Opinion ID: 1388652
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Production of Surreptitiously Taped Conversations

Text: A fourth issue cited by the court in its order of dismissal involved tape recordings Barazi made of three conversations with Defendants' employees. In their initial production of discovery materials, Plaintiffs provided recordings Barazi had made of two pre-litigation conversations between Barazi and Defendants' officers. Defendants deposed Barazi on August 17, 2006, at which time Defendants asked Barazi about recorded conversations. Barazi answered in the affirmative when asked if he had recorded a conversation with one of Defendants' officers and if he had recorded conversations with a second officer. In November 2006, Plaintiffs attached a tape of the third conversation to a motion. In support of their motion for sanctions, Defendants asserted that Barazi lied by testifying in his deposition that he had recorded only two conversations with Defendants.