WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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6 WHATSAPP INC., et al., 7 Case No. 19-cv-07123-PJH Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER RE MOTION FOR ISSUANCE 9 OF LETTER ROGATORY
NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES
10 LIMITED, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 288 11 Defendants.
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13 14 Before the court is defendants’ motion for the issuance of a letter rogatory to the 15 Ontario, Canada Superior Court of Justice, seeking discovery from The Citizen Lab at the 16 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy of the University of Toronto. Non-party 17 Citizen Lab has also filed a motion for leave to make a special appearance to oppose 18 defendants’ motion. See Dkt. 294. Citizen Lab’s motion is not opposed by any party, 19 and is GRANTED. 20 As to defendants’ motion for issuance of a letter rogatory, there appears to be no 21 dispute that the issuance of a letter rogatory is within the court’s discretion, and that the 22 relevant standard is whether the discovery sought falls within the scope of…