Nivalis Energy Systems, LLC et al v. LG Energy Solution, Ltd.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
NIVALIS ENERGY
SYSTEMS, LLC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-10058
v. 	Hon. Matthew F. Leitman
LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.,
Defendant.
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ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE
UNIFIED CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
Now pending before the Court is Defendant LG Energy Solution, Ltd.’s
motion to compel arbitration. (See Mot., ECF No. 12.) The Court has set a hearing
on the motion for November 17, 2025. (See Notice of Hearing, ECF No. 15.)
As described in the parties’ briefs, resolution of the motion depends, in part,
on the Court’s review of several different documents and communications between
the parties. In order to facilitate that review, the Court believes that it would benefit
from the parties’ joint submission of a single, unified chronology of events. 	The
chronology shall be in the form of a chart that identifies, in date order, the documents
and communications/events that the parties believe are relevant to resolving the
motion. 	The chronology should include, as exhibits, each of the documents
referenced in the chart. 	The chart entries shall not contain argument. 	The Court
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simply wants a chronological list of every document and event or communication
that the parties believe the Court should consider when deciding the pending motion,
and for each document, what provision (or, absence of provision) the Court should
focus its attention on.
The chronology shall follow the format below (which includes sample entries
that do not correspond to the facts of this case, but are included only as examples):
DATE 	DOCUMENT/EVENT 	ASPECT OF
DOCUMENT/COMMUNICATION
COURT SHOULD REVIEW
January 1,
2020
Initial meeting in person
to discuss commercial
relationship
 	Designated by
Defendant
 	Discussion of arbitration
January 10,
2020
Letter of Commitment
(attached as Ex. 1)
 	Designated by
Plaintiffs
 	Absence of arbitration
agreement
January 15,
2020
Draft Supply Agreement
(attached as Ex. 2)
 	Designated by all
parties
 	Defendant directs the Court to
Arbitration agreement at § 7.2
 	Plaintiffs direct the Court to
Arbitration Agreement at § 7.3
The parties shall work together to complete the chronology chart as follows.
As the moving party, LG Energy shall take the lead on creating the chart and
assembling the documents listed in the chart. 	By no later than 12:00 p.m. on
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Monday, November 10, 2025, LG Energy shall send a Microsoft Word version of
the chart, with its entries, to Plaintiffs. By no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 12, 2025, Plaintiffs shall send back to LG Energy (1) an updated chart in
Microsoft Word format with any entries that Plaintiffs wish to add and (2) any
documents that Plaintiffs wish to include as exhibits to the chronology chart. If the
parties wish to designate the same document or communication but wish the Court
to focus on different aspects of the document or communication, the third column
on the chart may contain separate entries from each party. The parties shall not edit
each other’s proposed entries on the chart (which, again, shall not contain argument).
Finally, by no later than 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2025, LG
Energy shall file on the docket the single, unified chronology chart that the parties
have created with all of the documents referenced in the chart attached as separate
exhibits.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
Dated: November 5, 2025 	UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on November 5, 2025, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Ryan
Case Manager
(313) 234-5126
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