E-Discovery Opinions

by Magistrate Judges
Facciola and Grimm
by

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 E-Discovery Opinions by Judges Facciola
and Grimm
By Robert B. Fitzpatrick

E-Discovery Opinions by Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola of

the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• Covad Commc’ns Co. v. Revonet, Inc., 260 F.R.D. 5 (D.D.C. August 25, 2009);

• Disability Rights Council of Greater Wash. v. Wash. Metro. Transit Auth., 242 F.R.D.
139 (D.D.C. Sept. 2, 2008);

• Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics v. Exec. Office of the President, 2007 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 97574 (D.D.C. July 29, 2008);

• Peskoff v. Faber, 251 F.R.D. 59 (D.D.C. July 7, 2008);

• D’Onofrio v. Sfx Sports Group, Inc., 247 F.R.D. 43 (D.D.C. Feb. 18, 2008);

• Hubbard v. Potter, 247 F.R.D. 27 (D.D.C. Jan. 3, 2008);

• Miller v. Holzmann, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2987 (D.D.C. Jan. 17, 2007);

• McDowell v. District of Columbia, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46371 (D.D.C. Nov. 30,
2006);

• Red Door Salons, Inc. v. Gomez, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53477 (D.D.C. Aug. 3, 2006);

• J.C. Assocs. V. Fid. & Guar. Ins. Co., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32919 (D.D.C. May 25,
2006);

• Health Care Serv. Corp. v. Mylan Labs., Inc. (In re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust
Litig.); 300 F. Supp. 2d 43 (D.D.C. Apr. 22, 2005);

• Bethea v. Comcast, 218 F.R.D. 328 (D.D.C. December 3, 2003);

• McPeek v. Ashcroft, 202 F.R.D. 31 (D.D.C. Aug. 1, 2001); and

• Natural Resources Defense Council v. Curtis, 189 F.R.D. 4 (D.D.C. Sept. 20, 1999).

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 E-Discovery Opinions by Judges Facciola
and Grimm
By Robert B. Fitzpatrick

E-Discovery Opinions by Magistrate Judge Paul Grimm of the

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

• Mancia v. Mayflower Textile Servs. Co., 2009 U.S. Dist LEXIS 64809 (D. Md. July 28,
2009);

• Goodman v. Praxair Servs., Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58263 (D. Md. July 7, 2009);

• Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc., 250 F.R.D. 251 (D. Md. May 29, 2008);

• Cont’l Cas. Co. v. Under Armour, Inc., 537 F. Supp. 2d 761 (D. Md. February 13, 2008);

• Hopson v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 232 F.R.D. 228 (D. Md. November 22,
2005); and

• Thompson v. United States HUD, 219 F.R.D. 93, (D. Md. Jan. 29, 2004).