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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 07-CA-014233
DIVISION: 32
COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION COURT
WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, LLC,
and WRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
BRITNEY SPEARS and
BRITNEY TOURING, INC.,
Defendants.
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NOTICE OF HEARING AND ORDER ON CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Notice is hereby given that on Monday, March 10, 2008, at 3:45 P.M. in Hearing Room
17B, Orange County Courthouse, 425 North Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, the undersigned
shall convene a Case Management Conference ("CMC") in this cause. This case is governed by
the Complex Business Litigation Court Procedures found at:
http://www.ninja9.org/Courts/Business/Index-BC.htm
Plaintiff's counsel is ordered to confirm all parties subsequently named or appearing herein
have been served copies of this Notice and Order. Trial Counsel and their clients shall appear in
person for the CMC. Regardless of the pendency of any undecided motions, Trial Counsel shall meet
no less than 30 days in advance of the Case Management Conference and address the following
subjects, along with other appropriate topics, including those set forth in R. 1.200(a) Fla. R. Civ. P.,
some of which subjects and topics will be incorporated into a Case Management Order:
1. A brief factual statement of the case;
2. Pleading issues, including service of process, venue, joinder of additional parties,
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theories of liability, damages claimed and applicable defenses;
3. The identity and number of any motions to dismiss or other preliminary or pre-
discovery motions which have been filed and the time period in which they shall be filed, briefed
and argued;
4. A discovery plan and schedule including the length of the discovery period, the
anticipated number of fact and expert depositions to be permitted and, as appropriate, the length
and sequence of such depositions;
5. Anticipated areas of any expert testimony, timing for identification of experts,
responses to expert discovery, and exchange of expert reports;
6. An estimate of the volume of documents and computerized information likely to be
the subject of discovery from parties and nonparties and whether there are technological means
which may render document discovery more manageable at an acceptable cost;
7. The advisability of using special master(s) for fact finding, mediation, or discovery
disputes or such other matters as the parties may agree upon;
8. The time period after the close of discovery within which post-discovery dispositive
motions shall be filed, briefed and argued and a tentative schedule for such activities;
9. The possibility of settlement and the timing of Alternative Dispute Resolution,
including the selection of a mediator or arbitrator(s);
10. Whether or not a party or parties desire to use technologically advanced methods of
presentation or court-reporting and, to the extent that this is the case, a determination of the
following:
(a) Fairness issues, including but not necessarily limited to use of such capabilities
by some but not all of the parties and/or by parties whose resources permit or require variations
in the use of such capabilities;
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(b) Issues related to compatibility of court and party facilities and equipment;
(c) Issues related to the use of demonstrative exhibits and any balancing of
relevance and potential prejudice which may need to occur in connection with such exhibits;
(d) Such other issues related to the use of the Court's and parties' special
technological facilities as may be raised by any party or the Court or its technological advisor,
given the nature of the case and the resources of the parties.
11. A good faith estimate by counsel for each party based upon consultation with all of
the parties of the costs each party is likely to incur in pursuing the litigation through trial court
adjudication;
12. A preliminary listing of the principal legal and factual issues which counsel believe
will need to be decided in the case;
13. A preliminary listing of any legal principles and facts that are not in dispute;
14. A good faith estimate by counsel for each party of the length of time to try the case;
15. Whether a demand for jury trial has been made;
16. The deadline for filing motions in limine;
17. The track to which the case will be assigned. The Complex Business Litigation Court
typically employs the following management tracks: Business Expedited (Target Trial Date within 12
months of complaint); Business Standard (Target Trial Date within 18 months of complaint);
and Business Complex (Target Trial Date within two years of complaint).
Within ten (10) days of the meeting among Trial Counsel, but no less than ten (10) days
in advance of the Case Management Conference, the Parties shall file a Joint Case Management
Report addressing the matters described in paragraphs 1 - 17 above and shall provide a courtesy
copy to the Court with a diskette, CD or E-Mail attachment containing the Joint Case Management
Report.
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All counsel and parties are responsible for filing a Case Management Report in full
compliance with this Order. Plaintiff's counsel shall have the primary responsibility to
coordinate the meeting of Lead Trial Counsel and unrepresented parties in person, and the filing
of the Case Management Report. If counsel is unable to coordinate such compliance, counsel
shall timely notify the Court by written motion or request for a status conference.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate
in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance.
Please contact Court Administration at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Room 2130, Orlando, Florida
32801, Telephone: (407) 836-2303 within two (2) working days of your receipt of this
notice: If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-955-8771.
DONE AND ORDERED in Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 30 day of October, 2007.
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/s/ Renee A. Roche
Circuit Judge
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished
electronically to Clay M. Townsend, Esq., 20 North Orange Avenue, Suite 1600, Orlando, FL 32801
this 30 day of October, 2007.
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/s/ Claire Houck
Case Manager