During their case, prosecutors presented an Oct. 10 video of Michael Odom, a practice director in Houston, telling accountants about the document policy and the benefits of shredding records before litigation.
In essence, by acknowledging that the firm considered the possible use of such records in litigation, Mr. Corgel -- perhaps inadvertently -- gave support to the government's contention that such records could have been useful to gain a full picture of the events at Enron, which was an Andersen client before it sought bankruptcy protection in December.
They were responsible for enrolling records of litigation, including anything that raised a point of law, and were often consulted by the court due to their detailed technical knowledge.
But there is no public record showing litigation or enforcement actions like liens against the companies' assets.
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Each of these reports challenged the validity of the EPA study's conclusions and was either entered into the record in litigation or submitted to OSHA by the chromium industry, although not published in the peer-reviewed literature.
"The DOD has a consistent track record in litigation going back decades for trying to get out of its environmental requirements," says Daniel Miller, Colorado's assistant attorney general for environment.
Records of furious litigation over payment for most of his major commissions bespeak an obstreperous character.
Company lawyers seal up corporate records on continuing litigation or current proprietary secrets.
There are safes containing four-hundred-year-old litigation records, freezers keeping film reels fresh, and stacks of maps representing each borough's early cartographic endeavors.
Ms. Dorne discovered that Ms. Trivisani, a retired litigation records clerk, was eating only cereal and noodles, and taking too many pills.
