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Court orderMarch 25, 2026Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. · N.D. Cal. 3:23-cv-03417

Magistrate judge: Meta witness's unawareness of any approval for torrenting 'might be a sign of bad deposition preparation'

Meta's corporate designee on torrenting had testified that he knew of no approval or disapproval of torrenting Anna's Archive and of no Meta policy on torrenting. After Meta produced documents in February 2026 showing that an engineer raised legal concerns about seeding and that in-house lawyers were consulted, the authors argued Meta had waived privilege by giving that testimony. Magistrate Judge Hixson disagreed, holding that the testimony did not put legal advice at issue. He added that the witness's lack of awareness "might be a sign of bad deposition preparation," since a corporate designee is supposed to be prepared on his topics. He ordered Meta to submit one redacted chat and a fully withheld legal thread for his private review, and declined to re-review documents the district judge had already examined. According to later filings, he then upheld Meta's privilege claims and rejected the argument that the crime-fraud exception applied.

Discovery order (Dkt. 701) ↗

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