Marriott Again Presses for Sanctions vs. Robocalling Defendant
Defendant Dynasty Marketing Group continues its “pattern of noncompliance” with Marriott International’s discovery requests in the trademark infringement lawsuit to curb robocallers from impersonating Marriott telemarketers, said Marriott’s filing Wednesday (docket 1:21-cv-00610) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in…
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Alexandria in support of its third motion to compel discovery (see 2211150002). Marriott pressed again for sanctions against Dynasty for its “continued failure to comply” with the court’s instructions. Dynasty has failed to provide “separate written responses” to each Marriott discovery request, despite the court’s earlier warnings to so, said the filing. It also failed to respond “substantively and fully to requests to which no objections were filed,” instead “cherry-picking a few documents for production,” it said. Dynasty also failed to produce a witness for deposition, it said. The court permitted Dynasty “multiple opportunities to cure known discovery deficiencies, but its responses and productions remain deficient, and Dynasty’s refusal to provide a witness for deposition has continued,” it said.