I just broached this question in a casual conversation with one of the
attorneys in the corporate legal department where I'm temping.

His 'take' on the issue was that if you have a competitor who is
providing a similar product to yours and they're sued, you'd better
make sure that all your files are in order also.

Here, competitive intelligence seems to be the factor - he mentioned
that you never want your executives to take the stand and testify 'of
course, we knew that Company X had been sued, but we destroyed our
records anyway.'

As with so much of the law, the answer seems to be 'it depends...'

On 5/26/05, Steve Petersen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Steve,  What type of actions(at the employee level) would raise the flag
> if litigation is strongly anticipated.  Thanks for the correction- You're
> right.
>
>
> Steve
>
--
Keith Hileman
[log in to unmask]

Your health comes first; you can always hang yourself later. (Yiddish proverb)
============================================================
Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand
what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not
understand. -- Putt's law

List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance