eDiscovery Daily Blog

• September 13, 2013

Yesterday, we gave you a pop quiz for the topics we’ve covered in the past month.  If you’re reading the blog each day, these questions should be easy!  Let’s see how you did.  Here are the answers.

 

1.  Which of the following is NOT an eDiscovery Trailblazing Judge?:

 

A. Judy Sheindlin

B. Lee Rosenthal

C. Andrew Peck

D. Paul Grimm

While Shira Scheindlin is the eDiscovery trailblazing judge responsible for the Zubulake and Pension Committee decisions, Judy Sheindlin is the famous judge on the Judge Judy TV program.

 

2.  In which case, was a request to produce social media data denied “based on Plaintiff’s very limited showing as to the relevance of the requested discovery and the broadly drafted discovery requests”?:

 

A. Stooksbury v. Ross

B. Mali v. Federal Insurance Co.

C. Salvato v. Miley

D. Kwasniewski v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC

 

3.  For any malware found in files that you’re processing for eDiscovery, you can agree in the Rule 26(f) conference to:

 

A. Attempt to remove the malware with virus protection software

B. Isolate and log the infected files as exceptions

C. Either A or B

D. Neither A nor B

 

4.  What does a MinHash algorithm count?:

 

A. Shingles

B. Tiles

C. Logs

D. Bricks

 

5.  Which state recently issued a Rule 1 Task Force Update to create newly released guidelines for electronic data discovery?

 

A. Nebraska

B. Missouri

C. Arkansas

D. Kansas

 

6.  In which case was the defendant sanctioned with a default judgment for failing to comply with discovery obligations?

 

A. Stooksbury v. Ross

B. Mali v. Federal Insurance Co.

C. Salvato v. Miley

D. Kwasniewski v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC

 

7.  Where was the ILTA conference held this year?  Hint: it’s not pager friendly.

 

A. Bellagio

B. Aria

C. Caesars Palace

D. Mandalay Bay

If you saw The Hangover, you should know that Caesars Palace is not pager friendly…

 

8.  In which case was the plaintiff given a permissive adverse inference instruction which was upheld on appeal?

 

A. Stooksbury v. Ross

B. Mali v. Federal Insurance Co.

C. Salvato v. Miley

D. Kwasniewski v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC

 

9.  Which of the following is NOT a compressed format that can double in size (and cost) when expanded?

 

A. TXT

B. PST

C. ZIP

D. RAR

 

10. In Kwasniewski v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, the plaintiff’s motion to compel regarding production format was:

 

A. Granted

B. Denied

C. Granted in part, but denied in part

D. None of the above

 

Bonus Question!  You’ll have to dig a bit for this one:

 

Three of the four cases below (like the case that is the answer to question #2 above) had requests for social media or personal data denied, but one had the request granted.  Identify the case where the request was granted.

 

A. Keller v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co.

B. Rodriguez v. Nevada

C. Moore v. Miller

D. Mailhoit v. Home Depot

 

How did you do?  Next month, you’ll get another chance with September topics.  As always, please let us know if you have questions or comments, or if there are specific topics you’d like to see covered.

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