In re TRANSPACIFIC PASSENGER AIR TRANSPORTATION ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Filing 706

ORDER to File Supplemental Brief Regarding #701 Discovery Letter BriefJoint Letter on Outstanding Discovery Issues filed by Donald Wortman. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 04/24/2013. (dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/24/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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In re

No. C-07-05634 CRB (DMR)

TRANSPACIFIC PASSENGER AIR
TRANSPORTATION ANTITRUST
LITIGATION,

ORDER TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL
BRIEF REGARDING DISCOVERY
DISPUTE [Docket No. 701]

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The court has reviewed Plaintiffs and Defendant Vietnam Airlines’s (“VN”) March 15, 2013

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joint letter setting forth their disputes regarding Plaintiffs’ requests for production to VN. [Docket

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No. 701 (Joint Letter).] A hearing on this matter is set for May 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Lead counsel

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for the parties are hereby ordered to appear at the hearing on May 2, 2013. Following the hearing,

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lead counsel shall meet and confer in the courthouse regarding their discovery disputes, and shall be

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prepared to devote the entire day, if necessary, to resolving the disputes.

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In addition, in the letter, VN represents that Vietnamese law limits the scope of discovery

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against VN, and briefly sets forth three categories of Vietnamese laws that it asserts “limit the

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obligation and ability of VN to comply with Plaintiffs’ discovery requests.” (Joint Letter 8-9.)

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However, VN did not set forth descriptions or categories of documents that it believes are protected

which it provides a detailed explanation of how the laws limit the scope of discovery with respect to

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VN. Specifically, VN shall identify each and every Vietnamese law that it contends limits its

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obligation and ability to comply with Plaintiffs’ discovery, and shall submit English translations of

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all such laws. For each law identified, VN shall identify with adequate specificity the types of

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documents and information VN believes are protected against production due to the individual law,

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so that the parties may be prepared to have a detailed, meaningful discussion about this issue as part

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of their meet and confer session following the hearing. The court refers VN to the August 14, 2012

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Order Re Parties' Joint Discovery Letter containing the court's prior ruling on a dispute between

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Plaintiffs and Defendant Philippine Airlines, Inc. regarding the application of a foreign blocking

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statute to discovery in this matter. [See Docket No. 655.]

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Dated: April 24, 2013

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against production. Accordingly, by no later than April 30, 2013, VN shall file a submission in

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