Retention Policies

(6-8-04) E-Document Management: A Litigator Looks at Retention Policies. (COMPUTERWORLD) - "For IT professionals, top management and their lawyers, the explosion in awareness and use of electronic documents in litigation presents great challenges. For example, the widespread use of business e-mail has often required the revamping of document retention policies and the dedication of substantial resources to ensure that the enormous volume of electronic communication is properly treated from the perspective of regulatory and litigation preparedness. The problem may soon get worse with a similar explosion in the use of new communications methods such as digitized voice mail, a medium that has the potential to become as permanent and accessible as e-mail. . . "