E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 8, 2025

In this iteration, third-party defendant Jonesworks moved for a protective order prohibiting the Wayfarer Parties (which include Mr. Baldoni) from enforcing a subpoena on Edgeworth Security Services LLC. May 14, 2025)(tax returns and financial information). The motion was granted. Jonesworks argued that the documents sought were privileged.

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 15, 2024

July 22, 2024), the Court addressed the type of objections that a subpoenaed non-party may make. That was a novel issue in Maryland. The Court held “that [nonparty] TST had standing to challenge the subpoena on grounds that some of the requests were overbroad and not relevant to the subject matter involved in the divorce action.”

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 4, 2025

the Court set out and applied the principles governing subpoenas and objections to them. The Court explained the dispute: Mr. Hall alleges that BPD and three former officersDonald Licato, Frank Barlow, and John Barrickconcealed exculpatory evidence and coerced false witness testimony during Plaintiffs 1992 murder trial.

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Defendant Kroger moved to quash a subpoena served by the plaintiff, Mr. Whitmore, on a nonparty claims investigator, Sedgwick Claims Service. Because Kroger did not rely on the subpoena rule, Fed.R.Civ.P. Mr. Whitmore issued a subpoena to Sedgwick for email, communications, and video footage regarding the claim.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

to preliminarily enjoin enforcement of a subpoena issued by Mr. Bonta in connection with a California investigation. Of course, as plaintiff, Plastics Industry Association needed to establish personal jurisdiction over Mr. “As part of that investigation,” Mr. Bonta sent preservation letters, and then subpoenas, to two Washington, D.C.

Subpoenas

Discovery Advocate

JANUARY 26, 2024

The updates reinforce the “longstanding obligation” to preserve and produce all responsive documents, including data from ephemeral messaging applications that allow messages to disappear or are designed to hide evidence.

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Krantz issued third-party subpoenas to Tekvantage and Teknowledgies. While much of the Kranz & Associates decision focuses on a rejected assertion of spousal privilege in response to the subpoena to the husband’s company, this blog focuses on the Tekvantage subpoena to Ms. Lain’s entity.

Discovery

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 22, 2025

The Sports Rehab court found that the personal devices were not in Vail Healths possession, custody, or control and that the proper procedure would have been for plaintiffs to issue subpoenas. As to the third, there was no evidence that Vail Health could compel him to turn over his phone. One lesson is clear. 12, 2024).

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

1] The States and State Attorneys General “object[ed] to treating their respective state agencies as being subject to party discovery and insist[ed] that all of these agencies are third parties from whom Meta should seek documents by subpoenas under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45.” It moved to compel production. at *45, 49, 70, passim.

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Plaintiffs said that SCA was served with a copy of the subpoena on March 27 th , two days prior to serving it on Dr. Fanning and well before the deposition. Plaintiffs contended that SCA did nothingsuch as objecting or filing a motion to quashsince it received notice of the Subpoena. Pursuant to Fed. 502(a)(2) and (3). 26(b)(5)(B).

Depositions

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 22, 2025

The EEOC served a subpoena on the third-party custodian. The defendants told the EEOC that Mr. Ayers-Banks email account was deleted six months after he filed his charge with the EEOC. The defendants email was administered by a third-party. Emphasis added]. Defendants did not contest the EEOCs preliminary showing of spoliation.

Discovery

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 14, 2025

Mr. Halls current lawsuit is against the Baltimore Police Department and others: Mr. Hall’s claims arise from the Defendants alleged concealment of exculpatory evidence and coercion of witness testimony during Mr. Halls 1992 murder trial. They involved defendants subpoena issued to the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP).

Subpoenas

Discovery Advocate

JUNE 7, 2023

Even where a court rules that a company does not have possession, custody or control of an employee’s text messages pursuant to its BYOD policy or other factors, those text messages still may be discoverable through a subpoena to the employee directly.

Subpoenas

Discovery Advocate

JUNE 8, 2023

Even where a court rules that a company does not have possession, custody or control of an employee’s text messages pursuant to its BYOD policy or other factors, those text messages still may be discoverable through a subpoena to the employee directly.

Subpoenas

E-Discovery LLC

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It also addressed the cell phone provider: Finally, Plaintiff shall provide her authorization to allow T-Mobile (her cell carrier) to produce information in response to Defendants subpoena to T-Mobile by February 14, 2025. The plaintiffs spoliation motion was denied for the same reasons that the defense motion was denied. [3]

Cross-Examination

SW&L Attorneys Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Further, if a party engages in dishonest behavior during the litigation, a court may determine that the party is not credible, and resolve disputed evidence in favor of the other party. Subpoena Financial Records. Courts favor transparency, and subpoenaed records often highlight concealment attempts.

