California Federal Court Hammers Defendant For Destroying Evidence In Trade Secret Rift : Trading Secrets A California federal district court judge recently issued a contempt citation and sanction award of $73,000 against a defendant in a trade secret misappropriation dispute for violating a court order to preserve evidence pending a hearing on a temporary restraining order. The case is *Amron International Diving Supply, Inc. v. Hydrolinx Diving Communication, Inc.*, No. 11-CV-1890-H (S.D. Cal. Feb. 22, 2012) (Dkt. No. 76). The court’s decision <http://www.tradesecretslaw.com/stats/pepper/orderedlist/downloads/download.php?file=http%3A//www.tradesecretslaw.com/uploads/file/Amron.pdf>illustrates both the need for employers to conduct early forensic investigations of employees’ computer hardware when suspected of stealing trade secrets, and the hefty sanctions that can be imposed on defendants for the failure to preserve data stored on computer hardware. http://bit.ly/xJKR91 Source: http://www.tradesecretslaw.com/2012/03/articles/trade-secrets/california-federal-court-hammers-defendant-for-destroying-evidence-in-trade-secret-rift/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TradingSecrets+(Trading+Secrets)&utm_content=Google+Reader See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/xJKR91+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
