(December 21, 2017, 11:21 AM EST) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — An oil company that was ordered to remediate a property owned by a school board cannot have access to native format Excel spreadsheets the school board submitted in support of its request for attorney fees, a Louisiana appeals panel ruled Dec. 20, holding that while it is burdensome for the company to convert the files for searching, it is not clear how it would use the metadata to defend against the school board’s request (State of Louisiana, et al. v. Louisiana Gas & Exploration Co., et al., No. 17-755, La. App., 3rd Cir., 2017 La. App. LEXIS 2381)....