Plaintiff Granted Documents Withheld Due to Privilege, But Denied Expanded Search of Emails: eDiscovery Case Law

By Doug Austin

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In Moore v. Lowe’s Home Ctrs., LLC, No. 14-1459 RJB (W.D.Wash. Feb. 19, 2016), Washington District Judge Robert J. Bryan ruled in favor of the plaintiff that documents and communications dated before the defendant anticipated litigation were not privileged work product and should be produced, but he ruled against the plaintiff in her request have the defendant perform additional searches on email to identify additional relevant documents.

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Case Background

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  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader.

    Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients.

    Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

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