Corporations Face Problems with Employee Emails

TwistedOne151 writes "Law.com has an article outlining how the casual attitude of many employees toward work e-mails has resulted in some thorny problems for corporate in-house counsel. 'It has now become routine even in civil investigations for computers to be subpoenaed so lawyers can look at e-mails and hard drives. And one thing always leads to another. "We have forensic software that shows multiple levels of deletions. It shows thought processes. We can learn far more than from just a document alone," said [Scott] Sorrels. "E-mails have taken over the world."'"

"E-mails have taken over the world"

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Well, in that case, I welcome you, our new overlords.

Re:"E-mails have taken over the world"

[Gideon Fubar]

Well, they're be more accountable and easier to trace than the current lot..

Re:Who's your overlord?

[Anonymous Coward]

But...but...if lawyers can subpoena e-mails...and emails control the world....

Re:Lawyer's advice: be two faced

[Riktov]

Of course, there are people who think its okay to break the law, just so long as no-one finds out about it. To those people I don't send email - I send it direct to the CEO.

In most companies such people typically are the CEO.

Re:A few rights

[speculatrix]

if you farted (break wind) at work, your employer would own the chemical formula. You can bet that if farts had useful chemical properties, you'd be plumbed in the moment you arrived at work!

Re:surprise

[somersault]

This message will self destruct in 5 seconds. And will neuralyse you. Don't know why we bothered to send it.

Re:Procrastination

[Mantaar]

Meh. I think the number one procrastination-trigger around IT-companies is still /. and not e-mails.

In fact, companies lose hundreds of manhours per day to this site...

... which they then invest in adverts here on /.

Wait, I think I got an error in my logic there...

Re:Procrastination

[Fred_A]

Meh. I think the number one procrastination-trigger around IT-companies is still /. and not e-mails.

That's why I have a script that dumps /. stories in my email.
"Look, I'm working ! It's email !"

Re:surprise

[CastrTroy]

Ok, maybe we don't need to go that far, but how about equipping offices with the cone of silence [wikipedia.org]

Re:"E-mails have taken over the world"

[defile39]

As opposed to, "We'd better get this on tape." - Richard Nixon