You might find the white paper link below from Cohasset Associates, "The Legality of Digital Image Copies of Paper Records", helpful.  Particularly section 2, "Digital Image Copies are Legally Acceptable".

http://www.informationmanagementrequest.com/campaigns/compliance_warehouse/site/docs/Cohasset-LegalityOfDigitalCopies1.1.pdf

Michele Kersey, Atlanta
IBM ECM Archive, Governance, and eDiscovery Product Marketing
ARMA Election Management Task Force
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-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Merrifield <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 2, 2010 10:50 AM
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>Subject: Electronic Documents
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>We are a law firm in stamford ,Connecticut. Has anyone attempted to go 
>paperless or almost paperless? We are considering only keeping an electronic 
>copy and destroying the physical. 
>
>Does anyone know a statute that talks about this?
>
>Thanks, Jim
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