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Seek<strong>in</strong>g ESI from Your Opponent<br />

� Courts <strong>in</strong> family-law cases have adopted <strong>the</strong> “fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />

expedition” <strong>the</strong>me<br />

�Schreiber v Schreiber, 904 N.Y.S.2d 886 (N.Y. App.<br />

Div. 2010)<br />

�Wife wanted forensic exam<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> husb<strong>and</strong>’s<br />

computer because husb<strong>and</strong> allegedly concealed<br />

<strong>in</strong>come <strong>and</strong> assets<br />

�Husb<strong>and</strong> said <strong>the</strong> request was just a fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />

expedition<br />

�Husb<strong>and</strong> submitted affidavit that he had already<br />

produced everyth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>re was to produced

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