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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOLATUBE GLOBAL MARKETING, 

INC., a Washington corporation; 

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING 

GROUP, LLC, DBA 

HYPERIOGLOBAL LLC, a Nevada 

limited liability company ,

Plaintiffs,

v.

SOLATUBE INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

a Delaware corporation; SOLATUBE 

WORLDWIDE SALES LLC, a 

California limited liability company; 

ROBERT WESTFALL, individually 

and as President of SOLATUBE 

INTERNATIONAL, INC. and 

SOLATUBE WORLDWIDE SALES 

LLC; DAVID RILLIE, individually and 

as Chief Executive Officer of 

SOLATUBE INTERNATIONAL, INC. ,

Defendants.

Case No.: 16CV3110-LAB(JMA)

ORDER SCHEDULING 

SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

A telephonic Early Neutral Evaluation Conference was held on June 20, 

2017, at 10:00 a.m. After conferring with counsel and with good cause appearing, 

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the Court defers setting deadlines for compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 26(a) 

and (f).

A Settlement Conference will be held in the chambers of Magistrate Judge 

Jan M. Adler on September 6, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., Edward J. Schwartz United 

States Courthouse, 221 West Broadway, San Diego, California. Counsel shall 

submit settlement statements to Magistrate Judge Adler's chambers no later than 

August 30, 2017.

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 The parties may either submit confidential settlement 

statements or may exchange their settlement statements. 

All named parties, all counsel, and any other person(s) whose 

authority is required to negotiate and enter into settlement shall appear in 

person at the conference. The individual(s) present at the Settlement 

Conference with settlement authority must have the unfettered discretion 

and authority on behalf of the party to: 1) fully explore all settlement 

options and to agree during the conference to any settlement terms 

acceptable to the party (G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat Corp., 

871 F.2d 648, 653 (7th Cir. 1989)), 2) change the settlement position of a 

party during the course of the conference (Pitman v. Brinker Int'l, Inc., 216 

F.R.D. 481, 485-86 (D. Ariz. 2003)), and 3) negotiate a settlement without 

being restricted by any predetermined level of authority (Nick v. Morgan's 

Foods, Inc., 270 F.3d 590, 596 (8th Cir. 2001)). Governmental entities may 

appear through litigation counsel only. As to all other parties, appearance by 

litigation counsel only is not acceptable. Retained outside corporate counsel 

shall not appear on behalf of a corporation as the party who has the authority to 

 

1 Statements under 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, may be e-mailed 

to efile_adler@casd.uscourts.gov, faxed to (619) 702-9939, or delivered to chambers via the 

Office of the Clerk of Court at 333 West Broadway, Suite 420, San Diego, California. 

Statements exceeding 20 pages in length, including attachments and exhibits, must be 

delivered to chambers via the Office of the Clerk of Court.

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negotiate and enter into a settlement.

The failure of any counsel, party or authorized person to appear at the 

Settlement Conference as required shall be cause for the immediate 

imposition of sanctions. All conference discussions will be informal, off the 

record, privileged, and confidential.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 20, 2017

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