If your firm doesn’t have a document retention policy, it’s something to put high on the list of priorities for the coming year. Whether starting a new initiative in data retention and compliance, or ...

Every company should have a well-designed document retention policy in place for various business and legal reasons. Perhaps the most important reason is to ensure compliance with the multitude of ...

There is no question that construction is a uniquely document-intensive industry. On every project, countless, lengthy, records are generated: contracts, specifications, daily reports, meeting minutes ...

The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley regulations served as a wake-up call for CIOs to formalize document retention policies to meet compliance requirements. But regulatory demands-and the number of documents ...

Most businesses have retention policies governing how long documents are to be retained before being destroyed or discarded. A growing number of businesses are extending their existing retention ...

In this week’s episode of The Healthcare Compliance Pod, we explore a topic that doesn’t always get much attention but plays a critical role in protecting your organization: your record retention ...

In their Federal E-Discovery column, Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a recent decision from the District of Maryland which provides some guidance on the issue of whether organizations ...

That phrase reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon from about a decade ago that depicted the “pointy-haired boss” confronting Alice, the engineer, about her exceeding the company’s permitted email storage.

Following up on my last posting, this week I talk about the basic elements of a document retention policy. While a review of the broad range of applicable laws cannot be addressed here, there are ...

For IT professionals, top management and their lawyers, the explosion in awareness and use of electronic documents in litigation presents great challenges. For example, the widespread use of business ...

Many employers ask, how long must I keep certain employee records? Numerous federal and state laws require employers to create and retain various forms of employment records. Your insurance carrier ...

* Guidance issued to employees by corporate lawyers advising them which documents and e-mails in their files and computers should be kept and which should be discarded, destroyed or deleted. * ...