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


    'cause I do.

    Cheers,
    W

  2. 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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