Following up the recent posts on this blog regarding sanctions, The Locality Strikes Back: Sanctions (Part 1) and The Locality Strikes Back: Sanctions (Part 2), it is still tough to get a court to order sanctions for many reasons.

Local governments, like all litigants, are facing a brave new world of electronic documents and discovery. When the 21st century ease of creating, sharing and destoying information meets the long-standing law of spoliation, there is a volatile mix.