Judge Fallon ruled on what is, as near as I can tell, a totally novel discovery dispute earlier this week.
The defendants in Chervon (HK) Limited v. One World Tech., Inc., C.A. No. 19-1293-VAC(!), were scheduled to depose several of plaintiffs witnesses and plaintiff learned -- its unclear how from the papers -- that defendant intended to use some previously untranslated Chinese documents as exhibits as exhibits. Plaintiffs' thus moved to compel the defendants to produce certified translations of these documents in advance of the depositions.
Judge Fallon denied the motion, noting that "the hardship in selecting all deposition exhibits well in advance of the deposition" needed to be "balanced . . . against the importance of maximizing valuable deposition time." Plaintiffs were given "30 days from the date of issuance of the final deposition transcript to raise objections to the accuracy of the translated documents" but did not otherwise receive any relief.
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