IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE J. CHRISTOPHER BURCH, JCB INVESTMENTS, LLC, and C. WONDER LLC, Plaintiffs, v. TORY BURCH, EDUARDO HOLSCHNEIDER, JOHN S. HAMLIN, GLEN SENK, ERNESTO ZEPEDA, MARIA ASUNCION ARAMBURUZABALA LARREGUI, ISLA CORAL, S.A. DE C.V., AND TORY BURCH LLC, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) C.A. No. 7921-CS TORY BURCH LLC, Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. J. CHRISTOPHER BURCH, JCB INVESTMENTS, LLC, C. WONDER LLC and RIVER LIGHT VENTURE PARTNERS LLC, Counterclaim Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
DEFENDANTS TORY BURCH AND TORY BURCH LLC’S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFFS TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND COMPLY WITH DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS
EFiled: Dec 03 2012 07:24PM EST Transaction ID 48129673 Case No. 7921-CS
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INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................7
A.
Plaintiffs Seek Expedition, And The Parties Target November 30 For Completing Their Document Productions.........................................................................................7
B.
The Parties Serve Responses And Objections To The Document Requests............................................................................8
C.
The Parties Meet And Confer On Documents, But Plaintiffs Refuse To Produce Their Search Terms.............................9
D.
Plaintiffs Make An Inadequate And Incomplete Document Production.......................................................................12
ARGUMENT.....................................................................................................................16
I.
PLAINTIFFS SHOULD BE ORDERED TO COMPLETE THEIR PRODUCTION EXPEDITIOUSLY..............................................16
II.
PLAINTIFFS SHOULD BE ORDERED TO EXPAND THEIR LIST OF CUSTODIANS...............................................................18
III.
PLAINTIFFS’ FAILURE TO PRODUCE CERTAIN RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IS AN ABUSE OF THE DISCOVERY PROCESS............................................................................20
IV.
PLAINTIFFS SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO MAKE A RECIPROCAL PRODUCTION OF SAMPLES OF NONRESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS..........................................................22
CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................26
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