Howser

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PRAECIPIO CONSULTING, LLC, et al., Case No. 25-cv-02927-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR

v. EXPEDITED DISCOVERY

NICHOLAS HOWSER, et al., Re: ECF No. 7 Defendants.

12 Before the Court are the parties’ simultaneously filed briefs regarding the sequence and scope of expedited discovery in advance of the Court’s hearing on Plaintiffs’ forthcoming motion for preliminary injunction. ECF Nos. 23, 24. The Court will grant Plaintiffs’ request for expedited discovery. I. BACKGROUND On March 28, 2025, Plaintiffs Praecipio Consulting, LLC and Gaia Praecipio Buyer, Inc. filed this action, alleging violations of the DTSA and breach of contract by former employees Nicholas Howser and James Areias, who now work for Plaintiffs’ competitor, catworkxs GmbH. ECF No. 1. On the same day, Plaintiffs filed a motion for temporary restraining order and request for expedited discovery. ECF No. 7. On March 31, 2025, the Court held a status…