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Perspective

May 1, 2010

Legally Sound but Technologically Wrong

Daniel Garrie and Bill Spernow conclude their article on how courts may be ill equipped to handle matters involving digital evidence.

By Daniel B. Garrie and Bill Spernow

In the first part of this article, we identified a test case, TR Investors LLC v. Genger, C.A. No. 3994-VCS (Del. Chancery Dec. 9, 2009), supporting our thesis that technological misunderstandings almost inevitably leads a court to commit legal error in e-discovery decisions. The Genger case involved significant sanctions imposed upon defendant Arie Genger because he wiped the unallocated space of certain computer har...

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