-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Nemchek, Lee R.
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 2:57 PM
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Subject: What Makes Legal RM Unique [was: Legal ISG the Largest in ARMA]

Lee's comment:  "I'm thinking of professions where the practitioners
organize themselves into partnerships and where they are not regulated by
federal, state or local statute or regulation, only by professional codes of
ethics".

I may be dense, but I believe that the legal profession is no different from
a normal corporation, partnership, etc., in the State of Washington.  I
believe a they still have to register in the state as a corporation, etc.,
and are subject to the same laws as any other corporation for any taxes or
legal mandate they are exposed to, i.e., OSHA, accounting, HR
regulations/legal citations and if they representing companies that are
regulated by the SEC and/or come under the Sarbanes-Oxley act.  The only
difference I can see is the actual legal records of the clients they
represent and even those may be disposed under Sarbanes-Oxley.  The
management of the actual legal records may be unique but those cited above
that are mandated by law are not.

R W Dalton, CRM
Dalton Consulting

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