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`Washington, D.C.
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN VAPORIZER DEVICES,
`CARTRIDGES USED THEREWITH, AND
`COMPONENTS THEREOF
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`INV. NO. 337-TA-1368
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`ORDER NO. 17:
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`GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO TAKE FACT DEPOSITIONS
`OUT OF TIME
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`(February 8, 2024)
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`Complainants JUUL Labs, Inc. and VMR Products LLC, and respondents NJOY, LLC,
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`NJOY Holdings, Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Altria Group Distribution Company, and Altria Client
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`Services LLC move for leave to conduct “a two-hour deposition of Respondents’ witness Mr.
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`Murray Garnick on February 16, 2024, and to take the deposition of Complainants’ witness Jan
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`Andreis Verleur, should it be necessary” after the January 26, 2024, close of fact discovery. Motion
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`Docket No. 1368-08 (EDIS Doc. ID 813608) at 1. The motion states it is unopposed by the Staff.
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`Id.
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`The private parties state that: (1) at the November 29, 2023, case management conference,
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`I stated that the parties should confer regarding Mr. Garnick’s deposition, Tr. at 31 (EDIS Doc. ID
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`809507); (2) the parties agreed that his deposition will take place on February 16, 2024; and (3)
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`complainants’ witness Jan Andreis Verleur had to cancel his previously-scheduled deposition
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`during the fact discovery period due to health reasons, and “[s]hould it occur,” the parties agreed
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`that it will take place after the close of fact discovery. Id. at 1–2.
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`There being no opposition and for good cause shown, Motion No. 1368-08 is GRANTED.
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`The parties are directed to meet and confer concerning whether Jan Andreis Verleur’s deposition
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`is necessary and establish a date certain for the deposition.
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`SO ORDERED.
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