Olesky v. Gen. Electric Co., No. 06 C 1245, 2011 WL 3471016 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 8, 2011)

Key Insight: Court granted motion to compel production of documents related to defendant?s litigation hold/preservation efforts where the court found that GE was at fault for the loss of certain data beyond mere inadvertence or carelessness and that the evidence lost was both relevant and discoverable

Nature of Case: Patent infringement

Electronic Data Involved: Database