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Document retention policies are very common and rarely hush-hush. The only time they would have a need to make it "off the record" would be when they were subj
by reeses 16y ago
Document retention policies are very common and rarely hush-hush. The only time they would have a need to make it "off the record" would be when they were subject to discovery regarding a lawsuit or criminal charge.
- dctoedt 16y agoRe document-retention policies: Typically the real concern is the cost of document review: If there's a lawsuit, a lawyer or paralegal ($$$) will have to review all the potentially-relevant documents to determine whether there are any that should be (i) labeled as confidential, and/or (ii) withheld on grounds of attorney-client privilege. (Footnote: The latter gives rise to the bigger fear -- if you were to inadvertently give the other side a copy of a privileged document, you might be deemed to have done a "subject-matter waiver," entitling the other side to all other privileged documents covering the subject(s) discussed in the first document. Moreover, the other side might be able to take the depositions of business people and lawyers, which amounts to interviewing them on videotape, to find out just what the client discussed with its lawyers, including who said what. The other side can usually be counted on to play any awkward sound bites for the jury.)