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All You Need is Metadata

February 14, 2012 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Metadata, Native File

When it comes to native files with associated metadata, there is no substitute. In a motion battle over a stipulation on the form of production, the Plaintiff stated that ESI should be produced in native file format with associated metadata. In the event ESI needed to be redacted or was[…]

There is Only One Way to Rock Search Terms

December 28, 2011 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Search Terms

In Re National Association of Music Merchants, Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation involved a dispute over additional searches of electronically stored information using abbreviations and acronyms for previously agreed-upon search terms. Instead of turning the discovery dial up to 11, the Court pulled the plug on the additional search[…]

Misadventures in Searching Unallocated Space

December 16, 2011 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Search Terms

The parties in I-Med Pharma Inc. v. Biomatrix, Inc., stipulated to the search of the Plaintiff’s computer system by the Defendants’ forensic expert. I-Med Pharma Inc. v. Biomatrix, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141614 (D.N.J. Dec. 9, 2011). The expert ran a combination of approximately 60 keywords, including French words, keywords[…]

Adventures in Statutory Construction of FRCP Rule 34(b)(2)(E)

November 20, 2011 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Form of Production, TIFF

In a multi-party complex case, the parties agreed to the production of electronically stored information as TIFFs or JPEGs with fields of information that did not reflect the metadata of the native files. The original production fields included: beginning bates number, ending bates number, page count, CD volume name, producing[…]

Arguing $2,630 is Undue Burden to Search ESI

August 24, 2011 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Email, ESI, Request for Production

A Defendant refused to produce ESI claiming the estimated $2,630.00 to search the data was unduly burdensome under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rules 26(b)(2)(C)(iii) and 26(b)(2)(B). Hudson v. AIH Receivable Mgmt. Servs., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39993 (D. Kan. Apr. 13, 2011). The Defendant was a company of 13[…]

Discovery in a Flash (Drive)

January 26, 2011 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Imaging Hard Drives

Flash drives were the center of a discovery dispute in a trade secret dispute between high-speed printer service providers. OcÉ N. Am. v. McS Servs., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5403 (D. Md. Jan. 20, 2011). The Plaintiff sought a forensic image of the flash drives, because the devices contained their software alleged[…]

Discovery Deadlines at Dial-Up Speeds: Clear Signs You Need an e-Discovery Service Provider

September 3, 2010 Josh Gilliland DeNIST, Discovery, Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information

A service provider for router and network systems sued Cisco for Sherman Antitrust act violations. Cisco in turn sued for copyright and other violations. Multiven, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71221 (N.D. Cal. July 9, 2010). Cisco propounded two discovery requests on the Plaintiff. The Producing Party claimed[…]

How “Ridiculous” Productions Can Waive the Attorney-Client Privilege

August 4, 2010 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, FRE 502, Waiver of Privilege

The ridiculously high number of irrelevant materials and the large volume of privileged communications produced demonstrate a lack of reasonableness. Robert C. Chambers, United States District Court Judge Preparing electronic discovery takes careful review and following Judge Grimm’s Victor Stanley checklist. That did not happen in this case. The Plaintiffs[…]

Discovery Games in Gaming Litigation

December 24, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Document Review, Duty to Preserve, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Litigation Hold, Reasonably Accessible, Request for Production

Discovery games were taking place in a gaming case in Mississippi. The Plaintiffs brought a motion to strike and a motion for sanctions for discovery misconduct in responding to requests for electronically stored information. Maggette v. BL Dev. Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116789 (N.D. Miss. Nov. 24, 2009). The[…]

Admissibility of Email Strings and Co-Conspirator Emails

December 7, 2009 Josh Gilliland Conspiracy, Discovery, Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Email, ESI, Exclusion of Evidence, Hearsay

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are frequent superstars spotlighting requests and production of electronically stored information in case law. Whether or not such discovery is admissible is another story. Park W. Radiology & Park W. Circle Realty v. Carecore Nat’l Llc, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110282 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 19, 2009) is[…]