In re Mosaic LLM Litigation

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted Plaintiffs’ request to designate Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi as a document custodian in the Mosaic LLM litigation. The Court concluded that Ghodsi likely possessed relevant and potentially unique information concerning Databricks’ acquisition and integration of MosaicML, and found no undue burden in searching his custodial files.

Holdings

1. Plaintiffs may designate Ghodsi as a document custodian because his substantial role in Databricks' acquisition and integration of MosaicML made it credible and highly plausible that he possessed relevant documents and information.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Plaintiffs could designate Databricks CEO Dr. Ali Ghodsi as an additional document custodian under the parties' ESI Protocol.
2. Whether the apex considerations of relevance, unique knowledge, and burden justified designation of Ghodsi despite likely overlap with other custodians' documents.

Disposition

other