U.S. Bank Nat?l Assoc. v. Syncora Guarantee, Inc., 939 N.Y.S.2d 395 (N.Y. App. Div. Feb. 28, 2012)

Key Insight: In this case, the court rejected defendant?s position that the requesting party should bear the costs of production and adopted the Zubulake standard which requires ?the producing party to bear the initial costs of searching for, retrieving and producing discovery, but permits the shifting of costs between parties? upon consideration of several factors.

Electronic Data Involved: ESI