Jason Atchley : Kroll Ontrack : TOP 5 EDISCOVERY CASE SUMMARIES – DECEMBER 2013

COURT FINDS “TRIANGULATION” APPROACH TO EDISCOVERY “REASONABLE”—TO AN EXTENT
BANAS V. VOLCANO, 2013 WL 5513246 (N.D. CAL. OCT. 4, 2013).

COURT ORDERS SEIZURE OF HARD DRIVE TO PRESERVE SELF-IDENTIFIED HACKER’S ESI
BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC V. SOUTHFORK SEC., INC., 2013 WL 5637747 (D. IDAHO OCT. 15, 2013).

COURT ALLOWS THE PRODUCTION OF POLICE REPORT METADATA TO CRIMINAL DEFENDANT 
UNITED STATES V. TUTT, 2013 WL 5707791 (E.D. MICH. OCT. 21, 2013).

EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO COOPERATE, COURT ALLOWS “DISCOVERY ABOUT DISCOVERY”
RUIZ-BUENO, III V. SCOTT, 2013 WL 6055402 (S.D. OHIO NOV. 15, 2013).

IMPROPER PRESERVATION AND UNTIMELY DISCLOSURES LEAD TO HEAVY SANCTIONS
DIGITAL VENDING SERVS. INT’L, INC. V. UNIV. OF PHOENIX, INC., 2013 WL 5533233 (E.D. VA. OCT. 3, 2013).