Success in implementing a company wide records retention policy and program is predicated upon the parts working as a whole i.e. achieving buy-in at every level of the organization from the CEO to the employee.

Part of the role I play as consultant, is as mediator between IT, Legal and Records Management. When these three main spokes are connected then the wheels will move.

Recent studies have shown that three of the main factors in achieving e-discovery and thus records management success are success are:

If you work within one of these departments and need help achieving success, please feel free to contact me today for a free consultation to see how I can best serve the needs of your organization.

Almost half of the e-discovery opinions concerned sanctions, and sanctions were awarded in 70% of those cases, including 10 cases with terminating sanctions and five cases sanctioning counsel.

2009 E-Discovery Trends