Universal Entertainment Corporation v. Aruze Gaming America, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

CORPORATION. TERTAINMENT Case No.: 2:18-cv-00585-RFB-NJK Plaintiff, ORDER v. [Docket Nos. 263, 278] ARUZE GAMING AMERICA, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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.

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. Nev. Feb. 12, 2018). The parties, however, fail to address whether American or Japanese law applies to the instant discovery dispute.

Accordingly, Defendants’ motion to compel is hereby DENIED without prejudice. Docket Nos. 263, 278.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 28, 2021

J aa ——

Nancy.J. Koppe United tates agistrate Judge

' 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).