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The Quiet Catastrophe: Spoliation of Evidence in Civil Law

Meta Description: A Crucial Warning Understand the serious legal and financial repercussions of spoliation of evidence—the destruction, alteration, or concealment of materials relevant to a lawsuit. Learn when the duty to preserve evidence begins, the concept of a litigation hold, and the severe sanctions, including adverse inference instructions and case dismissal, that courts impose for […]

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