Archive - December 3, 2018

Jared M. Villery v. Jeffrey Beard, et al., 1:15-cv-00987-DAD-BAM (PC), (California, Eastern District, 2018)

Dec 03 2018

Key Insight: What amounts to good cause to seal relevant evidence from public view

Nature of Case: Civil Rights Action, violation of 8th amendment

Electronic Data Involved: confidential health information and confidential investigatory information obtained from witness interviews

Keywords: HIPPA, seal, confidential health information, good cause

Dec 03 2018

Key Insight: ordered forensic examination and sanctions (threatened terminating sanctions) for failure to disclose reconstructed hard drive

Nature of Case: personal injury

Electronic Data Involved: computer files

Keywords: converted motion for sanctions to motion to compel