Authoritative analysis on records management, information governance, eDiscovery, and regulatory compliance.
Disposition & DestructionWhen legal asks why a set of contracts no longer exists, you don t want to be piecing together an answer from memory. You want a destruction certificate that shows exactly what was destroyed, when, wh
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsScope - What This Guide Covers This guide focuses on managing AI-generated content in your organization for records management and legal discovery. It applies to: Chat logs from AI assistants (ChatGPT
Records LifecycleYou ve heard the reassurances at budget meetings: We need those old systems for legal reasons. Keeping everything is safer than deleting anything. We ll deal with it after the migration. These myths p
Laws & RegulationsThe Conventional Wisdom If your firm misses website changes during a compliance review, the fix seems obvious: tighten your manual tracking process. Add more spot checks, build better spreadsheets, sc
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eDiscovery & Legal HoldsWhen opposing counsel challenges your data collection methodology, you need more than good intentions. You need documentation, repeatable processes, and proof that you preserved what the court ordered
Laws & RegulationsWhen the Data Protection Act 2018 replaced its 1998 predecessor on 25 May 2018, archivists gained something unexpected: explicit recognition in data protection law. The new framework, aligned with GDP
Retention & SchedulingWhy This Matters Now California s enforcement of CPRA retention requirements began on July 1, 2023. If you re managing personal information for a covered business, you re now under legal mandates to m
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsYou re redesigning your Records Control Schedule . Legal wants longer holds for discovery. Privacy wants faster deletion for GDPR. Both cite regulatory mandates. Both threaten sanctions if you get it
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsWhat changed: Legal teams that treat dynamic web content like static documents are losing cases. Courts now routinely impose sanctions, including default judgments and struck defenses, when parties fa
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsYou ve preserved the email. You ve captured the link. You think you re done. You re not. The document behind that link is changing, right now, while you read this sentence. When opposing counsel asks
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsThe Challenge In the case of In re Carvana Co. Securities Litigation , the U.S. District Court for Arizona took an unusual step in August 2025. It ordered a pilot test of the defendants hyperlinked do
eDiscovery & Legal HoldsThe Challenge of Ephemeral Messages Your legal team just received a preservation notice. Opposing counsel wants all relevant communications about a contract dispute. You ve suspended deletion on email
Classification & TaxonomyFacing the Challenge: Data Classification Without Centralization Legal ops teams, records managers, and compliance leads often hit a roadblock: their information governance projects stall due to the c
Digital PreservationCommunity archives hold irreplaceable local heritage, such as birth records from closed hospitals, union meeting minutes, and neighborhood association photographs. When these groups digitize their col
Retention & SchedulingPurpose of the Template Your records retention schedule specifies when to dispose of records. This checklist guides your team on how to do it, avoiding common pitfalls: ghosting (ignoring files), clin
Information GovernanceUnmanaged data creates compliance exposure, but persistent myths about dark data actively prevent effective remediation. These misconceptions aren t just theoretical gaps in understanding; they re ope
Metadata & StandardsNARA s request for comments on the ERM Federal Integrated Business Framework closes August 15, 2025. If you ve never participated in a federal standards review, you might assume your input won t matte
Disposition & DestructionUnderstanding the Issue The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released an updated Guide to Inventorying, Scheduling, and Disposition of Federal Records, revealing a critical weakness
Records LifecycleYour essential records program probably looks fine on paper. You ve got a list somewhere, maybe a spreadsheet that someone updated two years ago. Then a ransomware attack hits, or a flood takes out yo
Retention & SchedulingThe ISD s new Guide to Inventorying, Scheduling, and Disposition of Federal Records marks a shift from documentation-focused compliance to workflow-focused compliance. For the first time, NARA explici
