For an example of preservation obligations being triggered prior to the commencement of litigation, read a good summary of a sanction ruling in
Voom HD Holdings LLC v. EchoStar Satellite LLC.
In addition to commercial and industrial assignments, I created the award winning documentary, The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery (1994) and was a senior executive directing the launch of
VOOM -
HD, a package of 15 high definition cable channels distributed in the USA, Europe and Asia.