In a recent case Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled that that negligent or sloppy document preservation and production will get you sanctioned:
In Her Honor’s latest eDiscovery-related opinion, Pension Comm. of Univ. of Montreal Pension Plan v. Bank of Am. Secs., LLC, __ F. Supp. 2d __ (S.D.N.Y. 2010), Judge Scheindlin provides us all with a much needed reminder that sloppy (i.e., negligent or grossly negligent) document preservation and production will expose parties (and their lawyers) to the court’s arsenal of sanctions: from further discovery, to cost-shifting, to fines, to special jury instructions, to preclusion, to the most severe sanction of all – entry of default judgment or dismissal.
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