In Abrego-Garcia v. Noem, __ F.R.D. ___, 2025 WL 1166402 (D. Md. Apr. 22, 2025)(Xinis, J.), plaintiffs notified the Court of “seemingly intractable discovery disputes….” The case is before the District Court after the United...more
4/23/2025
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Deportation ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Government Agencies ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privileged Communication ,
SCOTUS
In Pincus Law Grp PLLC v. MJ Connections, Inc., 2025 WL 1070384 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 9, 2025), the court ruled in favor of a discovering party and ordered reproduction of previously-produced documents under the terms of an ESI...more
In Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2025 WL 662896 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court granted in part and denied in part a motion to quash subpoenas issued to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (the “Wayfarer Parties”) by Ms. Blake...more
4/7/2025
/ Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronic Communications ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Subpoenas
In Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., 2025 WL 870358 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 19, 2025), the court resolved a dispute over an ESI Protocol. The starting point was a Standing Order that, absent good cause, parties “shall use” one of the...more
4/1/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Class Action ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Machine Learning
In Wilbert v. Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 873947 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2025), the court wrote: From the inception of this action, Counsel for the parties could not agree on the scope and methodology for ESI discovery…....more
3/25/2025
/ Audio Recording ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Meet and Confer ,
Video Recordings
In In Re: Uber Technologies, Inc. Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, 2025 WL 678543 (Mar. 3, 2025), the court issued another hyperlinked document discovery decision arising out of the parties’ ESI Protocol. While...more
3/11/2025
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Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Email ,
Evidence ,
Hyperlink ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Metadata
In Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc., 2025 WL 635335 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2025), plaintiffs, the requesting parties, sought to have input in determining search terms to be used by defendant, the producing party. Based on “the specter...more
3/4/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Discovery ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Technology-Assisted Review
Campbell v. Aberdeen Providing Ground Federal Credit Union, 2025 WL 608046 (D. Md. Feb. 25, 2025)(Bredar, J.), is an employment discrimination case. At its most general level, the holding was that “a litigant may not invoke...more
In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in a lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer....more
2/26/2025
/ Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Legal Technology ,
Spoliation
By definition, a litigation hold notice is a communication from an attorney to a client regarding the duty to preserve potentially responsive information. In Homeland Ins. Co. of Del. v. Independent Health Ass’n., Inc., 2025...more
2/20/2025
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
Duty to Preserve ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Legal Technology ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Documents
In Cooper v. Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., 2025 WL 404246 (D. Md. Feb. 5, 2025)(Coulson, J.), Ms. Cooper sued BG&E and another employer for sexual harassment and discrimination....more
2/10/2025
/ Discovery ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Motion to Compel ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Spoliation ,
Title VII
The decision in Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2024 WL 251942 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2025), packs a lot into very few pages. In two instances, where Meta had offered a compromise solution, the court held Meta to that offer....more
1/24/2025
/ Data Management ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication ,
Privileged Documents
In Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC v. King Machine, Inc., __ So.3d __, 2025 WL 63935 (Ala. Sup. Ct. Jan. 10, 2025), the issue was whether an electronic discovery services vendor, DFC, could compel its former client to...more
1/14/2025
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Breach of Contract ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Contract Terms ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Jurisdiction ,
Legal Technology
In Ex-Prosecutor Disbarred For Fabricating Harassing Texts – Law360 (Jan. 7, 2025), Thy Vo reported on a fabrication of evidence case. The decision, State of Colorado vs. Yujin Choi, No 24PDJ019, is not yet posted on Recent...more
1/13/2025
/ Attorney Malpractice ,
Data Preservation ,
Discipline ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Legal Ethics ,
Misrepresentation ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Spoliation ,
Text Messages
In Taylor v. Google LLC, 2024 WL 4947270 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2024), the court held that “plaintiffs have not shown a specific deficiency in Google’s document production or a factual basis to believe that Mr. Boyer’s (or anyone...more
The Hon. James “Jay” Francis IV appointed Special Master in UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc. - In UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Uncharted Labs, Inc., 2024 WL 4986962 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 5, 2024), the parties could not agree...more
In Reddick v. State, __ Md. App __, 2024 WL 4633506 (Apls. Ct. Md. Oct. 31, 2024), the intermediate appellate court addressed an important issue of authentication of surveillance video by a lay witness. That witness was...more
In OL Private Counsel, LLC v. Olson, 2024 WL 4839277 (D. Utah Nov. 20, 2024), the court addressed recovery of expenses by non-parties for responding to a subpoena....more
11/26/2024
/ Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Depositions ,
Discovery ,
Document Productions ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Legal Costs ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication ,
Subpoenas
Plastics Industry Assoc. v. Bonta, 2024 WL 4699927 (D.D.C. Nov. 6, 2024), held in part that the defendant’s act of serving a “preservation demand” on the plaintiff in the forum district did not confer long-arm jurisdiction...more
In Stuart v. County of Riverside, 2024 WL 3086634, at *3 (C.D. Cal. Jun. 14, 2024), the District Court found a relationship between work product designations and triggering of the common-law duty to preserve....more
In Vita v. New England Baptist Hosp., __ Mass __, __ N.E.3d __, 2024 WL 4558621 (Mass. Oct. 24, 2024), the court held that the Massachusetts wiretap statute does not criminalize interception of web browsing and sale of the...more
10/29/2024
/ Confidential Information ,
Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Discovery ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Hospitals ,
Popular ,
Surveillance ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
I have never heard of a “destruction/unavailable” log; however, in the comprehensive – indeed, exhaustive – decision of Leprino Foods Co. v. Avani Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc., 2024 WL 4488711 (C.D. Ca. Sep. 30, 2024),...more
10/18/2024
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Discovery ,
Document Destruction ,
Document Productions ,
Document Review ,
e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Motion to Compel ,
Privilege Logs ,
Privileged Communication
The decision in EEOC v. Hooters of America, LLC, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2024 WL 4362863 (M.D. N. Car. Oct. 1, 2024), opens with the court’s statement that: The parties jointly ask to extend the discovery deadline and continue...more
Ho v. Jefferson Financial Credit Union, 2024 WL 4119422 (E.D. La. Sept. 9, 2024), provides a succinct summary of the scope of discovery under the December 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It –...more
EEOC v. Formel D USA, Inc., 2024 WL 4172527 (E.D. Mich. Sept. 12, 2024), addressed several interesting issues. Among them were: general principles of discovery; the role of counsel in self-collection; discovery on discovery;...more