An obvious solution to this problem is to send the digital document to a timestamping service that would retain the document in a "digital safety deposit box," which meets both of the criteria mentioned above.
Conte's lawyer, Ed Swanson, said Conte and Anderson, as well as the former Balco executive James Valente and the former track coach Remi Korchemny, needed to retain the documents in case any of them were called as witnesses in future steroids prosecutions.
You retain the executed document until such time as it is needed.
Making your own copies is less expensive and ensures that you retain the original document for your records.
On cross-examination, however, the Andersen partner said she understood the policy to mean employees ought to retain relevant documents.
Mr. Backus said Thursday that he had not been asked to testify before the California Legislature yet, but was asked by the committee to retain any documents pertaining to Perot Systems and California.
In a letter to Merck and Schering, the committee's top two members asked officials at both companies to agree to talk to investigators and said both companies should retain important documents about the trial, called Enhance.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which first detected the missing money last week, decided to issue subpoenas to MF Global and demanded that the firm retain any documents that may be related to the investigation, according to people briefed on the situation.
The commission has told the firms to retain internal documents and e-mails related to the businesses, according to people who reviewed the requests and spoke on the condition of anonymity because the notices had not been made public.
The trading commission has told the firms to retain internal documents and e-mails related to the business, people who reviewed the requests and spoke on the condition of anonymity told The Times.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which first detected the missing money last week, decided to issue subpoenas to MF Global and demanded that the firm retain any documents that might be related to the investigation, according to people briefed on the situation.
