Opinion
Case No. CV 12 0172 EMC
03-14-2013
TELSWITCH, INC., Plaintiff, v. BILLING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, an Illinois corporation, SEAN DUNLEA, an individual, TIM PORTLEY, an individual, DARIO J. SAAL, an individual, SAAL CONSULTING INC., a Florida corporation and DOES ONE THROUGH TWENTY, inclusive, Defendants. BILLING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, an Illinois corporation, SEAN DUNLEA, an individual, and TIM PORTLEY, an individual, Counter-claimants, v. TELSWITCH, INC., MERKT-WOOLFSON, AARON WOOLFSON, JERRY MERKT and ROES 1-50 Counter-defendants.
Eric J. Sinrod (SBN 122868) Suzanne R. Fogarty (SBN 154319) E.J. Kim (SBN 250062) DUANE MORRIS LLP Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Claimants, BILLING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, SEAN DUNLEA, TIM PORTLEY, DARIO J. SAAL, and SAAL CONSULTING INC. Joshua A. Ridless (SBN 195413) Eugene Y. Kim (SBN 253113) Ridless Law Office Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter- Defendants, TELSWITCH, INC., AARON WOOLFSON, JERRY MERKT, and MERKT-WOOLFSON
Eric J. Sinrod (SBN 122868)
Suzanne R. Fogarty (SBN 154319)
E.J. Kim (SBN 250062)
DUANE MORRIS LLP
Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Claimants,
BILLING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED, SEAN
DUNLEA, TIM PORTLEY, DARIO J. SAAL, and
SAAL CONSULTING INC.
Joshua A. Ridless (SBN 195413)
Eugene Y. Kim (SBN 253113)
Ridless Law Office
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-
Defendants, TELSWITCH, INC.,
AARON WOOLFSON, JERRY
MERKT, and MERKT-WOOLFSON
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE STATEMENT
Date: March 21, 2013
The Honorable Edward M. Chen
Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant TelSwitch, Inc. ("TelSwitch") and Counter-Defendants Merkt-Woolfson, Aaron Woolfson and Jerry Merkt (collectively, "Plaintiff/Counter-Defendants") and Defendants Billings Solutions, Inc. ("BSI"), Sean Dunlea, Tim Portley, Dario Saal and Saal Consulting (collectively, "Defendants"), and Counter-Claimants BSI, Sean Dunlea, and Tim Portley (collectively, "Counter-Claimants) and collectively with Plaintiff/Counter-Defendants, the ("Parties") hereby submit this joint report.
THE PARTIES' JOINT STATEMENT
The Parties are engaged in settlement negotiations and hope to have a settlement agreement finalized before the currently scheduled March 21, 2013 Case Management Conference. In light of these pending negotiations, the Parties jointly request that the Court continue the Case Management Conference for 30 days. The Parties also jointly request that the Court hold off on ruling on Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment until the Parties provide a further report on the outcome of settlement negotiations.
RIDLESS LAW OFFICE
Joshua A. Ridless
Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter-Defendants,
TELSWITCH, INC., MERKT-WOOLFSON,
AARON WOOLFSON and JERRY MERKT
DUANE MORRIS LLP
Eric J. Sinrod
Attorneys for Defendants and Counter-Claimants,
BILLING SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED,
SEAN DUNLEA, TIM PORTLEY, DARIO J.
SAAL, and SAAL CONSULTING INC.
IT IS SO ORDERED that the Further CMC is reset to 4/25/13 at 10:30 a.m. An updated joint cmc statement shall be filed by 4/18/13. _______________
Edward M. Chen
U.S. District Judge