A communications company, providing integrated voice and data
communications, including digital subscriber line (DSL) services, as alternative
to local phone companies, filed suit against customer lead generation services
provider, claiming breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach
of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, breach of fiduciary duty, and
conversion by taking proprietary customer lead information for voice over internet
protocol (VoIP) marketing campaign and integrating such information into
provider's federated database and sharing it with competitors. Customer lead
services provider moved to compel responses to its requests for production of
documents.

The District Court, John M. Facciola, United States Magistrate Judge,
held that customer lead services provider would be required to produce its e-mails
in their native format, rather than in hard copy.

Ordered accordingly.