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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 [...]

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 [...]

Initially finding a foothold in Australian and British litigation, third-party litigation funding has made its way to the U.S. Investors have started staking claim in large, corporate lawsuits. The reason? According to this article, investors are “on the lookout for U.S. litigants who would allow them to finance their cases in return for a portion [...]

This opinion outlines the Supreme Court’s decision of a 2002 case involving the Ontario Police Department and its officers’ privacy rights as they pertain to electronic communication. The City provided pagers for sending and receiving text messages to the Ontario Police Department. The City’s “contract with its service provider…provided for a monthly limit on the [...]