In fact, it can lead to worse outcomes than if you simply did nothing. In Apple v Samsung, the judge instructed the jury to assume that relevant evidence was d

In fact, it can lead to worse outcomes than if you simply did nothing. In Apple v Samsung, the judge instructed the jury to assume that relevant evidence was destroyed and that said evidence would have been "favorable to Apple"—as a direct consequence of Samsung's email system, which as a rule only kept messages for 14 days. https://www.nutter.com/pp/publication-Apple-v-Samsung-Electronics-The-Perils-of-Email-Auto-Deletion-07-27-2012.pdf https://www.nutter.com/pp/publication-Apple-v-Samsung-Electr... https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=30282c16-31e3-488a-a9ee-7f0739367787 https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=30282c16-31e3... (HTML version)