Key Insight: Plaintiff’s failure to respond to discovery requests justified dismissal with prejudice and denial of motions for reconsideration.
Nature of Case: personal injury
Keywords: flagrant disregard, dismissal, compel discovery
Key Insight: spoliation sanctions
Nature of Case: bankruptcy proceeding
Electronic Data Involved: deleted electronic records
Keywords: spoliation, bad faith, inherent power to sanction, legal fees, intent to deprive
Key Insight: Party could obtain discovery of websites archived by American company for use in a foreign tribunal
Nature of Case: trademark enforcement
Electronic Data Involved: archived websites
Keywords: foreign discovery, archived websites, Section 1782 application, international trademark enforcement
Key Insight: Sanctions were appropriate for a fraudulently edited email entered into evidence
Nature of Case: Judge removal
Electronic Data Involved: E-mails
Keywords: judges, superimposed, fraudulent
Key Insight: Attorney on cc: line is not prima facie evidence email is not privileged
Nature of Case: Trademark Infringement
Electronic Data Involved: E-mail
Keywords: Privilege
Key Insight: Discovery gamesmanship. The Court expects full and open discovery.
Nature of Case: trade secrets dispute
Electronic Data Involved: discovery in general
Keywords: Kumbaya, acerbic shrillness, truth is like the sun, Rambo tactics
Key Insight: Privilege Waiver if:unintentional, same subject matter and in fairness considered together
Nature of Case: Negligence
Electronic Data Involved: Videos
Keywords: Privilege, Waiver
Key Insight: How far does court’s discretion on discovery sanctions extend when it comes to dismissing a suit with prejudice?
Nature of Case: Employee medical benefits litigation
Keywords: Discovery sanctions, dismissal, Failure to comply, dismissal with prejudice
Key Insight: Defendant’s failure to preserve and produce ESI responsive to plantiffs’ discovery requests.
Nature of Case: unpaid wages and overtime claims collective action
Electronic Data Involved: deleted electronic records, undecipherable codes, mobile device data, text messages
Keywords: adverse inference instruction, unintelligible, mockery of the orderly administration of justice
Key Insight: A 16 minute speculative phone call to an attorney is not enough to create a duty to preserve, direct evidence of bad faith is also necessary
Nature of Case: Employee overtime wages
Electronic Data Involved: Deleted e-mails
Keywords: Spoliation, FLSA, overtime
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