If you haven't incorporated your business already, we highly recommend that you do so in order to protect your personal assets in the unfortunate event of a lawsuit or unpayable business debt. (rocketlawyer.com)
Going PC by PC to retrieve e-mail in the event of a lawsuit is time consuming and expensive — and if you can't produce relevant e-mail because it was accidentally deleted, the other side could use it to raise the question of whether you maliciously deleted things you didn't want them to find, Larrivee says. (inc.com)
Still, it can be useful both for reminding an employee of what you've already told them and when, and for protecting you in the event of a lawsuit down the road. (inc.com)