Minute Entry for Status Conference held on 4/20/2022 held before Judge Joy Flowers Conti: As fully set forth on the record, the court and parties addressed the items in the proposed joint agenda, including: the timely filing of documents with the court, i.e., documents are due at or before 12 noon on the date they are due; the timeline for the filing of consolidated class action complaints, other pleadings, and Rule 12 motions and the filing of a joint motion for a court order setting those dates and page limits; the appointment of a special master to oversee the coordination efforts of the separate mediators for this MDL and the SoClean MDL and the parties attempting to reach agreement on that appointment; disclosures, fact sheets, and registries; the stay on discovery, including when the stay will be lifted (after the court approves the discovery plan) and the role of the special master in that process; the filing of the proposed order to appoint Carole Katz as the discovery special master at or before 12 noon on 5/3/2022; the stay being in place except for mutually agreed-upon discovery; Ms. Avery and Mr. Schaffer serving as liaison to the SoClean MDL and the filing of a proposed order appointing them to those positions; the need for a privilege log protocol; the deposition in extremis protocols; scheduling of the science day with the SoClean MDL; updates on preservation orders; an update from liaison counsel about their efforts; and an update from the leadership development committee. (Court Reporter: Jane Proud) (kjm)

Set Hearings: A joint science day with the SoClean MDL is set for 9/1/2022 at 11:00 a.m. Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes the Order of the Court or Notice on the matter. (kjm)

Minute Entry for Status Conference held on 7/21/2022 before Judge Joy Flowers Conti: As set forth fully on the record, the court addressed the matters on the parties' joint agenda and matters added by the court. The court, among other things: requested timeframes for ESI and discovery before the next hearing; ordered that on or before 8/17/2022, the parties shall provide an agenda for science day; provided 30 pages to the parties for motion to dismiss and 15 pages each for a state-by-state law appendix; ordered a combined appendix showing each parties' position state-by-state; ordered the filing of an amended motion re assessment; and directed the filing of a motion to extend time for Polymer to file its motion to dismiss. (Court Reporter: Veronica Trettel) Text-only entry; no PDF document will issue. This text-only entry constitutes a Minute of the Court or Notice on the matter. (kjm) (Doc. No. 712)