Spoliation cites

[jamesd at echeque.com]

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On 3 Aug 2001, at 9:48, Greg Broiles wrote:
> Courts have relatively strong powers with respect to controlling the
> possession and disposition of physical things like notebooks or hard disks,
> but relatively weak powers with respect to limiting the dissemination of
> information not in the court's exclusive possession, so long as the
> disseminator is not a party to a case before the court, nor an attorney for
> a party.

This, folks, accurately summarizes the state of the law, as illustrated by numerous recent high profile cases, and any pompous pontificating fool who claims to be a lawyer and says something different, is full of shit.

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         James A. Donald
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