Phoenix Technologies Ltd. v. VMware, Inc.

Filing 106

ORDER re June 30, 2016 Discovery Hearing. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu on 06/27/2016. (dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/27/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.,

Case No. 15-cv-01414-HSG (DMR)

Plaintiff,
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ORDER RE JUNE 30, 2016 DISCOVERY
HEARING

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VMWARE, INC.,

Re: Dkt. Nos. 98, 99

Defendant.

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The court has reviewed the parties’ May 20, 2016 joint discovery letters, which are set for

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hearing on June 30, 2016. [Docket Nos. 98, 99.] The court’s Standing Order requires the parties

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to “meet and confer to try to resolve their disagreements” before submitting a joint letter, and

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requires lead trial counsel to attest “that the parties met and conferred in person or by telephone

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regarding all issues prior to filing [a] letter.” [Docket No. 69 (Notice of Amended Discovery

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Procedures).] However, it appears that the parties have not met and conferred at all as to two

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issues; specifically, Phoenix’s motion to compel a supplemental response to interrogatory no. 2

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and Phoenix’s challenge to VMware’s partial redactions of emails between engineers. It also

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appears that the parties have only partially met and conferred with respect to VMware’s motion to

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compel further responses to requests for production (“RFPs”) 98 and 121.

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Therefore, lead counsel for the parties are ordered to immediately meet and confer as to

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these issues and to arrive at the courthouse at 9:00 a.m. on June 30, 2016 to complete their meet

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and confer. Lead counsel shall also be prepared to stay at the courthouse following the 11:00 a.m.

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hearing and to devote the entire day, if necessary, to resolving the dispute(s). Counsel are also

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directed to review the district’s “Guidelines for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information”

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and “Checklist for Rule 26(f) Meet and Confer Regarding Electronically Stored Information” prior

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Dated: June 27, 2016

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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to their meet and confer sessions.

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