Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Case No. 22-cv-04325-EJD (VKD)
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE
v. DEFENDANT'S SUBPOENA TO
APPLE INC.
META PLATFORMS INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 139 Defendants.
13 Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) moves to compel non-party Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) production of documents responsive to Meta’s document subpoena. Dkt. No. 139. Meta and Apple do not disagree about the scope of the document requests to which Apple will respond, which have been narrowed through negotiation. See id. at 1, 4 & n.1. Rather, they disagree about how Apple should comply with its obligation to produce responsive documents. Meta contends that Apple should be required to apply proposed search strings to the electronically stored information (“ESI”) of particular Apple custodians for RFPs 2, 5-6 and 9-11. Apple responds that it can fulfill its obligation to produce responsive…