A solid information governance plan is only good if it complies with current security best practices and compliance regulations. As we close out 2021, now is a good time to review your information governance plan – or create one if you have not yet – and update it to reflect the current situation. We recently had a conversation with an industry insider on the topic of mistakes in information governance. [...]

Over the past several months, we’ve posted a series of blogs that explain the benefits of the ACC’s new Data Steward Program for both law firms and corporate legal departments. Getting started with the program is simple. Law firms: A law firm can volunteer to participate and conduct a self-assessment called the DSP Core Assessment. The results of the self-assessment are only visible to the firm, giving the firm the [...]

According to the ACC, the Data Steward Program (DSP) offers “a standardized framework for assessing, scoring, benchmarking, validating and accrediting a law firm’s posture regarding client data security. It then enables secure and easy sharing of this profile with the firm’s clients or potential clients.” The Data Steward Program uses a standards-based approach that includes: Infosec frameworks Defensible due diligence Highly secure profiles and scores with controlled disclosure An open [...]

We’ve almost come up on a year since ETRM Group’s COO and General Counsel, Kenya Parrish-Dixon, learned she had been named as a finalist in the Stellar Women in eDiscovery category of Relativity’s Innovation Awards. She’s had a busy year supporting the Stellar Women initiative since then! Kenya’s involvement kicked off last September with a podcast featuring Kenya and fellow Innovation Award finalists. They discussed their spirit of innovation and [...]

Many law firms today struggle with managing the many different data security requirements for their corporate clients. A large law firm could have relationships with hundreds of corporate clients, and while smaller firms may have fewer corporate clients, they still must manage the data security requirements for each. This important obligation can be burdensome to a firm of any size. Law firms become a repository for data belonging to every [...]

Many corporations today are struggling with managing data security requirements for their law firms. A Fortune 500 company may have relationships with 500 law firms and vendors, and while smaller corporations may work with fewer firms, they still must manage the data security requirements for each. No matter the size of the company, this important obligation can be burdensome. For these reasons, the Association of Corporate Counsel founded the Data [...]