Client issue: A client faced defamatory social media postings made by an anonymous party and suspected a competitor’s involvement. The matter raised concerns of reputational damage and potential legal misconduct.
CRA approach: CRA professionals were engaged to investigate. The team analyzed hard drives from the suspected company and uncovered digital evidence linking them to the defamatory posts and uploaded files, despite deliberate attempts to conceal their involvement. CRA’s expert was deposed, and the client filed a spoliation motion based on the findings.
Client impact: The Federal judge described the evidence destruction as “the worst case of spoliation that I have ever encountered in my practice and on the bench.” As a result, the court granted a default judgment against the defendant, citing extreme spoliation by the company’s CEO.
