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Court Denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions After Finding Rule 37(e) Did Not Support Adverse Inference Instruction
In HAMRICK v. SPLASH TRANSPORT, INC., ET AL., No. 3:20-CV-00417-TRM-DCP (E.D. Tenn. Jan. 31, 2022), before the Court was Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions against Defendants. The action arose from a vehicular incident. Defendant Elmehalawy was the truck driver for Splash Transport, Inc. (“Splash”). Defendant James was the truck driver for
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Defendant Ordered To Produce Earlier-In-Time Emails That Were Part Of Most-Inclusive Email Threads Defendant Previously Produced
In IN RE ACTOS ANTITRUST LITIGATION, Master File No. 1:13-cv-09244 (RA) (SDA) (S.D. N.Y., March, 2022), before the Court was Plaintiffs’ Letter Motion that sought to compel Defendant to “(1) produce all nonprivileged, responsive earlier-in-time emails that are part of the most-inclusive email threads [Defendant] already has produced or will
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Proportionality Not A Basis For Relevance Redactions
In KELLMAN v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET CALIFORNIA, INC., ET AL., Case No. 17-cv-06584-LB (N.D. Cal., Sept. 30, 2021), before the Court were several issues: First, to what extent could Defendants redact non-responsive and irrelevant information from their productions, and second, whether Defendants had sufficiently described in its privilege log documents
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Court Rejects Defendants’ “Argument of Convenience to Avoid Sanctions”
In LEWIS v. BURL CAIN, ET AL., Civil No. 15-318-SDD-RLB (M.D. Louisiana, April 2022), before the Court was Plaintiffs’ Motion for Discovery Sanctions. The basis for Plaintiffs’ motion was their request for production of “complete medical records” of 67 class members. Plaintiffs moved for Sanctions for two reasons: “(1) the
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Court Denies Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Cause of Action for Spoliation Finding Sufficient Specificity In Plaintiff’s Complaint
In DEAN v. CITY OF KENOVA ET AL., Civil Action No. 3:21-0197 (S.D. WV, April 19, 2022), before the Court was Defendant Bob Sullivan’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s action for spoliation. Plaintiff was the administrator of Mr. James Dean’s estate following his death. Mr. Dean was arrested on April 5,
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Court Denied Defendant’s Motion for Review of the Clerk’s Taxation of E-Discovery Costs
In SUMOTEXT CORP., v. ZOOVE, INC., ET AL., Case No. 16-cv-01370-BLF (N.D. Cal. San Jose Div., Aug. 23, 2021), before the Court was Defendant’s Motion for Review of the Clerk’s Taxation of E-Discovery Costs. Defendant argued that the Clerk improperly denied its request for $14,804.00 in electronic discovery costs. On
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Providing The Size Of Potentially Responsive Data After Performing Search by Gigabyte, Rather Than Document Hits, By a Third Party, Ruled Not In Bad Faith By Court
In RAVGEN, INC. v. STRECK, INC., No. 4:22CV3017 (D. Nebraska, March 29, 2022), before the Court was Plaintiff’s second motion to compel a third party’s response to subpoenas, Plaintiff’s request for attorney fees, and third party’s timeline for contemplated ESI search. On Feb. 4, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion to
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International Litigation Services Welcomes Joshua Rosenberg as President and CEO
Rosenberg is a highly accomplished legal veteran with proven track record in company growth Irvine, California – June 6, 2022 – International Litigation Services (ILS), a leading e-discovery service provider and ESI consultancy, today announced the appointment of Joshua Rosenberg as president and CEO. Rosenberg is a highly regarded industry
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Defendant Sanctioned For Blanket AEO Designations
In CellTrust Corporation v. ionLake, LLC, et al., Case No. 19-cv-2855 (WMW/TNL) (D. Minn. May 17, 2022), before the Court was Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions which presented multiple issues including blanket designation of documents as Attorney’s Eyes Only and spoliation. With respect to Defendant’s attorney’s eyes only designation, pursuant to
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Refusal to Pay Hacker’s Ransom Is Not Spoliation under Rule 37(e)
In MASTEROBJECTS, INC. v. AMAZON.COM, INC., No. C 20-08103 WHA (N.D. Cal. March 13, 2022), before the Special Master was Defendant’s Rule 37 motion that alleged violations of the Court’s Discovery Order and a motion for spoliation sanctions. With respect to the spoliation issue, the facts were that on Dec.