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E-Discovery, Electronic discovery, Gareth Evans, Gibson Dunn, Judge David Herndon, Law Technology News, Mobile Phones, Sanctions, Text Messages, United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Perils of E-Discovery Reflected in Sanctions Opinion, by Gareth Evans, a litigation partner at Gibson Dunn, Law Technology News
Lest anyone think that hair-raising e-discovery sanctions opinions are a thing of the past, U.S. District Judge David Herndon of the Southern District of Illinois issued a blistering 51-page opinion (PDF) imposing nearly $1 million in punitive sanctions on the defendants in In re Pradaxa Products Liability Litigation on Dec. 9, 2013, and indicated that more sanctions are almost certainly on the way.
The case is an example of how electronic data discovery generally, and implementing legal holds in particular, can be fraught with peril.
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