Dice Corporation v. Bold Technologies LTD

Filing 73

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 38 Motion to Strike and 30 Motion to Compel. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon. (Miles, M)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
NORTHERN DIVISION

DICE CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 11-CV-13578
District Judge: Hon. Thomas L. Ludington

v.

Magistrate Judge: Hon. Mark A. Randon

BOLD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD,
Defendant.
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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART
PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

WHEREAS, this matter having come before the Court for a hearing on June 12, 2012 on
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery pursuant to its First Request for Production of
Documents; and
WHEREAS, Defendant having objected to certain of the Plaintiff’s document requests set
forth in the First Request for Production of Documents; and
WHEREAS, the Court having issued its ruling on the record at the June 12, 2012 hearing,
and the Court being otherwise advised in the premises;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant’s objections to the First Request for
Production of Documents are hereby sustained and upheld, except that the Plaintiff shall
produce: 1) a copy of the quote it provided to the customer referred to in the Complaint known
as ESC Central; and 2) a copy of its standard price list. Defendant shall produce these documents
within 10 business days of the date of entry of this Order.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in addition to any confidentiality protection available
under the Court’s existing Protective Order, the Defendant may designate the documents
produced pursuant to this Order as “Attorney’s Eyes Only” in which case the documents, and
any information contained in the documents, may only be disclosed to Plaintiff’s counsel of
record (and any person employed by the counsel of record who is bound to the provisions of this
Order), and shall not in any manner be disclosed to Dice Corporation or any representative,
employee, director, officer, or agent thereof.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after receipt of the documents produced pursuant to
this Order, Plaintiff may motion the Court again to compel production of the remaining
documents not produced pursuant to this Order, notwithstanding that said motion would fall
outside discovery.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Mark A. Randon
MARK A. RANDON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Dated: July 17, 2012

Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served on the parties of record
on this date, July 17, 2012, by electronic and/or first class U.S. mail.
s/Melody Miles
Case Manager to
Magistrate Judge Mark A. Randon
[phone]
Approved for Entry:

s/Craig W. Horn
Craig W. Horn (P34281)
Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner PLC

s/ R. Christopher Cataldo
R. Christopher Cataldo (P39353)
Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, PC

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Attorney for Plaintiff
4301 Fashion Square Blvd.
Saginaw, MI 48603
[phone]
[e-mail]

Attorneys for Defendant
27777 Franklin Rd., Ste. 2500
Southfield, MI 48034
[phone]
[e-mail]

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