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Labor/Employment

Aug. 4, 2026

Lost laptop evidence prompts judge to consider terminating sanctions

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim said she is considering terminating sanctions against SAP-owned WalkMe after a former employee's laptop was wiped despite a litigation hold, calling the evidence loss "pretty bad" in a sex discrimination lawsuit.

Lost laptop evidence prompts judge to consider terminating sanctions
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim

An SAP-owned cloud computing company says it mistakenly sent a former employee's laptop to a third-party vendor after firing her, and the error could result in terminating sanctions in a sex discrimination lawsuit.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim told attorneys for WalkMe, which creates in-app user assistance software, that she's considering granting terminating sanctions in a sex discrimination case after the third party wiped the plaintiffs' laptop despite a preserv...

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