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Find case where a non-party hedge fund was served a subpoena for documents relating to trading activity and an alleged short report.
Find case where a non-party hedge fund (or similar institution) was served a subpoena for documents relating to trading activity and an alleged short report. Ideally something from the 9th Circuit, S.D. Cal. or N.D. Cal.
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One S.D. Cal. case references a promising case – In re Biovail Corp. Securities Litigation, but it's from S.D.N.Y. Let me keep digging...

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Let me look at the Beaver County case from N.D. Cal. and the Harrington case which involves non-party subpoenas to investment funds:

Analyzed Beaver County v. Tile Shop Holdings
Analyzed Harrington v. BofA Securities

Excellent! The case that most directly matches your criteria is Beaver County Employers Retirement Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., No. 3:16-mc-80062 (N.D. Cal. Jun 7, 2016).

It involves a non-party short-seller (Gotham) being subpoenaed for trading records and sources related to a short report.

Facts

The underlying matter was a putative securities class action in the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs filed suit after Gotham City Research, LLC—a non-party short seller—published a negative report about Tile Shop Holdings alleging undisclosed related-party relationships. Gotham had taken a short position in Tile Shop stock before issuing its report, and following the report’s publication, Tile Shop’s stock dropped 39%.

Beaver County Employers Retirement Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.

3:16-mc-80062·N.D. Cal.·Jun 7, 2016
The present discovery dispute arises out of a putative securities class action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. See Beaver County Employers Retirement Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., No. 14-cv-786-ADM-TNL (D. Minn.). Plaintiffs initiated the lawsuit following the publication of a negative report about defendant Tile Shop Holdings, Inc. (“Tile Shop”) by Gotham City Research, LLC (“Gotham”), an investor who shorted Tile Shop stock. Both Plaintiffs and Defendants served third-party subpoenas on Gotham seeking documents and depositions. When Gotham failed to comply with the subpoenas, the parties filed separate actions to compel Gotham's compliance. See Beaver County Employers Retirement Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., No. 16-80062 (Plaintiffs' action); Beaver County Employers Retirement Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., No. 16-80076 (Defendants' action). The actions have been related and Gotham filed a joint opposition to the parties' separate motions to compel. Gotham objects to both subpoenas as shielded from production by the journalist privilege, seeking trade secrets, and as an undue burden.

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