Marriott Granted One Motion to Compel Discovery, Denied Another

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Anderson for Eastern Virginia in Alexandria signed an order Friday (docket 1:21-cv-00610) granting Marriott International’s motion to compel discovery from Dynasty Marketing Group, a defendant in its trademark infringement lawsuit that seeks to thwart robocallers from impersonating Marriott telemarketers (see 2210240001). Anderson’s order directed Dynasty to provide “full and complete responses” to Marriott’s discovery requests by Friday at noon, and said its failure to do so would risk a default judgment “on the issue of liability.” Anderson, in a separate order Friday, denied Marriott’s motion to compel discovery from another defendant, Whisl Telecom, and granted in part and denied in part Whisl’s motion to compel discovery from Marriott. The discovery disputes between Marriott and Whisl have evolved into an escalating battle of words (see 2210280020). Anderson scheduled a status conference for Friday to resolve any remaining disputes.