United States of America v. Crescendo Bioscience, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Case No. 16-cv-02043-TSH
Plaintiffs,
PUBLIC VERSION OF SEPTEMBER 2,
v. 2021 DISCOVERY ORDER FILED
UNDER SEAL (ECF NO. 131)
CRESCENDO BIOSCIENCE, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 119, 120, 122, 128 Defendants.
12 The parties have filed joint letter briefs at ECF Nos. 119, 120, 122 and 128. The Court held a hearing on September 2, 2021 and now issues this order. A. ECF Nos. 119 and 128 (Jake Orville issues) In ECF No. 119, Defendants moved for an order (1) that Relator provide the dates of Jake Orville’s alleged membership in STF, (2) finding that any privilege claim as to the substance of the March 16, 2016 meeting among Jake Orville, Felice Gersh, Christopher Riedel and Relator’s counsel Justin Berger, and Orville’s counsel Brian Maschler was waived, and (3) allowing a deposition of Relator concerning the substance of that meeting. Concerned that this looked like an untimely motion to compel fact…