Burden of discovery

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Court Refuses to Compel Disclosure of Archived E-Mails Due to “Undue Burden and Cost”

Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health Sys., No. 3:15-cv-05579-RJB (W.D. Wash. July 29, 2016). After a previous order granting the plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery of “live”…

Court Refuses to Reward Party’s “Obstructionist Approach” to Discovery

LaBrier v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., No. 2:15-cv-04093-NKL, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61246 (W.D. Mo. May 9, 2016). Where the defendant objected to…

Ediscovery Can Get Personal When Defendants Are Sued as Individuals

Sunderland v. Suffolk Cty., No. CV 13-4838 (JFB)(AKT), 2016 WL 3264169 (E.D.N.Y. June 14, 2016). In a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to medical…