from /.
"According to The New York
Times (free registration required, for those who care
about such things), a prominent judge recently wrote an
article saying that the delete key should actually delete
things, not just hide them away where lawyers and skilled
computer geeks can get at them years later. Specifically,
he proposes that a statute of limitations be imposed upon
electronic messages--that, for example, an obnoxious
email you send today could be held against you for six
months and six months only."
...
The judges original paper is
http://www.greenbag.org/
linked off of The Green Bag.
