Sony Music Entertainment Inc. v. Does 1-40

Holding that disclosure of alleged copyright infringers by third-party ISPs did not violate the First Amendment

Arista Records LLC v. John Does 1-19

Holding that record companies' need for disclosure from ISP of names, addresses, telephone numbers, email address and Media Access Control addresses of unidentified defendants who had allegedly downloaded and distributed copyrighted recordings outweighed any First Amendment grounds and refusing to quash, on First Amendment grounds, companies' subpoena seeking such information from ISP

Guest v. Leis

Holding that "computer users do not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in their [bulletin board] subscriber information because they have conveyed it to another person"

London-Sire Records, Inc. v. Doe 1

Holding that the segment of a hard disc on which an electronic music file is encoded is a "phonorecord" under the Copyright Act

Heat & Control, Inc. v. Hester Indus., Inc.

Holding that appellate jurisdiction existed with respect to Northern District of West Virginia order granting a motion to quash a non–party subpoena in connection with a main action pending in the Northern District of California

Deitchman v. E.R. Squibb Sons, Inc.

Holding that even an expectation of futility is insufficient to justify cutting off a party's discovery rights

West Bay One, Inc. v. Does 1 — 1,653

Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Holding that the state secrets privilege was properly invoked when the department head "stated that he had reviewed a representative sample of the documents as well as affidavits of staff members who had received all of the documents"

United States v. International Business Machines Corp.

Denying motion to quash records subpoena for information about which the defendant's chairman intended to testify to establish the government plaintiff's "clear" need given that the documents likely contained information "from which cross-examination may be fashioned"

Fonovisa, Inc. v. Does

Holding that if the individual or entity whose identifying information was sought by a subpoena served on an ISP "believes that it has been improperly identified by the ISP, [the individual or entity] may raise, at the appropriate time, any and all defenses, and may seek discovery in support of its defenses."

Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions

Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness

Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system

Rule 45 - Subpoena

Holding that a subpoena may command a person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition "within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person"

Rule 21 - Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties

Granting district courts broad discretion when deciding whether to sever claims or to dismiss improperly joined claims or defendants