Three attorneys at Edwards & Angell have put together an article on issues to consider when drafting a records destruction policy. According to the attorneys, a well-drafted policy should address the following issues:
"• Regularly scheduled purging that adheres to administrative and regulatory time requirements.
• Provisions for the regulation of both paper and electronic records.
• Provisions for the cessation of document destruction when litigation or government investigations are pending or anticipated."
The authors also run through a number of other tips that should prove useful to in-house counsel dealing with document destruction policies.
Link: Legal Technology - Perfecting the Document Destruction Policy.
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