Legal Opinion

Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 24, 2003No. 02 Civ. 1243(SAS)PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

On May 13, 2003, I ordered defendants UBS Warburg LLC, UBS Warburg, and UBS AG (collectively “UBS”) to restore and produce certain e-mails from a small group of backup tapes. Having reviewed the results of this sample restoration, Laura Zubulake now moves for an order compelling UBS to produce all remaining backup e-mails at its expense. UBS argues that based on the sampling, the costs should be shifted to Zu-bulake.

For the reasons fully explained below, Zu-bulake must share in the costs of restoration, although UBS must bear the bulk of that…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Marek v. ChesnySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
  4. Marisol A. Ex Rel. Forbes v. GiulianiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
  5. Charles Lyte v. Sara Lee Corporation and Electrolux Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
  2. Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. v. CammarataDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2010
  3. Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2004
  4. Thompson v. United States Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2003
  5. in Re State Farm LloydsTexas Supreme Court · 2017

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