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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC)

IN RE: VOLKSWAGEN “CLEAN DIESEL”

MARKETING, SALES PRACTICES, AND

PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

ORDER RE: (1) ECF NO. 6608

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DISCOVERY DISPUTE, (2) ECF NO.

This Order Relates To: 6607 MOTION TO SEAL

10 Napleton, No. 3:16-cv-2086-CRB _____________________________________/ I. DISCOVERY DISPUTE Plaintiffs are preparing to take a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Bosch. Bosch, while agreeing to make witnesses available for that deposition, has requested a protective order to prevent Plaintiffs from seeking testimony on six topics. The Court considers those topics below. 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 correct or compensate for a noise problem in the vehicles upon ignition as described in …