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Litigation

Jan. 13, 2017

Use of personal devices for work can lead to costly e-discovery disputes

Companies need mobile device policies to protect themselves from possible employee text messaging discovery exposure. By Andrew Cary

Andrew Cary

By Andrew Cary

Given its position as a quick and easy option for exchanging information, text messaging continues to grow in popularity as a way for co-workers to communicate about substantive and nonsubstantive issues related to work. With the growth in business texting, the division between private and discoverable communications has become extremely thin. While courts in civil litigation are unlikely to allow a wide open search of an entire per...

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