Bow Tie Law

Floppy Disk Wars: Form of Production & Computer Battles from the 1980s

The personal computer is an eternal icon of the 1980s.  However, few might suspect there is litigation currently pending dating back to the era of Reagan, Yuppies and Apple’s 1984 Orwellian  Super Bowl commercial. [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/OYecfV3ubP8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Floppy Disks: e-Discovery Echoes Phillip M. Adams & Assocs. v. V., is the continuing story of[…]

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Undue Burden Arguments Must Be Specific, Not Speculative

Seger v. Ernest-Spencer Metals is the story of an industrial accident where the Plaintiff suffered serious bodily injury.  In the ensuing discovery battle, the Producing Party claimed the electronically stored information was from sources that were not reasonably accessible due to undue burden.  Seger v. Ernest-Spencer Metals, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS[…]

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Piercing the Work Product Doctrine: Gamesmanship with Locked PDF’s

The Plaintiffs in Mack v. HH Gregg, Inc. sued the Defendants for breach of contract over the alleged failed installation of dryers. The parties agreed the Defendants would produce a “summary of its dryer installation invoices that would include the state of the sale, date of purchase, amount paid for delivery[…]

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