Tag:Text Message

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TMJ Grp., LLC v. IMCMV Holdings, No. 17-4677 (E.D. La. April 6, 2018)
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Schmalz v. Village of North Riverside, et al, No. 13-cv-8012 (N.D. Ill. March 23, 2018)
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Gordon v. Almanza (No. 16-CV-00603 (S.D. Iowa Mar. 5, 2018), 2018)
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Spencer v. Lunada Bad Boys, 2018 WL 839862, No. 16-cv-02129-SJO-RAO (C.D. Cal., 2018)
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Shenwick v. Twitter Inc., No. 16-cv-05314-JST (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2018)
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Holick v. Burkhart ( No. 16-1188-JTM (D. Kan. Nov. 30, 2017), 2017)
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Marsteller v. Butterfield 8 Stamford LLC, et al. – 3:17-cv-01371 (District of Connecticut, 2017)
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Lee v. Trees, Inc. (District of Oregon, 2017)
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Moultrie v. Progressive Direct Ins. Co. (South Carolina District, Charleston Division, 2017)
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Stewart v. Belhaven Univ., No. 3:16-cv-744-CWR-LRA (S.D. Miss. Sept. 8, 2017)

TMJ Grp., LLC v. IMCMV Holdings, No. 17-4677 (E.D. La. April 6, 2018)

Key Insight: Documents produced on eve of deposition allowed for second deposition; text messages of employees not unduly burdensome; Financials in PDF form were OK assuming they were native format

Nature of Case: Fraudulent Inducement

Electronic Data Involved: Excel Spreadsheets/PDF; Text Messages

Keywords: incomplete production; native production; Proportionality

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Schmalz v. Village of North Riverside, et al, No. 13-cv-8012 (N.D. Ill. March 23, 2018)

Key Insight: Spoliation of text messages, negligent spoliation, analysis under FRCP 37(e)

Nature of Case: Employment, wrongful termination, retaliation

Electronic Data Involved: Text messages

Keywords: Litigation hold, spoliation, text messages, 37(e), jury instruction,

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Gordon v. Almanza (No. 16-CV-00603 (S.D. Iowa Mar. 5, 2018), 2018)

Key Insight: Cell phone important to case was thrown against wall and destroyed after failed romantic encounter

Nature of Case: personal injury

Electronic Data Involved: cell phone activity data

Keywords: “he threw the cellular telephone against the wall after a failed romantic encounter”, “possibly using some other app”, “near-fatal tractor-trailer collision”

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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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Shenwick v. Twitter Inc., No. 16-cv-05314-JST (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2018)

Key Insight: Private messages between individuals that are not defendants are protected from discovery through the Stored Communications Act even if the providing company itself is the named defendant

Nature of Case: Class action securities fraud

Electronic Data Involved: Electronic messages (twitter direct messages)

Keywords: Class action, direct message, twitter, stock

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Holick v. Burkhart ( No. 16-1188-JTM (D. Kan. Nov. 30, 2017), 2017)

Key Insight: Plaintiff did not specify whether any documents were being withheld in the course of making objections to discovery motions

Nature of Case: libel, assault, slander

Electronic Data Involved: documents and communications posted or stored on social media, e-mails

Keywords: “facially overbroad”, “anti-abortion”, “nearly two-decade time frame”, “provide any responsive information for the past seven (7) years”

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Marsteller v. Butterfield 8 Stamford LLC, et al. – 3:17-cv-01371 (District of Connecticut, 2017)

Key Insight: scope of discovery

Nature of Case: sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII

Electronic Data Involved: authorization for medical records and access to social media accounts

Keywords: social media accounts, authorization for medical records, emotional distress

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Lee v. Trees, Inc. (District of Oregon, 2017)

Key Insight: Fabricated evidence leads to terminating sanctions

Nature of Case: Employment discrimination, sexual harassment

Electronic Data Involved: Text messages

Keywords: dismissed with prejudice, fabrication, title VII, termination sanctions

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Moultrie v. Progressive Direct Ins. Co. (South Carolina District, Charleston Division, 2017)

Key Insight: Party cannot use screenshots not disclosed in discovery to in support of summary judgment motion alleging electronic signature

Nature of Case: insurance coverage litigation

Electronic Data Involved: archived screenshots

Keywords: electronic signature, affirmative signature, meaningful offer, prepopulated

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Stewart v. Belhaven Univ., No. 3:16-cv-744-CWR-LRA (S.D. Miss. Sept. 8, 2017)

Key Insight: Sanctions for willful destruction of cell phone after receiving demand to preserve

Nature of Case: workplace discrimination

Electronic Data Involved: text messages

Keywords: spoliation, preservation of evidence, text messages, iCloud

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