A party’s obligation to conduct a reasonable inquiry when presented with discovery requests during litigation also triggers an obligation to preserve evidence arises that when the party has notice that the evidence is relevant to litigation or when a party should have known that the evidence may be relevant to future litigation. 3M Innovative Properties Co. v. Tomar Electronics, 2006 WL 2670038 (D. Minn. 2006) (citing Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 220 F.R.D. 212, 216 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).
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Case Blurb: Tomar Electronics, obligation to conduct a reasonable inquiry
Posted by rjbiii on August 28, 2007
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