Prelitigation Destruction of Evidence May Have Pushed Case Over For Fee Recovery.
U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks (D. Nev.) recently awarded Oracle USA Inc. $46.2 million in costs and attorney’s fees under a copyright fee-shifting statute in a case where Oracle won a $50 million jury verdict against Rimini Street Inc. He determined that fees were justified against the defendant especially in light of pre-litigation conduct in destroying evidence after allegedly having notice of suit.