A group of technology investors and their former counsel at Jackson Lewis have been hit with a doozy of a spoliation sanctions order in the Northern District of California.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal on Wednesday sanctioned four investors in San Jose-based Clear View Technologies Inc. $212,000 for failing to preserve relevant documents, throwing away computers that contained them, and running “Crap Cleaner” file-wiping software, all while facing the threat of litigation for allegedly plotting with Clear View employees to launch a rival venture.

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