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Court Rejects Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss In Trade Secret Theft via Dropbox Account Case
In Abbott Laboratories v. Finkel, No. 17-cv-00894-CMA, Dist. Court, (D. Colo. 2017), a dispute arose after Defendant transferred company information and documents into a Dropbox account. On December 8, 2014, Plaintiff Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) hired Defendant Dustin Finkel as a General Manager for its Nutrition Division. While Defendant worked for
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Defendants’ Motions for Terminating Sanctions and to Depose Plaintiff for More than Three Hours are Denied
The Plaintiff in Alexis v. Rogers, No. 15cv691-CAB (BLM), (S.D. Cal. Mar. 21, 2017) filed a complaint in 2015 alleging intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment, and retaliatory, wrongful termination. The Plaintiff also alleged the right to be awarded general damages, lost earnings, punitive and exemplary damages, pre-judgment
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No Recusal Required Based on Facebook ‘Friend’ Status
In Law Offices of Herssein and Herssein, P.A. v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n, No. 3D17-1421 (Fla. 3d DCA Aug. 23, 2017) the Herssein Firm (“Herssein”) sued its former client, United Services Automobile Association (“USAA”), for breach of contract and fraud. Herssein accused one of USAA’s executives of witness tampering. USAA
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Court Examines Whether Public and “Private” Communications on Social Media Are Treated Differently in Discovery
The opinion in Brown vs. City of Ferguson, No. 4:15-cv-00831-ERW, (E.D. Mo., 2017) examined the question of whether public and “private” communications on social media are treated differently for purposes of discovery. On January 4, 2017, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to disclose all social media of Plaintiffs and Michael Brown
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Court Orders Plaintiff to Produce Archived Facebook and Twitter Data
In Matthews v. J & J Service Solutions, No. 16-621-BAJ-EWD, (M. D. Louisiana, 2017), the court examined multiple motions to compel Plaintiff to respond to Defendant’s discovery requests. In September of 2016, Plaintiff, Dana Matthews (“Plaintiff”) filed a Complaint against Defendant alleging employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge. Plaintiff alleges that
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Court Determines Proper Scope of Discovery re Request For Social Media Account History
In Gordon v. T.G.R. Logistics, Inc., Case No. 16-CV-00238-NDF. (D. Wy. May 10, 2017), Defendant sought an order requiring Plaintiff to produce electronic copies of the complete account histories for her two Facebook accounts. This action arose from a vehicle accident on June 28, 2015. Plaintiff was driving in her
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Facebook Motion for Native Format ESI from IRS Denied
Facebook, Inc. et. al. v. Internal Revenue Service, Case No. 16-05884 (N.D. Cali., June 19, 2017) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case arising from an IRS audit of Facebook’s 2008-2010 tax years. After the audit, the IRS issued a notice of deficiency, asserting that Facebook understated its income
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Illinois Court of Appeals Reverses Order Permitting Forensic Imaging of Plaintiff Computer
In Carlson v. Jerousek, et. al., Case No. 15-1248 (Ill. App. Ct., Dec. 15, 2016), Plaintiff sued Defendants when his car was rear-ended by a bus operated by Defendants. He alleged physical and cognitive disabilities, emotional distress, disfigurement, and loss of normal life. Defendants admitted liability but contested the extent
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Wells Fargo Employee Not Required to Subject her Facebook Account to Additional Review
In Westmoreland v. Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A., Case No. 15-00312 (D. Idaho, Oct. 31, 2016), Plaintiff, a former employee of Defendant, sued Defendant for sex discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation under both state and federal law. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that her supervisor, Melendez, harassed and retaliated against her and
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Cross-Motions to Compel Granted and Denied in Part in Ohio
In O’Malley v. Naphcare, Inc. et. al., Case No. 12-326 (S.D. Ohio, Oct. 21, 2015), Plaintiff sued Defendant for wrongful termination, age discrimination, and defamation under Ohio law. Both parties propounded discovery requests upon the other, and both parties alleged that the other had submitted deficient responses. After several meet and confer