Archive - March 23, 2018

Schmalz v. Village of North Riverside, et al, No. 13-cv-8012 (N.D. Ill. March 23, 2018)

Mar 23 2018

Key Insight: Spoliation of text messages, negligent spoliation, analysis under FRCP 37(e)

Nature of Case: Employment, wrongful termination, retaliation

Electronic Data Involved: Text messages

Keywords: Litigation hold, spoliation, text messages, 37(e), jury instruction,

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Dremak v. Urban Outfitter (Cal. App., 2018)

Mar 23 2018

Key Insight: Defendant incurred costs that were “reasonable and necessary to the litigation” via a “time consuming process”, and thus were awarded the costs from the opposing party.

Nature of Case: Violation of the Credit Card Act, class action

Electronic Data Involved: Wide range of documents

Keywords: Predictive coding, seed set, “reasonable and necessary”, Predictive coding cost