Second Circuit Rejects "the Notion that a Failure to Institute a 'Litigation Hold' Constitutes Gross Negligence Per Se" : Electronic Discovery Law On appeal, Plaintiff argued that Defendant’s failure to issue a litigation hold “amounted to gross, rather than simple, negligence” and that the District Court erred in denying a motion for sanctions in the form of an adverse inference. Finding the District Court did not abuse its discretion, the Circuit Court rejected "the notion that a failure to institute a ‘litigation hold’ constitutes gross negligence *per se*.” http://bit.ly/O2SQVk Source: http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2012/08/articles/case-summaries/second-circuit-rejects-the-notion-that-a-failure-to-institute-a-litigation-hold-constitutes-gross-negligence-per-se/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ediscoverylaw/klgates+(Electronic+Discovery+Law)&utm_content=Google+Reader See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/O2SQVk+ 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]