Catagory:Case Summaries

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Wesley Corporation, et al., v. Zoom T.V. Products, LLC, et al., No. 2:17-cv-10021-RHC-SDD (E.D. Mich. Jan. 11, 2018)
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Apex Mort. Corp. v. Great N. Ins. Co., No, 17 C 3376 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 2018)
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White v. U.S., No. 4:15-cv-01252-SNLJ (E.D. Mo. Jan. 9, 2018)
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Tsanacas v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 17-CV-00306 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 8, 2018).
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Allstate Insurance Co. v. Papanek (No. 3:15-cv-240, 2018 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 5, 2018), 2018)
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Firefighter’s Retirement System, et al, v. Citco Group Limited, et al., No. 3:13-cv-00373-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Jan. 3, 2018)
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GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., No. 12-1318, 2018 WL 273649 (D. Del. Jan. 3, 2018)
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Landry v. Swire Oilfield Servs. (New Mexico District Court, 2018)
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Industrial Quick Search v. Miller (S.D.N.y, 2018)
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Par Pharm., Inc. v. Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Servs., Inc., No. 4:17MC510 RLW, 2018 WL 264840 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 2, 2018)

Wesley Corporation, et al., v. Zoom T.V. Products, LLC, et al., No. 2:17-cv-10021-RHC-SDD (E.D. Mich. Jan. 11, 2018)

Key Insight: Boilerplate objections to discovery requests can lead to sanctions without being specifically tailored to the request

Nature of Case: Intellectual Property (patent and trademark infringement), breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic data

Keywords: boilerplate, obstructionism, objections

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Apex Mort. Corp. v. Great N. Ins. Co., No, 17 C 3376 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 2018)

Key Insight: Court narrowed scope of some plaintiff requests and ordered defendant to clarify privilege claims on withheld documents

Nature of Case: bad faith; insurance coverage

Electronic Data Involved: claims file of insurer

Keywords: privilege; responsiveness

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Tsanacas v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 17-CV-00306 (E.D. Tex. Jan. 8, 2018).

Key Insight: Boilerplate objections were not enough to determine that requests were overly burdensome. Defendant needed to specify so court could determine.

Nature of Case: Privacy Rights, Stored Communications Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Electronic Data Involved: Amazon Account

Keywords: burdensome, boilerplate objections

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Allstate Insurance Co. v. Papanek (No. 3:15-cv-240, 2018 (S.D. Ohio Jan. 5, 2018), 2018)

Key Insight: whether there was accessibility problems or undue burden or cost associated with turning over phones and computers for forensic imaging; also, whether it was sufficient to have plaintiff’s employee’s conduct a search for responsive ESI

Nature of Case: breach of contract, tortious interference

Electronic Data Involved: e-mails, phone messages, physical computers and cellphones and their data

Keywords: “former business relationship”, “information may be discoverable even if not ultimately admissible into evidence”, “Allstate, however, agreed to produce responsive information within its custody”

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Firefighter’s Retirement System, et al, v. Citco Group Limited, et al., No. 3:13-cv-00373-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Jan. 3, 2018)

Key Insight: Mass email to all employees of a company asking for information is not proportional, especially when custodians and search terms have already been established

Nature of Case: Securities (retirement fund investment loss)

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic documents, emails

Keywords: discovery, mass email, proportional, retirement,

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GN Netcom, Inc. v. Plantronics, Inc., No. 12-1318, 2018 WL 273649 (D. Del. Jan. 3, 2018)

Key Insight: former employee of defendant ordered coworkers to delete case critical emails, even after litigation hold.

Nature of Case: antitrust, Sherman Act

Electronic Data Involved: email

Keywords: 5 million dollar fee award, clear intent, spoliation, litigation hold, permissive adverse inference.

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Landry v. Swire Oilfield Servs. (New Mexico District Court, 2018)

Key Insight: Courts should be less involved in discovery dispute regarding ESI despite recent FRCP amendments

Nature of Case: Labor Standards Class Action

Electronic Data Involved: third party electronic payroll data

Keywords: FRCP 2015 amendments, electronically readable fomat

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Industrial Quick Search v. Miller (S.D.N.y, 2018)

Key Insight: adequacy of attorney oversight of document production and failure to issue litigation hold

Nature of Case: legal malpractice, breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: hard copy

Keywords: oral litigation hold, retention policy, spoliation, default judgment, compliance oversight

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Par Pharm., Inc. v. Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Servs., Inc., No. 4:17MC510 RLW, 2018 WL 264840 (E.D. Mo. Jan. 2, 2018)

Key Insight: motion to compel production of documents including confidential patient information

Nature of Case: patent infringement

Electronic Data Involved: database maintained by non-party

Keywords: undue burden and expense on a non-party, subpoena duces tecum

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