Texting Troubles - Tackling the Mounting Legal and Compliance Risks of Business Communications on Personal Phones
Employees' use of unapproved messaging platforms for business-related communications – and their employer's failure to monitor and preserve such communications, even if inadvertent – may cause employers to fail to preserve relevant documents, and also cause them to provide incomplete responses to subpoenas, requests for information issued by prosecutors, enforcement staff, or private civil parties. Regulators have already imposed billions of dollars in penalties relating to this issue, as well as other significant (monetary and non-monetary) sanctions in civil litigation, and the government has suggested that failure to take appropriate steps to preserve messages could lead to criminal exposure.
In this session, Shari Brandt, Margaret Meyers, and Rachel Mechanic discussed key steps that companies and individuals can take to comply with their legal obligations and reduce overall exposure.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MT
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CT
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
Resources:
- DOJ Issues New Guidance on Use of Personal Devices and Third-Party Messaging Applications
- New DOJ Guidance on Personal Devices and Third-Party Messaging Applications Applies to Any Company DOJ May Scrutinize
- Business Texts on Personal Phones: The Growing Compliance and Enforcement Risk and What to Do About It (Part I of II)
- Business Texts on Personal Phones: The Growing Compliance and Enforcement Risk and What to Do About It (Part II of II)
Speakers include:
- Shari A. Brandt
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP - Margaret Meyers
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP - Rachel Mechanic
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
