Quin Group, Inc. v. 2020 Ponce, LLC

In this circuit court case involving a contract for the purchase of an office condominium unit from a developer (2020 Ponce), the purchaser (The Quin Group) subpoenaed the general contractor (Beau-champ Construction Co., a non-party) to produce various records. The contractor filed objections that included a request for the reimbursement of the contractor’s general counsel at $150 an hour to remove or identify privileged documents in the estimated 35 boxes of construction documents.

The trial court instead authorized “costs” at $40 per hour for an “employee” of Beauchamp to “use good faith in…