Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-04808 WHA

v.

RUIFENG BIZTECH INC., et al., ORDER RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION

TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY OF

Defendants.

TOMO KIMURA

15 16 In this trade-secret dispute, the parties’ business partnership imploded, resulting in an alleged midnight lockout and illicit takeover of plaintiff Quintara Biosciences, Inc.’s lab equipment and data. Defendants continue the barrage of motions in this dispute, and request exclusion of Quintara’s CFO and non-retained expert witness on damages, Tomo Kimura. Rule 26 governs the disclosure of expert witnesses and identifies two types of expert who may present opinions at trial, retained and non-retained. A retained expert “is one retained or specially employed to provide expert testimony in the case or one whose duties as the party's employee regularly involve giving expert testimony.” Those who qualify as retained experts must provide a detailed written…