legal-hold

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name: legal-hold
description: Issue, refresh, release, or report on legal holds — drafts the hold notice as .docx, updates legal_hold fields in _log.yaml, and calendars the next refresh. Use when the user says "issue a hold", "refresh hold", "release hold", or asks for a portfolio-wide hold status report.
argument-hint: "[slug] [--issue | --refresh | --release | --status]"
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# /legal-hold

1. If `--status` (no slug): read `_log.yaml`, produce portfolio-wide hold report.
2. Otherwise: load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md` + log row.
3. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md` → privilege markings, hold template pointer, escalation norms.
4. Follow the workflow and reference below.
5. Route by flag:
   - `--issue`: capture scope, custodians, date range, systems. Draft `legal-hold-v1.docx`. Update `legal_hold` fields. Append history entry. Set `next_refresh` (default +6mo).
   - `--refresh`: capture scope/custodian changes. Draft next version. Update `last_refresh` + `next_refresh`. Flag departed custodians.
   - `--release`: capture release date, retention instruction. Draft release notice. Set `released:` field.
6. Confirm before writing. Show the user the draft notice and the log diff.

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# Legal Hold

## Purpose

A legal hold is the most mechanical high-stakes document in-house counsel writes. The notice itself is templated. The failure modes are operational: issued too late, scoped too narrowly, never refreshed, never released. This skill owns all four phases: **issue → refresh → (release) → track**.

The portfolio already flags missing holds; this skill writes them.

## Jurisdiction assumption

Preservation duties vary materially by forum. Federal common law (via Zubulake / Residential Funding / Rule 37(e)) differs from state practice; states differ from each other on trigger timing, scope, sanctions, and spoliation remedies; regulatory preservation obligations overlay civil rules in some matters (SEC Rule 17a-4, HIPAA, etc.). The trigger, scope, and sanctions exposure cited in the draft are a starting-point read for the forum named in the matter — confirm with counsel before issuing, refreshing, or releasing.

## Load context

- `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/_log.yaml` — log row (legal_hold fields + status)
- `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/matters/[slug]/matter.md` — matter context (counterparty, facts, key custodians from internal_owners)
- `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md` — house style for litigation hold template pointer, privilege marking, escalation norms

**Conflicts gate — unbypassable.** Before issuing, refreshing, or releasing a hold, check `_log.yaml` for the matter slug. If the matter is not in `_log.yaml`, refuse and route:

> "I don't see [matter slug] in the matter log. Run `/litigation-legal:matter-intake` first so the conflicts check runs and the matter workspace is set up. I won't issue, refresh, or release a legal hold on a matter that hasn't been intaken — the conflicts check is the gate, and a hold issued against an unmanaged matter has no `_log.yaml` row to track `last_refresh` / `next_refresh` / `released` against."

Do not proceed on an unintaken matter. Intake is what runs conflicts and writes the `_log.yaml` row the `--refresh` / `--release` / `--status` flags operate against.

## Modes

The command takes a flag: `--issue | --refresh | --release | --status`. Default (no flag) → prompt.

### `--issue` — first issuance

Required when `legal_hold.issued == false` and the matter is active or reasonably anticipated.

**Before issuing the hold to custodians (the consequential act):** Read `## Who's using this` in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/litigation-legal/CLAUDE.md`. If the Role is Non-lawyer:

> Issuing a legal hold has legal consequences — the scope, custodian list, and timing create th