In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Securities Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HUGHES, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the Defendants’ motion to require the Plaintiffs to pay for costs resulting from production of documents in response to discovery requests. Specifically, the Defendants seek (1) an order requiring reimbursement for the cost of reproducing paper documents responsive to the Plaintiffs’ document request and (2) an order requiring the Plaintiffs to pay for one-half the cost of scanning the documents onto electronic form. The Plaintiffs originally opposed the motion on two grounds. First, the Plaintiffs…