Plaintiffs lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf are seeking sanctions against the defendants in a trade secrets case and attorneys with Boies Schiller & Flexner. Geoffrey H. Coll of Dewey on Monday signed off on the sanctions motion, which accuses defendant Shane Pitta of evidence destruction and perjury in a case alleging that he and two other defendants and their company, Playmakers Media Co., stole sales and customer contact information from a database maintained by University Sports Publications, a company that sells advertising in souvenir magazines and yearbooks for professional and college sports teams.
According to the motion, Mr. Pitta in 2009 allegedly destroyed a laptop and jump drive that contained the information sought by University Sports and Dewey, and then turned over a fake laptop and jump drive. Mr. Coll contends this happened in part because of the “intentional misconduct” and “gross negligence” of Boies Schiller lawyers. A spokeswoman for Boies Schiller said yesterday the firm did not represent any of the parties in early August 2009 when the alleged loss of data occurred, and it no longer represents Mr. Pitta, whose computers are at issue. “And importantly, as the motion makes clear,” when the firm entered the case, it “collected what it was told was Mr. Pitta’s laptop from him and promptly turned it over in pristine condition so that opposing counsel could conduct forensic analysis of it,” she said.
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