Prakash
Securities And Exchange Commission v. Prakash
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No. 23-cv-03300-BLF (SVK)
COMMISSION,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FOR v. IN CAMERA REVIEW 10 VIDUL PRAKASH, Re: Dkt. No. 63 11 Defendant. 12 Before the Court is the Parties’ joint discovery submission in which Defendant Vidul 13 Prakash seeks to compel the production of interview notes from Plaintiff Securities and Exchange 14 Commission (the “Commission”). See Dkt. 63 (the “Submission”). For the reasons set forth 15 below, the Court will review the documents in question in camera before ruling on Defendant’s 16 request. 17 Relevant Factual Background. Non-party View, Inc. (“View”), a manufacturer and 18 seller of “smart” windows, allegedly disseminated false and misleading statements in its filings 19 with the Commission. The statements concerned View’s accrual of liabilities reflecting costs 20 incurred to ship and install replacement windows after the company discovered defects in many of 21 its sold…