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Court Orders Defendant To Produce Responsive Emails In Native Format
In City of San Jose v. JUM GLOBAL, LLC., Case No. 16-cv-01462-VKD (N.D. Ca. July 11, 2018), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted Plaintiff’s motion for an order compelling Defendant to produce its responsive electronically stored information (“ESI”) in native format after Defendant had
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Court Orders Defendant to Disclose ESI Search Methodology Prior to Discovery Production
In Baranco v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 17-cv-03580-EMC (N.D. Ca April 10, 2018), the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Defendant to disclose its ESI search methodology to Plaintiff before collecting and producing discovery to allow Plaintiff a reasonable opportunity to provide input to
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Judge Orders Production of Cell Phone Records in Golden State Case
In Ortiz v. Amazon.com LLC, et al, No. 17-cv-03820-JSW (MEJ) (N.D. Cal. May 25, 2018), a California magistrate court ordered the plaintiff to give the defendant, Golden State, his cell phone account holder’s name and address in order for the defendant to subpoena the cell phone records. The plaintiff had
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Court Finds Production of Three Million Emails is Unreasonable
In Nece v. Quicken Loans, Inc. (Case No. 8:16-cv-2605-T-23CPT) (United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division), Eileen Nece (the plaintiff) filed a lawsuit against Quicken Loans, Inc. (the defendant) over allegations that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Nece submitted four forms on Quicken’s website in December
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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff to Produce Additional ESI, Stating Plaintiff Has Sufficiently Complied
In Apex Colors, Inc. v. Chemworld International Limited, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-273-PRC, (Dist. Court ND Indiana, 2018) the Defendant, Chemworld International Limited, Inc., (“Defendant”) asked the Court to compel the Apex Colors, Inc., (“Plaintiff”) to produce a hard-drive. The Court said no. Finos LLC’s members were Apex Colors, Inc. and Jim
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Court Grants Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Production of Several Years of Backup Tapes
In The Physicians Alliance Corporation v. WellCARE Health Insurance of Arizona, Inc., No. 16-203-SDD-RLB, (Dist. Court, MD Louisiana 2018) the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana considered motions regarding Defendant’s alleged failure to adequately produce discovery. The Physicians Alliance Corporation (“Plaintiff”) brought this action against WellCare
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Court Imposes Tight Deadline for Defendant Safeway To Produce Responsive Unprivileged Documents
In U.S. Ex Rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., No. 11-cv-3406 (C.D. Ill. March 3, 2018), Relator Thomas Proctor (“Proctor”) served his First Set of Requests for Production of Documents on Defendant Safeway, Inc. (“Safeway”) seeking various electronic data, including Safeway’s PDX pharmacy transaction data (“PDX Data”) and emails and other
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Court Grants Performance Pulsation Control’s Motion to Compel in Part, Ordering Defendants to Produce Certain Requested ESI
In Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Technologies, LLC, No. 4:17-CV-00450, (E.D. Tex. Jan. 23, 2018), Performance Pulsation Control, Inc., (“PPC”) alleges that Justin Manley (“J. Manley”), a former employee, formed a competing company, Sigma Drilling Technologies, LLC (“Sigma”), to market and sell pulsation control products that he developed
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Court Rejects Defendant’s Claim He Does Not Have Control of Responsive Documents: Court Says Custody and Control Compels Production
In Rabang, et al., v. Kelly et al., No. 2:17-cv-00088-JCC, U.S. Dist. Ct. (W.D. Wash. 2017) the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington compelled the Defendants to produce multiple documents after, as the Court described, Defendants stonewalled Plaintiffs in their requests. Defendant has refused to produce
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Court Orders Partial Cost Shifting Upon Review of Agreement Entered Into By Parties Regarding ESI Production
In Bailey v. Brookdale Univ. Hosp. Med. Ctr., No. CV-16-2195 (Dist. Court ED, N.Y. 2017) On May 3, 2016, Plaintiff Lloyd Bailey (“Plaintiff”) sued Brookdale University Medical Center (“Brookdale”) and Carlos Ortiz (collectively, the “Defendants”) seeking damages based upon Defendants’ violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of