After Services, Inc. v. Foundation Partners Group, LLC

1 W. West Allen, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 5566 2 Jonathan W. Fountain, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 10351 3 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC 3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 1000 4 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Tel. (702) 257-1483 5 Email: wwa@h2law.com Email: jwf@h2law.com [6] Eleanor M. Yost, Esq. 7 Admitted pro hac vice Mac R. McCoy, Esq. 8 Admitted pro hac vice CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 9 4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 1000 Tampa, FL 33607 10 Tel. (813) 229-4395 Email: eyost@carltonfields.com 11 Email: mmccoy@carltonfields.com 12 Morgan A. Klein, Esq. Admitted pro hac vice 13 CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 405 Lexington Avenue, 36th Floor 14 New York, NY 10174 Tel. (212) 785-5203 15 Email: mklein@carltonfields.com 16 Attorneys for Defendant Foundation Partners Group, LLC [17] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT [18] DISTRICT OF NEVADA 19 AFTER SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation, 20 Case No. 2:24-cv-01207-JCM-BNW Plaintiff, 21 vs. STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY DISCOVERY PENDING [22] FOUNDATION PARTNERS GROUP, LLC, SETTLEMENT 23 a Florida Limited Liability Company (First Request) 24 Defendant. [27] 1 Plaintiff After Services, Inc. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant Foundation Partners Group, LLC 2 (“Defendant”) (together, the “Parties”) hereby state as follows: 3 1. The Parties have reached an agreement to settle this case and filed a Stipulation 4 and Proposed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction by Consent on June 27, 2025 (ECF No. 5 98) (the “Proposed Final Judgment”) that remains pending before the Court. In order to finalize 6 their settlement, the Parties hereby agree and stipulate, and respectfully request the Court’s 7 permission, to stay discovery while the Court reviews the Parties’ Proposed Final Judgment. In 8 support of their joint request to stay, the Parties further state as follows: 9 2. “A court’s power to stay proceedings is incidental to its inherent power to manage 10 its docket.” Stephens v. Comenity, LLC, 287 F. Supp. 3d 1091, 1096 (D. Nev. 2017) (citing Landis 11 v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 , 57 S. Ct. 163 , 81 L. Ed. 153 (1936)). “Proceedings may be 12 stayed ‘pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon the case.’” Id. at 109613 97 (citing Leyva v. Certified Grocers of California, Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 863 (9th Cir. 1979)). “In 14 determining whether a stay is appropriate, a court ‘must weigh competing interests and maintain 15 an even balance.’” Id. at 1097 (citing Landis, 299 U.S. at 254-55 ); see also Lockyer v. Mirant 16 Corp., 398 F.3d 1098 , 1110 (9th Cir. 2005). “These competing interests include: (1) possible 17 damage resulting from granting a stay; (2) hardship or inequity to a party if the proceedings go 18 forward; and (3) simplification or complication of issues, proof and questions of law from a stay.” 19 Id. (citing CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.2d 265 , 268 (9th Cir. 1962)). 20 3. In this case, the first factor favors the requested stay, as the Parties foresee little to 21 no damage resulting from their request and substantial damage if the request is not granted. The 22 Parties have finalized their settlement, but if the current schedule remains in place they will be 23 required to complete fact and expert discovery in the next few weeks, which would entail taking 24 certain fact depositions, the service of initial and rebuttal expert disclosures, and expert 25 depositions. 26 4. The second factor also favors the requested stay, as, absent a stay, the Parties each 27 face hardship from the continued burden and expense of this litigation, which has been substantial. 1 || simplify or complicate the issues to be litigated or bear upon any issue of proof or law to be 2 || presented at trial. 3 IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED: By: _/s/ Jonathan W. Fountain By: _/s/ Samuel Castor Jonathan W. Fountain, Esq. F. Christopher Austin, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 10351 Nevada Bar No. 6559 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS, PLLC Samuel Castor, Esq. 6|| 3800 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 1000 Nevada Bar No. 11532 Las Vegas, NV 89169 Scott Whitworth, Esq. Tel. (702) 257-1483 Nevada Bar No. 15671 Email: jwf@h2law.com LEX TECNICA, LTD. 8 10161 Park Run Drive, Suite 150 Eleanor M. Yost, Esq. Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 Mac R. McCoy, Esq. Tel. (725) 239-8413 CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. Email: chris@lextecnica.com 4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 1000 Email: sam@lextecnica.com Tampa, FL 33607 Email: scott@lextecnica.com 11}| Tel. (813) 229-4395 Email: eyost@carltonfields.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Email: mmecoy@carltonfields.com After Services, Inc. 13 || Morgan A. Klein, Esq. CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue, 36" Floor New York, New York 10174 Tel. (212) 785-2577 Email: mklein@carltonfields.com 17|| Attorneys for Defendant Foundation Partners Group, LLC [19] 0 IT ISSO ORDERED: [22] Gi gr la WER, 3 ITED STATES MAGISRATE JUDGE [24] DATED: 7/3/2025