Legal – ARMA Magazine

Rethinking Records: How Smarter Strategies Are Unlocking Space, Security, and Savings for Law Firms

Written by Andrew Bikowski on November 16, 2025. Posted in Digital Transformation, Digitization, Document Strategy, Documents, Information Access, Information Governance, Legal, Physical Records Management, Records Management, Retention, Risk Management.

In an industry where every square foot and every second count, paper records are more than a legacy. They are a liability. While many law firms continue to manage sprawling records rooms and offsite storage contracts, a growing number are discovering...

Staying Ahead of the Curve: 6 Top Legal Tech Trends to Watch in 2023

Written by Anthony (Tony) Forde on August 7, 2023. Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Legal, Uncategorized.

The legal industry has earned its cautious reputation to “watch and wait” before adopting technology. But forward-looking organizations are increasingly turning to technology to automate processes, streamline operations, enhance customer service and...

Hello. Goodbye… Goodbye. Hello

Written by Chris Giles on July 17, 2023. Posted in Legal, Migration, Mobility, Uncategorized.

Why matter mobility management should now be a key competence for law firms Law firms need to get better at matter mobility for two reasons: it’s happening with increased frequency, plus poor matter mobility management can have significant negative...

Legacy Disposition Program Series: Article Two—Tangible First Steps

Written by Andrew Corridore on August 29, 2022. Posted in Disposition, Document Management, Information Governance, Legal, Uncategorized.

This article is a continuation of the Legacy Disposition White Paper article series. Where article one focused on establishing the basics—defining various disposition strategies, highlighting the importance of implementing said strategies in a firm’s...

Defensible Disposition Program: Article One—Let’s get down to Basics

Written by Andrew Corridore on March 22, 2022. Posted in Archiving, Compliance, Disposition, Document Management, Information Governance, Legal, Records Management, Uncategorized.

For as long as there has been communication and work, there has been a means of documenting and tracking it. Sales receipts, pay stubs, tax documents, letters, memoranda, and beyond all have value at one time or another. Sometimes, those records need...

Sanctions for the Loss of Ephemeral Messaging

Written by Gail Gottehrer & Ronald J. Hedges on June 24, 2020. Posted in Digital Transformation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Featured, Information Governance, Legal, News & Analysis, Uncategorized.

ARMA is pleased to provide access to an article originally published on BloombergIndustry.com. Just how “ephemeral” are so-called ephemeral messages? In this article, former United States magistrate judge Ronald J. Hedges and Gail Gottehrer explore...

Introducing the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM)

Written by ARMA International on December 31, 2019. Posted in Analytics, Archiving, Audit, Backup, Business Continuity, Business Intelligence, Capture, Change Management, Communications, Compliance, Content, Content Management, Content Services, Content Strategy, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Digital Preservation, Digital Transformation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Electronic Records Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Enterprise File Synchronization & Sharing, Enterprise Search, Featured, Foundational Concepts, Imaging, Information Access, Information Analytics, Information Architecture, Information Assurance, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology, Interoperability, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Legal, Metadata, Metrics, Migration, Mobility, Native Creation / Upload, On-Premises, Physical Records Management, Privacy, Process Automation, Process Management, Records Management, Records Strategy, Retention, Retention Management, Scanning, Search, Taxonomy, Vital Records, Web Content Management, Workflow.

This year, ARMA International released the Information Governance Implementation Model (IGIM), beta version. There are, of course, other information governance (IG) models available to the community, each looking at IG through a different lens. Why...

Summary – “Retention of Accounting Records: A Global Survey of Laws and Regulations”

Written by William Saffady, Ph.D, FAI on November 4, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Financial, Legal, Retention.

This article summarizes a report published by AIEF on June 3, 2019. Additionally, the article is included in Information Management Magazine, ARMA-AIEF Special Edition, which will be available for download in mid-November. A printed version of the...

Anonymization & Pseudonymization as Tools for Cross-Border Discovery Compliance

Written by David Cohen on October 16, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Discovery / eDiscovery, Europe, Legal, Privacy.

Introduction Companies that conduct business internationally, and their lawyers, today face a significant challenge balancing U.S. discovery demands against the requirements of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Most U.S. courts...

Attorneys Respond to Delaware Court’s Affirmation That Emails and Texts May Constitute Corporate Books and Records

Written by Jeff Whited on May 29, 2019. Posted in Communications, Content, Data Governance, Digital Preservation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Electronic Records Management, Email Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Information Governance, Information Management, Legal, News & Analysis, Records Management, Retention.

In reporting on recent actions in the Delaware courts, WilmerHale attorneys Stephanie C. Evans and Alan J. Wilson remind organizations to carefully manage all evidence of communications among boards and directors, whether it comes in traditional formats...