U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Louisiana

Orders
Last Updated: March 24, 2015

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Pretrial Orders	Description
Order	Order approving the other loss claim form.
Pretrial Order #1	Initial Pretrial Conference.
Pretrial Order 1A	Court amended Pretrial Order #1 to reflect that the stay in effect shall not impede counsel’s obligation to timely enter their appearance on behalf of their client(s) upon effectuation of service on their client.
Pretrial Order 1B	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1(B) amending Pretrial Order #1 and instituting a protocol for preservation of physical evidence.
Pretrial Order 1C	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1C amending Pretrial Order #1 by lifting the stay on motion practice, but continuing all motions filed in the MDL without date.
Pretrial Order 1D	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1D, lifting the stay as to responsive pleadings.
Pretrial Order 1E	*The Court issued Pretrial Order #1E regarding the stay of responsive pleadings in the Gross* case.**
Pretrial Order 1F	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1F regarding filing deadlines and instructions for all cases in the MDL.
Pretrial Order 1G	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1G regarding uniform response times for notices of appearance, profile forms, and responsive pleadings.
Pretrial Order 1H	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1H regarding the PSC's Notice of Complete of Amendments to Omni Complaints.
Pretrial Order 1I	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1I regarding preservation of physical evidence.
Pretrial Order 1J	The Court issued Pretrial Order #1J regarding preservation and disposal of physical evidence.
Pretrial Order #2	Regarding procedures for transfer of cases.
Pretrial Order 2A	The Court issued Pretrial Order #2A amending Pretrial Order #2 to provide a means of tracking remands in MDL 2047.
Pretrial Order #3	Appointment of Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel
Pretrial Order #4	Appointment of Defendants' Liaison Counsel
Pretrial Order #5	Service and Docketing Responsibilities of Liaison Counsel
Pretrial Order #5A	Provision of attorney contact information to Liaison Counsel
Pretrial Order 6	Electronic Service
Pretrial Order 7	Defendants' Steering Committee
Pretrial Order 7A	Court issued Pretrial Order #7A amending Pretrial Order #7 removing certain members from the Defendants’ Steering Committee while adding Gary F. Baumann to the committee.
Pretrial Order 7B	Court amended Pretrial Order #7 by issuing Pretrial Order #7B to appointment members to the Homebuilders’ Steering Committee.
Pretrial Order 8	Plaintiffs' Steering Committee
Pretrial Order 8A	Court issued Pretrial Order #8A reappointing members to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee.
Pretrial Order 8B	The Court issued Pretrial Order #8B reappointing members to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for one year.
Pretrial Order 8D	The Court issued Pretrial Order #8D reappointing members to the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for one year.
Pretrial Order 9	Regarding Plaintiff's Counsel's Time and Expense submission
Pretrial Order 9A	The Court issued Pretrial Order #9A regarding reporting common benefit time by state court counsel
Pretrial Order 10 Photo Catalog	Regarding submission of photographic catalogs of markings, brands, endtapes, and other identifying markers found in affected homes.
Pretrial Order 11	Requiring that Plaintiff and Defendant profile forms be distributed to the appropriate parties and filed and returned on or before September 2, 2009.
Pretrial Order 12	The Court issued the Distributor Profile Form and an Order to distribute and return the form on or before September 8, 2009.
Pretrial Order 12A	Regarding the development of the Distributor Profile Form.
Pretrial Order 13	Instituting the Threshold Inspection Program ("TIP").
Pretrial Order 13A	The Court issued Pretrial Order #13A amending Pretrial Order #13 by creating a new Threshold Inspection Program protocol.
Pretrial Order 14	The Court issued Pretrial Order #14 approving the submitted "Exporter, Importer or Broker Defendant Profile Form" and providing direction as to issuance and return of this form.
Pretrial Order 14A	The Court issued Pretrial Order #14(A) which amends Pretrial Order #14, in order to properly reflect the agreement entered into by the parties in drafting the Exporter, Importer or Broker Defendant Profile Form. The revised Profile Form is attached and replaces the original Profile Form attached to Pretrial Order #14.
Pretrial Order 15	The Court issued Pretrial Order #15 governing the treatment of all privileged or work product materials in MDL 2047l.
Pretrial Order 16	The Court issued Pretrial Order #16 regarding confidentiality.
Pretrial Order 17	The Court issued Pretrial Order #17 recognizing and confirming KPT’s agreement to accept service of the PSC’s Omnibus Class Action Complaint. The Court will conduct a telephonic conference in which the Court will speak to the issues germane to this Order on November 4, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. CST. The dial-in phone number is (866) 213-7163; the conference ID number is 39396867.
Pretrial Order 18	The Court issued Pretrial Order #18 appointing Phillip A. Wittmann to be the Homebuilders and Installers Liaison Counsel.
Pretrial Order 19	The Court issued Pretrial Order #19 appointing a State and Federal Coordination Committee.
Pretrial Order 20	The Court issued Pretrial Order #20, creating an Insurer Committee.
Pretrial Order 21	The Court issued Pretrial Order #21, creating a Retailer Profile Form.
Pretrial Order 22	The Court issued Pretrial Order #22, regarding privileged communications between counsel and representatives of insurance companies.
Pretrial Order 23	The Court issued Pretrial Order #23, creating an Insurer Profile Form and directing the appropriate parties to complete and submit this form.
Pretrial Order 24	The Court issued Pretrial Order #24, clarifying that recent document subpoenas issued by the Plaintiffs are to be treated as Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 document requests and setting deadlines for responding to these requests, and additionally continuing Rule 30(b)(6) depositions.
Pretrial Order 25	The Court issued Pretrial Order #25 regarding deadlines for submitting profile forms.
Pretrial Order 26	The Court issued Pretrial Order #26 regarding already remediated homes.
Pretrial Order 27	The Court issued Pretrial Order #27 approving establishment of a system for creating and tracking Chinese Drywall settlement program claims administration procedures.
Claims Administrative Procedure 1	Establishment of System for Creating and Tracking Chinese Drywall Settlement Program Claims Administration Procedures
Claims Administrative Procedure 2	Clarification of Proof Requirements and Use of Affidavit to Prove Indicia
Claims Administrative Procedure 3	Incomplete Claim Procedure
Pretrial Order #28	The Court issued Pretrial Order #28 and Pretrial Order #28 (A) establishing guidelines attorneys who wish to present this Court with a request for attorneys' fees and reimbursement of litigation expenses. Exhibit A is a form Initial Affidavit for Compensation for Common Benefit Time and Reimbursement of Expenses. Exhibit B is a form Second Affidavit in Connection with Request for Allocation of Common Benefit Fee and Cost Award. Exhibit C is the spreadsheet form for providing a list of all claimants retained by counsel.
Pretrial Order 28B	The Court issued Pretrial Order #28 (B) to amend and extend the deadlines that were established in Pretrial Order # 28.
Pretrial Order 28C	The Court issued Pretrial Order #28 (C) to extend certain deadlines that were established in Pretrial Order # 28.
Pretrial Order 28D	The Court issued Pretrial Order #28 (D) to appoint Leonard A. Davis of Herman Herman & Katz, LLC as Assistant Secretary to the Fee Committee.
Pretrial Order 28E	The Court issued Pretrial Order #28 (E) to establish certain deadlines in connection with Pretrial Order # 28.
Pretrial Order 29	The Court issued Pretrial Order #29 to approve procedures for the payment of "Other Loss Claims."