Michael Bethel is the chief lawyer for Johnson & Yates Incorporated. The CEO of Johnson & Yates Incorporated asks Michael whether the company should periodically delete all company e-mail. If Michael is well-versed in AIS best practices, he would mostly likely respond,

a. Yes, since e-mail requires a lot of storage space, deleting it periodically will reduce the amount of information we need to store.

b. No, deleting an organization's e-mail is against the law.

c. Yes, if we are ever sued, the other attorney will not be able to comb through our e-mail for evidence.

d No, if we are ever sued we will not be able to draw upon our e-mail records to defend ourselves