Delete At Your Peril: Preserving Electronic Evidence During The Litigation Process
Justin H. Perl and Dawn C. Van Tassel of Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
In the post-Enron age of business, you would probably never dream of shredding documents that might be relevant to a threatened or pending lawsuit. But what safeguards does your business have in place to prevent the destruction or concealment of electronic evidence?
Electronic Information - A Trap for the Unwary in Business Litigation
Martin D. Beirne,David A. Pluchinsky and Donald W. Towe of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
In 2005, a court-ordered statement of facts, attributable in part to the spoliation of electronic information, led to a $1.45 billon jury award against Morgan Stanley & Co. This case is one of many confirming that courts are not willing to relax discovery requirements or overlook discovery abuse because data is maintained electronically. Today, the majority of commercial data and corporate communications are either stored or transmitted electronically consequently requests for electronic information ("e-discovery") are common in business litigation.
Spoliation of Evidence in Pennsylvania Courts
Dugan, Brinkmann, Maginnis & Pace
Recent State Court decisions adopt federal court balancing test. The loss or destruction of evidence, termed .
PHKS: Technology Alert: Volume 4 Issue 1: Wayward Trends in Internet Unfair Competition Litigation
Robert L. Hollingshead of Day Pitney LLP
This article discusses the independent tort of intentional spoliation of evidence and how a company can avoid this type of claim by preserving documents and or evidence.
Superior Court Addresses Spoliation And Admissibility of Evidence in Products Liability Actions
Jerrold P. Anders of White and Williams LLP
Three recent decisions by the Pennsylvania Superior Court dealing with spoliation of evidence and the admissibility.
Emergency Repairs: Are you Destroying the Evidence
Thomas E. Miller of Thomas E. Miller Law Office
Very often property managers and board members are faced with having to make common area emergency repairs during .