Defendant “Fails to Show that it is Settled Law that the Party Requesting Discovery Must Bear the Cost of Production,” Court Denies Motion for A Protective Order
MBIA Ins. Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 895 N.Y.S.2d 643 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2010)
Upon defendant’s motion for a protective order to require plaintiff to bear the cost of defendant’s production of electronically stored information (“ESI”), the court declined to follow the purportedly “well settled rule” in New York that the party seeking discovery should bear the cost and denied defendant’s motion. (See T.A. Ahern Contractors Corp. v. Dormitory Auth. of State of N.Y., 875 N.Y.S.2d 862 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2009) declining to overturn the “well settled” rule in New York that the party seeking discovery bears the cost.)