A hearing that was set for Thursday to discuss outstanding issues in the UFC Antitrust case has been continued until June 1st.

The hearing was requested to determine outstanding discovery issues. The fact discovery deadline was May 1, 2017. However, Plaintiffs argued that the UFC had not turned over certain documents that would facilitate the depositions of Dana White and others. It also indicated that it had yet to receive non-party information from outside parties. The UFC claimed that Plaintiffs were reopening fact discovery. It did concede to a 30 day continuation of fact discovery.

A portion of the Order from Pacer reads:

IT IS ORDERED that the [52] Ex Parte Motion to Continue Hearing is GRANTED, and the hearing currently scheduled for May 18, 2017, at 1:45 p.m. is VACATED and CONTINUED.

Motion Hearing set for 6/1/2017, at 9:30 AM in LV Courtroom 3B before Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen.

Payout Perspective:

It looks like the Court would like the parties to “meet and confer” on their outstanding issues themselves and come up with a plan. The deposition of Dana White is notable as Plaintiffs are seeking text messages from several phones in possession of White. While the UFC claims to have turned over these records, Plaintiffs have stated that there are more texts not produced. It does look like that we are in a holding pattern until there is some resolution of discovery issues.