The Litigation Hold Notice

Draft a litigation hold notice.

Matter: [DESCRIBE GENERICALLY]
Trigger: [WHAT MAKES PRESERVATION REASONABLY ANTICIPATED]
Recipients: [ROLES / CUSTODIANS]
Categories of information at issue: [LIST]
Relevant time period: [RANGE]

Produce:
1. A clear notice telling recipients to preserve, in plain
   language a non-lawyer will act on
2. What must be preserved — by category, source, and system,
   including email, messaging, and any auto-deleting sources
3. What recipients must NOT do — deletion, editing,
   auto-purge, device disposal
4. Steps to suspend routine destruction and auto-delete
   settings
5. An acknowledgement recipients must return, with a date
6. A contact point for questions
7. A reminder schedule and a note that the hold stays until
   lifted in writing

Constraints:
- Do NOT cite any rule, case, or statute — I will add the
  correct procedural references for my jurisdiction
- Do NOT assert what the law requires about preservation
- Flag anything that depends on the applicable procedural
  rules as [CHECK LOCAL RULE]