The State Of Texas, et al V Google, LLC
Filing
450
MEMORANDUM ADOPTING IN PART 423 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MASTER. The Report and Recommendation of the Special Master, (Dkt. # 423 ), is ADOPTED in part at this time. The Report and Recommendation is adopted with respect to the Speci al Master's recommendation that Neal Mohan be deposed personally for a limited time. It is ORDERED that Google's Motion for Protective Order Prohibiting Plaintiffs from Deposing Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, and Neal Mohan, (Dkt. # 349 ), is DENIED in part. Neal Mohan shall be deposed for no more than four hours. Signed by District Judge Sean D. Jordan on 5/1/2024. (jmb)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SHERMAN DIVISION
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ET AL.
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GOOGLE LLC
CIVIL NO. 4:20-CV-957-SDJ
MEMORANDUM ADOPTING IN PART REPORT AND
RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MASTER
Before
the
Court
is
Special
Master
David
Moran’s
Report
and
Recommendation, (Dkt. #423), concerning Google’s Motion for Protective Order
Prohibiting Plaintiffs from Deposing Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, and Neal Mohan,
(Dkt. #349). The Court referred this motion to the Special Master on April 12, 2024.
(Dkt. #367). Google filed its Objections to the Report and Recommendation.
(Dkt. #440). However, Google stated that it “does not object to the recommendation
that Neal Mohan, a former DoubleClick top executive and now CEO of YouTube, be
deposed personally for a limited time.” (Dkt. #440 at 1 n.1).
After full consideration, the Report and Recommendation of the Special
Master, (Dkt. #423), is ADOPTED in part at this time. The Report and
Recommendation is adopted with respect to the Special Master’s recommendation
that Neal Mohan be deposed personally for a limited time.
It is therefore ORDERED that Google’s Motion for Protective Order
Prohibiting Plaintiffs from Deposing Sergey Brin, Sundar Pichai, and Neal Mohan,
(Dkt. #349), is DENIED in part. Neal Mohan shall be deposed for no more than four
hours.
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Google has maintained its objections to the requested depositions of Sergey
Brin and Sundar Pichai, and this portion of the Report and Recommendation,
(Dkt. #423), remains under consideration.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 1st day of May, 2024.
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SEAN D. JORDAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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