Opinion
2:23-cv-01495-JHC
07-22-2024
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC., a corporation, Defendant.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Patty A. Eakes, Molly A. Terwilliger Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) Katherine Trefz (pro hac vice) COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) Derek Ludwin (pro hac vice) Kate Mitchell-Tombras (pro hac vice) One CityCenter WILKINSON STEKLOFF LLP Kosta S. Stojilkovic (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc. Edward H. Takashima SUSAN A. MUSSER EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA EMILY K. BOLLES KARA KING ERIC ZEPP Federal Trade Commission Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission New York State Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York Rahul A. Darwar (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General One Granite Place South Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire Caleb J. Smith (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma Timothy D. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Maryland Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland Michael Mackenzie (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General One Ashburton Place Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Enforcement Counsel Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island Sara L. J. Aceves (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Vermont Attorney General's Office Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont Laura E. McFarlane (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau Antitrust and False Claims Unit Oregon Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Strawberry Square, Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer Protection Division Office of the Maine Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine Gary Honick (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Nevada Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada Ana Atta-Alla (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico Zulma Carrasquillo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Puerto Rico Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General
NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: July 22, 2024
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Patty A. Eakes, Molly A. Terwilliger Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.
WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP Heidi K. Hubbard (pro hac vice) John E. Schmidtlein (pro hac vice) Kevin M. Hodges (pro hac vice) Jonathan B. Pitt (pro hac vice) Carl R. Metz (pro hac vice) Carol J. Pruski (pro hac vice) Katherine Trefz (pro hac vice)
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Thomas O. Barnett (pro hac vice) Derek Ludwin (pro hac vice) Kate Mitchell-Tombras (pro hac vice) One CityCenter
WILKINSON STEKLOFF LLP Kosta S. Stojilkovic (pro hac vice) Attorneys for Defendant Amazon.com, Inc.
Edward H. Takashima SUSAN A. MUSSER EDWARD H. TAKASHIMA EMILY K. BOLLES KARA KING ERIC ZEPP Federal Trade Commission Attorneys for Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission New York State Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New York
Rahul A. Darwar (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut Counsel for Plaintiff State of Connecticut
Alexandra C. Sosnowski (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General One Granite Place South Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Hampshire
Caleb J. Smith (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Consumer Protection Unit Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma
Timothy D. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Maryland Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maryland
Michael Mackenzie (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Chief, Antitrust Division Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General One Ashburton Place Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Scott A. Mertens (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Michigan Department of Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Michigan
Zach Biesanz (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Enforcement Counsel Office of the Minnesota Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Minnesota
Lucas J. Tucker (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Chief, Consumer and Economic Justice Unit Department of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island
Sara L. J. Aceves (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Vermont Attorney General's Office Counsel for Plaintiff State of Vermont
Laura E. McFarlane (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin
Michael Jo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Bureau Antitrust and False Claims Unit Oregon Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Oregon
Jennifer A. Thomson (admitted pro hac vice) Senior Deputy Attorney General Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Strawberry Square, Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Michael A. Undorf (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General Delaware Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff State of Delaware
Christina M. Moylan (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Chief, Consumer Protection Division Office of the Maine Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Maine
Gary Honick (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Nevada Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of Nevada
Ana Atta-Alla (admitted pro hac vice) Deputy Attorney General New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Jersey
Jeffrey Herrera (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General New Mexico Office of the Attorney General Counsel for Plaintiff State of New Mexico
Zulma Carrasquillo (admitted pro hac vice) Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division Puerto Rico Department of Justice Counsel for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Stephen N. Provazza (admitted pro hac vice) Special Assistant Attorney General
STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR COURT-ORDERED RULE 30(b)(6) DEPOSITION
JOHN H. CHUN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The parties, by and through their attorneys of record, respectfully request that the Court enter the proposed order set forth below regarding a Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) deposition ordered by the Court (Dkt. #238).
In support of this request, the parties represent the following to the Court:
1. On July 9, 2024, the Court ordered a Rule 30(b)(6) deposition of Defendant's representative on document retention “to take place within 30 days of this order.” (Dkt. #238). At the deposition, “Plaintiffs may inquire into (1) when and to whom the litigation hold notices were given, (2) what kinds and categories of
information and data Defendant's employees were instructed to preserve and collect, and (3) what specific actions they were instructed to take to that end.” Id
2. The parties met and conferred about the Court's order. Amazon confirmed that it is preparing a representative to testify to the topics identified in the Court's order. Amazon also indicated that, due to previously scheduled travel, it would require a modest extension of the 30-day period contemplated by the Court's order.
3. Plaintiffs are amenable to the modest extension proposed by Amazon.
4. If acceptable to the Court, the parties have reached agreement to hold the deposition on August 21, 2024, in Washington, DC. This would result in the deposition taking place within 45 days of the Court's order.
5. The parties thus stipulate as follows, subject to Court approval, and jointly request that the Court enter the following Order approving this Stipulation:
a. The Rule 30(b)(6) deposition called for by the Court's July 9, 2024 Order shall take place on August 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.
ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.