While accurate to report that Melia Hotels International S.A., Meliá Hotels USA LLC, Trivago GmbH, Grupo Hotelero Gran Caribe, Corporacion de Comercio y Turismo Internacional Cubanacan S.A., Grupo de Turismo Gaviota S.A., Raul Doe 1-5, and Mariela Roe 1-5 are no longer defendants in this Libertad Act lawsuit, the companies and individuals may be a defendant in another case, either one that has been filed or one that will be filed.

Removing defendants is more tactical- with plaintiff attorneys focusing upon the defendant(s) most likely to either settle a case or lose a case at trial. Each victory, judgement or settlement brings additional leverage for the next case.

MARICELA MATA, ET. AL., V. MELIA HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, S.A., ET AL. [1:19-cv-22529; Southern Florida District]

Rivero Mestre LLP (plaintiff)

Manuel Vazquez, P.A. (plaintiff)

Arent Fox (defendant- Melia Hotels)

Coffey Burlington, P.P. (defendant- Melia Hotels)

Akerman LLP (defendant) for Expedia, Inc.; Hotels.com L.P.; Hotels.com GP, LLC; Orbitz, LLC; and Travelocity.com, LP

Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP (defendant) for Expedia, Inc.; Hotels.com L.P.; Hotels.com GP, LLC; Orbitz, LLC; and Travelocity.com, LP

Baker & McKenzie LLP (defendant) for Booking Holdings Inc. and Booking.com B.V.

31 December 2019

ORDER DISMISSING CERTAIN PARTIES FOLLOWING THE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

THE COURT having granted the Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint (ECF No. 57), and a Second Amended Complaint having been filed on December 9, 2019 (ECF No. 63), and in light of the Second Amended Complaint omitting certain Plaintiffs and certain Defendants, it is hereby ORDERED that the following Plaintiffs are DISMISSED: Mario Echevarria, Esther Sanchez, Consuelo Cuevas, Carmen Florido, Margarita Perkins, Ana M. Perez Perkins, Elena Susy Perez Perkins, Maria Del Carmen Perkins, Ricardo Perkins, Paul Perkins, Bill Perkins, Esther Perkins, Luis A. Perkins, Silvia Milian, Santiago D. Milian, Patricia A. Milian, Edward G. Milian, Susan M. Blackmon, Cristina M. Ganz, Rosa Maria Fernandez Milian, Ingrid Fernandez Milian, Jaime Fernandez Milian, Alex Fernandez Milian, Vivian Viurrun Farrell, Bertha Eugenia Bustamante, Raoul G. Cantero, Anuka G. Cantero, Mario G. Cantero, Eugenio Cantero, Adriana Cantero, Maria De Lourdes Cantero, Evelio Angulo Ramos, Silvia Angulo Ramos, Yoan Arturo Angulo Ledon, and Martha L. Garcia Angulo, it is further ORDERED that the following Defendants are DISMISSED: Meliá Hotels International, S.A., Meliá Hotels USA LLC, Trivago GmbH, Grupo Hotelero Gran Caribe, Corporacion de Comercio y Turismo Internacional Cubanacan S.A., Grupo de Turismo Gaviota S.A., Raul Doe 1-5, and Mariela Roe 1-5; ORDERED that counsel for the dismissed Defendants shall be removed from the service list; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court modify the caption of this case to read Marisela Mata, et al. v. Expedia, Inc., et al.

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