Court Dismisses Complaint as Discovery Sanction for "Extensive and Egregious Misconduct" : Electronic Discovery Law

Link: Court Dismisses Complaint as Discovery Sanction for "Extensive and Egregious Misconduct" : Electronic Discovery Law.    Preston, Gates, Ellis, LLP highlights this Massachusetts EDiscovery case, in which a Plaintiff in a wrongful termination case had his case dismissed because he tampered with his laptop after receiving a Motion to give it up for forensic analysis, and then lied about it in a deposition. Tampering with electronic evidence is common, and the Courts are beginning to take a dim view of parties who attempt to hide such evidence after being requested to produce it. Are you looking for evidence in all the right places?