Document Retention Dos & Don’ts for Law Firms
| December 4, 2007 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
Electronic discovery audio conference: Central time. National Constitution Center Conferences.
SUMMARY
You tell your clients everyday of the importance of proper storage, filing and destruction of critical records. But what are your firms record retention requirements? Are you properly and efficiently storing your electronic records? Join this live, 60-minute audio conference where you will discover:
- What are your record retention requirements under law?
- What types of records can and cannot be destroyed?
- How should electronic records be filed to ensure easy access?
- What are the risks of not properly managing your records?
Earn CLE Credits
A convenient, time-effective way to fulfill ongoing CLE requirements.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
This practical, 60-minute audio conference will provide you and your colleagues with insightful and useful tips, from a leading attorney in the field of document retention, that will help minimize your firm’s risks.PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- What are your record retention requirements under law?
- How long should employee records be maintained?
- How should firm business records be maintained?
- How often should your program be audited to ensure compliance?
- How to apply record retention to electronic records
- Are computerized files, websites, and emails under the same obligations?
- Checklist of often overlooked electronic data
- How to minimize record storage costs
- When & how to destroy client records safely
- Special issues concerning the destruction of records
- What and how should you destroy documents?
- Consequences of improper document destruction
- LIVE Question and Answer Session - Have Your Document Retention Questions Answered!
SPEAKER
Document retention expert, Steven C. Bennett, Esq. is a partner at Jones Day where he is a member of the Technology Issues Practice Team and Chair of the E-Discovery Committee and co-chair of the Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery.
- Steve Bennett’s practice at Jones Day focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy, insurance, intellectual property, securities, and other disputes.
- He also has been an active member of the Firm’s construction practice team and is responsible for training litigation associates in the New York Office.
- He co-teaches a course in domestic and international commercial arbitration at Brooklyn Law School and a course on privacy law at Hunter College. He is a member of the Large Case Advisory Committee for the American Arbitration Association and a member of the ADR Subcommittee of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Litigation.
- Steve regularly speaks to a wide array of groups for CLE and other purposes. He has written more than 150 articles on a variety of topics, including: arbitration, bankruptcy, construction contracts, electronic discovery, ethics, insurance, international dispute resolution, mediation, online contracting, privacy, and civil RICO. His book, Arbitration: Essential Concepts (American Lawyer Media) was published in 2002.
- Steve writes a continuing column, “Arbitration,” with Professor Samuel Estreicher, that has appeared in the New York Law Journal since 2004, and his continuing professional development column, “Firm Talk,” has appeared on NLJ.com since 2004.
- Steve is currently working on a book for NITA on electronic discovery and a book for AAA on commercial arbitration rules.
CLE CREDITS
Continuing Legal Education CLE credit is available for an additional $65 per person in states where teleconferences are accredited(States currently NOT included: KS, OH)
PROGRAM MATERIALS
Program Materials will be provided approximately one week before the program date via email with PDF links. Please download the PDF files before the day of the program.PRICING
$199 for live audio conference and program materialFor this outstanding program we offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee if not satisfied.
PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the call is just $199.00 per phone line, allowing an unlimited number of people to listen. All materials must be retrieved from the Internet.
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