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SCOTUS Declines to Weigh In on the Taxation of e-Discovery Costs

By Carey Busen on October 8, 2012 Posted in E-Discovery Rules, Taxable Costs

We previously discussed both the Third Circuit’s decision striking $300,000 in e-discovery costs from a cost award as non-taxable under 28 U.S.C. § 1920, and the defendants’ subsequent petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court. On October 1, the Supreme Court denied the petition. Keep an eye on the appellate courts to see … Continue Reading

Will SCOTUS Weigh In on the Taxation of e-Discovery Costs?

By Carey Busen on June 26, 2012 Posted in E-Discovery Rules, Taxable Costs

A few months ago, the Third Circuit slashed a district court’s award of costs by over $300,000, holding that with the exception of scanning and converting native files to TIFF format, e-discovery costs are not recoverable as taxable costs against a losing party under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4). (See this blog’s discussion of the Third … Continue Reading