LITIGATION UPDATE

 Al-Ali v. The United States  Update - 7/7/06

            As stated in our last update, Chief Judge Damich issued a Discovery Scheduling Order informing both parties that discovery on liability must be completed by May 15, 2007.  In the meantime, both parties have agreed to select representative plaintiffs for both discovery and trial purposes.   We are currently working with defendants in identifying and selecting representative plaintiffs from various stations for the purposes of conducting discovery.   During this process, some of you may be contacted for this purpose therefore, it is important that you inform our office of any changes to your address and/or contact information.

 Also, some of you have not yet returned your completed Confidential Questionnaire that was mailed to you back in May of this year.   The information you provide in this Questionnaire is strictly confidential and will be used by the attorneys to better assist them in discovery and trial strategy.   We will soon be sending an email to those of you who have not returned your completed Questionnaire asking you to complete and return it to our office as soon as possible.  Your cooperation and assistance regarding this matter is greatly appreciated.

 As significant information becomes available, we will continue to update this website therefore, please check back periodically.   In the meantime, if you need to contact our office for any reason, please direct all inquiries to the following persons:

Julie Buechler, Esq.                                      Catherine Bond, Paralegal          Email:   Julie@coplaw.org                                 Email:   Cathy@coplaw.org