Napleton Orlando Imports, LLC v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5

6 MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL”

7 MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

ORDER RE: (1) ECF NO. 6608

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DISCOVERY DISPUTE, (2) ECF NO.

9 This Order Relates To: 6607 MOTION TO SEAL

10 Napleton, No. 3:16-cv-2086-CRB 11 _____________________________________/ 12 I. DISCOVERY DISPUTE 13 Plaintiffs are preparing to take a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Bosch. Bosch, while agreeing 14 to make witnesses available for that deposition, has requested a protective order to prevent 15 Plaintiffs from seeking testimony on six topics. The Court considers those topics below. 16 Topic No. 1: Bosch’s role in the creation, development, modification, or refinement of the “acoustic function” (whether known by that name 17 or any other in German or another language) in Audi vehicles to 18 correct or compensate for a noise problem in the vehicles upon ignition as described in …