S. Mohsin Reza, Esq. and K. Nicola Harrison, Esq., Fourth Circuit Limits Recovery of Costs Related to E-Discovery, The Rocket Docket News (Summer 2013)

Date 06/30/2013.

From the article:

Prevailing parties often try to recoup their e-discovery expenses by asking courts to tax them as recoverable costs under the federal taxation-of-costs statute.  [However,] Country Vintner of North Carolina, LLC v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc., reaffirms that the parties should not expect to taste a big award of e-discovery expenses regardless of how much the victor spends in baking the cake.

Rule: 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4)

 

Referenced Authority:

  • Country Vintner of North Carolina, LLC v. E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc.,718 F.3d 249 (4th Cir. 2013)
  • Amdocs (Israel) Ltd. v. Openet Telecom, Inc.; 1:10cv910 (LMB/TRJ), 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42300 (E.D. Va. Mar. 21, 2013)

 

The full text is available at http://www.venable…  (see page 4)