Woods
Woods v. Google, LLC.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 RENE CABRERA, et al., Case No. 11-cv-01263-EJD (VKD)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE MARCH 7, 2024
v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE
DR. SUTHERLAND’S ACCESS TO
GOOGLE LLC, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION;
SEALING INFORMATION
Defendant. 12 Re: Dkt. Nos. 737, 738, 748
14 The parties ask the Court to resolve their dispute concerning whether plaintiffs’ 15 expert/consultant, Dr. Joseph Sutherland, may continue to have access to materials designated 16 confidential by defendant Google LLC (“Google”) under the protective order. Dkt. No. 738. The 17 Court heard oral argument on this matter on March 12, 2024. Dkt. No. 744. 18 According to plaintiffs, Dr. Sutherland provided technical support to plaintiffs’ testifying 19 expert, Dr. James Gibson, in 2017 and 2018. Specifically, Dr. Sutherland “loaded [Google’s 20 2017] data sample onto his computer and ran queries designed by [Dr.] Gibson,” and “reviewed 21 Google’s source code, . . . [a named…