CASE NO. 17-CV-00220-LHK-NMC 

CASE NO. 17-MD-02773-LHK-NMC

DEFENDANT QUALCOMM INCORPORATED’S 

STATUS REPORT RE: CM CUSTODIAL PRODUCTIONS 

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CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP 

Gary A. Bornstein (pro hac vice) 

gbornstein@cravath.com 

Richard J. Stark (pro hac vice) 

rstark@cravath.com 

825 Eighth Avenue 

New York, New York 10019-7475 

Telephone: (212) 474-1000 

Facsimile: (212) 474-3700 

KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP 

Robert A. Van Nest 

rvannest@keker.com 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Telephone: (415) 676-2289 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for Defendant 

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 

Additional counsel in the signature block. 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

Richard S. Taffet (pro hac vice) 

richard.taffet@morganlewis.com 

101 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10178-0060 

Telephone: (212) 309-6000 

Facsimile: (212) 309-6001 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

Donn P. Pickett (SBN 72257) 

donn.pickett@morganlewis.com 

Geoffrey T. Holtz (SBN 191370) 

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1596 

Telephone: (415) 442-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 

a Delaware corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 5:17-cv-00220-LHK

DEFENDANT QUALCOMM 

INCORPORATED’S STATUS 

REPORT REGARDING NONPARTY CONTRACT 

MANUFACTURERS’ CUSTODIAL 

PRODUCTIONS 

Courtroom: 7, 4th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Nathanael M. Cousins 

 

IN RE: QUALCOMM ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

Case No. 5:17-MD-02773-LHK-NMC 

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CASE NO. 17-CV-00220-LHK-NMC 

CASE NO. 17-MD-02773-LHK-NMC

DEFENDANT QUALCOMM INCORPORATED’S 

STATUS REPORT RE: CM CUSTODIAL PRODUCTIONS 

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On January 17, 2018, the Court ordered non-parties Compal Electronics, 

Inc., FIH Mobile Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Pegatron Corporation, and 

Wistron Corporation (collectively, the “CMs”) to complete their document production to 

Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated (“Qualcomm”) by January 26, 2018 and to produce 

privilege logs by February 2, 2018. (ECF No. 493.) The CMs produced their privilege 

logs on February 2, 2018. On February 2, 8 and 9, 2018, the CMs produced a total of 

60,338 documents that they determined after review were not privileged. 

On February 2, 2018, Qualcomm filed a status report in which it outlined 

its concerns with the CMs’ document productions, and in particular the productions of 

documents from the custodial files of Wistron employees Brian Chong and Alex Yeh. 

(ECF No. 534.) Qualcomm remains concerned that the CMs have failed to retain and 

produce important documents. Wistron has produced 296 documents from Mr. Chong’s 

files.1 The CMs themselves first proposed Mr. Chong as a custodian, and the FTC has 

disclosed him as a likely witness at a trial of this matter. Wistron has informed 

Qualcomm that since Mr. Chong’s involvement in negotiating Wistron’s license 

agreement with Qualcomm, Mr. Chong has changed job responsibilities, and Wistron has 

not retained his documents. Similarly, Wistron has produced only 6 documents from the 

files of Alex Yeh. Wistron has informed Qualcomm that Mr. Yeh left his employment 

with Wistron on April 5, 2017, and that it has not retained Mr. Yeh’s documents in part 

because no litigation hold was implemented until after the CMs were sued in the related 

action pending in the Southern District of California. 

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 Of those documents, 59 are completely redacted. The CMs explained that if one 

document in a document family is non-privileged, they produce all documents in the 

family, redacting any documents that are withheld in the entirety on privilege grounds. 

Qualcomm cannot verify this explanation, however, because it cannot determine whether 

these fully redacted documents were placed on Wistron’s privilege log or ascertain the 

basis for Wistron’s privilege assertions. Qualcomm has asked the CMs to account for 

whether and where these fully redacted documents are logged. 

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Because the CMs have represented that they have produced all responsive 

non-privileged documents from the files of the 33 agreed-upon custodians, Qualcomm is 

not moving at this time to compel further production of documents or for sanctions 

against Wistron or any other CM for failure to comply with the Court’s discovery orders. 

Qualcomm reserves the right to seek further relief after further discovery (e.g., 

depositions scheduled for March 12-16), including but not limited to seeking preclusion 

of certain witnesses or an adverse inference. 

Dated: February 16, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

 

CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP, 

/s/ Richard J. Stark 

Richard J. Stark

Worldwide Plaza 

825 Eighth Avenue 

New York, NY 10019 

Tel: (212) 474-1000 

Fax: (212) 474-3700 

rstark@cravath.com 

Robert A. Van Nest 

Asim M. Bhansali 

Eugene M. Paige 

KEKER, VAN NEST & PETERS LLP 

633 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809 

Tel: (415) 676-2289 

Fax: (415) 397-7188 

rvannest@keker.com 

abhansali@keker.com 

epaige@keker.com 

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Richard S. Taffet 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

101 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10178-0060 

Tel: (212) 309-6000 

Fax: (212) 309-6001 

richard.taffet@morganlewis.com 

Willard K. Tom 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

1111 Pennsylvania Ave. NW 

Washington, DC 20004-2541 

Tel: (202) 739-3000 

Fax: (202) 739 3001 

willard.tom@morganlewis.com 

Donn P. Pickett 

Geoffrey T. Holtz 

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 

One Market, Spear Street Tower 

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126 

Tel: (415) 442-1000 

Fax: (415) 442-1001 

donn.pickett@morganlewis.com 

geoffrey.holtz@morganlewis.com 

Attorneys for Qualcomm Incorporated 

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