Listening to meeting in the FTC vs MSFT preliminary injunction case, and MSFT counsel says that FTC had almost 3,000 exhibits in the discovery process.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023
Lawyer count: 3 in-house for Microsoft, 2 for Activision.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023
"...It's unworkable in the 7-8 day period, we were sending over things we wanted to be made public."
Judge to SIE: "What you need to do today, you need to let (MSFT/ATVI) know what information you want to be redacted."
FTC Weingarden: "There may be some evidentiary issues that arise. We have concerns about evidence that MSFT may submit..."
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023
FTC seems to have issues with potential testimony that witnesses may offer because FTC cannot understand specific parts of what may be testified...there's discussions of asserted privileges.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023
Corley: I can't make any ruling out of context, I need transcripts...I don't know how you'd do that in 3-4 days.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023
Fleury: We're trying to come up with a workable plan to give context, so when these issues arise, we can point to that briefing...
Fleury: I think the issue of EC remedies are something we think that is something entirely inappropriate for any of their witnesses to testify about.
— Derek Strickland (@DeekeTweak) June 21, 2023