Who?

Dave Cohen and Bill Savarino are partners in the Washington D.C.and Virginia law firm of Cohen Mohr LLP. They focus on, among other things, issues affecting eRecords management. They are national speakers on eRecord legal issues, having presented seminars to hundreds of record managers and in-house counsels in more than 40 cities throughout the U.S. Dave and Bill can be reached at (202) 342-2550.

What?

eRecords include any kind of information stored in an electronic format. Most obviously this includes e-mail and word-processing documents, but it also includes databases, spreadsheets, and image files. eRecords can exist on workstation or server hard-drives, floppy disks, compact disks, DVDs, or any other magnetic media used for storage or back-ups, such as DAT tapes.

Why?

The legal aspects of electronic records management is a fast-changing realm of high concern to record managers, in-house counsel, professionals, and non-professionals. At least, it should be of high concern, given the legal ramifications of failing to stay informed on the legal requirements of electronic records management.

This website aims to be a one-stop shop dedicated to the legal aspects of e-record management, with the most current and comprehensive information available on legal issues affecting eRecords management.

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