Beep, Beep! Terminating Sanctions against Defendant for Spoliation Affirmed on Appeal: eDiscovery Case Law

By Doug Austin

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As Wile E. Coyote has learned, you don’t want to mess with the Roadrunner. Especially if you’ve been found to have willfully spoliated data… :o)

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In Roadrunner Transportation Services, Inc. v. Tarwater, Nos. 15-55448 and 14-55529 (9th Cir., Mar. 18, 2016), the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s entry of default judgment and award of attorneys’ fees in favor of the plaintiff, ruling that the district court did not abuse its discretion by entering default judgment as…

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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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