Tradeshift, Inc. v. BuyerQuest, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TRADESHIFT, INC., Case No. 20-cv-01294-RS (TSH)
Plaintiff,
DISCOVERY ORDER
v. Re: Dkt. No. 92 BUYERQUEST, INC., Defendant.
12 Tradeshift moves to compel BuyerQuest to re-produce its CEO, Jack Mulloy, as its Rule 30(b)(6) witness on topics 4-7 and 141 and to pay Tradeshift’s fees and costs in bringing this motion. ECF No. 92. Acknowledging that Rule 30 allows a deposing party to pick either the witness or the topics, but not both, in a footnote Tradeshift states that it would accept a different witness who is knowledgeable about these topics. Id. at 2 n.1. BuyerQuest argues that Mulloy was fully knowledgeable on topics 4-7 and that topic 14 was objectionable. Notwithstanding that Tradeshift violated the Court’s Discovery Standing Order by including a four-and-half page argument section in what was supposed to have been a joint discovery letter brief not to exceed five pages, the Court will consider Tradeshift’s arguments on the…