Written by:      Bill Lipner, Consultant, lawyerpdf.com

Monday, June 13, 2011

Organizations including law firms are obsessed with managing content, and with good reason (1).  We have more of it than ever before, so we deploy document management systems, records management systems, case management systems, human resources information systems, and knowledge management systems, to help us create, accumulate, manage, use, and dispose of information.  It’s impractical not to use these systems – right?   They’re essential to efficient and effective business operations and vital to managing risk.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT – RISK MANAGEMENT ALIGNMENT

We often think of managing content from a tactical point of view (how do I find it when I need it) and in a reactive way (the client called with changes, lets find the documents and make edits).  But content management systems are one of the most important risk management tools you have at your disposal. 

Ignorant was Blitz, Texas federal District Court Judge T. John Ward ruled in an East Texas case of e-discovery mismanagement so flagrant the offending party will have to wear its abuses like a scarlet letter for the next five years.