RECORDS RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

Mitigating malpractice and spoliation risks through best practices

Keeping records indefinitely, rather than destroying them per client retention schedules, can expose your clients to otherwise avoidable discovery and litigation – leaving your firm vulnerable to malpractice actions. Conversely, premature destruction of records, even if accidental, increases spoliation risks and torts ordered by the courts.

Iron Mountain can help implement your firm’s legally compliant and ethically based records retention program, tailoring it to the differing requirements of your practice areas. We can also assist you in creating and implementing a records disposition program to ensure that obsolete and/or valueless physical and electronic records are destroyed in a systematic and controlled manner that is well documented.