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DEFENDANTS’OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO
QUASH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
Case No. 3:07-CV-231
Jeffrey G. Randall (CA Bar No. 130811)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
525 University Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 470-4500
Email: jrandall@skadden.com
Allan M. Soobert (pro hac vice)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
1440 New York Avenue
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 371-7000
Email: asoobert@skadden.com
David Peyman (CA Bar No. 234268)
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 687-5000
Attorneys for Defendants
eBay Inc. and Half.com, Inc.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MERCEXCHANGE, L.L.C.,
Plaintiff,
v.
eBAY INC. AND HALF.COM, INC.,
Defendants.
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Case No. 3:07-CV-231
(Case No. 2:01-CV-736 Pending in the
United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia)
DEFENDANTS EBAY INC. AND
HALF.COM, INC.’S OPPOSITION TO
PLAINTIFF MERCEXCHANGE,
L.L.C.’S MOTION TO QUASH
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM UPON
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
I.
INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF FACTS
Plaintiff MercExchange, L.L.C.’
s (“MercExchange”) motion to quash (“Motion”) the
subpoena duces tecum served by Defendants eBay and Half.com (collectively, “eBay”) upon
Fish & Richardson (“Fish”) is procedurally improper and should be denied.
Case 3:07-cv-00231-IEG-POR Document 15 Filed 02/13/2007 Page 1 of 3
Mercexchange, L.L.C. v. eBay Inc. et al
Doc. 15
Dockets.Justia.com
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DEFENDANTS’OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO
QUASH SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
Case No. 3:07-CV-231
The background and facts of this case have been recited in eBay’s motion to compel and
reply before this court. The relevant facts for this opposition are briefly stated as:
January 12, 2007: eBay served the subpoena at issue on Fish (Peyman Decl. Exh. 2), a
copy of which was provided to MercEx