CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al

Filing 103

MOTION for Discovery By Way of Leave to Serve Seven Additional Interrogatories filed by CROSS ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC..Certficiate of Service. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc.'s First Set of Interogatories Directed to Defendants)(TECCE, FREDERICK)

C R O S S ATLANTIC CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. v. FACEBOOK, INC. et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA C R O S S ATLANTIC CAPITAL P A R T N E R S , INC., P l a i n t i ff, vs. F A C E B O O K , INC. and T H E F A C E B O O K , LLC, D e fe n d a n t s . : : : : : : : : : : : ORDER AN D NOW this _______ day of May, 2008, upon consideration of plaintiff=s M o tio n For Leave to Serve Additional Interrogatories, and the defendants= response there to, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff=s motion is GRANTED. It is hereby furthe r ORDERED that on or before May 21, 2008, defendants will respond to plaintiff's Seco n d Set of Interrogatories. BY THE COURT:

C IV IL ACTION N O . : 07-CV-02768

_______________________________ HON. JOHN R. PADOVA U . S . District Court Judge

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA C R O S S ATLANTIC CAPITAL P A R T N E R S , INC., P l a i n t i ff, vs. F A C E B O O K , INC. and T H E F A C E B O O K , LLC, D e fe n d a n t s . : : : : : : : : : : :

C IV IL ACTION N O . : 07-CV-02768 H O N . JOHN R. PADOVA

P L A IN T I F F 'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE ADDITIONAL INTERROGATORIES C O M E S NOW, the plaintiff, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. ("XACP"), by a n d through its undersigned counsel, and, to the extent necessary, hereby moves for leave to serve seven additional interrogatories. In support of this motion, XACP avers as f o llo w s : 1. O n or about September 17, 2007, plaintiff XACP served its first set of

interrogato ries directed to defendants Facebook, Inc. and Thefacebook, LLC (co llec tivel y , "Facebook"). A copy of Plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc.'s F irst Set of Interrogatories Directed to Defendants is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 2. P la in tiff's First Set of Interrogatories contained 14 interrogatories, not

inclu d ing discrete sub-parts. 3. O n April 21, 2008, concurrent with the filing of the instant motion, plaintiff

s e rve d Plaintiff's Second Set of Interrogatories. A copy of Plaintiff's Second Set of In ter ro gato rie s is attached hereto as Exhibit B. These interrogatories were served so as to

req u ire a response prior to the close of fact discovery. 4. D e fe n d a n ts ' responses to XACP's Second Set of Interrogatories, which was

s e rve d via hand delivery, are due on or before May 21, 2008. 5. P la in tiff's Second Set of Interrogatories includes Interrogatories Nos. 15

thro u gh 21. These interrogatories seek, inter alia, additional information regarding topics d isco vere d through the depositions of the defendants and their employees. 6. F ED. R . C IV. P . 33(a) provides that without leave of the court, any party may

s e rve upon any other party written interrogatories, not exceeding 25 in number including a ll discrete sub-parts. Although XACP has only served a total of 21 interrogatories, out o f an abundance of caution, and to the extent necessary based upon the number of discrete s u b -p a rts , XACP seeks leave to require defendants to respond to these additional i n t e r r o g a t o r ie s . 7. O ver the last two business days, plaintiff's counsel attempted to resolve this

issue with opposing counsel. The parties were unable to reach an agreement.

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W H E R E F O R E , plaintiff Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. respectfully re q u e sts that this Court grant its motion and order the defendants to provide responses to X AC P 's Second Set of Interrogatories on or before May 21, 2008. Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Frederick A. Tecce Thomas J. Duffy, Esquire (PA ID # 34729) P a tric k J. Kennan, Esquire (PA ID # 53775) D uffy & Keenan O n e Liberty - 55 th Floor P h ila d e lp h ia , Pennsylvania 19103 (2 1 5 ) 238-8700 (2 1 5 ) 238-8710 (Fax) p jk@ d u f fy ke e n a n . c o m and F r e d e r i c k A. Tecce, Esquire M CS HEA\T ECCE, P.C. T h e Bell Atlantic Tower - 28 th Floor 1 7 1 7 Arch Street P h ila d e lp h ia , Pennsylvania 19103 (2 1 5 ) 599-0800 (2 1 5 ) 599-0888 (Fax) f t e c c e @ m c s h e a -t e c c e . c o m C o u n s e l for plaintiff, C ro s s Atlantic Capital Partners, Inc. D a te d : April 21, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE T h is is to certify that on this 21 st day of April 2008, I caused a true and correct c o p y of the foregoing Plaintiff's Motion For Leave to Serve Additional Interrogatories to b e served, via this Court Electronic Case Filing ("ECF") System, upon the following: H eid i L. Keefe, Esquire M ark R. Weinstein, Esquire S am C. O'Rourke, Esquire W hite & Case LLP 3 0 0 0 El Camino Real 5 Palo Alto Square, 9 th Floor P a lo Alto, California 94306 A lfred W. Zaher, Esquire D en n is P. McCooe, Esquire Jo el L. Dion, Esquire B la n k Rome O n e Logan Square 1 3 0 North 18 th Street P h ila d e lp h ia , PA 19103

C o u n se l for defendants F ac eb o o k, Inc. and Thefacebook, LLC

/s/ Frederick A. Tecce Frederick A. Tecce