LEGAL

Reduce your risks and costs by regaining control of records management and data protection

Recent developments in the legal profession have converged around a common and increasingly urgent theme: the need for law firms to manage and protect their client and administrative records far more diligently, securely, and cost-effectively than in the past.

There has been explosive growth in the volume of paper and electronic records being retained by most firms due to several factors: increased need for regulatory compliance, enhanced focus on ethical conduct and adherence to client requirements, and transition to the electronic law practice.

Run-away records growth has created new risks

The consequences of this records explosion include escalating storage and management costs and greater difficulty in locating and retrieving information and establishing a secure chain of custody. There is also increased risk of spoliation during litigation, due to uncertainty about which records should be retained, which should be destroyed, and where they have been stored.

Iron Mountain. Expert service to the legal community

With a comprehensive range of services, and experience of serving more than 10,000 law firms around the world, Iron Mountain is well qualified to help your firm streamline and consolidate records management and protection. In turn, you'll benefit from enhanced compliance, reduced risk, and improvements in overall productivity and responsiveness.

Reduce risks related to compliance and spoliation

Ill-informed or inconsistent practices for retaining and disposing of physical and electronic records can result in information being destroyed prematurely or retained longer than it should be, increasing your risk of spoliation and non-compliance.

Iron Mountain can help you reduce these risks by implementing sound policies, procedures, and best practices for records retention and destruction - across all media types, practice areas, and office locations.

Accelerate your firm's transition to the electronic law practice

The trend toward electronic processes, recently explored by the Law Society in their “E-Strategy” considers how the legal marketplace may be transformed by the introduction of new technology and indeed points to the risks law firms face if they fail to keep pace with the latest developments. The law itself favours consistency which can be achieved through the successful integration of electronic document management and online data backup into routine workflows.

Iron Mountain can help you make a smooth transition - without the capital expense, long implementation times, and unpredictable outcomes of an in-house solution.

Reduce storage management costs and free up space for revenue generation

Onsite records storage is a poor use of premium office space, hardware, and IT resources.

Iron Mountain experts can design and implement a range of strategies to help you reduce storage costs, free up physical space for revenue-generating activities, and reduce the workload and budget needs for IT staffing.

Enhance productivity and responsiveness

With solutions designed to streamline records storage, retrieval and access, lawyers and staff can always find exactly what they're looking for and respond more quickly and thoroughly to information requests.