Crowder v. LinkedIn Corporation
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:22-cv-00237
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Crowder v. LinkedIn Corporation, Judge Gilliam partially lifted the discovery stay and ordered LinkedIn to produce specified private API agreements.
The order directly affects the Plaintiffs and LinkedIn Corporation by requiring LinkedIn to produce specified private application programming interface agreements while keeping other discovery stayed.
What happened
Crowder v. LinkedIn Corporation concerns the parties’ discovery in a case involving an amended complaint and another motion to dismiss. The court had previously stayed discovery while it considered whether claims were likely to proceed.
The court lifted the stay only in part. It ordered LinkedIn to produce private application programming interface agreements with HootSuite, Amobee, Annalect, Ogilvy, or Sprinklr by August 10, 2023.
All other discovery remained stayed unless the court ordered otherwise. Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. issued the order on July 28, 2023.
The detailed version
- Crowder v. LinkedIn Corporation · No. 4:22-cv-00237
- Haywood Gilliam
- July 28, 2023
Background
The court had previously stayed discovery—information exchange between the parties—while it assessed whether claims were likely to proceed after Plaintiffs amended their complaint. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, and LinkedIn filed another motion to dismiss. The court considered the parties’ written arguments and their arguments at a July 27, 2023 hearing on that motion.
Ruling
The court partially lifted the discovery stay. It ordered LinkedIn Corporation to produce to Plaintiffs any private application programming interface agreements between LinkedIn and HootSuite, Amobee, Annalect, Ogilvy, or Sprinklr by August 10, 2023. All other discovery remained stayed unless the court ordered otherwise.
The order addressed discovery only; it did not state a ruling on LinkedIn’s other motion to dismiss.
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