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 ...

It takes time and money to create a document retention plan, but it’s even more costly to wait until litigation is pending to determine how to get needed information. “The work done on the front-end ...

In addition, there are business needs for retaining and disposing of records. So, what’s a compliance team to do? He recommends working with the business unit and other affected teams to write ...

Managing financial records can be overwhelming for small business owners. The question of whether to hold on to records for too long, long enough, or not long enough can be confusing. To avoid any ...

We live in a digital age. Most corporate data is now electronic, and the volume of electronically stored information, or ESI, continues to grow exponentially. With time, a company's ESI naturally ...

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.

Gary Wootten, vice president of public sector at SpringCM, has said agencies that aim to automate records management and improve collaboration should adopt a cloud-based records retention schedule. He ...

(L-R) Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente of Bressler, Amery & Ross. Courtesy photos Advancements in technology have fundamentally transformed the landscape for storing and ...

There are several benefits of digitizing documents for small businesses. Learn what this process is and how to do it properly ...

Electronic documents will be retained as if they were paper documents. Therefore, any electronic files, including records of donations made online, that fall into one of the document types on the ...

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 ...

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 ...