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Define spoliation.. Give three specific examples, including evidence other than documents.
 
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A litigation hold is a requirement that once a case is filed or where the party knows or has reason to know that litigation may be brought, a duty exists to preserve evidence.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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Answer to Question 1

Spoliation is 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 West v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,167 F.3d 776, 779 (2d Cir. 1999) Examples may include deleting emails from a hard drive, erasing storage media, or destroying CDs or DVDs.

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