A U.S. magistrate judge in Camden has backed off from a tight deadline for answering a discovery motion after a defense lawyer from Duane Morris objected to the judge’s assertion that such a large law firm should not need more time to respond.
In Younes v. 7-Eleven Inc., U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider of the District of New Jersey gave the convenience store chain’s lawyers 72 hours to respond to a plaintiffs’ motion to quash subpoenas of the plaintiffs’ tax returns and for a protective order, even though the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide 14 days to respond to such motions, defense counsel Susan Metcalfe of Duane Morris said in an April 13 letter to the judge.
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