We have been saying for a while that officer should become familiar with e-discovery. However, it is often said that higher management do not see the need to learn more about what it involves. Here is a proof of the contrary:

Motorola accuses its ex-CFO, Paul Liska, of destroying evidence needed for a whistleblower case that he brought against the company after being fired…

Motorola’s forensic experts found that a data destruction program [say, evidence-eliminator...] was run on the laptop destroying user created data on the computer.

Motorola is now asking the Court to sanction Liska for “willful spoliation of relevant, material evidence” and to order Liska to turn over all of his computers and electronic storage to Motorola for forensic review at the company’s expense. The court should hear the motion next week, on April 29.