Yu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 YINTAO YU, Case No. 23-cv-04910-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 106 BYTEDANCE INC., et al., Defendants.

12 The parties have submitted two discovery disputes to the Court for resolution. 14 I. Deposition of Yiming Zhang Yu wishes to take the deposition of Yiming Zhang, one of the founders of ByteDance Ltd. and the former CEO of ByteDance Ltd. Yu asserts that Zhang has personal knowledge of relevant facts because Zhang’s signature appears on three of the documents at issue in this case. Yu also asserts that Zhang “had several direct negotiations about the terms of Mr. Yu’s employment.” Dkt. No. 106 at 4. 20 Defendant ByteDance Inc. (“BDI”) objects to the deposition on several grounds. BDI asserts 21 that Zhang, who lives and works in Asia, “lacks specific information and was not personally 22 involved in the negotiation or execution of any of Yu’s contracts.” Id. at 1. BDI states that it 23 provided nine interrogatory…