Judge: Teresa A. Beaudet, Case: 21STCP00625, Date: 2023-09-27 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCP00625    Hearing Date: February 15, 2024    Dept: 50

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

Department 50

Plaintiff Kenneth Wengrod, Trustee of The Manhattan Trust (“Plaintiff”), moves for an order quashing the subpoena on his employer for employment and other personal records. Plaintiff also seeks an award of his reasonable expenses incurred in making the motion.

Plaintiff’s motion will be continued to a new date as set forth below. NO HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 15, 2024.    

Pursuant to the Court’s power to “amend and control its process and orders so as to make them conform to law and justice” (Code Civ. Proc., § 128(a)(8)), the Court orders the parties in this case to participate in an Informal Discovery Conference (“IDC”). (Note:¿The Court’s policy regarding IDCs appears in the Courtroom Information available in Dept. 50 and on the Court’s website.)¿Lead or other designated counsel for the parties with full authority are ordered to participate in person in an IDC. After consulting with opposing counsel regarding available dates, Plaintiff must make a prompt reservation for the IDC using the Court’s online reservation system. Plaintiff must file Dept. 50’s one-page IDC form in the department seven days prior to the IDC, and the responding parties may file the same form in the department setting forth a response three days prior to the IDC.  

Once Plaintiff has confirmed an IDC date, Plaintiff must use the Court’s online reservation system to continue the motion to a post-IDC discovery hearing date. The parties are ordered to have with them whatever materials are needed to make the IDC session productive and successful. Prior to the IDC date, lead or other designated counsel for the parties, with full authority, are to meet and confer, in person or via telephone in a further attempt to resolve as many of the issues as possible before the IDC. (See CRC Rule 3.670(f)(2).) If the parties resolve their discovery disputes before the IDC date, Plaintiff is ordered to take both the IDC and the motion off calendar as soon as possible. 

Plaintiff is ordered to provide notice of this Order. 

DATED:  February 15, 2024                          ________________________________

Hon. Teresa A. Beaudet

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court