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Facebook and Twitter Authentication — Maryland Rethinks Griffith and Adopts Circumstantial Approach to Social Media Evidence — What Is a Social Media Cracker?

Sublet v. State, 2015 Md. LEXIS 289 (Md. Ct. App. April 23, 2015): The rapid rise of social networking websites,1 themselves a branch of social media,2 once again [*2]  gives us cause to explore the authentication of documents related to this genre, under Maryland Rule 5-901, which prov ...
Sublet v. State, 2015 Md. LEXIS 289 (Md. Ct. App. April 23, 2015): The rapid rise of social networking websites,1 themselves a branch of social media,2 once again [*2]  gives us cause to explore the authentication of documents related to…
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Admission of Printouts of Text Messages Forwarded from One Phone to Another in Pieces for Printing OK under Best Evidence Rule — Forwarded Text = Duplicate — Absence of Original Excused Due to Inability to Print It

People v. Davis, 2015 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 885 (Ill. Ct. App. April 24, 2015): 1 Held: The trial court's admission into evidence of a forwarded text message did not violate hearsay or best evidence rules and, accordingly, did not constitute plain error.  2 Following a bench trial in 2013, defendant Timothy Davis ...
People v. Davis, 2015 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 885 (Ill. Ct. App. April 24, 2015): 1 Held: The trial court's admission into evidence of a forwarded text message did not violate hearsay or best evidence rules and, accordingly, did not…
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Judicial Notice of Internet Evidence — Corporate Website to Ascertain the Service It Offers — Software Tool Used by Testifying Expert Is Not Itself an Expert and Need Not Be Disclosed under 26(a) — Akin to Assistant to Expert

Capitol Records, LLC v. Escape Media Grp., Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183098 (S.D.N.Y. May 28, 2014), adopted, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38007 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2015): In 1999, a teenage college dropout finished writing software for an internet service called Napster that would allow people to swap music stored on their compute ...
Capitol Records, LLC v. Escape Media Grp., Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 183098 (S.D.N.Y. May 28, 2014), adopted, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38007 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 25, 2015): In 1999, a teenage college dropout finished writing software for an internet service…
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Text Authentication by Recipient That She Knows Number to Be Sender’s, That He Called Her between Texts and by Contents: No One But Sender Had Motive to Threaten or Complain Recipient Had Snitched Just before Sender’s Trial

Butler v. State, 2015 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 491 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. April 22, 2015): Appellant was convicted of the aggravated kidnapping of his girlfriend, Ashley Salas. On direct appeal, he complained that the trial court admitted certain text messages into evidence that Appellant claimed were not properly authenticated. Th ...
Butler v. State, 2015 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 491 (Tex. Ct. Crim. App. April 22, 2015): Appellant was convicted of the aggravated kidnapping of his girlfriend, Ashley Salas. On direct appeal, he complained that the trial court admitted certain text …
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Spoliation — Erroneous Adverse Inference Instruction Limited to Damages Does Not Require New Trial on Liability or on Unaffected Damages Award

Blue Sky Travel and Tours, LLC v. Aqeel, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 5166 (4th Cir. Mar. 31, 2015): In this appeal concerning the breach of an oral contract, we consider whether the district court erred in denying the defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law asserting a defense of the statute of frauds. We also consider
Blue Sky Travel and Tours, LLC v. Aqeel, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 5166 (4th Cir. Mar. 31, 2015): In this appeal concerning the breach of an oral contract, we consider whether the district court erred in denying the defendants' motion…
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Judicial Notice of Internet Evidence — Noticing Other Court’s Records on 12(b)(6) Motion Doesn’t Convert It to Motion for Summary Judgment — Res Judicata Affirmative Defense Testable on 12(b)(6)

Busby v. Bank of Am., N.A., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44223 (S.D. Ohio April 3, 2015): Plaintiff alleges that she is the record owner of a residential property at 251 Trumpet Drive, West Carrollton, Ohio, which is her primary home. Id. at PageID 2, ¶¶ 4-5. The Complaint contains a lengthy section labeled Factual Allegations whi ...
Busby v. Bank of Am., N.A., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44223 (S.D. Ohio April 3, 2015): Plaintiff alleges that she is the record owner of a residential property at 251 Trumpet Drive, West Carrollton, Ohio, which is her primary home.…
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Circumstantial Twitter Authentication: Witness Testifies She Often Communicated with Defendant on Account, That It Showed Photos of Defendant and Her, Used Terms Often Used by Defendant and Had Photo of Guns Allegedly Used in Crime

Wilson v. State, 2015 Ind. App. LEXIS 378 (Ind. Ct. App. April 30, 2015): [1] On March of 2013, Jonte Crawford and Appellant-Defendant Donnell Wilson shot and killed two rival gang members. During Wilson's trial, the trial court allowed Appellee-Plaintiff the State of Indiana to enter into evidence several Twitter posts al ...
Wilson v. State, 2015 Ind. App. LEXIS 378 (Ind. Ct. App. April 30, 2015): [1] On March of 2013, Jonte Crawford and Appellant-Defendant Donnell Wilson shot and killed two rival gang members. During Wilson's trial, the trial court allowed Appellee-Plaintiff …
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Does the Federal Transfer Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1631, Apply to Defects in Personal Jurisdiction? Circuit Split — Factors under § 1631 — Transfer Is Normally in the Interests of Justice within the Statute

