Locke v. Swift Transportation Co. (W.D. Ky., 2019)
Key Insight: Social media is narrowly discoverable as it pertains to the issue
Nature of Case: Injuries and Damages suit
Electronic Data Involved: Social Media
Keywords: Social media
Gabiola et al v. Keesee et al (N.D. Ill., 2019)
Key Insight: motion to compel lacking proper analysis denied, but responding party’s objections also sicken
Nature of Case: FCRA
Electronic Data Involved: emails and business records
Keywords: general objection,
Ennis-Flint, Inc. v. Greer No. 18-CVS-3612, 2019 NCBC 11 (N.C. Business Court Feb. 4, 2019)
Key Insight: bad faith
Nature of Case: Breach of Contract, Trade Secrets
Electronic Data Involved: Spoliation
Keywords: RegDelNull, Eraser, CCleaner, bad faith, breach
RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., et al. v. Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. (W.D. MO, 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
Plexxikon Inc. v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, No. 17-cv-04405 (N.D. Cal., 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