>>>- does legal ownership of the computer mean the company has carte blanche rights to all its contents?
>>>
>>>Yes!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>- if the contents will become important in a legal dispute does special care need to be taken that its contents are not tampered with after access is achieved?
>>>
>>>Yes!!!
>>>
>>>The last thing I want to do is open myself up to getting sued by the former employee for making this PC accessible to the company (which will likely be his legal adversary).
>>>
>>>He doesn't have legal ground.
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>>Ah, nice and simple - I like that!
>>
>>Are you a lawyer? < g >
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>Al;
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>"Hang the guilty party and then give him a fair trial". Now, which one is "guilty"?
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>Tom

ROFLMAO!