Ex-Employee Sues Volkswagen Claiming He Was Fired for Refusing to Spoliate Documents: eDiscovery Trends

By Doug Austin

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The troubles for Volkswagen continue into the electronic discovery arena. According to the Courthouse News Service, an ex-employee of the company has filed suit, claiming that he was fired for refusing to take part in an alleged three-day purge of documents related to the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal known as “Dieselgate”.

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According to the article, Daniel Donovan (who worked in the Volkswagen Group of America’s Office of General Counsel as its Electronic Discovery…

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  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader. Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

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