Sanctioned For Deleting Emails, Plantronics Could Lose Fed Contracts Too

Plantronics, a California company that manufactures telephone headsets, may soon be barred from doing business with the federal government — less than one year after a judge imposed $3 million in “punitive” sanctions on the company for discovery violations.

Earlier this week, the U.S. General Services Administration, which helps manages federal government agencies, proposed “debarment” for Plantronics and its senior vice president of sales Don Houston — the figure at the center of its discovery debacle in Delaware federal court — citing “a lack of business honesty,” which is one of several possible causes.

The listing used boilerplate language and stated the nature or cause of the debarment as: ...