AdTrader, Inc. v. Google LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 ADTRADER, INC., et al., Case No. 17-cv-07082-BLF (VKD)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MARCH 8, 2021

v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE LETTER

GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 306 Defendant.

13 Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) moves for a protective order limiting plaintiffs’ questioning regarding four topics in plaintiffs’ Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice. Dkt. No. 306. The deposition is scheduled for March 17, 2021. The parties do not request a hearing on the dispute, and the Court finds the matter suitable for decision without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7- 1(b). For the reasons explained below, the Court grants Google’s motion for a protective order. I. BACKGROUND The operative complaint in this action alleges that Google failed to properly refund or credit advertisers for invalid traffic on three of Google’s advertising platforms: DoubleClick Ad Exchange (“AdX”), AdWords program…