No ‘Claw-Back’ for Company Docs 
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Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge Robert E. Payne, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In plaintiff company’s show cause proceeding alleging defendant software company is violating an injunction plaintiff won to prevent defendant from making, using or selling certain product configurations and services, the Richmond U.S. District Court declines to allow defendant to “claw back” documents it claims have been produced inadvertently.
Defendant has asked that eight documents be “clawed ...
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