WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited — Entry #886

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 1   Juan O. Perla (appearance pro hac vice)
     Turner Smith (appearance pro hac vice)
 2   David V. Holmes (appearance pro hac vice)
     CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST,
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     COLT & MOSLE LLP
 4   101 Park Avenue
     New York, New York 10178
 5   Tel: (212)-696-6084
     jperla@curtis.com
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     Jerrold L. Bregman (SBN 149896)
 8   BG Law LLP
     21650 Oxnard Street, Suite 500
 9   Woodland Hills, CA 91367
     Tel: (818)-827-9101
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     jbregman@bg.law
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12   Attorneys for Defendants
     NSO Group Technologies Limited
13   and Q Cyber Technologies Limited
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                        FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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                                        OAKLAND DIVISION
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     WHATSAPP LLC and
19   META PLATFORMS, INC.,                        [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
                                                  DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR
20                       Plaintiffs,              PROTECTIVE ORDER
     v.
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     NSO GROUP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
22   and Q CYBER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,            Ctrm: 3
                                                  Judge: Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton
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 1          NSO Group Technologies Limited (“NSO”) and Q Cyber Technologies Limited
 2   (“Q Cyber” and, collectively with NSO, “Defendants”) have brought before this Court their
 3   Motion for Protective Order (the “Motion”), seeking protections against Plaintiffs WhatsApp LLC
 4   and Meta Platforms, Inc.’s post-judgment discovery requests under Federal Rule of Civil
 5   Procedure 69, including, but not limited to, the First Set of Interrogatories in Aid of Judgment (the
 6   “Interrogatories”) and the First Set of Requests for Production of Documents in Aid of Judgment
 7   (the “RFPs”) dated March 4, 2026 (the “Requests”), as well as the Deposition Notices dated July
 8   23, 2026 and August 25, 2026.
 9          Having considered the Motion, all supporting and opposition papers,
10          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion, is GRANTED as follows:
11          1.      Only post-judgment discovery of assets directly owned by Defendants, the only
12   named judgment debtors, in this action is permitted. No discovery of assets or other information
13   of any person or entity other than Defendants is permitted.
14          2.      Any post-judgment discovery will be limited to discovery of Defendants’ assets in
15 Othe United States.

16          3.      Any post-judgment discovery will be limited to assets, transfers or transactions
17   valued in excess of USD $150,000.
18          4.      The relevant time period for any post-judgment discovery will start from
19   December 12, 2025, to the present.
20          5.      Any deposition conducted as part of post-judgment discovery will be limited in
21   the same manner as described in Paragraphs 1-4 of this Order.
22          6.      All corporate depositions involving a foreign deponent will be limited to that
23   deponent’s corporate knowledge of the Defendants’ assets and shall not extend to the deponent’s
24   knowledge of personal affairs or the affairs of other non-parties absent compliance with the
25   relevant procedures under the Hague Convention for the Taking of Evidence.
26          7.     No post-judgment discovery regarding the injunction is permitted.
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     [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
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 1   IT IS SO ORDERED, this ____ day of __________________ 2026.
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     [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
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