federal rule of civil procedure 26(b)(2)(B)
Absence of a “smoking gun” doesn’t mean information is irrelevant
In this extensive litigation, the court held that production of 360,000 emails, while costly, was within the scope of discovery and proportional.
Defendant Loses Cost-Shifting Motion in Discrimination Lawsuit
In Hawa v. Coatesville Area Sch. Dist., employment discrimination lawsuit, the court denied the defendant cost-shifting for making ESI searchable