Acknowledgments to the 2013 Edition

• Library: Spoliation of Evidence: Sanctions & Remedies for Destruction of Evidence in Civil Litigation (ABA) (2013 Ed.)

As we acknowledged in the first and second editions, spoliation of evidence is an unfortunate and ever-present reality of modern-day civil litigation. Since our first edition, there has been a virtual explosion of lawsuits involving electronically stored information. Commentators and courts alike have suggested that spoliation has become more than a side issue in litigation; in some cases it has become the "main event."

Spoliation has become serious business because, as the developing case law has shown...