In what I think about goes to turn out to be a regularly growing incidence, the scheduled FTC v. Redwood Scientific Applied sciences trial has been pushed again.
Final Could, the Redwood trial acquired a tentative July 14th scheduled date.
On March seventeenth, the FTC filed an ex-parte movement requesting a delay until October.
Because the Courtroom is little doubt conscious, considerations concerning the COVID-19 pandemic have elevated dramatically prior to now two weeks.
The State of California declared a state of emergency on March 4, 2020.3 Washington, DC, the place the Fee’s litigating group is situated, declared a state of emergency and public well being emergency on March 11, 2020.
Press reviews point out that further public gathering, work, and journey restrictions are prone to be applied earlier than any easing of current restrictions.
Fee employees have been directed to telework for the foreseeable future, which, for the explanations said beneath, will make it not possible to fulfill the upcoming deadline for submitting dispositive motions (April 13, 2020).
Lacking that deadline pushes the whole lot else again, prompting the FTC to request a two month extension.
Co-defendants Jason and Eunjung Cardiff didn’t oppose the FTC’s movement.
On March nineteenth the FTC’s movement was granted, setting a brand new October twentieth trial date.
Trying ahead, the FTC’s beforehand filed present trigger contempt movement is up for listening to on March thirtieth.
Replace thirty first March 2020 – The scheduled March thirtieth listening to has been vacated. As on the time of publication the court docket has but to rule on the FTC’s contempt movement.
I’ll proceed to examine the docket weekly and publish and replace when I’ve one.