legal holds
The Best Insurance Policy Is a Legal Hold
Case Law Recap: In Fidelity v. Captiva an insurance company failed to take the most elementary step to guard against the risk of spoliation: a…
Plaintiffs’ Failure to Preserve Key Players’ E-Mails Leads to Two Adverse Inferences
Case Law Recap AJ v. IP: This ediscovery dispute should serve as a wake-up call for parties that have yet to formalize their preservation protocol.
Two Million Reasons Why Counsel Should Monitor Their Clients’ Preservation Efforts
In this trade secrets case, the U.S. International Trade Commission judge awarded sanctions for egregious spoliation and avoiding preservation.
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.
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.
Despite No Evidence of Spoliation, Court Orders Up to $70K in Sanctions for Preservation Failures Anyway
A District Judge in New Jersey upheld the opinion of a Magistrate’s finding of sanctions on appeal in a liability case out of U.S. District…
