Key Insight: Whether compelling the defendant to enter his cell phone password would violate his privilege against self incrimination under 5th Amendment and art. 12 of Mass Declaration of Rights
Nature of Case: Trafficking a person for sexual servitude
Electronic Data Involved: data held on cell phone
Keywords: Cell phone password, 5th Amendment
Identified State Rule(s): Mass. art. 12.
Identified Federal Rule(s): 5th Amendment
Key Insight: whether documents lose their privilege when there was limited effort to prevent their disclosure
Nature of Case: patent infridgement and violation of trade secrets
Electronic Data Involved: privileged documents requested back via a clawback agreement
Keywords: clawback, privilege, privilege review, search terms
Key Insight: Plaintiffs object to dismissal of a counterclaim against them because Defendant’s desire to dismiss the claim is related to loss of relevant ESI
Nature of Case: defamation, trademark infringement
Electronic Data Involved: E-mail, instant messages
Keywords: counterclaim, motion to amend, diligent, dismissal
Key Insight: The refusal to provide written authorization allowing a service provider to release text message records constitutes “possession, custody, or control” of those text messages.
Nature of Case: lease termination by law enforcement
Electronic Data Involved: text messages
Keywords: release of records, written authorization
Key Insight: objections to requests for production, overly broad requests, overly broad objections, merit-less objections
Nature of Case: Hospital Fraud, laboratory tests billing scheme, insurance fraud
Electronic Data Involved: Billing data, invoices, financial records
Keywords: fifth amendment, overly broad, unduly burdensome, preservation efforts, retention notice, objection specificity
Key Insight: Sanctions and shifted burden of proof imposed for failure to produce with intent to deprive.
Nature of Case: Discovery abuse sanctions
Keywords: spoliation, intent to deprive, sanctions, burden of proof shift, bad faith
Key Insight: Plaintiff and Defendant’s motions to compel are both granted and denied in part
Nature of Case: Trademark rights, and when TM protection ends
Electronic Data Involved: e-mails, telephone call, business documents, the product in question, interrogatories
Keywords: Trademark, trade secrets, modification, proportional, executive
Key Insight: Protective order barring opposing council from viewing confidential materials denied for being too far
Nature of Case: trademark infringement, unfair competition
Electronic Data Involved: expert information
Keywords: trademark, protective order
Key Insight: Provide only the information requested, especially if it is simple database records, additional work will not be compensated
Nature of Case: Horse Protection Act
Electronic Data Involved: Database records
Key Insight: Sanctions were appropriate for a fraudulently edited email entered into evidence
Nature of Case: Judge removal
Electronic Data Involved: E-mails
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