AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. v. Integral Consulting, Inc. et al

Filing 251

ORDER COMPELLING AMEC'S PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS EVIDENCING DAMAGES. Dkt. Nos. 246 247 248 249 . Signed by Judge Nathanael Cousins on 5/15/2015. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/15/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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10 AMEC ENV’T & INFRASTRUCTURE,
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Plaintiff,

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ORDER COMPELLING AMEC’S
PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
EVIDENCING DAMAGES

v.

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INC.,

Dkt. Nos. 246, 247, 248, 249
INTEGRAL CONSULTING, INC., and
others,

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Defendants.

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This order closes another chapter of discovery disputes in this trade secret theft case:
discovery of documents evidencing AMEC’s claimed damages. The document requests at
issue are numbers 92 and 104-115 propounded by Integral. The Court held a hearing on
these and other discovery disputes on April 29 and asked each party to submit a proposed
order resolving the dispute about the damages documents. Dkt. Nos. 247, 248. The Court
has considered the proposed orders and now GRANTS IN PART Integral’s motion to
compel:
1. RFP 92: Amec must produce all documents that were used, relied upon, or which
served as support for the calculation of damages set forth in the chart attached as Exhibit A
to Amec’s Third Supplemental Responses to Integral’s Interrogatories, Set One.
2. RFP 104-115: Amec must produce (1) summaries of the revenues and the invoices

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1 for each project organized by client and project; (2) exemplar copies of invoices for each
2 project; (3) summaries of expenses providing an itemized breakdown of the various
3 categories of direct and indirect costs and expenses with respect to each project (such as but
4 not limited to direct payroll, benefits, and overhead costs).
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Amec must produce all responsive documents covered by this order by May 27.

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In granting the motion, the Court finds that documents and information evidencing

7 AMEC’s claimed damages are relevant. But the Court is not granting all the relief Integral
8 seeks, because (1) Integral has other ways of discovering AMEC’s damages, including fact
9 depositions, interrogatories, and expert discovery; (2) the burden on AMEC from granting
10 all the requests exceeds the likely benefit to Integral; and (3) the fact discovery deadline is
11 May 29 and a further delay of the case is not in the interest of justice.
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Any party may object to this nondispositive discovery ruling, but must do so within

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Date: May 15, 2015

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Nathanael M. Cousins
United States Magistrate Judge

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