Records & discovery

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RulingConfirmed

A California court fined the Watchtower $4,000 a day for withholding abuse records

Illustration: a gavel over a calendar and a locked filing cabinet

In the Padron case, an appeals court upheld daily discovery sanctions against the Watchtower over its refusal to produce responses to a 1997 abuse-reporting letter — and held it couldn't object to a penalty it had once sought itself.

· November 9, 2017 · 2 min read

RulingConfirmed

A San Diego court hit the Watchtower with a $13.5 million judgment — over records it would not produce

Illustration: sealed file folders and a gavel

In 2014 a judge entered a default judgment against the organization for refusing to hand over its internal child-abuse files. An appeals court reversed it in 2016 — but the fight over those records would recur for years.

· October 29, 2014 · 5 min read