Judge Chhabria just issued an order rejecting David Boies law firm’s attempt to extend fact discovery yet again with 10 additional custodians of documents, 5 interrogatories, and up to 13 depositions per side. Judge Chabbria sided instead with Meta’s proposal to keep the same schedule for fact discovery — which means it’s closed.
But Meta also gets an additional deposition due to a late discovery of information related to an agreement between Harper-Collins and a “large technology company” produced after the close of discovery. Meta also gets the chance to add a rebuttal to Krein Expert Report regarding alleged torrenting/seeding and copyright information removal, due to their becoming issues only with the filing of the Third Amended Consolidated Complaint.
Judge Chhabria ruled:
“ORDER. The parties’ stipulated schedule regarding briefing on Meta’s motion to dismiss is adopted. Meta’s proposed schedule is adopted with regard to fact and expert discovery. Signed by Judge Vince Chhabria on 1/21/2025. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court.”
The stipulated schedule for Meta’s Motion to Dismiss the Third Amended Consolidated Complaint is:
The rest of the schedule is:
