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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
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`Lead Case:
`1:17-cv-02097-RBJ
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`REALTIME ADAPTIVE STREAMING LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SLING TV, L.L.C.,
`SLING MEDIA, INC.,
`SLING MEDIA, L.L.C.,
`ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.,
`DISH NETWORK L.L.C., and
`ARRIS GROUP, INC.
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`Defendants
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`Consolidated Case:
`Civil Action No.: 1:17-cv-02692-RBJ
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`REALTIME ADAPTIVE STREAMING LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`POLYCOM INC.
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`Defendant.
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`(cid:3)E-Discovery ORDER Regarding Case No. 1:17-cv-02692-RBJ
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`Pursuant to Scheduling Order issued March 7, 2018, Defendant Polycom, Inc. and
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`Plaintiff Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC proposes the following E-Discovery Order:
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`Proposed E-Discovery Order
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`1.(cid:1) This order supplements all other discovery rules and orders. It streamlines Electronically
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`Stored Information (“ESI”) production to promote a ‘just, speedy, and inexpensive
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`determination” of this action, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1.
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`2.(cid:1) This order may be modified in the court’s discretion or by agreement of the parties.
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`3.(cid:1) A party’s meaningful compliance with this Order’s provisions regarding ESI and efforts
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`to promote efficiency and reduce costs will be considered in cost-shifting determinations.
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`4.(cid:1) The following metadata fields shall generally be included in ESI productions if such
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`fields exist: author, custodian, date created, date last modified, date sent, date received,
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`sender, recipient(s), and an MD5 or SHA-256 hash value for each document. The Parties
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`are not obligated to produce metadata for any document that does not contain such
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`metadata in the native version of the document at the time the document is collected.
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`5.(cid:1) Absent agreement of the parties or further order of this court, the following parameters
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`shall apply to ESI production:
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`A.(cid:1) General Document Image Format. Each electronic document shall be produced in
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`either single-page Tagged Image File Format (“TIFF”) format or native format.
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`i.(cid:1)
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`TIFF files shall be single page and shall be named with a unique production
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`number followed by the appropriate file extension. Load files shall be
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`provided to indicate the location and unitization of the TIFF files. If a
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`document is more than one page, the unitization of the document and any
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`attachments and/or affixed notes shall be maintained as they existed in the
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`original document. To the extent practicable, produced data will be de-
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`duplicated across custodians.
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`ii.(cid:1)
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`Each file produced in native format shall be named to match the beginning
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`production number of the corresponding entries in the database load file. The
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`confidentiality designation of the document shall appear in the document’s
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`production file name or shall be otherwise identified at the time the document
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`is produced, such as on a label provided with the media containing the file.
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`B.(cid:1) Text-Searchable Documents. No party has an obligation to make its production text-
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`searchable, but the parties agree that if a document is text-searchable as maintained in
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`the ordinary course of business, or are converted to text-searchable format for use in
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`this litigation, including for use by the Producing Party’s counsel, then it will be
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`produced in the same text-searchable format at no cost to the Receiving Party.
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`C.(cid:1) Footer. Each document image shall contain a footer with a sequentially ascending
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`production number and any applicable confidentiality designation to the extent
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`practicable. If placing such a footer on the document is impracticable, the file name
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`shall include the sequentially ascending production number, along with any
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`applicable confidentiality designation.
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`D.(cid:1) Printing ESI. The printing party shall print any and all ESI with the footer described
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`in paragraph 5.C. To the extent ESI is devoid of the footer described in Paragraph
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`5.C., the printing party shall affix a legend or a stamp on the ESI that includes the file
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`name described in Paragraph 5.C.
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`E.(cid:1) Native Files. If any electronic document that is not in native format is not reasonably
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`usable or intelligible due to the production format, the Producing Party shall produce
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`such documents in its native format.
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`F.(cid:1) No Backup Restoration Required. Absent a showing of good cause, no party need
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`restore any form of media upon which backup data is maintained in a party’s normal
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`or allowed processes, including but not limited to backup tapes, disks, SAN, and
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`other forms of media, to comply with its discovery obligations in the present case.
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`G.(cid:1) Voicemail and Mobile Devices. Absent a showing of good cause, voice-mails, PDAs
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`and mobile phones are deemed not reasonably accessible and need not be collected
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`and preserved.
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`6.(cid:1) General ESI production requests under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 34 and 45, or
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`compliance with a mandatory disclosure order of this court, shall not include e-mail or
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`other forms of electronic correspondence (collectively “e-mail”). The parties shall not be
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`required to collect or produce e-mail in response to a discovery request absent a showing
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`of good cause. Should e-mail discovery be permitted, the parties shall negotiate in good
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`faith on a limited number of custodians (not to exceed 5 for the case) and search terms to
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`apply (not to exceed ten terms per custodian).
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`7.(cid:1) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d), the inadvertent production of a privileged
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`or work product protected ESI is not a waiver in the pending case or in any other federal
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`or state proceeding.
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`8.(cid:1) The mere production of ESI in a litigation as part of a mass production shall not itself
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`constitute a waiver for any purpose.
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`9.(cid:1) Except as expressly stated, nothing in this order affects the parties’ discovery obligations
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`under the Federal or Local Rules.
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`Dated: March (cid:21)(cid:27), 2018
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`_______________________
`R. Brooke Jackson
`United States District Judge
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