Meta Platforms, Inc. v. BrandTotal Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 META PLATFORMS, INC., Case No. 20-cv-07182-JCS

Plaintiff, ORDER REGARDING JOINT

DISCOVERY LETTER BRIEF

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 206 BRANDTOTAL LTD., et al., Defendants.

12 On November 22, 2021, the parties filed a joint letter raising a discovery dispute as to three 13 documents Plaintiff Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Facebook”) has withheld from production based on 14 assertions of attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine. Defendants BrandTotal, Ltd. 15 and Unimania, Inc. (collectively, “BrandTotal”) challenge those designations. The documents at 16 issue, which relate to Facebook’s investigation of certain BrandTotal products, are as follows: 17 (1) a “quip,” which is a collaboratively edited document that includes comments by counsel; (2) a 18 “task,” consisting of communications by Facebook employees, including counsel; and (3) a 19 second “task,” which does not include communications by counsel but was prepared at counsel’s 20 direction.1 21 BrandTotal contends that these documents are governed by a…