Take steps to prevent spoliation when using electronic records.
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چکیده
A. Spoliation is the destruction or alteration of evidence or failure to preserve property for another’s use in litigation. 1 In the aftermath of Enron and the Arthur Andersen document destruction scandal, many judges view spoliation akin to contempt and will punish offenders accordingly. For example, Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm recently imposed damages and costs of over $1 million on the defendants in a case in the District of Maryland. 2 Judge Grimm even threatened to throw one of the defendants in jail for what he called a “truly extraordinary level of [spoliation].”
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عنوان ژورنال:
- MLO: medical laboratory observer
دوره 43 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011