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Recent Examples of spoliation
Last Friday, Damien Marshall and other King & Spalding attorneys on behalf of MSG filed a memorandum of law in opposition to Oakley’s motion for what are known as spoliation sanctions, meaning a punishment for failure to preserve relevant evidence.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
Chain of Custody Issues: The longer the delay between an incident and preserving mobile evidence, the more opportunities exist for spoliation claims about data modification or tampering.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
An attorney who allows a client to continue using their phone risks spoliation as normal usage can overwrite or erase crucial data.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025
Chain of Custody Issues: The longer the delay between an incident and preserving mobile evidence, the more opportunities exist for spoliation claims about data modification or tampering.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
An attorney who allows a client to continue using their phone risks spoliation as normal usage can overwrite or erase crucial data.
—Lars Daniel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.
—Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
The motion for spoliation sanctions is the latest move in the lawsuit by the widow of Kobe Bryant for severe emotional distress after learning that deputies and firefighters shared gruesome images of the crash scene where her husband, daughter Gianna and seven others died in January 2020.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.
—New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliation
Noun
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The role of predation in shaping sociality among primates is well established, and this incident reinforces the theory that group living offers significant protection against aerial predators.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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They are considered extinct on the Australian mainland primarily due to disease, poisoning, and predation by foxes.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Apr. 2025
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These are curated from the titles that were most frequently picked up in the Criterion Closet, that magical room full of the company’s releases that visiting filmmakers and luminaries are invited to peruse and pillage.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 2024
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At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.—
Dánica Coto,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 Sep. 2024
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Such tactics included the extraordinary plunder and destruction of the Hundred Years’ War and the fire bombings of cities in World War II.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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And two, even for the plunder of a smash and grab, that seems a sloppy hiding place.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Test Operational Resiliency Some manufacturers are starting to use the industrial metaverse to simulate labor strikes and supply chain sabotage, testing how resilient their operations are under pressure.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The prospect of Chinese sabotage on U.S. soil should not seem far-fetched.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now, some say artificial intelligence is ushering in a new era of creative destruction – but what exactly is being creatively destroyed, and what’s replacing it?—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Nineteen months of war, triggered by the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks that killed approximately 1,200 people inside Israel and took some 250 captive, has resulted in over 50,000 Palestinian deaths and the destruction of much of Gaza—including the systems that fed residents during previous wars.—
Juwayriah Wright,
Time,
19 May 2025
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“Spoliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliation. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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