Another interesting collection of cases crossed my desk, recently. I'm going to refrain from writing about the "wake-up call" case because it's being cited everywhere. Besides, if anyone hasn't noticed yet, my entire blog is about that. Furthermore, we already know about my issues with waking up...
By coincidence, two of the cases involve mirror-images of disks; however, the issues in each are completely unrelated. Also, we have another illustration of how, when rules aren't followed to the letter, one can destroy a criminal case.
Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. v. Gustafson, 2009 WL
641297 (D.Colo. Mar. 10, 2009)
YOU GOT IT, I TAKE IT - Plaintiff requested that the court set the protocol for the inspection of the mirror-image of Defendant's hard drive. The court obliged, and in doing so, provided what I think is an excellent guide for anyone undertaking this process.
Forest Laboratories, Inc. v. Caraco Pharm. Laboratories, Ltd., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31555 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 14, 2009)
ZUBULAKE - There's only one way to describe this case; Zubulake Duty applies, except when it doesn't...