In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today dive into a recent court ruling in Riviera v. Costco Wholesale Corp. – where a plaintiff's request for an independent forensic data expert was denied due to lack of merit, highlighting the importance of substantiated claims in litigation. In this case, the pro se plaintiff refused to accept the defendant’s explanation regarding alleged discrepancies in the timestamps of some of the emails the defendant produced. The defendant explained See more +
In this Key Discovery Points video, Brett Burney of Nextpoint and Doug Austin of eDiscovery Today dive into a recent court ruling in Riviera v. Costco Wholesale Corp. – where a plaintiff's request for an independent forensic data expert was denied due to lack of merit, highlighting the importance of substantiated claims in litigation. In this case, the pro se plaintiff refused to accept the defendant’s explanation regarding alleged discrepancies in the timestamps of some of the emails the defendant produced. The defendant explained that the discrepancies were due to their use of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to standardize timestamps, but the plaintiff still filed a request for a forensic data expert, which the judge denied. Watch the video to hear insights from Brett and Doug and learn more about the significance of time zones in ediscovery data. See less -
