Electronic Discovery Case Studies
Antitrust
An AmLaw 200 law firm was defending a large, publicly-held retailer in an antitrust lawsuit shortly after the December 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) went into effect....
An international, for-profit hospital operator, facing a Federal, antitrust lawsuit, had 60 days to prepare for its scheduling conference. This required identifying, preserving and analyzing more...
A major telecommunications company proposes to acquire one of its rivals, prompting a government antitrust review. During the investigation, the government issued a second request for production, and...
Regulatory Compliance
A large, global energy company was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for alleged anticompetitive behavior and would soon be confronted with high-volume discovery...
A major telecommunications company proposes to acquire one of its rivals, prompting a government antitrust review. During the investigation, the government issued a second request for production, and...
Investigation
Concerned about possible misdating of stock-options grants over the past 15 years, the board of a major land-drilling contractor decided to conduct an internal investigation. Although the company had...
A large, global energy company was under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for alleged anticompetitive behavior and would soon be confronted with high-volume discovery...
Litigation
An AmLaw 200 law firm was representing a major entertainment company in an intellectual property dispute with one of its production partners, which was seeking millions in compensatory and punitive...
Uncertain about the adequacy and defensibility of its response practices relative to anticipated electronic discovery demands, the legal and records management teams at a publicly-owned manufacturing...
Although patent litigation is a fact of life for most pharmaceutical companies, few are adequately prepared to manage the costs and risks associated with electronic discovery. When a major domestic...
During a period of relative quiet on the litigation front, the legal department of a large utility company decided to conduct a comprehensive review of its internal processes for responding to...
A high-profile brokerage was caught shifting hundreds of millions in debt off the books. A consortium of banks was sued for securities fraud. The law firm defending the banks needed a service...
An AmLaw 200 law firm was representing a global financial institution in a class-action law suit and had 45 days to prepare its client for a hearing in front of the Federal magistrate judge. The...
The general counsel of a leading enterprise software company was concerned about likely challenges to its intellectual property and the company's ability to respond to related discovery requests...
A global telecommunications provider, represented by Dickinson Wright, was in the midst of intellectual property litigation. Initially, electronic discovery in the case involved 10 custodians, but...
A global pharmaceutical company, in the midst of ongoing, class action litigation in both Federal Court and multiple state jurisdictions, was forced to respond to an e-discovery request in one matter...