“Blisters vs. Paper Cuts: Advice from a CIO and an Information Governance Expert”
“Blisters vs. Paper Cuts: Advice from a CIO and an Information Governance Expert”
Information Governance: Acting in Someone Else’s Best Interest
As information governance (IG) professionals it’s our job to balance two seemingly opposite organizational goals: tap information for its value, while simultaneously mitigating the potential risk that information carries. But in an increasingly regulated environment where dollars are stretched thin and technology is always evolving, how can we make sure that we are setting our […]
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks: Business Process Management and Law Firms
by Zachary Beauchemin and Alisha DiGiandomenico Though traditionally considered laggards when adopting new technology, law firms have recently started to explore new tricks to fortify performance across their organizations. While this evolution is critical to a firm’s survival, it’s important that firm administrators understand that substantive improvements are only possible through multi-directional change. Some firms […]
How Information Governance Initiatives Create Sustainable Cost Containment
(Originally published by the International Legal Technology Association – ILTA) As law firms attempt to reduce costs associated with managing physical files, information governance (IG) professionals are often tasked with renegotiating offsite document storage contracts. These efforts focus, naturally, on the contracted rates in order to reduce bottom-line spending, but entering negotiations with only the […]
The Tough Conversation: Staffing for Modern Information Governance
Nancy Beauchemin, CRM, gives guidance to law firms on how to support Information Governance initiatives in her recent article, written for Bloomberg BNA. “We’re in a new age of information governance, one that challenges traditional processes, structures and personnel.” Determining what IG means for a specific law firm, however, can be challenging as drivers such […]
Creating an Effective Law Firm Records Retention Policy
Performing the necessary research to support your records retention policy is not a small task.
Managing Information Risk Before Law Firm Mergers Begin
Protecting client confidentiality is a cornerstone of an attorney’s professional and ethical duties to their clients and as such a critical component of a successful law firm records and information management program.
Declaring Digital Documents As Records
Many law firms have joined the quest to go “paperless.” This holy grail of efficiency and order in the digital age has been touted for years as being just over the horizon. The answer to the question “how do we get there?” has been just as elusive.
