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 ...

This article examines the duty to preserve evidence in the context of impending or ongoing litigation, what constitutes spoliation of evidence, and the potential consequences that flow from failing to ...

This policy is intended to ensure that Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission d.b.a. Georgia Public Broadcasting, remains in compliance with state law as it pertains to its handling of open ...

Recently, I had the good fortune to moderate a Web seminar dealing with document retention. Not all retention is good. So many permutations, so little time. Let’s start with the fact that more than 80 ...

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 ...

A records retention schedule is a policy that defines how long paper and electronic content must be kept and provides disposal guidelines for how those items should be discarded. It is a crucial tool ...

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 ...

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 ...

Transportation services providers are increasingly facing new technology-oriented threats in day-to-day business. Recent cyberattacks and the potential for serious disruption from threat actors have ...

* 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. * ...

Breakdowns in document retention put companies at incredible risk for penalties and sanctions from regulatory agencies and courts in litigation. It is important for every company to develop a policy ...

Northwestern University and various federal and state laws require that different types of records be retained for specific periods of time. The University has designated official repositories and ...