Perspective
Nov. 26, 2013
Metadata helps tell the whole story
Metadata - data about data - helps paint a clearer picture for the court. By Daniel B. Garrie
In Keaton v. Hannum (S.D. Ind. Apr. 29, 2013), the court determined that it was unreasonable for the defendant to refuse to produce Gmail emails in native format, because she had previously produced emails in what the court called "a 'native' file for Gmail emails."
The court's use of the word "native," in this context, refers to a file produced in its original format, which usually retains all...
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