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Old Thu May 17, 2007, 08:01am
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
Well, I wouldn't call them legal documents like I would, say, contracts or court documents, but reports ARE discoverable. The absolute best thing to do if you are worried about information coming out is to talk to a lawyer and let him write everything down. The other side for sure can't get to that based on the attorney client (and likely work product) privileges.
The point that I was trying to make is the fact that any report that you file can and will be used in a court of law or reviewed by a court as part of the record. Calling it a "legal" document might not be the actual phrase for how a report will be used, but it has been used on many occasions when these kinds of situations go to court. Just like a document filed in a business might be used to show all kinds of background on other types of court cases.

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