Philips Electronics North America Corporation v. Bc Technical

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• concluding that, where the witnesses who engaged in the deletions lacked credibility, it was “difficult to trust that the alleged replacement files and folders are the same files and folders that were deleted from the five laptops”
• recognizing that the destruction of documents held on the defendant’s computer, including proprietary files obtained from the plaintiff, deprived the plaintiff of the opportunity to review the documents for evidence in support of its claims of misappropriation
• finding that the deletion of a file from three places revealed a “deliberate methodical attempt to eliminate” the information
• noting the defendant had a duty “to take the necessary steps to ensure that relevant records—including ESI—were preserved when [the] litigation was reasonably anticipated or began”
• noting the defendant had a duty “to take the necessary steps to ensure that relevant records—including ESI—were preserved when [the] litigation was reasonably anticipated or began”
• finding an adverse inference to be warranted given defendant’s “inexcusable behavior” for “filing false sworn declarations, giving testimony riddled with lies and deceit, and making false representations to this court”

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