I’m still catching up on December news…and I ran across a significant e-discovery ruling. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled December 13, 2007, that Justin Bunnell/www.TorrentSpy.com was guilty of “willful spoliation of evidence” violating the E-Discovery Rule in the suit Columbia Pictures, Inc. brought against them for copyright infringement.
Reading through the court records, it is really amazing how blatantly the defendent violated what seemed to be almost every e-discovery rule possible in this situation. They…
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E-Discovery Decision Demonstrates Need For Effective Retention Practices: A Great Case Study For E-Discovery Training
Monday, January 7th, 2008RAM Is Subject To E-Discovery Under Recent Ruling: Talk With Your Legal Counsel About The IT Issues
Friday, June 29th, 2007Late last year I blogged about the new E-Discovery Rule that took effect on December 1, 2006.
I wrote “The Business Leader Data Retention and E-Discovery Primer” discussing the issues, and I also wrote an article discussing the e-discovery issues for which IT must be involved, “E-Discovery Quagmires.”