within seven days of this order. It is further
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`ORDERED that the parties must meet and confer within 72 hours of service of Apple’s
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`reply or within 10 days of this order, whichever is sooner. It is finally
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`ORDERED the parties shall promptly notify the Court of the result of that meeting by
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`filing a joint report of no more than two pages.
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`ROBERT W. SCHROEDER III
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 15th day of April, 2020.
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