Handloser

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 GREGORY HANDLOSER, et al., Case No. 19-cv-01242-LHK (VKD)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE

v. VDART DOCUMENTS

HCL AMERICA, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 128 Defendants.

13 The parties ask the Court to resolve a discovery dispute concerning plaintiffs’ efforts to obtain production of documents originally in the possession of non-party VDart, Inc. (“VDart”). Dkt. No. 128. The Court heard oral argument on the matter on August 4, 2020. At the Court’s direction, the parties submitted supplemental information after the hearing. See Dkt. Nos. 133, 134. For the reasons explained below, the Court concludes that, given the particular circumstances presented here, plaintiffs may obtain discovery of the VDart documents on substantially the same terms as initially agreed between VDart and plaintiffs. I. BACKGROUND According to the pleadings, defendants HCL America, Inc. and HCL…