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Matching

Select the best matching for each term

Premises:

Responses:

gross negligence

Weighing the cost against the benefits of preserving and obtaining evidence.

record retention

An extreme level of carelessness.

litigation hold

A process whereby a company or individual determines that an unresolved dispute may result in litigation and, as a result, documents should not be destroyed or altered.

retention policy

Destruction of records that may be relevant to ongoing or anticipated litigation, government investigation, or audit.

spoliation

Discovery of documents created, disseminated, and stored via electronic means.

proportionality

Punishment ordered by a judge for violating a court order, or court rules.

sanctions

the discovery of electronic information

e-discovery

Keeping documents and electronically stored information for a period of time.

adverse inference

revised for the first time in 2006 to address e-discovery

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

allows the jury to infer that the evidence would have been damaging

Premises:

gross negligence

record retention

litigation hold

retention policy

spoliation

proportionality

sanctions

e-discovery

adverse inference

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Responses:

Weighing the cost against the benefits of preserving and obtaining evidence.

An extreme level of carelessness.

A process whereby a company or individual determines that an unresolved dispute may result in litigation and, as a result, documents should not be destroyed or altered.

Destruction of records that may be relevant to ongoing or anticipated litigation, government investigation, or audit.

Discovery of documents created, disseminated, and stored via electronic means.

Punishment ordered by a judge for violating a court order, or court rules.

the discovery of electronic information

Keeping documents and electronically stored information for a period of time.

revised for the first time in 2006 to address e-discovery

allows the jury to infer that the evidence would have been damaging

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

gross negligence

record retention

litigation hold

retention policy

spoliation

proportionality

sanctions

e-discovery

adverse inference

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure