Soon, the cost of responding to document requests in California state court will significantly rise. Previously — and as with many other jurisdictions and in federal court — documents could be produced through one of two...more
Firefighters’ Ret. Sys. v. Citco Grp. Ltd., Civ. Action 13-373-SDD-EWD, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 594 (Jan. 3, 2018 M.D.La.) is a good example of plaintiffs getting too greedy, and where proportionality and reasonableness...more
Tired of hearing about metadata? Here’s one case where it made a difference.
In Singh v. Hancock Natural Res. Group, Inc., et al., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179974 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 29, 2016), the parties had agreed to produce...more
We have been talking about them for months, but today is the day the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) go into effect. The changes should have a significant impact on the scope, speed and specificity...more
All companies dislike incurring expenses in connection with document production, but it is particularly distasteful to do so in connection with matters in which the company has no stake. Luckily, in those instances, companies...more