azulalbum t1_j9vcu2b wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:46 PM Reply to comment by macross1984 in U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case by batmaninwonderland That’s not how this works. These sorts of discovery errors can result in an adverse inference if it’s bad enough—basically, the judge will assume (or tell the jury to assume) that you got rid of the bad shit that would prove you were guilty. Permalink Parent 3
azulalbum t1_j9vcu2b wrote
Reply to comment by macross1984 in U.S. Justice Dept accuses Google of evidence destruction in antitrust case by batmaninwonderland
That’s not how this works. These sorts of discovery errors can result in an adverse inference if it’s bad enough—basically, the judge will assume (or tell the jury to assume) that you got rid of the bad shit that would prove you were guilty.