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This Director’s Emails Are Out of Control – Case Law Update

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A federal court recently addressed a party’s request for access to the personal email account of the opposing party’s Director of Operations — and found that the requesting party failed to meet its burden of establishing that...more

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Chancery Denies Director Access to Privileged Materials Involving Counsel to Preferred-Appointed Directors

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Gilmore v. Turvo, Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0472-JRS (Del. Ch. Aug. 19, 2019). As several Delaware decisions teach, each director, as a member of the larger deliberative body that is the board, has a fundamental right to access...more

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Supreme Court Provides Further Guidance on Demands to Inspect Electronic Communications

Recently, Delaware corporations faced with demands for books and records under 8 Del. C. § 220 have increasingly been forced to contend with demands for electronic communications, such as emails. Historically, the Delaware...more

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Exploring the Limits of Compliance With a Data Subject Access Request

Holyoake v Candy and another [2017] EWHC 52 (QB) saw the U.K. High Court look into the issue of compliance with a data subject access request (DSAR). The parties in this case were already involved in high-value court...more

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Looking Back on 2015: The 6 Most Important eDiscovery Cases in Delaware - Part 2

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This is the second in a series of posts summarizing the 6 most important eDiscovery cases in Delaware in 2015. Flax v. Pet360, Inc., C.A. No. 10123-VCL, Oral Argument on Plaintiff’s Second Motion for Sanctions and...more

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Nature of Company's Defenses Can Expand Scope of Discovery

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There is no question that, in a books-and-records action, the scope of discovery is limited and such discovery is not an appropriate means of obtaining the same books and records sought in the action. In Chammas v. NavLink...more

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