Heard a partner at a Denver firm say 'the clock started on discovery the second that email was sent'

I was grabbing lunch near the courthouse and overheard two lawyers talking. One said their client lost a big case because they didn't put a legal hold on emails fast enough after a dispute began. The other lawyer said that's now standard in their merger talks, to tell everyone to save everything from day one. It made me realize how a simple internal message can become a huge deal later. Has your company changed how it handles records when a deal might go bad?

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ryanburns19d ago

Our last audit flagged a three-day hold delay.

the_hugo19d ago

Did they say why it took so long?