Hyams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 RYAN HYAMS, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06278-HSG (RMI)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 116, 117 CVS HEALTH CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

13 Now pending before the court is a discovery dispute concerning Plaintiffs’ request to compel the lifting of certain redactions found in documents that Defendant CVS had previously transmitted to its third-party agent responsible for administering its payroll systems. CVS contends that the redactions are justified by the attorney-client privilege because they contain legal advice from counsel directing CVS to make certain changes to its payroll systems and that it was necessary to communicate this legal advice to its agent responsible for administering its payroll systems such that counsel’s advice could be properly understood and effectuated. Plaintiffs contend that CVS cannot meet its burden to avail itself of the privilege because: (1) there is…