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Isn't there cases where the court would appointing a neutral party to do the search ? I understand that the plaintiff wants to get access to all these information but it seems unwise to allow them since they already are in a conflictual situation. It gives them power to discover other things unrelated to the case.

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Chevron isn't getting direct access to a big e-mail database. Plaintiffs' lawyers will do the search and produce to Chevron only what's relevant, not privileged, not confidential, etc.

Chevron doesn't have council in house?

To be clear, I mean the counsel representing the activists will do the search and give only relevant documents to Chevron. Since the activists are adverse to Chevron, it wouldn't be appropriate for Chevron's counsel to go through the emails themselves.

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