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Businesses Generally Ignoring E-Discovery Rules

Posted by Zonk on from the going-to-get-messy dept.

eweekhickins writes "A full year after the institution of new federal e-discovery court rules, only a minority of companies are paying attention. Keeping track of every IM, email, and document for a court order that may never come must seem like a tall order. Researcher Michael Osterman said that only 47 percent of companies have some kind of e-mail retention policy in place. 'I don't think it's difficult to understand the rules,' Osterman told eWEEK. 'I just think that it sometimes takes headline shock to make people move on some things.'"

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  1. Apparently it doesnt hurt them enough by sethstorm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Time to raise the penalties for violations - and close off any foreign country escape route from this regulation.

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    1. Re:Apparently it doesnt hurt them enough by rootofevil · · Score: 2, Funny

      oh to have the burden of the undo! i should be so afflicted...

      undue burdens on the other hand, those are just not cool.

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    2. Re:Apparently it doesnt hurt them enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The "undo burden" is when your finger gets really tired from hitting ^z

    3. Re:Apparently it doesnt hurt them enough by jo42 · · Score: 2, Funny

      GWB, is that you? And, just what did happen to all those Whitehouse emails..?

  2. Ignore The Law: I AM the judicial branch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    'cause I do.

    Cheers,
    W

  3. Re:the FRCP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    IMPORTANT NOTE: I am not a lawyer...

    But apparently you know one seesh.

    *Anonymous Coward is not responsible for anything ever. Other than the standard issue trolling of which this comment is not. Some restrictions apply, void where prohibited.

  4. Re:Privacy? by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    More like...

    Auditor: It's not much of a mail server, isn't it?

    Sysadmin: Oh yes, sir, finest in the company sir!

    Auditor: Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.

    Sysadmin: Well, it's so clean, sir.

    Auditor: It's certainly uncontaminated by email.

    Sysadmin: You haven't asked me about IMs, sir.

    Auditor: Is it worth it?

    Sysadmin: Could be.

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