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Electronic Records Management: The Legal Problem That Lurks Behind the Scenes

You think your company has a good case. From what you can gather, the allegations that your company stole trade secrets from a rival are completely unfounded. But then you enter discovery. Your opposition requests a whole host of e-mails ' predictable these days. That's when you realize you have a problem. It soon becomes clear that, although the case should have been defendable, it is more financially sound for the company to begin negotiating a settlement. Sound far-fetched? These kind of scenarios are happening more and more with today's proliferation of e-mail and the corresponding lack of corporate electronic records retention policies.

15 minute read February 27, 2004 at 02:20 PM
By
Bob Tillman
Electronic Records Management: The Legal Problem That Lurks Behind the Scenes

You think your company has a good case. From what you can gather, the allegations that your company stole trade secrets from a rival are completely unfounded. But then you enter discovery.

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