Costs – Bow Tie Law

Let’s Play eDiscovery Baseball

January 30, 2015 Josh Gilliland Civil Procedure, Costs, eDiscovery

We have Geek Judges. I love those Jurists. We also have Judges who love sports. I have a gut feeling it would be fun to go see a baseball game with Magistrate Judge Young B. Kim. Bagwe v. Sedgwick Claims Mgmt. Servs., is a case where the prevailing party sought[…]

No Costs for TIFF Blow Backs

March 14, 2013 Josh Gilliland Costs, e-Discovery

Costs in eDiscovery are a never ending ordeal for parties. There is little question that the Taxation Guidelines should be updated to meet the realities of computer forensic investigation, preservation and processing. Consider the following situation, where the Court addressed “image processing”: Mitre has requested a total of $5,453.96 in[…]

Form of Production: Add that Topic to the Meet & Confer Check-List

July 11, 2011 Josh Gilliland Costs, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Meet & Confer

The Defendants in Specht v. Google, Inc., sought of $21,951.16 for discovery costs. $17,778.64 of that total was for creating digital versions of the discovery. Specht v. Google, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68968, 9-11 (N.D. Ill. June 27, 2011) As a general rule, such costs are taxable if the[…]