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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

CASE NO: 20-CV-22995-KMW 

SILVA HARAPETI, 

 Plaintiff, 

vs. 

CBS TELEVISION STATIONS INC., a 

Foreign Profit Corporation, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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NOTICE REGARDING MEDIATION

Defendants CBS Television Stations Inc., CBS Broadcasting, Inc., and CBS Corporation 

(“Defendants”), by and through undersigned counsel, hereby submit this Notice Regarding 

Mediation, and state as follows: 

1. On March 22, 2022, Plaintiff Silva Harapeti (“Plaintiff”) filed a Notice of 

Mediation, notifying the Court that the parties agreed to, and scheduled, a third mediation in the 

above-captioned matter to occur on April 7, 2022. See (DE 148). The parties also mediated the 

claims asserted in Plaintiff’s separately-filed case also pending before this Court, No. 20-cv-20961, 

at the same mediation. 

2. The parties attended the mediation on April 7, 2022. 

3. Although the parties did not reach a settlement on April 7, 2022, the parties 

nonetheless agreed to hold the mediation open. 

4. On Monday, April 11, 2022, Defendants conveyed a settlement offer to resolve 

both the above-captioned case and Case No. 20-cv-20961 to Plaintiff through the mediator. 

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5. Defendants are presently awaiting a response to their April 11th offer. 

Respectfully submitted this 13th day of April, 2022. 

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP 

Attorneys for CBS Television Stations, Inc. 

Sabadell Financial Center 

1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1700 

Miami, Florida 33131 

Telephone: (305) 789-8900 

Facsimile: (305) 789-8953 

By: /s/ William V. Roppolo

William V. Roppolo, Esq. 

Florida Bar No. 182850 

william.roppolo@bakermckenzie.com 

Benjamin C. Davis, Esq. 

Florida Bar No. 110734 

benjamin.davis@bakermckenzie.com 

– and – 

Blair J. Robinson (Pro Hac Vice) 

Paul C. Evans (Pro Hac Vice)

BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP 

452 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10018 

Telephone: (212) 626-4100 

Facsimile: (212) 310-1632 

blair.robinson@bakermckenzie.com 

paul.evans@bakermckenzie.com

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on April 13, 2022, I electronically filed the foregoing document 

with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF. I also certify that the foregoing document is being 

served this day on all counsel of record or pro se parties identified on the attached Service List in 

the manner specified, either via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF 

or in some other authorized manner for those counsel or parties who are not authorized to receive 

electronically Notices of Electronic Filing. 

By: /s/ Benjamin C. Davis 

 Benjamin Davis, Esq. 

 

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SERVICE LIST

SILVA HARAPETI, 

v. 

CBS TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., et al.,

CASE NO: 20-CV-22995-KMW

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

Peter M. Hoogerwoerd, Esq. 

REMER & GEORGES-PIERRE, PLLC 

44 West Flagler Street 

Suite 2200 

Miami, Florida 33130 

pmh@rgpattorneys.com 

Phone: (305) 416-5000 

Facsimile: (305) 416-5005 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Silva Harapeti

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