Vacation Case Law Pop Quiz #2 Answers!: eDiscovery Case Law

June 12, 2015

I’m out of the office this week, taking the kiddos on a family vacation (can you guess where?). Instead of going dark for the week (which we almost never do), I decided to use the opportunity to give you a chance to catch up on cases we’ve covered so far this year with a couple of case law pop quizzes, sandwiched around a popular post from the past that you may have missed.

Yesterday, we gave you a pop quiz for the second set of cases. 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 case did the judge refer to as “Da Silva Moore Revisited”?

A. Rio Tinto Plc v. Vale S.A.

B. Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center, Inc. v. Leslea

C. Burdette v. Panola County

D. In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation

2. In which case did the court grant the plaintiff’s Motion to Quash the defendant’s subpoena of text messages?

A. Rio Tinto Plc v. Vale S.A.

B. Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center, Inc. v. Leslea

C. Burdette v. Panola County

D. In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation

3. In which case did the court uphold the award by the Clerk of the Court of over $57,000 in taxable costs?

A. Rio Tinto Plc v. Vale S.A.

B. Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Center, Inc. v. Leslea

C. Burdette v. Panola County

D. In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation

4. Which case(s) cited the Da Silva Moore case?

A. Rio Tinto Plc v. Vale S.A.

B. In Re: Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation

C. Both cited Da Silva Moore

D. Neither cited Da Silva Moore

5. In which case was the request for spoliation sanctions against the defendant for failure to preserve video footage not only denied, but the defendant was granted summary judgment in the case?

A. Lunkenheimer Co. v. Tyco Flow Control Pacific Party Ltd.

B. Colosi v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

C. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

D. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

6. In which case did the appeals court affirm the District Court’s approval of a $6,300+ bill of costs which included synchronization of deposition videos and imaging of hard drives?

A. Lunkenheimer Co. v. Tyco Flow Control Pacific Party Ltd.

B. Colosi v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

C. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

D. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

7. In which case did the court rule that the duty to preserve for the Australian defendant did not begin until the complaint was filed in US courts?

A. Lunkenheimer Co. v. Tyco Flow Control Pacific Party Ltd.

B. Colosi v. Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

C. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

D. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

8. In which case was the defendant sanctioned for discarding a relevant computer?

A. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

B. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

C. Fox v. Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Dep’t Inc.

D. Grady v. Brodersen

9. In which case did the court rule that a Read Receipt automatically sent from the defendant’s email address to the plaintiff (when the defendant opened an email sent by the plaintiff) was not hearsay?

A. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

B. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

C. Fox v. Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Dep’t Inc.

D. Grady v. Brodersen

10. In which case was the defendant sanctioned and ordered to reimburse the plaintiff $12,800 for the cost of conducting a forensic computer examination?

A. Harrell v. Pathmark et al.

B. Engineered Abrasives, Inc. v. American Machine Products & Service, Inc.

C. Fox v. Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Dep’t Inc.

D. Grady v. Brodersen

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