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Court Sanctions Defendants for Producing Excel Spreadsheets as Non-Searchable PDFs and Orders Native Production
In Apex Colors, Inc. v. Chemworld International Limited, Inc. et. al., Case No. 14-273 (N.D. Indiana, June 16, 2016), a trade secret/misappropriation case involving several claims and counterclaims between the parties, the Northern District of Indiana weighed in regarding native format Excel spreadsheets after the parties engaged in numerous discovery
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Court Orders Defendant VOIP Provider to Seek Responsive Emails from Google
The pro se Plaintiff in Lucas v. Jolin, et. al., Case No. 15-108 (S.D. Ohio, May 16, 2016) sued Defendants for alleged illegal telemarketing activity. One of the Defendants is a VOIP provider, allowing customers to use the internet as a telephone service. During discovery, Plaintiff issued a subpoena to
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Pro Se Plaintiff Seeks Native ESI Format, Metadata, and Index
The pro se Plaintiff in Stormo v. City of Sioux Falls, et. al., Case No. 12-04057 (D. S.D., Feb. 19, 2016) sued Defendants for violations of his civil rights with respect to his personal property. The court granted summary judgment in part to Defendants, and Plaintiff amended his complaint to add new claims.
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Court Orders Parties to Propose New Methods of Organizing Defendant Document Production
In Perez et. al. v. United States, et. al., Case No. 13-1417 (S.D. Cal., Jan. 25, 2016), federal government Defendants produced 7GB of documents on two DVDs. Plaintiffs, the widow and minor children of a Mexican citizen shot in the head by a border patrol agent, requested that Defendants identify to which of Plaintiffs’