If anyone is looking for web posted documents which reflect records managers testifying in Federal court cases, see an example at
http://www.indiantrust.com/_pdfs/Rossman_Depo.PDF
This is the deposition testimony in 2000 of Ken Rossman, Director of the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, Office of Trust Litigation Support and Records. The case is Cobell v. Norton, an ongoing lawsuit which centers on Indian trust funds.
During the late 1970s, Mr. Rossman worked for the National Archives. So did I. I met him around 1978 or 1979 when NARA sent me on a travel assignment to the Laguna Niguel Records Center where he worked in California. (My first and only visit to southern California! I was sent there with a group of archivists on a special assignment, we worked hard during the week but it was nice to be able to go to the beautiful beaches on the weekend.) So, it was very interesting for me to see Mr. Rossman testify about records management issues at his later employing agency, the Department of Interior ¯ and in such a high profile case, at that..
Many of the Cobell court documents deal with records and computer issues.The Cobell plaintiffs post selected documents from the Indian trust funds case at http://www.indiantrust.com. The government (defendant) posts documents at http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/cobell/
Maarja
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One of the best tools for that is John Montana's "mock trial". Although it
does focus on C-level executives, it does drill down into issues surrounding
retention schedule development, and records storage.
Douglas P. Allen, CRM, CDIA+
Business Development Manager
Global 360
3103 Sasparilla Cove
Austin, TX 78748
(512) 292-3817 -- direct
(512) 791-8027 -- cell phone
http://www.global360.com
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Rae,
I have always thought it would be helpful for records managers to know what
all would be asked of them in a deposition where they would have to describe
their RIM program as a whole in order to defend the destruction of records
(in question) IAW their program. This knowledge might help records managers
evaluate their program to see if it would stand up to such a scenario.
Gary Link, CRM
Corporate Records Manager
Astorino
227 Fort Pitt Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412.765.1700
412.765.1711 Fax
www.astorino.com
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Subject: Legal 101
Greetings fellow listservers: I am soliciting information from you -
particularly those of you who don't respond often or are rather new to
records management.
I will be presenting a session at the ARMA Conference in Chicago entitled:
"Legal 101 for RIM Professionals". In order to be responsive to the needs
of new and intermediate RIM Professionals - I would like to know what should
be included in this session that you don't seem to get from other
presentations.
Are there particular legal issues you would like addressed? Are you
confused by legal terminology and want some basic terms and definitions?
What about the whole court system - how cases are filed, settled or
determined and why case law is important? Any issues that you wonder about
- none is too small - I would like to have your input.
While this session is meant to be for beginning and/or intermediate RIM
professionals, I would certainly welcome comments from those who have more
experience - and we all know who you are :-) Thanks for your help.
Rae Cogar, Esq.
Cohasset Associates, Inc.
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