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Litigants in a patent infringement suit needed legacy 16” floppy diskettes restored and reviewed in an environment that maintained single-party confidentiality while ensuring that both parties received all the information to which they were entitled.  By Stipulation and Order, Blank Law & Technology was appointed Special Master to review and produce responsive, non-privileged information. 

APPROXIMATE COST:  $15,000.00

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By Stipulation and Order, Blank Law & Technology was appointed Special Master in a trade secrets case to examine a series of computers and determine whether trade secrets had been improperly loaded onto the computers.  Eric Blank reported to the parties and the Court, and testified in hearings on the issue. 

APPROXIMATE COST:  $150,000.00

  three

By Order of the Court, Blank Law & Technology was appointed Special Master to interview both Plaintiffs and Defendants to determine whether Defendants’ destruction of file servers containing project data in a patent infringement case was willful and whether such destruction prejudiced Plaintiffs’ case.  Blank Law & Technology established willfulness through the recovery of instant messages concerning the destruction, and rebuilt the servers so that data could be retrieved, thus avoiding irreparable prejudice to plaintiffs. 

APPROXIMATE COST:  $250,000.00

  four

In a case where the Court determined that wrongfully taken data needed to be permanently deleted from one party’s computers, the Court appointed Blank Law & Technology Special Master to oversee and implement the necessary processes. 

APPROXIMATE COST:  $100,000.00

  five

By agreement of the parties, Blank Law & Technology extracted responsive data from computers and peripheral devices associated with the Defendants in a theft of trade secrets case, ran confidential search terms for each party, and provided a review and production platform for the confidential use of counsel for each party.

APPROXIMATE COST (of this and many similar projects):  $50,000.00

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A federally recognized Northwest Indian tribe retained Blank Law & Technology to evaluate a technology upgrade procurement facilitated by a major university, and to act as a neutral mediator of an ongoing dispute.  Our engineers conducted technical tests and data analysis and our attorneys interviewed key personnel.  We presented a comprehensive report to the Board of Directors of the tribe, and to the university representatives, facilitating an improved relationship between the university and the tribe. 

APPROXIMATE COST: $50,000.00