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In Critchfield Physical Therapy, P.C., v. Techhealth, Inc., 2013 WL 791860 (E.D. Mo., March 4, 2013), Judge Fleissig split the difference in this class discovery dispute. Plaintiffs in this putative TCPA class action had moved to compel both the production of full, unredacted lists of fax recipients (including names, addresses, and contact information) in their native format, as well as mirror images of the Defendant's hard drives. The District Court ordered production of the unredacted fax recipient lists subject to a mutually agreeable protective order, reasoning that this information was not only relevant to the merits issue of whether a prior business relationship existed, but also to the class issue of whether all class members were similarly situated with the plaintiff with respect to this defense (i.e., presumably typicality and predominance). And though the District Court declined to order the Defendant to produce a mirror of its hard drives at…