Finance and Banking

E-Discovery LLC

MAY 19, 2025

37(e), writing: Defendants asks the Court to dismiss Plaintiff’s case with prejudice due to Plaintiff’s alleged spoliation of evidence, and also seek attorneys fees and costs incurred related to these issues, including the costs and fees associated with their motion. THE COOPER COURT APPLIED Fed.R.Civ.P. Emphasis added].

Evidence

Securities Docket

MARCH 12, 2025

The most recent addition to the pile of evidence is a final rule, not subject to public comment or hearing, removing the delegation of authority to the Director of the Division of Enforcement to issue formal orders of investigation. In the future, all formal orders of investigation will be issued by the commissioners of the SEC themselves.

Subpoenas

Simple Legal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Benchmarking also gives you concrete evidence to support rate negotiations with current and potential vendors. For example, ALSP Percipient saved a client around $400,000 just by taking over document review and subpoena compliance for them. Say your outside counsel asks you to increase their hourly billing rate by 10%.

Legal Services

Discovery Advocate

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

civil and criminal law to define a party’s requirement to produce evidence pursuant to a subpoena, document request, regulatory inquiry or similar. The CLOUD Act focuses on whether the recipient of a request has control over the data ‒ specifically, whether there is “possession, custody, or control,” as used in both U.S.

Cross-Examination

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Advise witnesses of need to testify & arrange  Arrange pretrial witness preparation and review of exhibits to be used  Determine if subpoenas for any witness is needed  Decide if adverse witnesses are to be called & compel attendance.

Cross-Examination

Percipient

MARCH 10, 2022

Early case assessment (ECA) provides an opportunity to understand documentary and digital evidence. For instance, we examined the work we did over an 18 month period for a client for which we handle subpoena compliance and managed document review. It also presents opportunities for fact finding and cost savings.

Discovery

Discovery Advocate

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

civil and criminal law to define a party’s requirement to produce evidence pursuant to a subpoena, document request, regulatory inquiry or similar. The CLOUD Act focuses on whether the recipient of a request has control over the data ‒ specifically, whether there is “possession, custody, or control,” as used in both U.S.

Cross-Examination

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 11, 2025

As one court has stated, [s]uch an approach would gut Rule 34 and make it way too easy for high-level executives to hide evidence.). One lesson is clear. Well-drafted information governance policies may be outcome-determinative in this murky area. [2] 12, 2024). [2]

Discovery

SW&L Attorneys Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Part of the civil litigation process involves gathering evidence, known as discovery. Attorneys do this by sending written questions called interrogatories , issuing subpoenas , and holding depositions. A general rule of thumb: if the case does not involve criminal charges or juveniles, its probably civil litigation.

Depositions

Percipient

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

While evidence and data from mobile devices has long been important in legal projects , requests to collect forensic images from mobile phones, laptops, and the like continue to increase. Pros of targeted forensic collections: speeds up e-discovery process because of less processing time.

Subpoenas

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

MAY 15, 2025

This is done through discovery, which could involve subpoenas to get as much data on the marital finances as possible. If there is significant evidence that you can use against your ex-spouse, they may be more likely to settle. The state may choose to pursue criminal charges.

Finance and Banking

WA Bar News

APRIL 14, 2025

Although fact witnesses who are subpoenaed for a deposition or trial are entitled to statutory witness fees, those are modest in both state and federal court and usually do not compensate the witness fully for the time involved. 3 In this column, we will first briefly survey the development of RPC 3.4(b) b) in Washington for context.

Witnesses

Practice of Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

He produced the phone the next day after being subpoenaed. The search of Adams' electronic devices was part of a broader investigation to uncover potential evidence related to allegations of illegal campaign donations and other corrupt activities. During the search and seizure, Adams was not carrying his personal phone.

Subpoenas

3 Geeks and a Law Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Kristin explained that DISCO’s vision is to create great legal technology that helps lawyers find evidence faster. But our goal is to build a great technology for lawyers to help them find evidence faster. The hosts also introduced Kristin Zmrhal, who has over 20 years of experience in the legal tech space.

Technology

E-Discovery LLC

APRIL 8, 2025

28, 2025), the court granted in part and denied in part a motion to quash subpoenas issued to AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile (the Wayfarer Parties) by Ms. Lang, Ruling in Blake Lively’s Subpoena for Justin Baldoni Phone Records (Feb. 25, 2025); Reasonably Calculated to Lead to Discovery of Admissible Evidence (Nov.

Subpoenas

Practice of Law

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Attempts to Halt Execution Finally Successful In a last-ditch effort, a bipartisan coalition of Texas lawmakers who believe there is insufficient evidence to go through with the execution issued a last-minute subpoena requiring Roberson to testify before a House committee.

Subpoenas

Practice of Law

APRIL 10, 2025

Given that all other attempts returned similar results, Michael Gableman could hardly be blamed when his investigation of the 2020 presidential election turned up no evidence of voting fraud. The former judge was also accused of numerous ethical violations. At the trial, he showed extreme disrespect to the judge, accusing him of bias.

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