New Email Rules Effective Friday

An anonymous reader writes "As of today [Friday], certain U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees, in accordance with new federal rules. In April the Supreme Court began requiring companies and other entities involved in federal litigation to produce 'electronically stored information' as part of the discovery process of a trial." From the article: "Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing the equivalent of 'virtual shredding,' said Alvin F. Lindsay, a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP and expert on technology and litigation. 'There are hundreds of "e-discovery vendors" and these businesses raked in approximately $1.6 billion in 2006, [James Wright, director of electronic discovery at Halliburton Co.] said. .'"

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FIRST TROUT!

[Anonymous Coward]

I AM A FISH!

Obligatory witless witticisms

[davidwr]

Supreme Court: All your documents are belong to us.

In Soviet Russia, documents preserve YOU.

Now that that's out of the way, may the intelligent posting begin :)

Re:Nice; tell you about new rules, just not the ru

[Elemenope]

You know, it's people like you who convince people like him to raise kids that beat the crap out of geeks in high school gym class. You are perpetuating a vicious cycle, and the pain and anguish of literally thousands of socially awkward and perhaps painfully homely children are at your feet.