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preferred.not.to.when.you.read.this. quote. from.one. of. the.
defendants.to.their.attorney:.“Am.I.off.the.hook.or.can.I.look.
forward. to. my. waning. years. signing. checks. for. fat. people.
who.are.a.little.afraid.of.some.silly.lung.problem?” *
1.2.3.4.3. Wachtel. v.. Health. Net,. Inc.. (NJ. District. Ct.
2006). In. this. case. facts. were. taken. as. established,. which.
means.the.court.instructed.the.jury.to.assume.the.facts.that.
were. presented. by. the. plaintiff's. counsel. were. true. even.
though.the.evidence.no.longer.existed.(because.it.had.been.
destroyed)..The.defendant's.exhibits.were.stricken.from.evi-
dence,.and.their.witnesses.were.barred.
Further,. the. courts. required. the. defendant. to. pay. reim-
bursement.of.plaintiff's.fees.and.costs,.and.to.pay.for.a.discov-
ery.master..A.discovery.master.is.a.very.well.paid.individual.
who. is. an. expert. in. discovery,. and. the. court. was. basically.
telling.the.defendant.that.because.they.were.obviously.inept.
at.locating,.preserving,.and.producing.relevant.evidence,.they.
were.now.ordered.to.pay.for.an.expert.to.assist.them.
Finally,.the.court.ined.the.defendants.for.discovery.viola-
tions..Basically,.the.courts.took.a.very.dim.view.of.the.incom-
petence. or. actual. intransigence. of. the. defendants. and. their.
attorneys.and.threw.every.spoliation.sanction.possible.at.them.
1.2.3.4.4. Zubulake. v.. UBS. Warburg. (S.D.. N.Y.. 2003-
2005). This. is. one. of. the. most. important. cases. regarding.
electronic. evidence. and. e-discovery.. We. spend. more. time.
with. this. and. two. other. rulings. by. Judge. Scheindlin. who.
wrote.this.ruling.and.who.has.come.to.be.known.as.one.of.
the.experts.in.the.electronic.law..She.was.one.of.the.irst.to.
really.consider.many.of.the.issues.surrounding.our.new.world.
of.electronic.data.and.its.effect.on.our.legal.system.
This.was.a.suit.brought.by.Zubulake.against.UBS.for.gen-
der. discrimination,. failure. to. promote,. and. retaliation.. This.
case.lasted.many.years.and.has.several.different.rulings,.all.
*. http://articles.philly.com/1999-08-01/business/25482928_1_fen-phen-ahp-
pondimin,.pg.1..Retrieved.2012-03-09.
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