Catagory:Case Summaries

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Malone v. Weiss (Eastern District Pennsylvania, 2018)
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Lexpath Technology Holdings, Inc. v. Welch, No. 17-2604 (3d Cir. July 30, 2018)
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Lawrence v. City of New York, et al., No. 1:15-cv-08947-WHP-OTW (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2018)
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United States v. Tolbert (No. 14-3761 (D.N.M. July 27, 2018), 2018)
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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, No. 16 C 8637 (N.D. Ill. July 26, 2018)
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Urs Corp. v. Atkinson/Walsh Joint Venture (California Appellate Court (unpublished), 2018)
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Merriweather v. United Parcel Services, No. 3:17-CV-349-CRS-LLK (W.D. Ky. July 25, 2018)
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Tri-State Zoological Park of W. Md (Maryland District, 2018)
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BlackRock Balanced Capital Portfolio v. Deutsche Bank National Tr. Co. (S.D.N.Y., 2018)
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Tanner v. BD LaPlace, LLC, No. 2:17-cv-05141-MLCF-MBN (E.D. La. July 23, 2018)

Malone v. Weiss (Eastern District Pennsylvania, 2018)

Key Insight: Fabricated evidence justified sanction of dismissing case

Nature of Case: fraud, breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: archived email

Keywords: spoliation, closely held corporation, fabricated emails

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Lawrence v. City of New York, et al., No. 1:15-cv-08947-WHP-OTW (S.D.N.Y. July 27, 2018)

Key Insight: Attorney’s failure to check metadata for fraud was not sanctionable because it was reasonable to believe the client was telling the truth based on other facts

Nature of Case: Civil rights (police entry)

Electronic Data Involved: Digital photographs (with metadata)

Keywords: metadata, withdrawal, mental illness

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United States v. Tolbert (No. 14-3761 (D.N.M. July 27, 2018), 2018)

Key Insight: Whether a search warrant was necessary to ascertain the Defendant’s personal information from a non-governmental third party organization that was forwarded e-mails containing evidence that Defendant possessed child pornography

Nature of Case: criminal prosecution – child pornography

Electronic Data Involved: e-mails, personally identifying information attached to e-email account

Keywords: “The Fourth Amendment to our Constitution protects persons against unreasonable searches and seizures”, “Tolbert moves to suppress”, “Motion to Suppress Evidence”

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In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, No. 16 C 8637 (N.D. Ill. July 26, 2018)

Key Insight: Undue burden or cost of discovery alleged by defendant.

Nature of Case: antitrust class action

Electronic Data Involved: ESI searches upon 12 custodians

Keywords: Has not made a threshold showing, does not satisfy the rule 26(b)(2)(C) factors.

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Urs Corp. v. Atkinson/Walsh Joint Venture (California Appellate Court (unpublished), 2018)

Key Insight: Clounsel disqualification for misuse of documents reversed because cloud hosted repository sufficiently destroyed documents

Nature of Case: Breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: cloud hosted repository

Keywords: disentitlement doctrine, inadvertent disclosure, hosted repository, cloud, counsel disqualification

Merriweather v. United Parcel Services, No. 3:17-CV-349-CRS-LLK (W.D. Ky. July 25, 2018)

Key Insight: Due Diligence in searching for requested records and confirming non-existence was sufficient by Defendant to meet Plaintiff’s discovery request; perfect preservation was not required

Nature of Case: Negligence-car accident

Electronic Data Involved: Daily Driving Reports

Keywords: Preservation; Spoilation; Due Diligence

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Tri-State Zoological Park of W. Md (Maryland District, 2018)

Key Insight: Parties cannot use the parts of allegedly work product matter helpful to their case and withhold the rest

Nature of Case: Endangered species act enforcement

Electronic Data Involved: audio, video, photos

Keywords: attorney work product, fact work product,

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Tanner v. BD LaPlace, LLC, No. 2:17-cv-05141-MLCF-MBN (E.D. La. July 23, 2018)

Key Insight: Whether discovery of requested records is relevant and proportional, whether privilege as regards medical records is waived when a plaintiff puts his/her medical condition at issue

Nature of Case: ADA disability discrimination

Electronic Data Involved: medical and financial records

Keywords: relevant, proportional, ADA, privilege, admissibility, mental condition

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