Advisory Panel OKs Higher Bar For E-Discovery Sanctions
By Sindhu Sundar ( April 14, 2014, 11:18 PM EDT) -- An advisory panel agreed Friday to amend civil procedure rules to require parties seeking sanctions over lost electronic documents to show the documents were destroyed to be withheld from litigation, setting a higher bar that attorneys say could curb devastating product liability verdicts like the recent $6 billion award against Takeda Pharmaceuticals Ltd....
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