| Better Sued
Beeline Loans in SDNY Now Discovery
Dispute Moved Into Dead Hyperlinks
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 16 – Better Holdco, Inc.
has sued Beeline Loans, Inc.
for allegedly using its
proprietary information,
obtained through former
employee Jack
Abramowitz.
On
April 20, 2021, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
John P. Cronan held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
In the
discovery phase, Better
accuses Beeline of improper
redactions, and asked that
"Beeline be ordered
immediately to produce
unredacted copies."
Beeline's
counsel told Judge Cronan they
are not hiding anything, they
would submitted to an in
camera review by him.
Better said it
would be too burdensome on the
court.
But Judge Cronan
agreed to do it, warning
Beeline that the standard to
agree to redaction, with the
protective order in place, is
high.
On May 24, the
assigned Magistrate Judge
Sarah Netburn held a discovery
conference. She granted Better
the right to depose Beeline's
in-house counsel Jess Kennedy,
but only about the company's
hiring of Jack Abramowitz and
possession, use or access to
"Better Information" - but no
questions about Beeline's
pre-litigation investigation
into the alleged
misappropriate of the Better
Information.
On July 19, Magistrate Judge
Sarah Netburn held another
discovery conference. She said
she does not like to limit
access to discovery, but in
this case would agree that
some documents could be for
outside counsel's eyes only.
In December 2021,
the discovery disputes grew
worse, with Better Holdco
accusing Beeline Loans of
violating court orders by
using hyperlinks that show,
they say, the Beeline had not
destroyed contents of Jack
Abramowitz' email account.
Beeline on
the other hand says it only
re-activated Abramowitz'
Google account in order to
produce discovery.
The case is
Better Holdco, Inc. v. Beeline
Loans, Inc., 20-cv-8686
(Cronan / Netburn)
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