Baird
Baird v. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHARLES BAIRD, et al., Case No. 17-cv-01892-HSG (KAW)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING JOINT
v. DISCOVERY LETTER
BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST Re: Dkt. No. 262 COMPANY, N.A., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 On March 6, 2019, the parties filed a joint discovery letter regarding Defendants’ discovery log, in which Plaintiffs sought the production of thirty-three documents. (Discovery Letter, Dkt. No. 262.) On May 1, 2019, the Court ordered the parties to file supplemental briefing as to whether revisions to guidelines are subject to the fiduciary exception. (Dkt. No. 282 at 1.) The Court also ordered Defendants to produce certain documents for in camera review. (Id., Dkt. No. 299.) Defendants filed their supplemental brief on May 8, 2019, and Plaintiffs filed their supplemental brief on May 15, 2019. (Defs.’ Supp. Brief, Dkt. No. 284; Plfs.’ Supp. Brief, Dkt. No. 293.) Having reviewed the parties’ briefing, the relevant legal authority, and the in…