Guest Blogger Michelle Fine: It is only a matter of time until you will have a retention policy in place.

Eugen Tarnow  March 8 2010 10:51:22 AM

I have attended several legal conferences over the last several months and have learned that most organizations still do not have in place a retention policy for email or for any other electronic documents.  This continues to be true despite best efforts by IT staff to assist management in the creation and implementation of these policies.  It’s hard to imagine something more frustrating than a situation in which implementation of a policy and/or tool would help both IT and legal carry out their missions and yet it’s never carried out.

Don’t despair!  With each passing month, there are new federal court decisions punishing this failure at ever greater cost.  It’s only a matter of time before your organization will take notice.

Michelle Fine, Esq
Director, Avalon Business Systems

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