Opinion
Civil Action No. 06-cv-00686-WDM-BNB.
October 26, 2006
ORDER
This matter is before me on Defendants' Motion for Protective Order to Preclude Plaintiffs From Issuing and Enforcing Any Subpoenas to and Discussing This Litigation With eWork Markets' Clients (Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(c)) [Doc. # 60, filed 9/22/2006] (the " Motion"). I held a hearing on the Motion this afternoon and made rulings on the record, which are incorporated here. In summary and for the reasons stated on the record:
IT IS ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED to the following extent:
(1) The parties are limited to ten third-person document subpoenas per side; and
(2) Prior to serving any document subpoena on a third-person, the party issuing the subpoena must confer, either in person or by telephone, with opposing counsel to consider how the parties may avoid undue burden or expense on the person subject to the subpoena.