WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 WHATSAPP INC., et al., Case No. 19-cv-07123-PJH Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTER ROGATORY
NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES
LIMITED, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 288, 303 Defendants.
13 Before the court is NSO’s motion for the issuance of a letter rogatory to the Ontario, Canada Superior Court of Justice, seeking discovery from The Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy of the University of Toronto. The court previously issued an order denying the motion in part, and calling for further briefing on the remainder of the motion. See Dkt. 299. In particular, the court directed the parties and non-party Citizen Lab to file supplemental briefs addressing NSO’s argument that the issuance of a letter rogatory was warranted based on Citizen Lab’s possession of “information relevant to plaintiffs’ allegation[] . . . that plaintiffs and Citizen…