Ruther v. Gannett Satelit Network, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “the obligation runs first to counsel, who then has a duty to advise and explain to the client”
• noting that “[d]eleted information in a party’s computer’s backup tapes is as discoverable as electronic documents in current use,” though simultaneously observing that these emails may in fact be presently maintained “as replicant data, archival data or residual data”
• granting motion to compel production of DCS files where minor plaintiffs demonstrated need to validate statistical data in their class action against DCS
• “Defendants must prove an agreement among its members to share information arising out of a common legal interest in litigation.”
• “The Court instructed defense counsel that for any documents subject to a claim of privilege, those documents should be filed under seal for an in camera inspection.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).