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April 10th, 2012 
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Life Technologies v Superior Court 197 Cal.App.4th 640 (1/1) (2011) Age discrimination wrongful termination and retaliation claim. San-Diego-Auto-Accident-lawyer Plaintiff’s special interrogatories asked name, ages and contact information of laid-off and not laid-off employees, motion to compel granted, writ issued. [1] Interrogatories sought relevant information, CCP § 2017.710, in that they might lead to admissible statistical evidence showing disparate impact. [2] Interrogatories implicate privacy interests of third party current and former employees (Pioneer 40 C4th 360), and trial court failed to protect those interests, which are effectively the confidential personnel records of nonwitness third parties. Must show compelling need for information not obtainable through depositions or nonconfidential sources. Even then, the scope must be narrowly circumscribed. Further, affected Third parties must be given notice and opportunity to be heard (cf. notice to consumer § 1985.6). Finally, trial court must fashion protections for any disclosed information (e.g., sealing order). San Diego personal injury attorney