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Late-inning disagreements over Delaware Chancery Court jurisdiction on Friday sidetracked a BDO USA LLP bid for sanctions against a former partner who admitted lying in deposition testimony about destroying records and evidence tied to a smear campaign against the big accounting firm.
Calling it the worst case of evidence destruction she had ever seen, Delaware Chancery Court's top judge on Wednesday ordered an evidentiary trial on BDO USA LLP's request to sanction rival consulting firm EverGlade Global Inc. for its alleged role in covering up evidence of a defamatory social media campaign.
Whether social media posts can constitute statements of fact capable of supporting a claim for defamation is an issue that has split courts across the country for quite some time.