“You know things are bad when the lawyers withdraw.” So begins an interesting post from Steven Puiszis, Editor-in-Chief of the Practical Ediscovery blog. He continues, “In MeccaTech (MTI), the magistrate judge observed: “Misconduct of this magnitude is a rare occurrence.” It was determined through discovery that one of the defendants employed a consultant to intentionally erase items from his computer before he left MTI’s employment in attempt to shield his activities from discovery.” Read more about ediscovery going very badly here
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