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Back in the ‘90’s we used to say the e in email is for “evidence”
by gaius 8y ago
Back in the ‘90’s we used to say the e in email is for “evidence”
- mirimir 8y agoBack in the day, I spent many days skimming email printouts, produced in discovery, and organizing them for review. Defendants were obligated to produce everything relevant, but not necessarily in any order. So basically, they'd dump everything out, mix well, and then pack in boxes. Or at least, that's how it seemed to some of us.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI have heard that was a tactic banks used when they were investigated by Congress after the financial crisis. "you want documents? No problem. Here are several trucks loaded with printouts. Enjoy!".
- gaius 8y agoIf you send files to a law firm they will print them anyway and bill you an exorbitant amount, like £1/page. So that that was them saying fuck you to the lawyers!
- philwelch 8y agoThere’s a saying: “write every email as if it will one day be read aloud in court”. Today, I think a good correlary might be, “write every email as if it will be released to the public by Russian hackers, with random excerpts screencapped and highlighted and tweeted out of context by trolls”. Though maybe if you’re just working on a presidential campaign.