legal holds
Spoliation Four Ways: Washington Court Orders $25,000 and Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
Court fines defendant for failure to issue a legal hold, deletion of evidence and refusal to cooperate with discovery process.
Pharmaceutical Company Faces Setback from Sanctions for ‘Bad Faith’ Spoliation in Huge Product Liability Case
In this 2,600-member class action, the judge ruled that the defendant pharmaceutical company disregarded a litigation hold.
Court Fines Defendants $931,500 in Pradaxa Class Action After Repeated Failures to Implement Legal Holds
Court fines defendants nearly $1 million in sanctions citing repeated failures to issue legal holds
Calif. Magistrate Judge Recommends Adverse Inference Sanction for Failure to Issue Legal Hold Despite ‘Saved Everything’ Defense
Case Law Recap Zest IP v. Implant Direct: Judge granted sanction for failure to issue legal hold despite ‘Saved Everything’ defense.
Colorado Court Deems Loss of ‘Key Player’s’ Evidence a Sanctionable Offense in Hart v. Dillon
Court rules that failure to preserve data to be grossly negligent or willful in Hart v. Fillon Cos.
Scope of Litigation Hold Extends to Independent Agents in New Jersey Ruling Resulting in Court Ordered Litigation Hold
An opinion out of the U.S. District of New Jersey weighed in on a gray area of data preservation when it ruled that “independent agents”…
