Shelly Albaum
Feb 19, 2019
Elysium has filed a reply brief reasserting its right to claw back three spreadsheets that it wish it had not produced. You can read the Reply Brief here:
Elysium's Reply Brief to Claw Back
We covered Elysium's original ex parte application here, and ChromaDex's opposition here.
Elysium argues in its reply that
ChromaDex apparently deems itself entitled to rely on its own determination of what is and is not privileged and demands that Elysium and the Court take ChromaDex at its word that it will not review portions it deems privileged. Yet it cites no authority for its position that Elysium’s privilege determinations should be delegated to opposing counsel.
That is not my understanding of ChromaDex's argument, though. I thought what ChromaDex was saying is just the opposite -- that ELYSIUM has to identify what is privileged and has failed to do so, NOT that ChromaDex should do so.
Is Elysium entitled to claw back hundreds of thousands of text messages simply because Elysium alleges that a single unspecified message is privileged?
We'll see what Magistrate Judge McCormick has to say.