Guardant Health, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GUARDANT HEALTH, INC., Case No. 21-cv-04062-EMC

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING FURTHER

9 v. COMPENSATORY SANCTIONS;

DEFERRING ALLOCATION AND

10 NATERA, INC., PUNITIVE SANCTIONS

11 Defendants. Docket No. 884 12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Before the Court are the Parties supplemental briefs regarding further monetary sanctions 16 against Natera for the COBRA misconduct. See Docket Nos. 884-13, 887. This Court previously 17 found “Natera’s counsel’s, Quinn Emanuel, deliberate misrepresentations, to this Court and Judge 18 Kim . . . were unjustified, unacceptable and sanctionable.” Order Granting in Part and Deferring 19 in Part Guardant’s Motion for Sanctions (“Prior Sanctions Order”), Docket No. 730, at 2. The 20 Court granted evidentiary sanctions and deferred ruling on monetary sanctions. The Court ordered 21 the parties to file supplemental briefs regarding monetary sanctions, including to “address specific 22 …