Key Insight: Plaintiff brought a motion for sanctions alleging defendants failed to preserve a key piece of evidence (the September 2019 managers’ schedule from the month when she was terminated) in her employment discrimination suit. The court concluded that defendants should have taken steps to preserve the schedule in December 2019 when plaintiff notified defendants […]
Key Insight: Plaintiff moved for spoliation sanctions against defendants relying on (1) an inadvertently disclosed email between defendant and his counsel discussing the preservation of emails, and (2) defendants did not produce a “mirror image” of the emails produced by third parties. Plaintiff contended the content of the email between defendant and his counsel is […]
Key Insight: Plaintiff was discovered to have fabricated emails. Court awarded over $500,000 in damages to Defendant. Nature of Case: antitrust litigation Electronic Data Involved: Emails Keywords: sanctions,m fabricated evidence View Case Opinion
Key Insight: Spoliation had occurred, but no default judgment issued. Evidence regarding destruction was allowed, no testimony from plaintiffs regarding unpreserved ESI and adverse inference instruction. Nature of Case: Breach of Contract Electronic Data Involved: Emails and Computers Keywords: adverse inference, sanctions View Case Opinion