Archive - February 2018

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Homer v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, No. 2-15-cv-01184 (3rd Cir. Feb. 27, 2018)
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The Physicians Alliance Corporation v. Wellcare Health Insurance of Arizona, Inc, Et Al. (Middle District of Louisana, 2018)
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Eileen Nece v. Quicken Loans, Inc., No. 8:16-cv-02605-SDM-CPT (M.D. Fla. Feb. 27, 2018)
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Universal North American Insurance v. Blue Rhino (D. N.J., 2018)
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SodexoMAGIC, LLC v. Drexel University (E.D. Pa., 2018)
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Watkins v. New York Transit Authority, 2018 WL 895624, No. 1:2016cv04161 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2018)
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Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Techs., LLC, et al., No. 4:17-CV-00450 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 13, 2018)
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Kelly Forman v. Mark Henkin (New York Court of Appeals, 2018)
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American Honda v. Thygesen (S.Ct. Okla., 2018)
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Spencer v. Lunada Bad Boys, 2018 WL 839862, No. 16-cv-02129-SJO-RAO (C.D. Cal., 2018)

The Physicians Alliance Corporation v. Wellcare Health Insurance of Arizona, Inc, Et Al. (Middle District of Louisana, 2018)

Key Insight: Discovery costs must be proportional to the amount in controversy ($20 million in dispute allows for at least $13,000 in discovery costs)

Nature of Case: Contract breach

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic documents/communications

Keywords: Backup tapes, proportionality, catastrophic failure

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Watkins v. New York Transit Authority, 2018 WL 895624, No. 1:2016cv04161 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2018)

Key Insight: Plaintiff traded in her cell phone, Defendant requested an adverse inference for spoliation

Nature of Case: hostile work environment and retaliation

Electronic Data Involved: text messages

Keywords: spoliation, adverse inference, text messages

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Performance Pulsation Control, Inc. v. Sigma Drilling Techs., LLC, et al., No. 4:17-CV-00450 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 13, 2018)

Key Insight: Broad requests by Plaintiff were narrowed by conference and court decision to time period during and after Defendant’s employment

Nature of Case: Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information

Electronic Data Involved: E-mails and Documents

Keywords: proportionality, relevancy, time-limited

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Kelly Forman v. Mark Henkin (New York Court of Appeals, 2018)

Key Insight: Privacy settings do not govern scope of disclosure of social media materials

Nature of Case: Personal injury

Electronic Data Involved: Facebook posts

Keywords: Facebook, privacy setting, horse, social media

Identified State Rule(s): CPLR 3101, CPLR 3103

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American Honda v. Thygesen (S.Ct. Okla., 2018)

Key Insight: Safe harbor, since it was destroyed long before the suit was filed or foreseeable

Nature of Case: Products liability

Electronic Data Involved: ESI design information

Keywords: Spoliation sanctions

Identified State Rule(s): 12 O.S. 2011 ? 3237(G)

Spencer v. Lunada Bad Boys, 2018 WL 839862, No. 16-cv-02129-SJO-RAO (C.D. Cal., 2018)

Key Insight: 4 deleted messages were lost, as they could not be recovered from other defendants

Nature of Case: right to surf free from harassment

Electronic Data Involved: text messages

Keywords: spoliation, duty to preserve

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