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If Uber knew about the stolen documents, then presumably they would be super careful not to put anything about them in writing.

I assume the whole lot to be verbal promises between friends and printouts of documents which can later be "lost" leaving no trace.

Uber isn't stupid - if they're doing something wrong, and suspect later litigation, they aren't going to let anyone write about it.

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You'd think so, but Uber has also been pinged by a Judge for handing over email which, among other things, says to "use encrypted email or chat", specifically "to avoid discovery issues":

* https://theintercept.com/2016/07/29/federal-judge-rips-uber-...

* https://prod01-cdn07.cdn.firstlook.org/wp-uploads/sites/1/20...

Or in other words, the intersection of people who make excellent criminals and people who engage in criminal activity (as opposed to putting those skills to other uses) is pretty small.

And even if you're in that category, chances are at least one of your work colleagues is not.

That's honestly "common". I've seen it a number of times emails along the line of "let's not talk about this via email but let's discuss it only over the phone" - in many other companies/situations.

Sure. In the context of an already-filed lawsuit, however, that's asking for trouble. The other side has the legal right to discover relevant documents that you hold; deliberately trying to make that harder during a court case is arguably unethical, and is certainly frowned on by judges.

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