Kingsway Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP, 2008 WL 5423316 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 31, 2008)

Key Insight: Citing Aguilar v. United States Dep?t of Homeland Sec, 2008 WL 5062700 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2008), which stated: ?In the absence of an issue concerning the authenticity of a document or the process by which it was created, most metadata has no evidentiary value.?, court denied motion to compel production of metadata where plaintiff failed to show its relevance and made no claim that the documents had been improperly modified

Nature of Case: Claims arising from the Securities Exchange Act

Electronic Data Involved: ESI, metadata