Including FRCP 26(b)(1) Scope (Prior to Dec. 1, 2015) – Page 2

Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC v. Union Pac. R.R., No. 1:11-cv-01049-PLF-GMH (D.D.C. Sept. 11, 2017)

Sep 11 2017

Key Insight: ability to afford production, parties access to the relevant documents, impact on third parties

Nature of Case: Antitrust

Electronic Data Involved: 467,614 documents from electronic and physical files, 130 GB additional documents

Keywords: scope of discovery, antitrust, Sherman, cost/benefit

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Mann, et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., No. 1:13-cv-04531 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 8, 2017)

Sep 08 2017

Key Insight: Failing to prove even an estimate of the burden costs of discovery will not protect against discovery

Nature of Case: Civil rights (police misconduct)

Electronic Data Involved: Emails

Keywords: Homan square, Chicago Police Department, off the grid,

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Mirmina v. Genpact LLC, No. 3:16-cv-00614-AWT (D. Conn. July 27, 2018)

Jul 27 2017

Key Insight: whether counsel assumed responsibility for ensuring a comprehensive search was conducted

Nature of Case: employment discrimination

Keywords: comprehensive search, litigation hold, guidance, reasonable inquiry

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Nachurs Alpine Solutions, Corp. v. Banks and Nutra-Flo Co., No. 5:15-CV-04015-LTS-CJW (N.D. Iowa July 7, 2017)

Jul 07 2017

Key Insight: Production of non-responsive documents for re-review due to distrust may be cost shifted to opposing party

Nature of Case: Trade secret

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic documents

Keywords: fertilizer, trade secret, Nutra-Flo,

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Tingle v. Hebert, No. 3:15-cv-00626-JWD-EWD (M.D. La. June 9, 2017)

Jun 09 2017

Key Insight: Discovery requests must be proportional; limited to scope/time frame

Nature of Case: Wrongful termination, defamation

Electronic Data Involved: E-mails, text messages

Keywords: Retaliation, discrimination, Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control

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Meredith v. United Collection Bureau, Inc., No. 1:16 CV 1102, 2017 WL 1355696 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 13, 2017)

Apr 13 2017

Key Insight: A program to parse relevant data from an existing database may trump usual course of business format

Nature of Case: Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic list of wrong phone calls

Keywords: computer program, usual course of business,

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Diesel Power Source et al. v. Crazy Carl’s Turbos et al., No. 14-826 (D. Utah Feb. 23, 2017)

Feb 23 2017

Key Insight: Plaintiff requested Defendant run 72 “spelling variations” of 5 terms allowed by prior court order. Court denied and allowed 20, but did not apply sanctions yet.

Nature of Case: Libel/Slander

Electronic Data Involved: Various ESI

Keywords: search terms; sanctions; cooperation

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Simon v. Northwestern Univ., No. 1:150CV01433, 2017 WL 467677 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 3, 2017)

Feb 03 2017

Key Insight: Compelling ESI prematurely is not needed if the records will be preserved throughout litigation

Nature of Case: malicious prosecution

Electronic Data Involved: emails, documents

Keywords: Scope of ESI search terms, willingness to produce

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Solo v United Parcel Serv., Co., No. 14-12719, 2017 WL 85832 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 10, 2017)

Jan 10 2017

Key Insight: proportionality

Nature of Case: class action

Electronic Data Involved: backup tapes

Keywords: undue burden, statistical sampling, restoration, reasonably accessible, cooperation, interrogatory, relevance

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