Universal Entertainment Corporation v. Aruze Gaming America, Inc.

Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 4 CORPORATION. TERTAINMENT Case No.: 2:18-cv-00585-RFB-NJK 5 Plaintiff, ORDER v. [Docket Nos. 263, 278] 7 ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., et al., 8 Defendants. 9 Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to compel discovery responses. Docket 10] Nos. 263 (sealed motion), 278 (redacted motion). The Court has considered Defendants’ motion, 11} Plaintiff's response, and Defendants’ reply. Docket Nos. 263, 284, 288. The motion is properly 12] resolved without a hearing. See Local Rule 78-1. 13 The instant discovery dispute arises out of Plaintiffs assertion of attorney-client privilege over its communications with attorneys of the City-Yuwa Partners Law Firm based in Japan. 15] Whether attorney-client privilege applies to the challenged communications therefore implicates 16] foreign law issues. Bartech Sys. Int’l, Inc. v. Mobile Simple Sol., Inc., 2018 WL 8345839, at *7 (D. 17|| Nev. Feb. 12, 2018). The parties, however, fail to address whether American or Japanese law 18|| applies to the instant discovery dispute. 19 Accordingly, Defendants’ motion to compel is hereby DENIED without prejudice. Docket Nos. 263, 278. 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 Dated: January 28, 2021 23 J aa —— Nancy.J. Koppe 24 United tates agistrate Judge 25 26

' The Court has a duty to properly articulate and apply the law. See, e.g., Bateman v. U.S. 28] Postal Serv., 231 F.3d 1220, 1224 (9th Cir. 2000).