Blogs about: Request For Production
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For Whom the Blog Tolls, Part 1
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 34 defines “electronically stored information” as data compilations stored in any medium that can be translated into a reasonably useable form. The Advisory Commit… more →
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Boarding a Flight with Foreign Based Discovery for the Holidays
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bowtielaw wrote 4 days ago: In the spirit of holiday travel, the Plaintiffs in Park v. Korean Air Lines Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEX … more →
Speedy Delivery: Compelling Imaging & Searching of Everything
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bowtielaw wrote 1 month ago: In a contract dispute regarding a shipping vendor, the Plaintiff brought a motion to compel the coll … more →
A Picture is worth a Thousand Words, but Sanctions are Priceless
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bowtielaw wrote 2 months ago: The Defendants in Green v. McClendon, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71860 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 13, 2009) attempted … more →
Production Madness: The Covad Story Continues with New ESI Pitfalls
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bowtielaw wrote 3 months ago: Understandably, taking an electronic document such as a spreadsheet, printing it, cutting it up, and … more →
Get Out the Check Book for Translating ESI into a Reasonably Usable Form in California
bowtielaw wrote 3 months ago: California Code of Civil Procedure 2031.280(e) states, in relevant part: If necessary, the respondin … more →
California Rules on the Form of Production
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bowtielaw wrote 3 months ago: Discussing the California Electronic Discovery Act provisions on stating the form of production in a … more →
Don’t Argue Imaginary ESI Production Problems
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bowtielaw wrote 3 months ago: In re NetBank, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69031 (N.D. Ga. Aug. 7, 2009) has form of production argu … more →
Rock Opera Discovery of Archived ESI
bowtielaw wrote 3 months ago: In re In re Operadora DB Mex., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68078 (M.D. Fla. May 28, 2009), is the story of … more →
Turning Rule 26(a) Initial Disclosures into Rule 26(e) Supplemental Disclosures
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bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: What happens if more responsive documents are found after the case management order setting a requir … more →
When You Have Over 100 "Any and All" Requests for Production, Don’t Complain About Lots of Documents to Review
bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: When, as here, broad discovery requests lead to relevant documents being mixed in with seemingly irr … more →
Telling the Judge ESI is “Expensive” is not an Excuse for Failing to Produce
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bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: It is generally a bad sign when an opinion begins with a Court banning parties from filing more disc … more →
Spoliation is a “Grimm” Business
bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: Magistrate Judge Grimm is no stranger to watershed opinions…and on occasion the 100 page a law revie … more →
Swimming in the Deep End: Treading Water in e-Discovery Cases
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bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: This motion centers on electronic discovery. The proper handling of electronic discovery is a new an … more →
What Should be the Ordinary Course of Business: Reviewing ESI in Litigation Support Software
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bowtielaw wrote 4 months ago: The Defendants in Valeo Elec. Sys. v. Cleveland Die & Mfg. Co., brought a motion to compel the P … more →
Request for Production: Any and All Documents in the Past 46 Years Supporting the Overthrow of a Communist Government
bowtielaw wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes there is a case that is just too unique to pass up. This is one of those cases. The Defen … more →
Motion to Compel Camera Phone Photo
bowtielaw wrote 5 months ago: Just as the Def Leppard Song Goes: All I got is a photograph — and it is not enough. (from the … more →
The Return of Covad Communications: Forensic Imaging of Databases & Email Servers
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bowtielaw wrote 5 months ago: Magistrate Judge Facciola’s “Christmas Eve” opinion now has a sequel: Covad Communs. Co. v. Revonet, … more →
The Plumbing of a Motion to Compel
bowtielaw wrote 5 months ago: In a product defect case about brass plumbing fittings, the Defendants fought a motion to compel ele … more →
Follow the Court Order: If You are Ordered to Produce Searchable PDF’s, Don’t Produce TIFFs without Searchable Text
bowtielaw wrote 5 months ago: Gamesmanship is the harbinger of bad lawyer reputations. Not obeying Court orders can be the death … more →
