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Litigation Readiness for Companies Without a Lot of Litigation

By Joseph J. Catalano <br />Senior Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel <br />Union Bank <br />Mark Diamond <br />President & CEO <br />Contoural, Inc. <br />David F. Katz <br />Legal Counsel <br />Aaron's, Inc.<br />

Much of the discussion around litigation is focused on companies involved in numerous lawsuits, but the reality is most organizations face few lawsuits of any significance each year. While the litigation landscape has changed in the past few years, what – if anything – should these low-litigation companies do to prepare? Many inside counsel believe they should probably be doing something, but how much preparedness do we really need, and how do we balance this with restrictive budgets? This panel of inside counsel from companies that historically have not had much litigation will address the extent the current litigation landscape in 2010 impacts their planning, what types of activities they are doing to prepare, traps low-litigation companies in particular face, as well as how they developed a business case for senior management for undertaking the readiness activities they pursued.

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Executing Your Records Retention Policy and Schedule

By Contoural, Inc.

Learn strategies for in-house counsel and the legal department to plan and support the effective implementation of a records retention policy and schedule for the business. This in-depth guide presents key challenges regarding the execution of a records retention schedule, a comparison of different methods, strategies to get started, and tips on employee behavior change management and training, legacy paper and electronic disposition, addressing offsite records, and upgrading a records program to information governance.

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Information Types Inventory Overview

By Contoural, Inc.

When developing a records retention schedule or creating a data map, it is often useful to create an inventory of all the types of information in the enterprise. This article provides an overview of how to inventory that information.