Key Insight: Method of production requiring out-of state travel not contract breach and retention of counsel not enough to show material is privileged
Nature of Case: breach of contract, consumer protection act litigation
Electronic Data Involved: audit documents
Keywords: proportionality, foreign parent, method of production, privilege determination
Key Insight: The social media discovery request was considered overbroad, and was limited to posts relevant to the case
Nature of Case: Car accident
Electronic Data Involved: Social media posts
Keywords: Social media, proportionality
Key Insight: demand for irrelevant and disproportionate evidence
Nature of Case: breach of patent agreement
Electronic Data Involved: 300 GB emails
Keywords: irrelevant, patent infringement, reasonable limits on discovery
Key Insight: To what extent does disclosure of privileged documents to third parties waive privilege?
Nature of Case: Litigation for bad faith (Ohio law)
Electronic Data Involved: e-mails, deskfiles, and relevant shared e-documents
Keywords: Accidental waiver, third party disclosure, protected relationships
Key Insight: Can private social media and metadata be compelled into discovery?
Nature of Case: Bellwether products liability
Electronic Data Involved: Social media
Keywords: Metadata, social media, private data, public data, privacy
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
Key Insight: establishing a clear and indisputable right to a requested discovery
Nature of Case: patent infringement
Electronic Data Involved: Patent information
Keywords: cell culture, absent broad discovery, manufacturing data
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,
Key Insight: Whether sanctions appropriate following defendants’ destruction of recordings, litigation hold
Nature of Case: personal injury
Electronic Data Involved: Video recordings
Keywords: spoliation, intent to deprive, adverse inference, prejudice
Key Insight: When ESI is relevant, they must be provided in a format that is readable by opposing counsel
Nature of Case: Personal injury (product liability, car accident)
Electronic Data Involved: Computer modeling files
Keywords: GM, Chevrolet Silverado, rollover,
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