Case Law
Further Discovery Not Relevant Nor Proportional
After “substantial” discovery, the court denied plaintiffs’ motion to compel information about Simply Orange juice as irrelevant and disproportional.
Court Denies Motion to Compel All-Employee Email as Disproportionate
The court denied a motion to compel as disproportionate and unduly burdensome, as it failed to establish that earlier searches were unreasonable.
Court Denies Plaintiff Sanctions for Failure to Prove ESI Loss
The court declined spoliation sanctions where there was no evidence that the defendants anticipated litigation or that lost data couldn’t be replaced.
‘Academy Award’-Worthy Denials Can’t Save Uber From Spoliation
In this highly publicized case alleging trade secret misappropriation, the court held that Uber spoliated relevant ESI that it should have preserved.
Court Orders Search Of Email Accounts
In this motion, the parties disputed several e-discovery issues, with the court balancing the burden of individual searches against the parties’ expected payoff and justifications.
Court Rejects Church’s Appeal Upholding Sanction
In this opinion, the appellate court soundly rejected the defendant’s arguments, affirming a daily $4,000 sanction for the defendant’s willful refusal to comply with discovery.