On February 3, Tang Shuang’s lawyer Shi Xiaojun posted on Weibo and revealed that the trial of the lawsuits between Tang Shuang and Zhou Libo, and Tang Shuang and Zhang Rui, which were originally scheduled to open on February 7 and February 5, have been postponed. The court will notify you of the specific opening time. As for the reason for the postponement, of course it is related to the current new crown pneumonia epidemic. Here Xiao Tao wants to say one more thing, Zhang Rui is the eldest daughter of Zhou Libo's wife Hu Jie.
Shi Xiaojun’s Weibo screenshot
On the same day, the U.S. Federal Court issued an announcement stating that Judge Lindsay’s decision (Yan Jun v. Zhou Libo, Hu Jie) will be at 1 pm on February 12 (ie next Wednesday-Xiao Tao’s note) The pre-trial meeting was held in Court 810, Federal District Court, Central Islip, New York. Central Islip is a town in Suffolk County, New York, where the U.S. District Court where Judge Lindsay sits. Judge Lindsay asked both lawyers to participate by then.
Screenshot of the official website of the US Federal Court
On August 17, 2018, Yan Jun sued Zhou Libo and Hu Jie in the US Federal Court. It has been almost 18 months in a blink of an eye, and the two parties are still fighting a dispute over jurisdiction. On October 31, 2018, the then defendant’s lawyer Zamer wrote to the Federal Court’s Presiding Judge Azerek, arguing that the Federal Court had no jurisdiction over Yan Jun’s case against Zhou Libo and Hu Jie, and proposed to withdraw the case. On November 7, Pascal, then Yanjun’s lawyer, also wrote to Judge Azerek to refute the other party’s views. On January 9, 2019, Judge Azerik convened the first pretrial meeting of the case. After the meeting, the court issued an announcement stating that Judge Azerik decided that both the plaintiff and the defendant should make limited disclosures of the defendant’s residence and hand the matter to Judge Lindsay. At that time, the plaintiff's attorney who attended the pre-trial meeting was Pascal's colleague Weitz, and the defendant's attorneys were Zamer and Scarlin.
Scarlin was Zhou Libo's third lawyer in the "gun-drug case" and was highly praised by Zhou Libo and Hu Jie. However, he has long ignored the case. Zamer is a good friend of Scarlin, but left the law firm in the first quarter of last year. He left the case to his colleague Milos in the office.
On August 22, 2018, Zhou Libo posted on Weibo that Yan Jun could hand over the complaint to his four American lawyers. In addition to Zamer and Skarin, the other two lawyers are Turo and He Lu. Whether it was the "gun-drug case" or this case, Turo never appeared. Chinese beauty lawyer He Lu is a lawyer at Dong Kewen Law Firm. When Zhou Libo fought a "gun-drug case" lawsuit, He Lu had a high exposure rate. Xiao Tao mentioned her in many articles, so I won't introduce it here. However, Xiao Tao recently discovered that the Dong Kewen Law Firm has removed He Lu's resume from its official website. This shows that He Lu has quit and switched to other companies. In this way, none of the four lawyers mentioned by Zhou Libo were involved in the case. The defendant changed his lawyer, and the plaintiff also changed his lawyer. Yan Jun's current lawyer is Shaukowitz.
Left is the current lawyer of the plaintiff, right is the current lawyer of the defendant (Xiao Tao Hecheng)
Now, after more than a year, the judge held a pre-trial meeting again. For the judge, the lawyers on both sides are new faces. After the plaintiff and the defendant changed their lawyers, Judge Lindsay convened a meeting with the lawyers of both parties, but it was only a conference call, only the voice was heard, and no one was seen. The purpose of the conference call was to determine the date for Zhou Libo and Hu Jie to accept the interview of lawyer Yan Jun.
Regarding the reasons for this pre-trial meeting, the court announced "re60 MOTION for Discovery filed by Jun Yan". For everyone to understand, Xiao Tao will explain a little bit here. Yan Jun’s lawyer filed a motion to Judge Lindsay on January 23, asking the judge to impose sanctions on the defendant. The relevant original text is as follows:
In brief, the Defendants&39; continued shirking of discovery demands warrants your Honor issuing a Report and Recommendation recommending sanctions against Defendants which include: 1) directing that Plaintiff has established that Defendants are domiciliaries of New York; 2) prohibiting Defendants from introducing evidence which tends to contradict the notion that they are domiciled in New York; 3) striking their yet-to-be filed Answer; and 4) paying the Plain expenses tiff has been forced to incur as a result of Defendants&39; repeated and unjustified failure to cooperate with discovery.
Yanjun’s motion (first page)
[Reference translation] In short, the defendant continues to evade the disclosure requirement, making you (refer Judge Lindsay-Xiao Tao Note) There are reasons to issue a report and suggestion that sanctions should be imposed on the defendant, including: 1) directly confirming that the plaintiff’s confirmed defendant lives in New York (this fact); 2) prohibiting the defendant from submitting Evidence that contradicts the fact that they live in New York; 3) no longer accept their unsubmitted answers; and 4) bear the expenses that the plaintiff had to pay due to the defendant’s constant and unjustified non-cooperation on the disclosure issue.
Since Yan Jun’s lawyer asked the judge to sanction the defendants Zhou Libo and Hu Jie, and next week’s pre-trial meeting will be held to determine whether to sanction the defendants, if nothing happens, there should be a statement. As for what decision the judge will make, let us wait and see.
(Original by Xiao Tao. The picture comes from the Internet, please indicate the author's name when reprinting, and the misappropriation will be held accountable!)
