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> If you’re not in a single party consent state, get creative. Have a colleague in one of these states hop on the phone to help you record and document any layo
by nrmitchi 4y ago
> If you’re not in a single party consent state, get creative. Have a colleague in one of these states hop on the phone to help you record and document any layoff conversations.
This feels like very risky advice. If your colleague is not party to a conversation, you can’t just sneak them in to the conversation to have them record it.
- bagels 4y agoI think if by record they mean "write down what is said", this may not violate the wiretap laws of some states.
- gnicholas 4y agoHaving someone on a call writing down what is said does not create as compelling of evidence as an audio/video recording. It would be useful since it would be contemporaneous, but assuming the person is your friend, their loyalty/honesty would be called into question in court. That wouldn't happen with an audio recording (barring deepfakes).
- nrmitchi 4y agoIf by "record" they mean "write down what is said" then they wouldn't specifically be suggesting finding a colleague in a single-party consent state. Because "writing stuff down" isn't prohibited in any state.
- thedufer 4y agoMy reading was that they're suggesting that in so-called two-party consent states, getting a third person in the room (whether or not it's done surreptitiously) and then having consent from 2/3 parties makes the recording legal. That's not true, of course - "two-party" is a bit of a misnomer. This feels like dangerous advice.