Woods v. Google, Inc.

Filing 417

Order by Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi re 406 Discovery Letter Brief re: Plaintiff Cabrera's Refusal to Produce Documents; 407 Joint Discovery Letter Brief re: Cabrera data. Google's declaration of counsel due by 11/5/2018 5:00 p.m. (vkdlc1S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/2/2018)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 RICK WOODS, ET AL., Plaintiffs, 9 United States District Court Northern District of California GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. Nos. 406, 407 Defendant. 12 13 ORDER RE OCTOBER 30, 2018 JOINT DISCOVERY LETTER BRIEFS v. 10 11 Case No.11-cv-01263-EJD (VKD) On October 30, 2018, the parties submitted two joint discovery letter briefs. Dkt. Nos. 14 406, 407. On November 2, 2018, the Court held a hearing on the disputes described in the letters. 15 Dkt. No. 412. 16 17 For the reasons stated on the record during the hearing, the Court makes the following rulings on these disputes: Google’s Motion to Compel Document (Dkt. No. 406) 18 1. 19 Mr. Cabrera represents that he has produced all documents reflecting any advice regarding 20 Internet advertising on the Google AdWords advertising platform. Google’s demand for all 21 documents relating to all advice Mr. Cabrera has given to his own advertising and consulting 22 clients—regardless of whether that advice relates to the AdWords advertising platform at issue in 23 this case—seeks discovery that is neither relevant to any claim or defense in this case, nor 24 proportional to the needs of this case. Google’s motion to compel further production for 25 documents relating to Mr. Cabrera’s advice to his clients is denied. 26 Mr. Cabrera also represents that he no longer has within his possession, custody, or control 27 lists of his in-person training customers from a business he sold in 2009. Google has not pointed 28 to any plausible evidence suggesting that this is not the case. Google’s motion to compel 1 production of a customer list is denied. Mr. Cabrera’s Motion to Compel Click Data (Dkt. No. 407) 2 2. 3 At a recess during the hearing, and at the Court’s direction, counsel for the parties 4 conferred regarding Google’s production of “click data” for Mr. Cabrera. When the hearing 5 resumed, counsel for Mr. Cabrera read into the record certain matters that reflected the parties’ 6 tentative resolution of this dispute. Counsel for Google must confer with Google to confirm that Google’s production of click 7 8 data is complete, consistent with Mr. Cabrera’s counsel’s recitation on the record during the 9 hearing.1 Google must file a declaration of counsel no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2018 confirming that the production is, in fact, complete. If the production is not 11 United States District Court Northern District of California 10 complete, Google must immediately notify Mr. Cabrera. If the matter is not thereafter 12 immediately resolved, the parties shall so advise the Court, and the Court will issue a decision on 13 the motion to compel. 14 The Court takes this matter under submission, pending further proceedings outlined above. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 Dated: November 2, 2018 17 18 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI United States Magistrate Judge 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 An audio file with a recording of the hearing is available on ECF at Dkt. No. 413. 2

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