Key Insight: Predictive coding models are legitimate, and document review can stop when the burden outweighs the benefits.
Nature of Case: wage and hour class action
Electronic Data Involved: archived email
Keywords: privilege log, predictive coding,
Key Insight: Court ruled that it could not be inferred from mere negligence that the recording would be favorable to defendants. Other sources of information/discovery were available as well. An application of Rule 37(e) would make no difference (the rule was not cited).
Nature of Case: Civil rights
Electronic Data Involved: Deleted cell phone video
Keywords: spoliation, sanctions, adverse inference
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