A recent case filed in the Southern District Court of Indiana dealt with the difficult issue of discovery of social networking site information on Facebook and MySpace. As discovery of social media is a relatively new frontier, the court had a difficult decision to make in determining the scope of discovery. It will be interesting [...]
In this interesting Order, the Court makes a big swing from allowing five years back of ESI to be collected, to allowing eighteen years. This will definitely result in a large volume of data collected.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company filed a complaint against Teva Pharmaceuticals for an infringement on U.S. Patent No. 6,034,239. Takeda claimed that Teva [...]
The New York Supreme Court considered aspects of discovery of a hard drive for a recent marital dispute. In this opinion, the Court surpassed mere decision and instead, also outlined strict guidelines to be followed in connection to discovery of the hard drive.
On February 4, 2010, plaintiff Sarah Schreiber requested that a hard drive of [...]
On August 26, 2009, Mindy Olson brought a suit against Michael Sax and Goodwill Industries, claiming that Goodwill violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “by discriminating against her based on gender and pregnancy when it terminated her employment.” Goodwill fired Olson on the grounds that she had submitted inaccurate credit slips. [...]
Gibson Dunn posted its 2010 Mid-Year Electronic Discovery and Information Law Update last week. The update “provides an overview of recent e-discovery developments and trends…between January 1 and June 17, 2010.” According to the report, both federal and state courts are actively issuing e-discovery opinions, which follows a trend from 2009.
Courts are also “[taking] an [...]
In 2009, Gucci brought suit against Curveal Fashion for “trademark infringement…trademark counterfeiting, trademark dilution…and deceptive trade practices.” This order describes the resulting discovery dispute in which Gucci America, Inc. claims that United Overseas Bank “transferred approximately $900,000 received from the sale of counterfeit goods over the past 12 months to an account in the name [...]