( July 9, 2026, 17:39 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A federal judge in California has set a July 6, 2027 trial date in the Nexstar-Tegna merger litigation after granting the parties' joint request to amend the pretrial schedule and adopting their stipulated discovery protocol. The revised schedule sets Dec. 10, 2026 as the deadline for fact discovery, April 15, 2027 for the close of expert discovery and June 23, 2027 for the pretrial conference. The order also establishes procedures governing document production, privilege logs, depositions, expert disclosures and witness lists, and reflects the parties' agreement not to file dispositive motions.See attached file. ...
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