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Howard Furst
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>From: Gus Harris <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: for the RMs in the legal community
>Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:33:03 -0500
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>I'd much appreciate to hear from those of you who are RMs in attorney's
>offices...specifically  about how long you maintain case files.  I'm the RM
>at a public university and we follow retentions established by our state
>bureau of archives and records management.  The retention for litigation
>case files in our state is, record copy: 5 years after case closed or
>appeal
>process expired.
>
>I'm going to be meeting with our university attorney in the near future
>since we're having a bit of a problem getting our legal department to allow
>us to dispose of litigation records that have met the required retention.
>For that matter, it appears they want to retain most all records
>indefinitely, which is certainly contrary to our RM policies....or any good
>RM program.
>
>I've often read the posts here from those in attorney's offices...but I
>can't recall the issues discussed.  I'd just like to get a general idea of
>how you all maintain your records with regard to retentions, etc.  Then,
>I'll be able to more effectively communicate from my position as a records
>manager what I think will not only work in our legal department...but, most
>important be agreeable to them (the attorney).
>
>Thanks in advance for any info shared.
>
>Gus Harris
>Univ. of West FL
>Pensacola, FL
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