Valdes v. Greater Naples Fire Rescue Dist. No. 2:17-cv-417-FtM-29CM (M.D. Fla. Sept. 7, 2018) In this Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) case, the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel in part. It denied any forensic examination of the plaintiff’s devices,...
Beseke v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC No. 17-cv-4971-DWF-KMM, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197920 (D. Minn. Oct. 18, 2018)) In this Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) case, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel in part. In doing so, it acknowledged the...
MetLife Inv’rs. USA Ins. Co. v. Lindsey No. 2:16-CV-97 (N.D. Ind. Oct. 25, 2018) In this case seeking rescission of a life insurance policy, the court granted the defendants’ motion to compel. It ordered the plaintiff to produce native-format files rather than PDFs....
Beck v. Access E Forms, LP In this Fair Labor Standards Act claim, the court denied sanctions despite the plaintiff’s deletion of emails and other evidence. Sidney Beck, the plaintiff, alleged that during her employment with Access eForms, LP, she routinely worked...
Williams v. CoreCivic, Inc. In this employment discrimination case, the court found the plaintiff’s initial discovery responses entirely inadequate and ordered him to supplement his production. Kenneth Williams filed this case alleging that his former employer...
In this fraudulent inducement claim, the magistrate considered the permissible scope of discovery for the parties’ cross-motions to compel.
In this trade secret theft case, the magistrate denied the plaintiff’s motion for a forensic inspection of the defendant’s computers.
Defining the extent of discovery for an ediscovery matter Scope describes the extent of discovery that the parties — sometimes with the court’s intervention — agree to produce in a case. Scope is generally defined by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(1). It...
Ramos v. Hopele of Fort Lauderdale, LLC, No. 17-62100-CIV-MORENO/SELTZER, 2018 WL 138188 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 19, 2018). In this proposed class action, the court denied the defendant’s request for a forensic examination of the plaintiff’s cell phone. It concluded that the...
Ortiz v. Amazon.com LLC, No. 17-cv-03820-JSW (MEJ) (N.D. Cal. May 25, 2018). In this employment dispute, the court concluded that the plaintiff lacked possession or control over the cell phone account listed in his wife’s name. However, it chastised the plaintiff’s...