Opinion
2:19-cv-02553
06-12-2024
ORDER
JOHN MILTON YOUNGE JUDGE
AND NOW, this 12th day of June, 2024, it is ORDERED that all objections to the Special Discovery Master's May 23, 2024 Report and Recommendation Regarding Defendants' Alleged Document Production Deficiencies are OVERRULED, and the Special Discovery Master's Report and Recommendation is ADOPTED, as follows:
Within two weeks of this Order, Defendants must produce to Relator a declaration (or declarations) of a representative (or representatives) of the Defendants, outlining in detail the process Defendants used to collect, search, review, and produce documents from non-email data sources, providing as much information as possible regarding the process Defendants used (without disclosing counsel's mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories concerning this case), including a listing of the share drives or folders, by name or description, from which documents were collected, as well as an indication for each drive or folder (or groups of drives and folders) of the manner in which the files were reviewed. Defendants' declarations also should provide details regarding their audit of Consilio's work, as well as descriptions of any errors, omissions, or other problems identified by the audit.
IT IS SO ORDERED.