Tag: Spoliation
Spoliation Series: Discovery Abuses Can Lead to Case-Ending Sanctions via The...
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‘Burn it’ solicitor: Destroying evidence was ‘utterly stupid’ The Law Society...
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‘Wipe everything’: Disgraced MP admits he instructed staff to delete all...
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Practice Pointer: Potential Consequences for Inadvertent Spoliation of Evidence via National...
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To the Victor Go the Spoliation Sanctions: Eastern District of Louisiana...
"The court found that Defendant proved that Plaintiff had violated its discovery obligations because it showed that Plaintiff had previously posted the original, unaltered...
Deleted ESI Doesn’t Automatically Mean Sanctions: Two Recent Cases Highlight the...
Two cases about no sanctions involving deleted ESI from JD Supra. Click the source to read more.
Has spoliation occurred in the case against Kevin Spacey?
This CNN article outlines issues the defense attorney raises in regard to the prosecutions handling of cell phone text message data.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/us/kevin-spacey-surveillance-footage/index.html
Court concludes that ‘egregious’ spoliation warrants ‘harshest sanction available’
Folino v. Hines
No. 17-1584 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 14, 2018)
In this computer hacking case, the court concluded that one defendant blatantly and intentionally spoliated critical...
Massachusetts State Police destroyed key records in OT probe
Boston Globe: By Matt Rocheleau Globe Staff,Updated May 14, 2019, 10:10 a.m.
A year into an internal audit of overtime abuse, the Massachusetts State Police destroyed years-old traffic...
Simon Says Two Years After Spoliation is Discovered is Too Late...
In Wakefield v. Visalus, Inc., No. 3:15-cv-1857-SI (D. Or. Mar. 27, 2019), Oregon District Judge Michael H. Simon denied the plaintiff’s motion for sanctions against...
Moving party unable to establish prejudice or intent to deprive without...
Worldpay, US, Inc. v. Haydon
No. 17-cv-4179 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 14, 2018)
In this trade secret misappropriation case, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel...