Iron Mountain Survey: Law Firms Closing the Gap Between Paper and Electronic Records

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An article posted on the Enhanced Online News website by Iron Mountain, no author credit provided.

The article discusses the trend of law firms to move toward policies curtailing the use of paper records.  The article provides insight into findings of a survey taken by Iron Mountain of 200 top law firms.

The article discusses the survey's findings and states, "

• The future is now – 10 percent of law firms surveyed have already made the transition from paper to primarily using electronic files;
• They don’t have to go at it alone – When it comes to destroying client records, a key step in the paper-to-electronic transition, 45 percent of law firms have access to and are aware of the guidelines set forth by their local or state bar association;
• And they are destroying their paper the right way – Most are using destruction methods for their paper information that are secure, with 42 percent of law firms relying on a vendor to destroy paper documents, and 27 percent using office shredders."

The article goes on to provide tips on how to implement a policy to move away from using paper based records.