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Production Madness: The Covad Story Continues with New ESI Pitfalls

August 31, 2009 Josh Gilliland e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Email, ESI, Form of Production, Imaging Hard Drives

Understandably, taking an electronic document such as a spreadsheet, printing it, cutting it up, and telling one’s opponent to paste it back together again, when the electronic document can be produced with a keystroke is madness in the world in which we live. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola, Covad Communs.[…]

Don’t Bank on this Strategy to Compel Electronically Stored Information

August 27, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Meet & Confer, Motion to Compel

The Court finds the parties could have avoided the expenses of this Motion by conferring appropriately early in the case about ESI. United States Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. LaSalle Bank Nat’l Ass’n, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70514 (S.D. Ohio July 24, 2009). Banks really[…]

Spoliation! A New Drama at the District Courthouse about a Litigation Hold and Missing Electronically Stored Information

August 24, 2009 Josh Gilliland Electronically Stored Information, Email, ESI, Litigation Hold

The stage is set: There is a triggering event for a lawsuit, a litigation hold is enacted and evidence is preserved. A drama played out not according to the above script with a law firm and client almost ending up on the hook for a botched litigation hold. In Pinstripe, Inc. v. Manpower, Inc., the[…]

Get Out the Check Book for Translating ESI into a Reasonably Usable Form in California

August 21, 2009 Josh Gilliland California Electronic Discovery Act, Discovery, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Form of Production, Reasonably Accessible, Reasonably Useable Form

California Code of Civil Procedure 2031.280(e) states, in relevant part: If necessary, the responding party at the reasonable expense of the demanding party shall, through detection devices, translate any data compilations included in the demand into reasonably usable form. California Code of Civil Procedure 2031.280(e) might give anyone used to[…]

Don’t Argue Imaginary ESI Production Problems

August 19, 2009 Josh Gilliland Document Review, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, ethics, Form of Production, Metadata, Motion to Compel, Native File, OCR, TIFF

In re NetBank, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69031 (N.D. Ga. Aug. 7, 2009) has form of production arguments that illustrate the need to understand the processing abilities of electronically stored information applications and review in litigation support software. The Request for Production In this class certification case, the Plaintiff[…]

Rock Opera Discovery of Archived ESI

August 17, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Form of Production, Meet & Confer, Reasonably Accessible, Request for Production

In re In re Operadora DB Mex., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68078 (M.D. Fla. May 28, 2009), is the story of an international legal dispute, arbitration and the Hard Rock Café. While all of that makes for an exciting feature act, we will rock out to the electronic discovery issues. The[…]

The Missing Link: A Duty to Preservation Imbedded Images & Hyperlinks?

August 7, 2009 Josh Gilliland Duty to Preserve, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Spoliation

Paleontologists have searched for the missing link, the remains of an transitional life form, showing a state of evolution. Lawyers today continue the quest for missing links, but not for transitional life forms, but inactive hyperlinks to websites. The Plaintiff in Ferron v. Echostar Satellite, LLC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66637 (S.D.[…]

Telling the Judge ESI is “Expensive” is not an Excuse for Failing to Produce

July 20, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Request for Production

It is generally a bad sign when an opinion begins with a Court banning parties from filing more discovery motions without the Court’s approval. This is one of those cases. Textron Fin. Corp. v. Eddy’s Trailer Sales, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60065 (E.D.N.Y. July 10, 2009). One of the[…]

Swimming in the Deep End: Treading Water in e-Discovery Cases

July 14, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, ESI, Form of Production, Metadata, OCR, Request for Production

This motion centers on electronic discovery. The proper handling of electronic discovery is a new and developing area of law practice. The Federal Rules first addressed electronic discovery in 2006 and the Local Rules of this court have yet to provide any guidance on electronic discovery. Therefore, the court appreciates[…]

Keep on Trucking: Data Productions or Summaries

July 13, 2009 Josh Gilliland Discovery, e-Discovery, Electronically Stored Information, Email, ESI, Motion to Compel, Request for Production

The Plaintiffs in Flying J, Inc. v. Pilot Travel Ctrs. LLC brought a motion to compel discovery request for data pertaining to trucker fuel card transactions and for the producing party to create a separate monthly report. Flying J, Inc. v. Pilot Travel Ctrs. LLC, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55283,[…]