MAZ Partners LP v. Shear

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY (#240).

KELLEY, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

Familiarity with the facts of this case as set out in the District Court’s Summary Judgment Order (#258 at 3-7) is presumed. Plaintiff MAZ Partners LP seeks *386discovery pertaining to investigations conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of alleged insider trading based on non-public information concerning the merger that is at the heart of this case. (## 240, 241.) The subjects of the investigations are connected in varying degrees to defendants…