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> But do they really sit down and weigh the legal ramifications and discuss who shall be thrown under the bus, if things should flare up?

I would think they'd avoid putting down anything on paper for fear that it would be discoverable (in a legal sense) if/when the SHTF.



My point precisely.

It sure is a lot of stuff to keep unentangled in your head without ever so much as jotting it down in your daily planner for fear that it might someday be deemed admissible in court.

I wonder what kind of apps they'd trust to transmit or store information on their iPhones and iPads.

Speaking of technology that executives see fit to use, here's the billionaire owner of Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, pictured using a flip phone:

https://twitter.com/CorkGaines/status/386673573210750976/pho...


Makes me think of all the popular media about the mob where a major plot point is getting hold of the "books" (in which the money from all the dirty business dealings is tallied up).


Eh, I use a flip phone, too. My car is a '72 Dodge. Guess I like the classics :-)




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