Reports provide insights on key trends and processes affecting
information governance in law firms
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LAW FIRM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LEADERS AUTHOR HOW-TO GUIDES FOR
GOVERNING INFORMATION
Reports provide insights on key trends and processes affecting
information governance in law firms
Law firms now have a series of reports, written by their peers, to help
them advance their information governance programs. Written by
information management professionals from top U.S. law firms, five new
reports – focusing on the changes in day-to-day law firm operations and
how information management professionals need to adapt their skill sets
– offer firms a roadmap of the changing requirements for good
stewardship of client information.
Published by Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the reports are the culmination
of six months of study and review by industry information professionals
from the Law Firm Information Governance Symposium. Chartered by the
symposium’s steering committee, these professionals participated in
subject-matter task forces that explored key information governance
challenges facing law firms.
The reports focus on the following five areas:
- Information Governance & the New HIPAA Omnibus Rule – What
law firms need to do to comply with the 2013 Health Information
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Omnibus Rule, which expands
the security and protection requirements for organizations that store
or access protected health information.
- Information Governance & Lawyer/Matter Mobility – What are
the information governance ramifications of lawyers, clients and
information moving from firm to firm, known as “matter mobility.”
- Information Governance & eDiscovery – How information
governance can help law firms manage and protect the large volumes of
emails and other electronic files collected during eDiscovery.
- Outside Counsel Guidelines – Examines how the increasing client
demands and contractual obligations found in outside counsel
guidelines are impacting law firms’ abilities to win and retain
business.
- The Emerging Law Firm Information Governance Professional –
Profiles the skill set requirements for emerging law firm information
governance professionals tasked with bringing their programs to life.
“For law firms, the adoption of information governance has uncovered
both challenges and opportunities that impact the success or failure of
their information management programs,” said Bryn
Bowen, CRM, principal, Greenheart
Consulting Partners LLC, and a member of the symposium steering
committee. “Whether it’s the expansion of regulatory requirements like
HIPAA or understanding and developing the new skills needed to manage
their programs, the learning curve remains steep for law firm
information governance professionals. These reports were designed to
provide firms with the information and best practices they need to make
sure their programs are sound, ensuring that information is compliant
with industry and client guidelines and readily available to provide the
key insights needed to help firms expand their roles as trusted and
valued partners to their clients.”
Iron Mountain established the Law Firm Information Governance Symposium
in 2012, as a platform for the legal industry to create an information
governance roadmap unique to law firms. An industry steering committee
comprised of leaders from Reed Smith LLP; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
LLP; Morrison & Foerster LLP; Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP; and Greenheart
Consulting Partners LLC guide the symposium mission and direction. The
2014 reports were authored by task force members led by Brian McCauley,
director of Information Governance at McDermott Will & Emery LLP
(HIPAA/Omnibus); Terrence Coan, senior director for HBR Consulting
(Matter Mobility); Brian Donato, chief information officer at Vorys,
Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP (Information Governance & eDiscovery); and
Samantha Lofton, director of records information, risk management &
practice support at Ice Miller LLP (Emerging Information Governance
Trends).
“Law firms have expressed great appreciation for the work of the
Symposium over the last few years, but our work is far from over,” said Carolyn
Casey, Esq., senior manager, legal
vertical for Iron Mountain. “Most firms are in the very early stages
of building enterprise-wide governance programs, and are seeking to tap
into the experience and expertise of their peers and industry experts to
establish and improve those efforts. The work of this year’s task forces
is a tremendous contribution to the industry, giving very specific and
practical advice that firms can tailor to their goals and culture.”
Copies of the new law firm information governance reports (registration
required) can be accessed at www.ironmountain.com/Knowledge-Center/Topics/Law-Firm-Information-Governance.aspx.
To learn more about Iron Mountain’s solutions for Law Firms, visit www.ironmountain.com/Solutions/Law-Firms.aspx.
About Iron Mountain Incorporated
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of storage
and information management services. The company’s real estate network
of over 64 million square feet across more than 1,000 facilities in 36
countries allows it to serve customers with speed and accuracy. And its
solutions for records
management, data
management, document
management, and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information for
business advantage. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects
billions of information assets, including business documents, backup
tapes, electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
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