A cautionary tale from Texas: U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn has awarded $60,000 in attorney fees to sanction a company that submitted altered, fabricated evidence during discovery in a business litigation matter.

Opposing counsel said the documents the defendant allegedly altered had bolstered the defense in the dispute between Merge Office Interiors Inc., which manufactures office furniture, and Alfa Adhesives Inc., supplied textile glue to Merge.

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