Answer a legal notice
Answer a legal notice logs a subpoena, summons or demand with its deadline, holds the records it names, and answers before the deadline.
Trigger
Runs on Thread.created where intake = 'legal-notices'. Part of Legal notices, run by the Legal Team.
Steps
- Log the notice as a Task with its answer deadline.
- Export and preserve every record the notice names, so nothing is deleted.
- Tell the Founder what arrived, what it asks and when it is due.
- Send the notice to outside counsel when the answer needs a lawyer.
- Render the answer from the held records and send it before the deadline.
Outputs
Example
A subpoena for one Customer’s records reaches legal@ in the morning. By the next day the records it names are preserved, the Founder knows the 14-day deadline, and outside counsel has the notice.