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Trial date finalized in Bielema, foundation case

FAYETTEVILLE — A trial date has been set in the dispute between former University of Arkansas football coach Bret Bielema and the Razorback Foundation.

The trial is scheduled to begin the week of June 1, 2021, at the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building in Fayetteville, according to a scheduling order issued Friday. U.S. district judge P.K. Holmes III is presiding over the case.

All discovery in the case must be completed by March 2, 2021, the court ordered, and all experts who are expected to testify must be identified and disclosed by Dec. 31, 2020.

Rebuttal experts are to be reported by Feb.