Archive - February 1, 2019

RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., et al. v. Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. (W.D. MO, 2019)

Feb 01 2019

Key Insight: objections to requests for production, overly broad requests, overly broad objections, merit-less objections

Nature of Case: Hospital Fraud, laboratory tests billing scheme, insurance fraud

Electronic Data Involved: Billing data, invoices, financial records

Keywords: fifth amendment, overly broad, unduly burdensome, preservation efforts, retention notice, objection specificity

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Plexxikon Inc. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, No. 17-cv-04405 (N.D. Cal., 2019)

Feb 01 2019

Key Insight: It is common practice to prohibit redactions for relevance for the protection of non-parties when there is a stipulated protective order to designate sensitive documents as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.”

Nature of Case: patent infringement

Electronic Data Involved: documents with relevance redactions applied by a third party

Keywords: third party redaction, protective order, relevance

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