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who in particular would you punish? All this behavior is required by company policy, presumably set by Google's legal department: "Google employees are instruct
by jmole 3y ago
who in particular would you punish? All this behavior is required by company policy, presumably set by Google's legal department: "Google employees are instructed that chatting “‘off the record’” is “[b]etter than sending . . . email” specifically because Google destroys off-the-record Chats every 24 hours, whereas it retains emails to produce in litigation".
- hgsgm 3y agoThe people in question are the people who create the policy.
- stefan_ 3y agoThe people under a litigation hold? This is not some implicit thing; there is very explicit notification.
- Spooky23 3y agoThe judge can tell the jury in a jury scenario to make an adverse inference; ie assume that whatever “bad” thing in question was said in the missing communications. This is an area where individual conduct doesn’t matter until it does. Irritating judges is a risky affair.
- hermitdev 3y agoAll of the parties involved need to be sanctioned. The employees following the bad instruction and the lawyers issuing the instruction. Violating a court order at the instruction of your employer's lawyer doesn't give you a free pass. Remember: they are the company's lawyer, not the employees'. But, the lawyers definitely need to be hit and hard. Not sure if disbarring is an option here, but should be on the tablem
- patmcc 3y ago>>Violating a court order at the instruction of your employer's lawyer doesn't give you a free pass. What was the specific court order? I see it generally referenced in the brief but don't know the whole story. Were employees violating it here?