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Rodriguez v. Google LLC

United States District Court, Northern District of California
Dec 13, 2021
20-cv-04688-RS (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2021)

Opinion

20-cv-04688-RS (AGT)

12-13-2021

ANIBAL RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.


DISCOVERY ORDER RE: DKT. NOS. 187, 188

ALEX G. TSE United States Magistrate Judge.

The parties dispute whether the document titled “Google Analytics for Firebase Privacy Design Doc, ” Bates number GOOG-RDGZ-00032746 to -32767, is privileged. The Court concludes that it is. The dominant purpose of the document was to facilitate the rendering of legal advice. See Dkt. 187-2, Santaguida Decl. ¶¶ 4-7, 11-17; Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Superior Ct., 47 Cal.4th 725, 734-36 (2009). This conclusion is clear from the detailed Santaguida declaration, so the Court needn't, and won't, review the document in camera. Perhaps not all of Google's “Privacy Design Documents” will be protected by the privilege, see Dkt. 188 at 2-3, but the one in question is. The plaintiffs' request for an order that would require Google to produce the document is denied.

The motion to seal the Santaguida declaration (Dkt. 187) is also denied. Google, the designating party, didn't file a statement in support of the motion by December 10, 2021, the deadline by which to do so. See N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 79-5(f)(3). Also, the Court has evaluated the declaration and isn't convinced that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if the confidential information appearing within it is publicly disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002). Google must file an unredacted, public version of the declaration by December 17, 2021.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 1


Summaries of

Rodriguez v. Google LLC

United States District Court, Northern District of California
Dec 13, 2021
20-cv-04688-RS (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2021)
Case details for

Rodriguez v. Google LLC

Case Details

Full title:ANIBAL RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.

Court:United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Dec 13, 2021

Citations

20-cv-04688-RS (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Dec. 13, 2021)