Defining the document review phase of ediscovery What is document review? Also known as simply review, document review is the stage of the EDRM in which organizations examine documents connected to a litigation matter to determine if they are relevant, responsive, or...
Bailey v. Brookdale Univ. Hosp. Med. Ctr., No. C 16-2195 (ADS) (AKT), 2017 WL 2616957 (E.D.N.Y. June 16, 2017). In this employment discrimination case, the judge shifted the costs of the plaintiff’s discovery production because counsel did not meaningfully consult...
Hawa v. Coatesville Area Sch. Dist., No. 15-4828, 2017 WL 1021026 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 16, 2017). In this employment discrimination lawsuit, the court denied the defendant’s motion to shift the costs of ediscovery for records that the defendant itself rendered unsearchable....
With Williams v. Angie's List, Inc, No. 1:16-cv-00878-WTL-MJD (S.D. Ind. Apr. 10, 2017), the court finds that information ‘possessed’ by a party is subject to ediscovery. In this class-action employment case, the court found that data was “in [a party’s] possession,...
Wagoner v. Lewis Gale Med. Ctr., LLC, No. 7:15cv570 (W.D. Va. July 13, 2016). In Wagoner v. Lewis Gale Med. Ctr., LLC, court held that the plaintiff’s “limited request” for discovery, “restricted by custodian, search terms, and time period,” was proportional to the...
to Require the Costly Production of Inaccessible Data United States ex rel. Carter v. Bridgepoint Educ., Inc., 305 F.R.D. 225 (S.D. Cal. 2015) In this False Claims Act matter, the court considered and denied a request for the production of backup tapes in native...
Colosi v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc., 781 F.3d 293 (6th Cir. 2015). In this appeal, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the costs of imaging a party’s computer are taxable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4). The defendant, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. (JLL), prevailed in...