I sometimes work with lawyers to do discovery for corporate IT. The good news is, this doesn't really fly in court from what my company's legal team has told me. So either the evidence was SO bad that this was a better option for them, or they actually did shoot themselves in the foot.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2024
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Oops
Surely they did NOT want this to happen.
Surely they do NOT want to win their case.
...
Well it was accidental so that's all right.
It really was convenient though.
Accidentally my butt, get em new York times
Would spoliation apply here?
Uh-huh.
No... No it didn't... But you can imagine what it would be like if it did, right?