A motion for a forensic examination was granted in PlayUp, Inc. v. Mintas, 2025 WL 2017161 (D. Nev. Jul. 18, 2025). On movant’s third try, the court found that the opponent was trying to “gaslight” the court and it granted...more
[EDRM Editor’s Note: The opinions and positions are those of Michael Berman.] A protective order barring post-settlement use by plaintiffs’ counsel of defendant’s discovery responses in other litigation was vacated in Cordero...more
7/16/2025
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Protective Orders ,
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Standing
In Lacey v. State Farm General Ins. Co., 2025 WL 1363069 (C.D. Cal. May 5, 2025), plaintiff submitted a filing with erroneous AI-generated citations. The Special Master pointed out some of them. The plaintiff resubmitted a...more
5/14/2025
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e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Legal Ethics ,
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Sanctions
In Pincus Law Grp PLLC v. MJ Connections, Inc., 2025 WL 1070384 (E.D.N.Y. Apr. 9, 2025), the court ruled in favor of a discovering party and ordered reproduction of previously-produced documents under the terms of an ESI...more
In Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC, 2025 WL 662896 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court granted in part and denied in part a motion to quash subpoenas issued to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (the “Wayfarer Parties”) by Ms. Blake...more
4/7/2025
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e-Discovery Professionals ,
Electronic Communications ,
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Subpoenas
In Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., 2025 WL 870358 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 19, 2025), the court resolved a dispute over an ESI Protocol. The starting point was a Standing Order that, absent good cause, parties “shall use” one of the...more
4/1/2025
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Class Action ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
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Electronically Stored Information ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Machine Learning
In Wilbert v. Pyramid Healthcare, Inc., 2025 WL 873947 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 20, 2025), the court wrote: From the inception of this action, Counsel for the parties could not agree on the scope and methodology for ESI discovery…....more
3/25/2025
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Employment Litigation ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Meet and Confer ,
Video Recordings
In In Re: Uber Technologies, Inc. Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation, 2025 WL 678543 (Mar. 3, 2025), the court issued another hyperlinked document discovery decision arising out of the parties’ ESI Protocol. While...more
3/11/2025
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Email ,
Evidence ,
Hyperlink ,
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Metadata
In Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc., 2025 WL 635335 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2025), plaintiffs, the requesting parties, sought to have input in determining search terms to be used by defendant, the producing party. Based on “the specter...more
3/4/2025
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Discovery ,
Document Review ,
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Electronically Stored Information ,
Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
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Litigation Strategies ,
Technology-Assisted Review
By definition, a litigation hold notice is a communication from an attorney to a client regarding the duty to preserve potentially responsive information. In Homeland Ins. Co. of Del. v. Independent Health Ass’n., Inc., 2025...more
2/20/2025
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Data Collection ,
Data Preservation ,
Discovery ,
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