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Supreme Court’s Taniguchi Decision Used as a Shield Against Taxable Costs
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. 132 S.CT. 1997 (2012), a case that examined the question of what type of costs are taxable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920? Justice Alito wrote for a six-justice majority to hold that“compensation for interpreters”
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$4.5 Million Awarded to Plaintiff after Electronic Discovery Spoliation
After a “long, and oftentimes tortuous journey” by a plaintiff in the case E.I. DuPond De Nemours and Company v. Kolon Industries, Inc., Civil Action NO 3:09cv058 (E.D.Va 2013), the court awarded plaintiff a reasonable amount of attorney fees and costs that totaled $4,497,047.50. The court awarded the fees and
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Native Files for the 3D Experience in Civil Litigation
Plaintiff eDiscovery Experts Explain 21st Century Document Review When a party seeks electronic discovery in civil litigation, obtaining data in its native format is the equivalent of a 3D experience. Rather than looking at a limited 2 dimensional view of a document, native format offers the ability to learn about
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Will Email Threads Uncover Fraud in an $18 Billion International Case?
As email threads are now critical evidence in most civil litigation, it should be no surprise that email might be the key to determining whether massive fraud is at play in a very interesting case out of the Southern District of New York. Chevron Corp. v. Steven Donzinger, et al.,
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Discovery of Foreign Documents Stayed in Travel Website MDL
Plaintiffs who filed two class action lawsuits have now been combined as a multidistrict litigation, alleging certain online travel sites have colluded with major hotels to engage in price-fixing in violation of federal anti-trust laws. The MDL is named In re: Online Travel Company Hotel Booking Antitrust Litigation, Case Number
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Google Subpoenaed to Produce Emails for Foreign Proceeding
In Optiver Australia v. Libra Trading, 2013 WL 256771 (N.D.Cal.), the plaintiff, Optiver, filed suit in Australia, alleging its former employee stole proprietary information and disclosed such to his new employer, the defendant. In response to plaintiff eDiscovery requests, defendant produced email threads, but plaintiff suspected key emails were missing and
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Courts Weigh in Obtaining eDiscovery in Foreign Proceedings
Parties involved in foreign litigation can apply to U.S. federal courts in order to seek the production of electronically stored information, or ESI, from litigants within the court’s jurisdiction. Under 28 U.S.C. 1782, the district court is not required to grant such applications, but may do so after considering a number
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Compelling the Deposition of a Foreign Managing Agent
In Peerless Industries, Inc. v. Crimson AV, LLC, (2013 WL 85378 (N.D.Ill.), an Illinois District court heard, and rejected, common defense excuses to evade a deposition and electronic data discovery obligations. Plaintiff brought a patent infringement lawsuit against defendant Crimson, which company is closely aligned with a non-defendant Chinese corporation, Sycamore.
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Revealed eDiscovery Email Chains Score Points in NCAA Class Action
In the class action lawsuit filed by former NCAA player Ed O’Bannon and joined by 15 other former football and basketball players, plaintiffs allege that their images and likenesses were illegally used by defendants NCAA and Electronic Art Sports for commercial products. As part of discovery, plaintiffs sought and obtained email threads
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Chevron Seeks Sweeping eDiscovery Requests After Losing International Litigation
Chevron, a subsidiary of oil giant Texaco, is fighting back after a $19 billion dollar judgment was entered against it by an Ecuadorian court in an international litigation case. Plaintiffs in the environmental suit were indigenous Ecuadorian communities that alleged Chevron engaged in illegal rainforest destruction in their country. Chevron