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StubHub: “The Court is not going to do that.”

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In the latest iteration of In Re StubHub Refund Litigation , 2024 WL 3817068 (N.D. This is adversarial litigation, and there need to be clearly understood responsibilities. Litigation is designed to find the truth, but it is designed to find it in a particular way: adversarial testing. But that’s not true.” emphasis added].

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Another Cinderella Situation –Motion Denied as Untimely?

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The Fiskars court explained that: The bottom line is this: Even if the court were inclined to compel production of source code and related documents, that information would be unusable in this litigation absent a dramatic upheaval of the schedule…. 14, 2024); Spoliation Motions Denied as Untimely – Another Wake-Up Call (Sep.

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Discovery From Former Attorney About Disputed Quid Pro Quo Offer to Opponent

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The court: set out the governing standard for discovery from an attorney and, denied a request to depose the attorney; but, authorized a limited interrogatory to him. The defendants, a Town and others , denied knowledge of the alleged offer. The plaintiffs wanted to develop certain property that they owned. emphasis added].

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Is a Vehicle’s “On Board” or “Dash Cam” Video Protected From Disclosure as “Work Product?”

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Plaintiff responded that the videos were not created in anticipation of litigation and therefore they are not protected work product. It explained that “there is nothing in the record to suggest that Defendant created the requested videos in anticipation of litigation. Next , the court overruled the improper boilerplate objections.

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When is Failure to Provide a Timely Privilege Log Excusable?

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THE MELTON FACTORS In Melton , 2024 WL 3015749, at *5, the court recognized the general rule: “[A]s a general rule, when a party fails to object timely to interrogatories, production requests, or other discovery efforts, objections thereto are waived…. The court held that one interrogatory failed to request production of the bills.

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E-Discovery 101 – – A Refresher on the Scope of Discovery + Boilerplate Objections Sustained

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“For example, in light of production of loan documents in response to Interrogatory No. Similarly, identification of details of transactions in response to Interrogatory No. 11 is unduly burdensome where the account statements have been produced.”

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Requests for “Any and All” Documents Are Obsolete – Update

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Judge Grimm, Chuck, and Paul suggested in “Maryland Discovery Problems”: “Limitation of the inquiry to ‘material’ and ‘principal’ facts, as opposed to ‘all’ facts makes the interrogatory acceptable in form.” In Maker’s Mark Distiller, Inc. Spalding Grp., 2021 WL 2018880 at *8 (W.D.