Key Insight: Broad requests by Plaintiff were narrowed by conference and court decision to time period during and after Defendant’s employment
Nature of Case: Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Electronic Data Involved: E-mails and Documents
Keywords: proportionality, relevancy, time-limited
Key Insight: if the district court erred in going forward with trial even though all samples were not produced in discovery
Nature of Case: patent infringement
Electronic Data Involved: samples of proposed infringing product
Keywords: production of materials, motion to compel production, sufficient evidence
Key Insight: Private messages between individuals that are not defendants are protected from discovery through the Stored Communications Act even if the providing company itself is the named defendant
Nature of Case: Class action securities fraud
Electronic Data Involved: Electronic messages (twitter direct messages)
Keywords: Class action, direct message, twitter, stock
Key Insight: relevance and proportionality
Nature of Case: false advertising
Electronic Data Involved: documents, communications
Keywords: relevant, proportional, reconsideration, additional discovery, custodial files, protective order, third party discovery
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
Key Insight: Sanctions under 37(e) may be delayed until proof that the evidence is irretrievably lost is obtained
Nature of Case: Wrongful death
Electronic Data Involved: Video evidence
Keywords: Spoliation, video, adverse inference, recovery
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
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
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,
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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