Key Insight: detailed stipulation of the discovery plan
Nature of Case: violation of the securities exchange act
Electronic Data Involved: all relevant discovery
Keywords: stipulation, discovery plan
Key Insight: whether government had to turn over documents from agencies not part of DOJ
Nature of Case: wire fraud and conspiracy re Theranos
Electronic Data Involved: documents
Keywords: agency documents, Theranos,
Key Insight: public interest in court pleadings, discovery motions shouldn’t be redacted
Nature of Case: patent infringement
Electronic Data Involved: discovery pleadings
Keywords: sealing judicial record, discovery pleadings, burden to show disclosure would cause injury
Key Insight: Request for email accounts at Comcast and Google
Nature of Case: Trade Secret Theft
Electronic Data Involved: archived e-mail, file backups, electronic files
Keywords: no privacy interest in [another person?s] email account, even if some of [defendant?s] emails were discovered there.
Key Insight: Whether accessing a person’s information through an IP address being wired through an outside router is a violation of the 4 amendment
Nature of Case: criminal – possession and distribution of child pornography
Electronic Data Involved: IP address and location
Keywords: search and seizure, IP address, wireless router, subjective expectation of privacy
Key Insight: Request for text message production by Plaintiffs was considered too broad, but court allowed for modification to more narrowly tailored request.
Nature of Case: Fair Labor Standards Act
Electronic Data Involved: text messages
Keywords: Texts; proportionality
Key Insight: whether the government can create a filter team to go through documents that may be privileged
Nature of Case: money laundering and obstruction of a federal investigation
Electronic Data Involved: documents seized from a law firm that is subject to attorney client privilege
Keywords: filter team, attorney client privilege, work product, search warrant.
Key Insight: Severe sanctions will not be granted where bad faith cannot be proved and no prejudice.
Nature of Case: Automobile collision.
Electronic Data Involved: Mobile phone data.
Keywords: intentional destruction, adverse inference
Key Insight: attorney on email to multiple parties seeking input on plan implementation not privileged
Nature of Case: wrongful termination
Electronic Data Involved: emails
Keywords: attorney client privilege
Key Insight: is it spoliation for an insurance company to destroy a recorded statement of the accident when the loss of the information is minimally prejudicial
Nature of Case: insurance bad faith
Electronic Data Involved: Audio Recordings, recorded statement
Keywords: recorded statement, prejudice, spoliation
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