Cabell v. Zorro Productions, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12845 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 3, 2015): This matter comes before the Court upon Plaintiff Robert W. Cabell's Motion for Partial Reconsideration (Dkt. # 73). Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(h), Plaintiff requests reconsideration in part of the Court's Order Granting Defendants ...
Cabell v. Zorro Productions, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12845 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 3, 2015): This matter comes before the Court upon Plaintiff Robert W. Cabell's Motion for Partial Reconsideration (Dkt. # 73). Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7(h), Plaintiff…
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Disqualification Orders in Civil Cases, as in Criminal Cases, Are Not Appealable as Collateral Orders — May Be Challenged on Appeal from Final Judgment

Guzall v. United States, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 6080 (6th Cir. Jan. 30, 2015): On October 9, 2014, the district court granted the defendants' motion to disqualify the plaintiff's counsel in this action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C ...
Guzall v. United States, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 6080 (6th Cir. Jan. 30, 2015): On October 9, 2014, the district court granted the defendants' motion to disqualify the plaintiff's counsel in this action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.…
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Judicial Notice of Internet Evidence — Government’s Agreement with National Bank as Posted on Government Website Noticed for Its Terms

Lawrence v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40012 (W.D. Tex. Mar. 30, 2015): A.  Standard of Review For Motion for Summary Judgment Summary judgment is appropriate under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure only "if the movant shows there is no genuine disput ...
Lawrence v. Fed. Home Loan Mortg. Corp., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40012 (W.D. Tex. Mar. 30, 2015): A.  Standard of Review For Motion for Summary Judgment Summary judgment is appropriate under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure…
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RICO: Indirect Purchasers (Car Buyers/Renters) Lack Standing to Sue Manufacturers for RICO Violations Even Though Intermediaries (Auto Dealer Direct Purchasers) Lack Any Damages

RICO: Statutory Requirement that RICO Be Liberally Construed Does Not Establish a More Liberal Pleading Standard for RICO Claims — “To Be Sure, Adequately Pleading a RICO Claim Can Be Challenging” (Good Quote) — Court May Dismiss Action Pursuant to Rule 41(b) Absent A Motion

Electronic Spoliation/Rule 37(e): (1) Finding of Recklessness But Neither Gross Negligence Nor Willfulness in Loss of Video Evidence Precludes Rule 37(e)(2)’s Severest Sanctions Because (i) No Intent to Deprive and (ii) Rule 37(e)(2) Displaces District Court’s Power to Invoke Inherent Power to Impose Those Sanctions — (2) Appellate Review = Abuse of Discretion, With The Caveat That Whether The District Court Applied The Correct Legal Standards Is Reviewed De Novo — (3) Inherent Power Is Often Available As An Alternate Source of Sanctioning Power But Can Be Limited by Rule or Statute, Something Which Courts Do Not Lightly Presume — (4) The Text of Rule 37(e)(2), As Confirmed by the Advisory Committee Note, Displaces Inherent Power to Impose the Sanctions Specified in the Rule or Any More Severe Sanctions — (5) “Intent to Deprive” in Rule 37(e)(2) = “The Willful Destruction Of Evidence With The Purpose Of Avoiding Its Discovery By An Adverse Party” — (6) Appellate Standing Conferred by Virtue of Issuance of Sanctions Regardless of Merits Outcome — (7) Value of Advisory Committee Notes in Interpreting Rules Enacted without Change Despite General Reticence to Rely on Legislative History

RICO: (1) Plaintiff Need Not Suffer Injury from Each Predicate Act to Establish Standing, And The Pattern May Include Predicates As to Which No Plaintiff Has Standing — (2) 7 Elements of a Civil RICO Claim (2d Circuit Articulation) Which Must Be Established As to Each Defendant — (3) Requirements of an Association-in-Fact Enterprise — (4) Each Defendant Must Personally Commit 2 or More Predicate Acts — (5) Pattern of Racketeering Activity: Horizontal and Vertical Elements — (6) No Requirement That All Members of a RICO Enterprise Joined at Inception — Can Join Over Time/Others Can Quit — (7) Cannot Charge 2 Predicate Acts Where One Action Violates Two Statutes — (8) A Footnote to Consider for Briefs: “Unless Otherwise Noted, When Quoting Judicial Decisions This Order Accepts All Alterations And Omits All Citations, Footnotes, And Internal Quotation Marks.”

For An Appeal to Be Timely, A Motion for Reconsideration in The District Court (A Rule 59(e) Motion) Must Be Filed, And Not Just Served within 30 Days of The Decision, to Toll The 30-Day Period for Filing An Appeal

There Is No Good-Faith Defense For Issuing An Overly Burdensome Subpoena

Purposes of Rule 37 and Section 1927 Sanctions

While Rule 11 Doesn’t Apply to Appellate Proceedings (Unless It Has Been Incorporated in Local Appellate Rules), Rule 11 Caselaw Is Looked to for Guidance in Interpreting Applicable Sanctions Powers on Appeal

Rule 11 Sanctions & Appellate Review: Abuse of Discretion Standard Applies Unless Sanctions Are Based Solely (Not Just in Part) on Legal Issues, in Which Case Review Is De Novo

Rule 37(b)(2)(A) Sanctions for Altering Expert’s 26(a)(2)(B) Report — Without the Expert’s Knowledge or Approval — by Converting It from PDF to Word, Changing Headings and Other Formatting, and Omitting a Page of Relevant Text and Appendices, Even Though Expert Testified That The Overall Substance of the Report Was Unchanged — Rule 37(b)(2)(A) Sanctions May Be Reversed If Failure to Comply with Discovery Order Was Due to Misunderstanding or Inability to Comply

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