Spoliation and Document Management Processes: How to Avoid Exclusion From Document Loss

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Training Event Transcripts
March 6, 2012
Jonathan M. Dunitz, Attorney at Law
Laura M. Pfeiffenberger, MBA

Summary

"The destruction or significant alteration of evidence, or the failure to preserve property for another's use as evidence in pending or reasonably foreseeable litigation," commonly known as spoliation, is prohibited under the Federal Rules of Evidence as a means of protecting judicial processes and integrity. Yet, within the rules governing evidence, discovery, and spoliation, many questions arise regarding the obligations of expert witnesses and the scope of those responsibilities. In Spoliation and Document Management Processes: How to Avoid Exclusion From Document Loss, Part 8 of BVR's Online Symposium on Litigation and Economic Damages, expert appraiser Laura Pfeiffenberger joins attorney and symposium co-curator Jonathan M. Dunitz for an examination of the rules governing an expert's work process and document management and what every expert should know in order to comply with rules regarding spoliation and discovery.
Spoliation and Document Management Processes: How to Avoid Exclusion From Document Loss
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