Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 1 of 54 Page ID #:1254 1 SCOTT A. EDELMAN, SBN 116927 [email protected] 2 MICHAEL W. SEITZ, SBN 271136 [email protected] 3 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 2029 Century Park East 4 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3026 Telephone: 310.552.8500 5 Facsimile: 310.551.8741 6 THEANE EVANGELIS KAPUR, SBN 243570 [email protected] 7 BLAINE H. EVANSON, SBN 254338 [email protected] 8 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 333 South Grand Avenue 9 Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 Telephone: 213.229.7000 10 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 11 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 13 CBS BROADCASTING INC. 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 WESTERN DIVISION 18 CBS Broadcasting Inc., CASE NO. 2:12-CV-04073 GAF (JEMx) 19 Plaintiff, Honorable John E. McDermott U.S. Magistrate Judge 20 v. DISCOVERY MATTER: 21 American BroadcastingDEADLINE.com Companies, et PLAINTIFF CBS al. BROADCASTING INC.’S 22 NOTICE OF MOTION AND Defendant. JOINT STIPULATION 23 REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY SOUGHT BY CBS 24 25 26 27 28 Gibson, Dunn & 101301082_4 (JT. STIP. REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY) (2).DOC 1 Crutcher LLP Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 2 of 54 Page ID #:1255 1 TO ALL PARTIES AND TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 3 26, 34 and 37, and Local Rules 37-1 and 37-2, Plaintiff CBS Broadcasting Inc. 4 (“CBS”) hereby submits the attached Joint Stipulation to this Court seeking an 5 order compelling Defendants American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC”), The 6 Walt Disney Company, Disney Enterprises, Inc., ABC, INC. (dba Disney/ABC 7 Television Group), Keep Calm and Carry On Productions, Inc., Corie Henson, Michael 8 O’Sullivan, Kenny Rosen, and others (collectively, “Defendants”) to produce, within 9 48 hours of an order from this Court compelling production, all materials responsive to 10 CBS’s RFPs (from the attached Joint Stipulation). 11 Specifically, CBS asks the Court to compel Defendants to produce materials 12 responsive to the below requests for production of documents: 13 Req. No. 1: All DOCUMENTS from January 1, 2008 to present in the possession, 14 custody, or control of Defendants American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., ABC, INC., Keep Calm and Carry On Productions, Inc., Corie Henson, Michael 15 O’Sullivan, or Kenny Rosen, including but not limited to emails, text messages, 16 instant messages, and communications on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media sites, CONCERNING BIG BROTHER and created in the context of or RELATING 17 TO the development, pre-production, or production of GLASS HOUSE. 18 Req. No. 2: All series bibles, series and episode outlines, dailies, story training 19 manuals, master control room manuals, competition pitches, competition outlines, 20 format pitches, format outlines, and other DOCUMENTS REFLECTING the format, content, production methods, story-producing methods, or filming methods 21 for GLASS HOUSE.DEADLINE.com 22 Req. No. 3: All DOCUMENTS, including but not limited to blueprints, renderings, 23 plans, drawings, and design specifications, that RELATE TO the art direction, technical set-up, or design of the house featured on GLASS HOUSE. 24 25 Req. No. 4: All DOCUMENTS REFLECTING the latest and most recent version of any episode of GLASS HOUSE, regardless of whether the episode is in a pre- 26 broadcast version that is not final. 27 28 101301082_4 (JT. STIP. REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY) (2).DOC 2 Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 3 of 54 Page ID #:1256 1 Plaintiff further requests that the Court order that ABC provide CBS with 2 answers to certain questions that deponent Kenny Rosen was improperly instructed not 3 to answer at this deposition, including (i) why he had the Big Brother HouseGuest 4 manual “typed up”; (ii) whether he consulted with counsel before providing the 5 manual to Glass House employee Tom Friedman; (iii) the dates of any 6 communications with counsel regarding the manual; and (iv) what happened to the 7 HouseGuest manual after Rosen asked Friedman to “type it up.” Plaintiff requests that 8 the Court order that Rosen appear immediately and answer the questions which he was 9 instructed not to answer. 10 This Notice of Motion and Motion is based on the attached Joint Stipulation, all 11 points and authorities cited therein, the attached exhibits thereto, and any relevant 12 matters of which the Court may take judicial notice. 13 DATED: June 13, 2012 14 SCOTT A. EDELMAN THEANE EVANGELIS KAPUR 15 BLAINE H. EVANSON MICHAEL W. SEITZ 16 GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 17 By: /s/ Scott A. Edelman 18 Scott A. Edelman 19 20 21 DEADLINE.