Key Insight: Petitioner met statutory requirements under Section 1782, but not the discretionary factors. Circuit court affirmed denial of discovery request. Nature of Case: European Patent Case Electronic Data Involved: Documents in US for use in European Case Keywords: Foreign Proceeding View Case Opinion
Key Insight: Plaintiffs sought a protective order to prevent defendant from obtaining ESI from five different social media platforms they were active on. The court found that while a plaintiff’s social media postings could be relevant to a claim for “garden variety” emotional distress damages, some caution was necessary, such that a “deeper dive” into […]
Key Insight: The court granted reconsideration of plaintiffs’ motion to compel discovery of documents in the possession of a corporate defendant in France. In a prior order, the court found that the GDPR did not preclude the court from ordering defendants to produce evidence, but based the order on plaintiffs’ representation that much of the […]