I rarely comment on what I post (just don't have the time), but I found
this statement in this article to be especially egegrious

"But Hackett noted that Ackman’s conduct took place some 20 years ago. “And
it’s not fair to hold him to today’s standards,” primarily instituted after
the Enron Corp. scandal of 2001, she said. "

when I entered the profession over 30 years ago I was taught that whenever
the possibility of litigation was known records should not be destroyed.
All that the Enron/Andersen debacle did was to raise the awareness that one
needed to be managing their records on an every day basis not when
necessary. This was the problem with Andersen they had not been following
their records retention schedules. The attorney had sent out a message
telling everyone to make sure they were in compliance. This started the
shredders humming.



On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:30 PM, PeterK <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ex-Imperial Tobacco GC Questioned Over Destroying Health Documents
> Over the course of three long days, Roger Ackman, Imperial Tobacco's
> general counsel from 1972 to 1999, sat in the hot seat where no GC ever
> wants to be—as a trial witness being grilled by a plaintiffs lawyer over
> destroying company documents.
>


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