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 101301082_4 (JT. STIP. REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY) (2).DOC 3 Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 4 of 54 Page ID #:1257 1 SCOTT A. EDELMAN, SBN 116927 2 [email protected] MICHAEL W. SEITZ, SBN 271136 3 [email protected] GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 4 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067-3026 5 Telephone: 310.552.8500 Facsimile: 310.551.8741 6 THEANE EVANGELIS KAPUR, SBN 243570 7 [email protected] BLAINE H. EVANSON, SBN 254338 8 [email protected] GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 9 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071-3197 10 Telephone: 213.229.7000 Facsimile: 213.229.7520 11 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 12 CBS BROADCASTING INC. 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 WESTERN DIVISION 16 CBS Broadcasting Inc., CASE NO. 2:12-CV-04073 GAF (JEMx) 17 Plaintiff, DISCOVERY MATTER 18 v. JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY 19 American Broadcasting Companies Inc., SOUGHT BY CBS et al., 20 [[Proposed] Order; Declaration of Theane Defendants. Evangelis Kapur in Support of Joint 21 DEADLINE.comStipulation filed concurrently; Defendants’ declarations and exhibits to be filed 22 separately] 23 Hearing: 24 Date: None set 25 Time: None set 26 Judge: Hon. John E. McDermott 27 28 101301082_4 (JT. STIP. REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY) (2).DOC 4 Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 5 of 54 Page ID #:1258 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 I. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS ................................................................... 1 4 A. Plaintiff CBS’s Introductory Statement ..................................................... 1 5 B. Defendants’ Introductory Statement .......................................................... 3 6 II. PLAINTIFF CBS’S ARGUMENT ...................................................................... 6 7 A. The Material Sought Here Is Relevant to CBS’s Claims and Is Likely to Yield Highly Probative Information ........................................... 6 8 B. Defendants’ Trade Secret Objections Should Not Obstruct 9 Discovery ................................................................................................... 9 10 C. Expedited Discovery is Additionally Warranted Because of Rosen’s Admitted Spoliation of Highly Relevant Documents .............................. 11 11 III. DEFENDANTS’ ARGUMENT ......................................................................... 11 12 A. There Is No Good Cause For An Expedited Schedule ............................ 11 13 B. The Additional Expedited Copyright Discovery Sought By CBS 14 Would Serve No Purpose ......................................................................... 12 15 C. The Additional Trade Secret Discovery Demanded By CBS Is An Ill-Disguised Fishing Expedition ............................................................. 14 16 D. CBS’s Conversion and Unfair Competition Claims Do Not Provide 17 A Means To Circumvent the Trade Secret Disclosure Requirements. ........................................................................................... 20 18 E. The Expedited Requests Are Extremely Overbroad and 19 Burdensome. ............................................................................................. 21 20 F. CBS’s Effort To Raise Its Privilege Dispute Is Procedurally Improper. .................................................................................................. 23 21 DEADLINE.com G. CBS’s Spoliation Allegations Do Not Justify Expedited Discovery. ...... 26 22 IV. CBS’S DOCUMENT REQUESTS, PROPOSED SCHEDULE, AND 23 STATEMENT ON PRIVILEGE ISSUES ......................................................... 26 24 A. Request 1: Documents Concerning Big Brother And Relating To Specified Aspects Of The Production Of Glass House ........................... 26 25 1. CBS’s Statement: Request No. 1 is Narrowly Tailored and 26 Concerns Documents Obviously Relevant to this Lawsuit ........... 26 27 2. Defendants’ Response .................................................................... 29 28 B. Request 2: Certain Categories Of Documents Reflecting Specified Aspects Of The Format, Content, and Production Methods Of Glass Gibson, Dunn & 101301082_4 (JT. STIP. REGARDING ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY) (2).DOC i Crutcher LLP Case 2:12-cv-04073-GAF-JEM Document 65 Filed 06/13/12 Page 6 of 54 Page ID #:1259 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) 2 Page 3 House ........................................................................................................ 31 4 1. CBS’s Statement: Request No. 2 Goes to Materials Relevant to Defendants’ Theft of Big Brother .............................................. 31 5 2. Defendants’ Response .................................................................... 32 6 C. Request 3: Documents Related To Design Of The House On Glass