U.S. Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman gave one corporate defendant in the Southern District of Florida a piece of his mind in shutting down their request for an emergency motion for a protective order, after discovering that there wasn’t actually an emergency—especially when put into context of a global pandemic.

“I feel compelled to offer some observations in the ‘let’s-keep-things-in-perspective’ department,” Goodman’s order said. “If all the issues we are currently facing were to be organized on a ladder of importance, this deposition-scheduling dispute would not even reach the bottom rung of a 10-rung ladder.”

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