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“The Fire and BPA’s Preservation of Evidence” by Michael Berman, E-Discovery LLC.

“The Fire and BPA’s Preservation of Evidence”

An Oregon federal court imposed adverse inference sanctions against BPA for willful spoliation of physical evidence and ESI following the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire. The decision analyzes when the duty to preserve is triggered and applies different standards to physical evidence and electronically stored information under Rule 37(e).

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