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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

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May 23, 2016

Missouri District Judge Upholds Ruling Requiring List of Data Fields in Class Action Suit

LaBrier v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Case No. 15-04093 (W.D. Mo., May 9, 2016), a class action lawsuit, was removed to federal court after submitting a certification from an employee stating that he used data from Defendant and from Xactware Solutions to calculate the size of the class and alleged damages. During discovery,

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December 16, 2015

District of Connecticut Reduces Search Terms for ESI Production in Class Action Case

Strauch et. al. v. Computer Sciences Corp., Case No. 14-956 (D. Conn., Nov. 24, 2015) is a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) case involving a number of discovery disputes over search terms filed by both Plaintiffs and Defendant. Each party filed a Motion to Compel in addition to numerous other motions, and the court, after

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November 13, 2015

SNDY Rebukes Defendants for Improper Communications with Putative Class Members

In Agerbrink et. al. v. Model Service, LLC et. al., Case No. 14-7841 (S.D.N.Y., Oct. 27, 2015), Plaintiffs sued Defendants in a class action for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). During the case, Plaintiffs alerted the court that an agent of Defendants sent an email to putative class action plaintiffs who could