Nick De Laurentis asked regarding custodian responsibilities for
e-discovery: 

"I am curious to the thoughts of the List, both in-house records
maangers 
and third party service providers (please specify your perspective if
you 
respond)."

I'm answering as a previous in-house records managers at a very large
corporation.  We had numerous discussions with our in-house litigation
attorneys, and they were adamant that a custodian's (i.e., employee's)
responsibilities only kicked in if they received notification from the
Legal Department.  If they received that notice, they were to produce
any responsive documents (including emails), not destroy/delete the
information, etc.  They were specifically instructed NOT to forward the
request to or to notify anyone else.  Information about e-discovery was
not publicized or made available to the general employee population.
So, only those receiving discovery requests had any responsibilities.
The records department played no role in e-discovery.

I'm not saying that I agreed with the policy described above, but it's
how that Legal Department wanted things handled.

Pilar C. McAdam
Director Legal Information Systems
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
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