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Litigation

Nov. 12, 2012

Judge won't impose discovery sanctions on Thomas Jefferson law school

A San Diego judge ruled that graduates suing Thomas Jefferson School of Law over allegedly exaggerated employment data had not shown the school willfully deleted data produced during discovery.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - A judge on Friday rejected a request to punish Thomas Jefferson School of Law for allegedly destroying or hiding evidence in a lawsuit over graduate employment numbers


"At this point, I don't see the intentional deletion of evidence," San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel M. Pressman said at the end of a heated hearing. Alaburda v. Thomas Jefferson School of Law, ...

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