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Rambus Destroyed Evidence In Anti-trust Trial

Posted by timothy on from the oh-no-it-was-an-accident dept.

Marasmus writes "CNN is reporting that memory-chip maker Rambus has been found guilty of destroying evidence which was 'critical' to the anti-trust case brought by the U.S. government. Interestingly, the Judge has denied the FTC's request to move on to the penalty phase of the trial. Destruction of evidence in an anti-trust case normally yields a forfeiture of trial, but Rambus 'will have the burden of proving its innocence" instead.'

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  1. They didn't destroy the documents... by wondafucka · · Score: 5, Funny

    they just kept them in memory...and turned the power off.

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    1. Re:They didn't destroy the documents... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Someone mod up the parent for using "alacrity" in a sentence.

  2. My favorite line by andyring · · Score: 4, Funny
    Rambus has maintained that its document destruction was part of the company's regular document retention policy.

    Hmmm, I wonder if Enron could get away with saying the same thing at trial. "I'm sorry, your honor, but we always destroy our evidence, it's our normal business practice."

  3. RAMBUS files for new patent .... by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Abstract - A process by which documents, which encompasses the plurality of both physical and "virtual" assembledges of characters or images, are converted into a non usable format either via the physical process of shredding, disassembly via the use of prehensile appendages, use of the 'delete' or 'rm' utilities, editing with Microsoft Word, or any other method that would make said document unreadable to any law enforcement agency.

  4. Re:So what is there document retention policy? by EMH_Mark3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's company policy to destoy documents when getting sued -- duh.

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  5. Mistakes happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have a heart. The Shredder and the Fax were made by the same company, and the secretary accidently mistook one for the other.

    Tom

  6. Yeah, this is what I said before... by AlphaSys · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK, so it's your regular retention policy to shred documents that incriminate you... big surprise. And when did the shredding begin? As soon as the IP claim was filed. Very sleazy.

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  7. Re:they by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wish I was aeet.

    (Double Damn you 20 second rule)

  8. Re:Why not penalty phase? by IAmATuringMachine! · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean like whether or not you have weapons of mass destruction, right? :)

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  9. Re:So what is there document retention policy? by EnderWiggin99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course the govt could always enforce a "100% document retention policy"

    Yeah, but that would be "anal-retentive."

  10. Patent? by TheKubrix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe rambus can patent destroying evidence, oh wait Enron and Worldcome beat them to it.....

    1. Re:Patent? by DeadMeat+(TM) · · Score: 3, Funny
      Maybe rambus can patent destroying evidence, oh wait Enron and Worldcome beat them to it.....
      Well, it's not like prior art has ever stopped them before.
  11. "editing with Microsoft Word"? by burgburgburg · · Score: 2, Funny
    You'll never get this patent. With all of the temp files that Word leaves strewn across your hard drive, and all of the "deleted" information that Word retains within a document, available to be retrieved, this would have to be considered to be a non-functioning process.

    Unless you were Ellen Feiss and you were writing a paper on your dad's PC and it goes berzerk and the paper just disappears. And then you have to write it over again and it's not as good.

  12. Nothing says... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing says "We're innocent" like destroying evidence

  13. Well, well. by ultramk · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're Ram-Busssssted!

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  14. spokesperson went on... by g4dget · · Score: 2, Funny
    Rambus has maintained that its document destruction was part of the company's regular document retention policy.

    Rambus went on to explain that they had a standing policy to destroy all incriminating evidence when it comes to their attention. "It is part of our lawsuit-based business model and corporate culture," the spokesperson said.

  15. RAM. loses data. BUSted. by billstewart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just what we need, a memory company that can't remember stuff it was supposed to hold on to....

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