Archive - November 2019

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Center for Auto Safety et al. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Arizona Court of Appeals, 2019)
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Commonwealth v. Davis (PA Supreme Court, 2019)
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United States v. Beverly (Fifth Circuit, 2019)
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Forney v. Grand Island Chiropractic, P.C. (WDNY, 2019)
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Shotwell, et al. v. Zillow Group Inc., et al. (Western Washington, 2019)
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Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 2:18-cv-639-FtM-99NPM (M.D. Fla., 2019)
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Estate of Felipe A. Radelat (Tex. App., 2019)
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United States v. Holmes, et al (N.D. Cal., 2019)
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United States v. Norris (9th Circuit, 2019)
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United States v. Hoang, No. 2:17-cr-0444-TC (District of Utah, Central Division, 2019)

Center for Auto Safety et al. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Arizona Court of Appeals, 2019)

Key Insight: defendants perpetrated fraud and acted in bad faith when not disclosing test results of defective product

Nature of Case: product liability

Electronic Data Involved: product test results that were not disclosed

Keywords: fraud, bad faith, disclosure, confidentiality

Identified Local Court Rule(s): Maricopa county local practice rule 2.19, 5.4

Identified State Rule(s): 26(c)(1), 26(c)(1)(G), 26(c)(4)(A)

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Commonwealth v. Davis (PA Supreme Court, 2019)

Key Insight: computer passwords/access, act of production

Nature of Case: Fifth Amendment violation (Criminal)

Electronic Data Involved: computer files

Keywords: “foregone conclusion” exception, password, search warrant, encryption, testimonial in nature, compulsion of mental processes

Identified State Rule(s): Pa.R.A.P. 313(b)

Shotwell, et al. v. Zillow Group Inc., et al. (Western Washington, 2019)

Key Insight: detailed stipulation of the discovery plan

Nature of Case: violation of the securities exchange act

Electronic Data Involved: all relevant discovery

Keywords: stipulation, discovery plan

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Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 2:18-cv-639-FtM-99NPM (M.D. Fla., 2019)

Key Insight: Plaintiff claimed Defendant had not fully compensated for loses. Defendant claimed all monies owed under insurance contract had been paid. When discovery still remains on issues on summary judgment, summary judgment is premature.

Nature of Case: Insurance Coverage Dispute

Electronic Data Involved: Various discovery responses related to damage amounts

Keywords: summary judgment

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Estate of Felipe A. Radelat (Tex. App., 2019)

Key Insight: Sanctions, Efforts to Thwart discovery, Fraudulent Concealment

Nature of Case: Estates and Trusts

Electronic Data Involved: Hard copy

Keywords: fraudulent concealment, Statute of Limitations, Sanctions, Violation of Court Orders, Failure to produce, Death Penalty sanction, Obstruction, Temporary injunction, Deception of the Court

Identified State Rule(s): Tex. R. Civ. P. 199.3; Tex.R. Civ. P. 176 .8 (a)

United States v. Norris (9th Circuit, 2019)

Key Insight: Whether accessing a person’s information through an IP address being wired through an outside router is a violation of the 4 amendment

Nature of Case: criminal – possession and distribution of child pornography

Electronic Data Involved: IP address and location

Keywords: search and seizure, IP address, wireless router, subjective expectation of privacy

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United States v. Hoang, No. 2:17-cr-0444-TC (District of Utah, Central Division, 2019)

Key Insight: Request for email accounts at Comcast and Google

Nature of Case: Trade Secret Theft

Electronic Data Involved: archived e-mail, file backups, electronic files

Keywords: no privacy interest in [another person?s] email account, even if some of [defendant?s] emails were discovered there.

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