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If.such.information.was.requested.or.required.for.a.court.
case.or.an.audit.or.other.reasons,.it.would.be.the.responsi-
bility.of.the.producing.party.to.justify.its.refusal.to.produce.
that.information.by.proving.the.data's.classiication.is.based.
on.real.and.justiiable.concerns..The.courts.or.auditors.might.
still.decide.the.data.are.of.enough.importance.or.relevance.to.
require.their.production..If.that.is.the.case,.the.responsibility.
for.the.security.and.integrity.of.that.data.then.passes.to.the.
court.or.the.opposing.side.or.other.parties.who.will.receive.
that.data.
Finally,.there.will.always.be.data.that.are.simply.inacces-
sible..In.this.chapter.we.showed.various.reasons.that.might.
be.the.case.
In. a. legal. case,. it. is. often. true. that. attorneys. will. assert.
inaccessibility.as.a.reason.for.failing.to.produce.certain.dis-
coverable. and. relevant. information.. The. legal. acronym. you.
will.hear.is.NRA,.which.has.nothing.to.do.with.the.National.
Rile. Association,. though. they. may. have. some. NRA. data..
NRA.in.this.case.stands.for.not.reasonably.accessible..There.
is. ample. and. various. case. law. that. sets. precedent. for. what.
can.and.cannot.be.considered.not.reasonably.accessible..And.
as.with.all.case.law,.it.often.depends.on.the.circumstances.of.
the.case.at.hand.
In.some.cases,.the.fact.that.important.data.would.result.in.
extremely.high.costs.both.in.inances.and.resources.required,.
was. enough. to. convince. the. courts. that. it. should. be. legiti-
mately.considered.out.of.bounds.and.not.entered.as.evidence..
However,.in.other.cases,.the.courts.felt.that.the.information.
was.so.important.that.the.costs.were.immaterial.and.the.data.
must.be.produced.
Sometimes. the. courts. would. do. what. is. known. as.
cost.
shifting.
and.require.the.party.with.either.the.most.resources.
or. the. most. at. stake. to. pay. for. the. acquisition. of. data. that.
were.deemed.NRA.
In.at.least.one.case.the.court.decided.that.the.information.
was.important.and.that.the.party.asserting.its.lack.of.acces-
sibility. had. contributed. to. that. lack. by. virtue. of. extremely.
