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HARVEY SISKIND LLP IAN K. BOYD (State Bar No. 191434) [email protected] SETH I. APPEL (State Bar No. 233421) [email protected] RAFFI V. ZEROUNIAN (State Bar No. 236388) [email protected] Four Embarcadero Center, 39th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: 415.354.0100 Facsimile: 415.391.7124 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Mark Lillge d/b/a Creative Marketing Concepts
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION Case No. C 07-02748 MHP MARK LILLGE d/b/a CREATIVE MARKETING CONCEPTS Plaintiff, v. ANDREW VERITY and CHRISTINA CHANG Defendants. ANDREW VERITY and CHRISTINA CHANG, Counterclaimants, v. MARK LILLGE d/b/a CREATIVE MARKETING CONCEPTS, and DOES 110, Counterdefendants. [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT REPORT OF JEFFRY MEYER Date: March 31, 2008 Time: 2:00 p.m. Court: Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT REPORT OF JEFFRY MEYER
CASE NO. C 07-02748 MHP
Case 3:07-cv-02748-MHP
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This matter came on for determination before the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel, on March 31, 2008, upon the motion of plaintiff Mark Lillge d/b/a Creative Marketing Concepts ("CMC") to strike the portion of the expert report of Jeffry Meyer entitled "Trade Secrets." After hearing the evidence and argument of counsel, and reviewing the papers, the Court finds that Mr. Meyer's finding that trade secrets do not exist in the promotional products industry to be merely legal opinion, which is inadmissible expert testimony. Accordingly, for good cause therefor appearing, it is ORDERED that the portion of Mr. Meyer's expert report entitled "Trade Secrets" shall be stricken pursuant to F.R.E. 402 and F.R.E. 703.
________________________________ The Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel United States District Court
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CASE NO. C 07-02748 MHP