Producing Party – Bow Tie Law

18 Missing Email Messages is not like 18 Minutes of Missing Watergate Tape

September 30, 2014 Josh Gilliland Document Review, Search Terms

Rosemary Woods was not involved in this document production. In motion practice over the adequacy of a production, the Plaintiffs were able to show that the Producing Party did not produce 18 email messages that were produced by a third-party. As such, the Plaintiff sought production of search efficiency reports[…]

Don’t Stipulate to Not Follow the Form of Production Rules

September 11, 2014 Josh Gilliland Form of Production

Here is my advice: NEVER agree to a stipulation to produce native files when “it is more practical to do so” and agree to productions in PAPER, PDF’s, or TIFFs. Melian Labs v. Triology LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124343 (N.D. Cal.Sept. 4, 2014). That is what happened in Melian Labs v. Triology[…]