Watch Out for Auto-Delete: Delaware Court of Chancery Sanctions Former Meta Officer for Deleting Personal Emails

In a recent decision, In re Facebook Inc. Derivative Litigation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery imposed litigation sanctions on a former officer and director of Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) for deleting personal emails potentially relevant to claims concerning unauthorized third-party access of Facebook users’ private information....
By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

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