Magistrate Judge Orders Discovery Disputes In Trade Secrets Suit Transferred

(April 20, 2017, 9:25 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Transferring discovery disputes to a Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing an underlying misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit is proper because the judge has requested that all motions challenging subpoenas issued be transferred to him, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled April 12 in granting a company’s motion to transfer discovery disputes against Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc. (PPG Industries Inc. v. Jiangsu Tie Mao Glass Co. Ltd., Nos. 16-mc-80160 and 16-mc-8016, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56316)....