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General or Boilerplate Language Waives Objections for Non-Party: eDiscovery Case Law

In the case In re Ex Parte Application of Xiaomi Tech. Netherlands B.V., Texas District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III, finding that “Celerity waived its objections by qualifying its response with ‘subject to’ language” and that “Celerity waived its objections by relying on general or boilerplate language” (among other rulings), granted in part Xiaomi’s Motion to…

Select 250 Responsive Emails with Hyperlinked Attachments, Says Court: eDiscovery Case Law

In United Ass’n Nat’l Pension Fund v. Carvana Co., Arizona Magistrate Judge John Z. Boyle ordered Plaintiffs to “select 250 responsive emails with hyperlinked attachments” for Defendants to run a search on using Forensic Email Collector (“FEC”), with Defendants to “complete the FEC search and provide Plaintiffs with the most contemporaneous version of non-privileged hyperlinked attachments within 10…

Entry of Defendants’ ESI Protocol Denied, Plaintiffs’ Protocol Approved: eDiscovery Case Law

In Sowa v. Mercedes-Benz Grp. AG, No. 1:23-CV-636-SEG (N.D. Ga. Nov. 3, 2025), Georgia District Judge Sarah E. Geraghty denied Defendant Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s motion for the entry of Defendants’ ESI protocol, rejecting their efforts to redact foreign personal data and exempt certain custodians from identification. Instead, she approved the plaintiffs’ proposed order for document and ESI…

Anthropic’s Requests for Production of Prompts and Outputs Granted in Part: eDiscovery Case Law

In Concord Music Grp., Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, California Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen granted in part Anthropic’s Requests for Production of prompts and outputs, granting their request for the production of all prompts and outputs submitted by investigators and client-witnesses during the post-suit investigation (but not attorney prompts), but denying their request for prompts…

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