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1.2.3.8. .Valeo.Electric.Sys.,.Inc..v..Cleveland.
Die.and.Mfg..Co..(E.D..Mich..
6/17/09)—Production.of.Evidence.
as.Requested.in.Meet.and.Confer
In.this.case.the.plaintiff.Valeo.produced.electronic.evidence.
iles.(270,000.pages).as.kept.in.ordinary.course.of.business.
and. provided. two. indices. of. the. iles. to. the. defense.. The.
defendant. argued. that. they. had. to. open. every. one. of. the.
270,000.documents.to.review.them.for.the.case.and.that.was.
an.undue.burden..They.asked.the.courts.to.compel.the.plain-
tiff.to.reproduce.the.evidence.and.put.the.documents.into.28.
different.categories.to.make.it.easier.for.them.to.work.with.
The.court.ruled.that.the.plaintiff.had.satisied.its.burden.
to. produce. the. evidence. under. Rule. 34. and. denied. defen-
dant's.request.
The.lesson.here.is.to.be.sure.you.go.into.your.meet.and.
confer.with.a.good.understanding.of.how.you.will.promise.to.
produce.evidence.and.that.you.come.out.of.that.with.every-
thing.well.understood..In.this.case.the.court.came.down.on.
the.side.of.the.party.that.had.produced.data.in.a.form.they.
used.in.the.ordinary.course.of.business.in.spite.of.the.defen-
dant's.argument.that.it.was.unusable.to.them.
This.is.important.because.it.is.based.on.the.agreements.
made.between.the.parties.at.the.beginning.of.the.trial..If.the.
defendant.had.speciically.requested.a.different.type.of.pro-
duction.and.the.plaintiff.had.agreed.in.their.discovery.meet-
ings. the. courts. would. probably. have. ruled. in. favor. of. the.
defendant..But.since.that.did.not.happen.and.the.plaintiffs.did.
what.they.were.required.to.do,.the.court.did.not.ask.them.to.
reproduce.their.data.to.satisfy.the.defendant.
1.2.3.9. .Takeda.Pharm..Co.,.Ltd..v..Teva.
Pharm..USA,.Inc..(D..Del..6/21/10)—
Not.Reasonably.Accessible?
This.is.an.interesting.case.in.which.the.defendants.ask.for.ESI.
for.a.period.of.18.years..The.plaintiffs.argued.that.they.felt.
