Document Collaboration

In January of this year Legal Technology Today published that Enterprise Collaboration (a.k.a. Document Sharing) was at the top of the organizational priorities for 2011.

And no wonder, just last Friday (June 17^th, 2011) a court imposed monetary sanctions against a corporate plaintiff (yes … plaintiff) for “delay and inadequate production and failure to search for documents in a timely manner.”

The corporation in question is moot (Google “No. C09-1769 MJP” if you really need to know). The bottom line is that the company did have a corporate document management system in place and even hired a consultant (outside counsel) to assist in the discovery process.

What happened was the individual in the CFO position neglected to instruct the consulting group to run a search to find the necessary documentation.

Even though the plaintiff dropped the case, the company still has to pay the fine that the court mandated.

Getting back to Legal Technologies published priorities for 2011. Collaboration about documentation and electronic discovery practices of the Legal Department transcend the relationship between the IT department and the legal staff.

Everyone who is in a position of responsibility needs to be aware of certain (not all) activities currently being managed by the legal department and should have the ability to participate in providing documentation and other information that pertain to the legal matter.

The CEO down to the plant management or store managers need to be able to participate in the efforts of the legal department. The most valued and prized asset of the corporation, the individuals themselves, need to be made aware of how important document and information management is at the enterprise level of any given company.

This fall LT Online will introduce an enhanced module for facilitating this collaboration. If you would like to get a sneak-peek make sure you are at out user conference.

Until then below are some informative links, other blog entries that highlight the capabilities of LAWTRAC’s document management system.

1.	How Hidden Email Data Increases Corporate Risk
2.	You've Already Gone Green
3.	LAWTRAC Docsave 2.0 Released
4.	Documents You Have Checked Out
5.	Top Ten Signs You Need LAWTRAC's Document Management
6.	Document Size Guidelines
7.	Need OCR Services? Flag The Document First
8.	Reports Created via SQL Statements
9.	List Documents by Author
10.	Question from Customer: File Not Found
11.	Question from Customer: Document Drag-n-Drop
12.	Pointing Matters to Document on the Network
13.	Type Of Document Restrictions
14.	Documents by Business Categories
15.	Interfacing with Document Retention Policies
16.	Drag-N-Drop: Advanced Function Made Easy
17.	Organizing Documents
18.	Outside Counsel Document Types
19.	Documents Provided by Outside Counsel
20.	Routing Slips Management Screen
21.	Email Document - Make A Note
22.	Save As Dialog Box
23.	Document Overview Information
24.	Document Calendars
25.	Sending a Document via Email
26.	Evaluating your Document Management System
27.	Boolean Search Operators and the Document Bank
28.	Searching: Document Meta Data
29.	Routing Slips

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