Class Action Lawsuits

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June 28, 2019

Plaintiffs Permitted to Proceed With “Plainly Relevant And Core Discovery” Pending Motion To Dismiss

In Udeen v. Subaru of America, Inc., Civ. No. 18-17334(RBK/JS)(D. NJ Mar. 12, 2019), the Magistrate Judge denied Defendant’s request to stay all discovery pending a ruling on their Motion to Dismiss on the grounds that a stay would impose an undue prejudice on the non-moving Plaintiffs. This putative nationwide class action was brought against

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November 22, 2017

Court Orders Discovery of Chadbourne & Parke Partners’ Personal Emails in Sex Discrimination Suit

In the headline-grabbing $155 million dollar sex discrimination lawsuit, a Manhattan federal judge has ordered six lawyers with senior positions at the prestigious law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP to search their personal email accounts for documents related to the discrimination suit. The court ordered the search over Defendants’ objections, who called the request a

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October 30, 2017

Third-Party Production Reveals that Defendant Deleted Emails; Court Issues Spoliation Sanctions

In Edelson v. Cheung, No. 2:13-cv-5870 (D.N.J. 2017), Plaintiff sought spoliation sanctions for Defendant’s deletion of emails, arguing that a third party production revealed that Defendant had deleted emails and intended to keep an email account hidden from Plaintiff. On October 2, 2013, Plaintiff instituted an action against Defendant Stephen Cheung asserting claims for breach

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October 18, 2017

Court Levels Interim Sanctions Against Party Who Admittedly Spoliated Evidence; Terminating Sanction May Follow

In Blasi v. United Debt Services, No. 2:14-cv-83, (S.D. Ohio Feb. 21, 2017), the Court ruled that a named party in a class action was prejudiced by a Defendant’s intentional destruction of potentially relevant evidence, and failure to comply with Court-ordered discovery. The original complaint alleged, on a class action basis, that various defendants violated

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September 18, 2017

Court Compels Debt Collector to Create Computer Program to Generate Class Data

In Meredith v. United Collection Bureau, Inc., Plaintiff filed a class-action lawsuit against United Collection Bureau, alleging it had violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) The TCPA prohibits using artificial recordings or automated dialers to call mobile phones. Plaintiff argued that Defendant made multiple automated calls to her mobile phone to collect debts and

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September 13, 2017

Defendant Ordered To Produce SalesForce Records Requested By Plaintiffs To Prove Wage Class Action

In Williams v. Angie’s List, Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00878-WTL-MJD (S.D. Ind. Apr. 10, 2017), a class-action employment case, Defendant Angie’s List produced data spanning one year of a three year time range requested by Plaintiffs, but refused to turn over the balance. The Plaintffs moved to compel. The Plaintiffs who brought this motion are 49 current

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August 24, 2017

Court Orders Further Discovery Against Specific Employee In WrongFul Termination Dispute, But Denies Company Wide Discovery

In Quinonez-Castellanos v. Performance Contractors, Inc., Dist. Court, ND Iowa 2017, the Court considered Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Discovery, in a case involving charges that Defendants unlawfully terminated Plaintiff’s employment, in contravention of Iowa state and Federal statutory law regarding Civil Rights protection and sexual discrimination. Plaintiff was employed by Defendant Performance Contractors from approximately

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August 24, 2017

Contact Information for Potential Plaintiffs Is Considered Discoverable in Both PAGA and Non-PAGA Cases.

In Michael Williams v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. S227228, (Cal. 2017) the action is seeking civil penalties on behalf of the State of California and aggrieved employees statewide for alleged wage and hour violations based on Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (“PAGA”). In the course of discovery, plaintiff Michael

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July 31, 2017

Court Orders Statistical Sampling in Response to UPS Unduly Burdensome Objection

In the putative class action lawsuit Solo, et al. v. UPS, No. 14-12719, E.D. Michigan (Jan. 10, 2017), Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant breached its contract due to over-billing practices. The parties sought the court’s guidance to resolve a proportionality discovery dispute under FRCP 26(b). Plaintiffs requested packaging information for all qualifying shipments made within five

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July 10, 2017

Defendants in Putative Class Action Suit Required to Provide Email Information

In Munguia-Brown, et. al. v. Equity Residential, et. al., Case No. 16-01225 (N.D. Cali., June 20, 2017), Plaintiffs asserted that landlord Defendants charged Plaintiffs improper late fees in violation of California law. Plaintiffs sought discovery of the names of employees involved in the decision to adopt the late fee policy and requested that Defendants certify