Fidelity Management & Research Co. v. Actuate Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF RULE 30(b)(6) WITNESS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF HIS DEPOSITION AND FOR SANCTIONS FOR IMPROPER INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO ANSWER (#72)

COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.

The issue raised by the motion is how the Court can best resolve a dispute as to how plaintiffs may obtain factual information in a deposition taken pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6), Fed.R.Civ.P.,1 in an manner which does not impinge on the work-product of defendant’s counsel in the process. In the instant case, during the 30(b)(6) deposition plaintiffs’ counsel sought to…