Epidemic Sound, AB v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EPIDEMIC SOUND, AB, Case No. 22-cv-04223-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: JOINT DISCOVERY
v. DISPUTE CONCERNING FEBRUARY 22, 2025 CLAWBACK OF META PLATFORMS, INC., DOCUMENTS Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 249
12 On March 10, 2025, the parties filed a discovery dispute joint letter related to Meta’s clawback of 15 documents. (Dkt. No. 249.) Epidemic asserts the clawback was improper because the documents “uniformly lacked attorneys as parties to the communications and reflected factual, business information that is indisputably relevant and discoverable in this action.” (Dkt. No. 249 at 2.) Meta responds “each of the documents that Epidemic is challenging either relays legal advice from counsel, reveals the content of privileged communications between Meta’s employees and its counsel, or reflects work done at the direction of counsel in anticipation or furtherance of this litigation.” (Id. at 4.) Pursuant to the…