Law firm information management leaders will explore key industry,
privacy and security topics impacting information governance
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information
management company, is hosting its third annual Law Firm Information
Governance Symposium from April 9-11 in Washington, D.C., bringing
together some of the legal industry’s leading information governance
thought leaders to discuss ideas for improving how law firms protect and
manage information. This year, for the first time, symposium
participants will drive the agenda and discussion, helping to advance
the standard for information governance within law firms.
“It’s been a privilege to see how the symposium has grown and evolved
over these last three years, mirroring the growth and evolution of
information governance itself,” said Rudy Moliere, director of records
and information, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and a member of the
symposium’s steering committee. “When we first started, information
governance was an emerging practice. But as the stakes for managing
information have grown, information governance has increasingly become a
key part of law firm information managers’ daily lives. As a steering
committee member, it’s been a thrill to see symposium participants take
on the responsibility of continuing the information governance
conversation in the weeks and months following the 2013 meeting, and I’m
excited to see the results of all that hard work.”
Following a request from symposium participants, the steering committee
commissioned four task forces to analyze and report on protocols and
best practices for the most pressing governance issues of the day. The
task forces will present initial findings and recommendations at this
year’s symposium, in a peer review format with 30 law firm and industry
leaders. Iron Mountain will publish the final task force reports this
summer focused on:
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IG & the New HIPAA Omnibus Rules. Led by Brian McCauley,
director of Information Governance at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, this
team focused on 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 private patient information.
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IG & Lawyer/Matter Mobility. Led by Terrence Coan, senior
director for HBR Consulting, this team explored the information
governance ramifications of lawyers, clients and information moving
from firm to firm, or matter mobility.
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IG & eDiscovery. Led by Brian Donato, chief information
officer at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP, this team looked at
how information governance can help properly manage and protect the
large volumes of emails and other electronic records generated by
electronic discovery requests from existing and prior cases.
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Emerging IG Trends. Led by Samantha Lofton, director of records
information, risk management & practice support at Ice Miller LLP,
this team explored two key areas: The skill set requirements for
emerging law firm information governance professionals, and how
increasing client demands in outside counsel guidelines impacts law
firms’ abilities to win business.
“We’re excited that the symposium continues to grow and gain momentum,
including new topics and, for the first time, a new participant-driven
format,” said Carolyn
Casey, Esq., senior manager, legal
vertical for Iron Mountain. “Clients are now asking law firms if
they have the appropriate measures in place to protect their
information. In response, our task forces explored the intersection of
information governance with privacy, security and compliance topics to
help law firms create the right mechanisms and ensure they can address
client demands. We are honored that the industry has embraced the
symposium as a platform for creative dialogue and problem solving on
these and other important governance topics.”
For more information on Iron Mountain’s services for law firms, visit www.ironmountain.com/Solutions/Law-Firms.
About Iron Mountain
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.
Source: Iron Mountain Incorporated