Court Approves Discovery and Motions Schedule in Pelman v. McDonald’s

A federal court in New York has entered an order approving the pre-trial
discovery and motions scheduling order agreed to by the individual plaintiffs
remaining in the litigation alleging that fast-food marketing caused adverse
health effects related to obesity. Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp., No. 02-7821
(S.D.N.Y., order filed December 15, 2010). Under the terms of the
agreement, fact discovery will close November 30, 2011; expert discovery will
close April 30, 2012; and briefing on motions for summary judgment will end
August 30, 2012. The court denied the plaintiff’s motion for class certification
in October; additional details about the ruling appear in Issue 370 of this
Update.