Tag:Text Message

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Hardy v. UPS Ground Freight, Inc. (D. Mass., 2019)
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Herzig et al. v. Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc. (District Court of Western Arkansas, 2019)
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Jacops v. Foreportal Inc. (District Court of Nebraska, 2019)
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Siemers v. BNSF Railway Co. (D. Neb., 2019)
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Nuvasive, Inc. v. Kormanis (Middle District of North Carolina, 2019)
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Finjan, Inc. v. Zscaler, Inc. (N.D. California, 2019)
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DR Distrib., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc. (N.D. Ill., 2019)
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Hunters Run Gun Club v. Baker, No. 3:17-cv-00176 (M.D. La, 2019)
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Alarm Grid, Inc. v. AlarmClub.com, Inc. (Southern District of Florida, 2018)
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Dufrene v. American Tugs Inc. (District Court of Eastern Louisiana, 2018)

Hardy v. UPS Ground Freight, Inc. (D. Mass., 2019)

Key Insight: whether failure to provide text messages talked was spoliation of evidence

Nature of Case: employment discrimination

Electronic Data Involved: forensic imaging of plaintiff’s cell phone, relevant text messages

Keywords: text messages, forensic imaging of cell phone, spoliation

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Herzig et al. v. Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc. (District Court of Western Arkansas, 2019)

Key Insight: Responsive communications were intentionally withheld and destroyed when the plaintiffs switched to an encrypted communication app

Nature of Case: wrongful termination and age discrimination

Electronic Data Involved: emails, text messages.

Keywords: Intentional spoliation, bad faith, encrypted communication application

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Siemers v. BNSF Railway Co. (D. Neb., 2019)

Key Insight: whether plaintiff was required to turn over subpoenaed phone records (without content)

Nature of Case: Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA)

Electronic Data Involved: telephone records

Keywords: subpoena, privacy, phone records, overbroad

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Nuvasive, Inc. v. Kormanis (Middle District of North Carolina, 2019)

Key Insight: Lack of action taken is not a reasonable step to maintain evidence and can lead to spoliation sanctions

Nature of Case: Employment/breach of contract

Electronic Data Involved: Email, text messages

Keywords: 30 day deletion, InoSpine

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Finjan, Inc. v. Zscaler, Inc. (N.D. California, 2019)

Key Insight: European privacy requirements preclude the production of personal data but a foreign country’s statute does nto deprive an American court the power to order production .

Nature of Case: Patent Infringement

Electronic Data Involved: Emails from a single individual

Keywords: international privacy statute, personal data,

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DR Distrib., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc. (N.D. Ill., 2019)

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

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Hunters Run Gun Club v. Baker, No. 3:17-cv-00176 (M.D. La, 2019)

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

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Alarm Grid, Inc. v. AlarmClub.com, Inc. (Southern District of Florida, 2018)

Key Insight: Recorded phone call between party and copyright agent regarding image timing confidential at prelitigation phase

Nature of Case: copyright dispute

Electronic Data Involved: phone call recording

Keywords: protective order, confidential phone call, work-product

Identified State Rule(s): FRBC Rule 4-4.1, 4-1.2

Identified Federal Rule(s): 26(b)(3), 37(a)(5)

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