Topic
Document Destruction
21 published works
The D&O Diary
“No Judge Has Ever Said ‘Boy, Can That Guy Turn a Phrase'”
Recent sharply-worded accusations that the FDIC had failed to preserve documents attracted quite a bit of media attention. For example, a January 27, 2012 Wall Street Journal article reported the charges…
Federal Securities Law Source
SEC Inspector General Releases Report Regarding the Commission’s Destruction of Documents From Pre-Investigation Inquiries
On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, the SEC's Inspector General ("Inspector General or "OIG") released its report regarding the investigation into the SEC's policy of destroying documents gathered in pre-investigation inquiries…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
SEC Destroys Documents and Now the Historians are Mad
Recently, the historians at the National Archives have weighed in on the SEC’s disclosure that it had destroyed possibly over 9,000 documents, and they are not happy. As a result,…
Federal Securities Law Source
Senator Grassley to SEC: Did you destroy documents relating to Madoff and other matters?
In a letter dated August 17, 2011, Senator Chuck Grassley (R. Iowa) of the Senate's Committee on the Judiciary, asked SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro whether the Commission has destroyed files…
Law Practice Tips
Still More on Closing Files, Destroying Files and Making Money
By Jim Calloway
I have been thinking destructive thoughts recently. Last month (August 4th, 2007) in the Oklahoma Bar Journal I wrote an article titled "Closing Files, Destroying Files and Making Money." I…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Executive Fired for Trying to Destroy Documents During an Internal Investigation
By Ellen Podgor
With investigations of corporations for criminal conduct a common feature of the landscape these days, any news about an attempt to destroy corporate records is sure to get the attention…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Dallas Legal Malpractice Lawsuit and Sgt. Schultz
Read thisarticle, if only for the photograph of Sgt. Schultz, and the "I knew nothing" tag. "The case of Consolidated Sports Media Group v. Godwin Gruber, which is scheduled to…
Georgia Bankruptcy Blog
Trustee Obtains Summary Judgment Due to Adverse Party’s Pre-Litigation Destruction Of Documents
By Sunghee Sohn
The Electronic Discovery Blog discusses the case of In re Quintus Corp., 2006 WL 3072982 (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 27, 2006), wherein the Delaware Bankruptcy Court entered summary judgment in…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Summary Judgment Resulting From Document Deletion
In the case of In re Quintus Corp., 2006 WL 3072982 (Bankr. D. Del. Oct. 27, 2006) , the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware imposed a penalty of…
Personal Injury
Trucking records too often go missing after wrecks
By Ken Shigley
An article in today's Dallas Morning News explains the obvious: "Trucking companies sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to avoid admitting fault in fatal accidents. They purge onboard computers, falsify records…