Thank you CMonkeyDO.

And to everyone else. I wanted to have an idea of what other people were thinking when I went in to the legal department to discuss this.

I am on the IR team at my company and I am the Forensic Analyst of the team. I have taken a few SANs courses and the instructors are always adamant that you get written documentation signed by your Legal Department that authorizes you to conduct analysis on corporate assets. My question is, Does anyone know where I can find a template or a starting point on this type of document?
I was under the impression that it is more for the analyst's protection so going to the company's legal department for the writing of the document seems like a bad idea.