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It Looked Like the Contractor Destroyed Evidence. Why Didn’t the COFC Impose Sanctions?

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The government sought an adverse inference sanction after the contractor's counsel lost her entire email inbox during litigation, arguing the contractor intentionally destroyed evidence.

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Filed Underadverse inferencediscovery disputeselectronically stored informationemail deletiongovernment contractsintent to deprivelitigation holdprivilege waiverRCFC 37(e)spoliation sanctions
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