Courts can penalize the parties that are capable of spoliation by doing which of the following

Giving a missing evidence instruction

Explanation:

Instructing the jury that it may infer from the missing evidence that the evidence was unfavorable to the party who lost it

i think it can have both positive and negative effects on businesses.

for example:

lets say you own a small business and taxes go up 4% that means it is going to cost your business more money to buy product to sell. but at the same time you make more money from the tax rise.

that is my theory.