AMD Claims Intel Inadvertently Destroyed Evidence in Antitrust Case 90
Marcus Yam writes "In an unpublished statement to the U.S. District Court of Delaware, AMD alleges Intel allowed the destruction of evidence in pending antitrust litigation. According to the opening letter of the AMD statement, 'Through what appears to be a combination of gross communication failures, an ill-conceived plan of document retention and lackluster oversight by outside counsel, Intel has apparently allowed evidence to be destroyed.'"
Re:Data Retention part is True (Score:3, Interesting)
If something is needed for archival, then it can be stored appropriately. The simple truth is the bulk of any large org's e-mail is not essential to anything. Why save all of it? make the users save what they need. Personally I like Intel's thought on the issue.
It's not like that can't archive processor designs and such, just why archive spam, inter-office bullsh!t, like love letters, plans for the pub and whatnot (ok, the loveletters may be interesting reading...)
-nB
Sheesh (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Data Retention part is True (Score:3, Interesting)
Because "processor designs and such" do not contain intentions, motivations and business decisions based upon anti-competitive practices. Amidst all that noise is possibly an e-mail gem sent to a distribution group describing some, shall we say, shady business decisions. This e-mail could have spurred multiple replies and conversations that would also be of interest to the court. Obliterating the whole moutainside eliminates any chance of finding those diamonds.
Re:Poor AMD (Score:3, Interesting)
If you have reason to believe that your opponents have (or may have, or potentially will have) lost (whether due to policy, tampering, or accident) data that may potentially be useful, you make a note of it as early as possible. There are specific windows for making claims in cases, especially when there are potential damages involved. As another poster stated, this is becoming a largely standard claim, much like a demurrer is generally the first response to a complaint, even if the demurrer has virtually no chance of success.
Re:Data Retention part is True (Score:3, Interesting)