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
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF FTC'S v. MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE
EVIDENCE CONCERNING THIRD-
META PLATFORMS INC., et al., PARTY WITNESSES
Defendants. 12 Re: ECF No. 280
13 Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) moves in limine to exclude all evidence 14 concerning third-party witnesses Eric Janszen, Jaime Pichardo Garcia, and Preston Lewis on the 15 basis that these witnesses were untimely disclosed. ECF No. 280 (“Motion”). Having considered 16 the arguments presented in the Parties’ briefs and oral arguments, the Court GRANTS IN PART 17 and DENIES IN PART the FTC’s Motion.
I. Legal Standard
19 Rule 26(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires parties to make initial 20 disclosures providing “the name and, if known, the address and telephone number of each 21 individual likely to have discoverable information—along…