Tag:Lack of Cooperation / Inaccurate Representations

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King v. Fleming (10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2018)
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HouseCanary, Inc. v. Quicken Loans No. SA-18-CV-0519-FB (W.D. Tex. Aug. 14, 2018)
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Oprex Surgery (Baytown), L.P. v. Sonic Automotive Employee Welfare Benefit Plan (5th Cir., 2018)
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Halleen v. Belk, Inc., No. 4:16-CV-55 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 6, 2018)
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Murphy v. Piper, No. 16-2623 (DWF/BRT) (D. Minn. Aug. 6, 2018)
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Hernandez, et al. v. City of Houston, No. 4:16-CV-3577 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 30, 2018)
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Lopez v. Don Herring Ltd. ( No. 16-CV-2663 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 1, 2018), 2018)
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Malone v. Weiss (Eastern District Pennsylvania, 2018)
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Bradley v. County of San Joaquin (No. 17-cv-02313 (E.D. Cal. July 13, 2018), 2018)
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Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc., 894 F.3d 568 (3d Cir. 2018)

King v. Fleming (10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2018)

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

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HouseCanary, Inc. v. Quicken Loans No. SA-18-CV-0519-FB (W.D. Tex. Aug. 14, 2018)

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

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Oprex Surgery (Baytown), L.P. v. Sonic Automotive Employee Welfare Benefit Plan (5th Cir., 2018)

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

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Halleen v. Belk, Inc., No. 4:16-CV-55 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 6, 2018)

Key Insight: Compelling Defendant to produce ESI prior to parties reaching an impasse

Nature of Case: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action

Electronic Data Involved: all ESI germane to identified corporate custodians and 30(b)(6) corporate representatives, share drive content

Keywords: impasse, corporate custodian, 30(b)(6) witness, inability to cooperate, randomized, share drive

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Murphy v. Piper, No. 16-2623 (DWF/BRT) (D. Minn. Aug. 6, 2018)

Key Insight: Production of nearly 170 thousand documents containing almost 2.6 million pages (app. 72% of total production) weeks before depositions to start was not sanctionable as Plaintiff had fought to keep broad discovery requests.

Nature of Case: Inadequate and Substandard Care in State Facilities

Electronic Data Involved: Email and Documents

Keywords: Proportionality; Document “Dump”

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Lopez v. Don Herring Ltd. ( No. 16-CV-2663 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 1, 2018), 2018)

Key Insight: plaintiff has failed to provide any of the documents or e-mails that purportedly supports his claims and has made boilerplate objections with no further explanations

Nature of Case: Driver’s Privacy Protection Act violation

Electronic Data Involved: e-mails

Keywords: “Lopez only points to what he believes to be his conclusive victory on the ‘knowingly’ requirement”, “Lopez?s boilerplate objections to this interrogatory are overruled”, “Lopez responds that his counsel has already provided Herring with the requested documents described in his initial disclosures”

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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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Bradley v. County of San Joaquin (No. 17-cv-02313 (E.D. Cal. July 13, 2018), 2018)

Key Insight: whether plaintiffs had met their burden to show that adequate meet and confer discussions took place prior to filing their motion to compel.

Nature of Case: 1983 Civil Rights Act claim

Electronic Data Involved: unspecified ESI

Keywords: “The burden of ensuring that proper meet and confer discussions take place is on the moving party”, plaintiffs did not make the necessary efforts to meet and confer”, “Plaintiffs were plainly deficient in their efforts”

Identified Local Court Rule(s): E.D. Cal. R. 251(b)

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Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc., 894 F.3d 568 (3d Cir. 2018)

Key Insight: discovery misconduct sanctions

Nature of Case: breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: electronic documents

Keywords: 37(b), pierce the corporate veil, alter ego liability, abuse of discretion

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