Versata Software, Inc., et al v. Ford Motor Company

Filing 190

ORDER Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendants' #169 Motion to Compel Discovery. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 15-cv-10628
(consolidated with Case No. 15-11624)
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
VERSATA SOFTWARE, INC. et al.
Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY (#169)
On November 30, 2016, the Court held a telephonic hearing on Defendants’
Motion to Compel Discovery (the “Motion to Compel”). (See ECF #169.) At the
beginning of the hearing, the parties confirmed that the only remaining issues in
dispute with respect to the Motion to Compel were the number of document
custodians whose e-mails would be subject to discovery and the number of search
terms that would be used to identify and collect relevant e-mails.
For the reasons stated on the record during the hearing, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the Motion to Compel (ECF #169) is GRANTED IN PART
AND DENIED IN PART as follows: Plaintiff shall search the e-mail of 20
document custodians using 20 search terms that Defendants shall provide. After
Defendants provide their proposed search terms to Plaintiff, the parties shall meet

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and confer if Plaintiff objects to any of the search terms as overbroad. If the
parties cannot reach agreement on the terms, they shall notify the Court.

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addition, should Defendants determine after conducting this initial round of
electronic discovery that they require e-mails from additional document
custodians, they may raise that issue with the Court at that time. In all other
respects, the Motion to Compel is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: November 30, 2016
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on November 30, 2016, by electronic means
and/or ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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