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Not to sound like a jerk, but that sounds a little paranoid to me.

You’re entitled to your opinion, but what GP is saying is factually correct.

Not offense taken. It's hard to know if it's overly cautious or not.

Company legal and HR advice seems very conservative considering how rarely I hear about such lawsuits actually happening.

But I'm hiring on behalf of the company, so I let the people above me choose their risk tolerance.

It's their job to be defensive. Given the low frequency of incidents, it can appear paranoid because they appear to be defending against something that never happens from a individual point of view.

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