If Microsoft jumped into podcasting maybe they could spend less time on spoliation

Today's word is a great recommendation from Brian of the MostlyTrivial.com podcast. He came across spoliation in an I, Cringley, Column- Robert Cringley's column on PBS's site.

The article is about a recent Microsoft case related to patent law. Cringley uses spoliation, to describe damaged evidence. Spoliation is a noun with two closely related definitions. One, the act of plundering or injuring beyond repair. Two, the state of having been injured or plundered.

I recently had a request for more example suggestions. So here is a Cringley's sentence. "Microsoft's immediate motivation to settle was the spoliation hearing that could have exposed the company to older cases being re-opened based on the possibility that Microsoft had deliberately destroyed evidence." The hearing Cringley is talking about is a hearing to determine if Microsoft destroyed evidence.