It recently popped into the news that the lender for the bankrupt law firm Heller Ehrman terminated its UCC filing: Banks May Lose $51 million in Heller Dispute. On August 3, 2007, a UCC Financing Amendment was filed with the termination box checked. (See a copy of the UCC Amendment.) The lender filed a correction [...]
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Things You Should Never Put in an E-Mail
Molly McDonough of the ABA Journal puts together a list of things you should never put in an email, borrowing from Roger Matus‘ 10 Things Never To Put In Email: “I could get into trouble for telling you this, but…” “Delete this email immediately.” “I really shouldn’t put this in writing.” “Don’t tell So-and-So.” Or, [...]
Computer Illiteracy Is No Defense For Spoilation
You can’t put your hands in the area and say you do not know anything about computers. The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently issued an opinion that a litigant was subject to sanctions: Barnett v. Simmons, 2008 OK 100, 11/10/2008). The court looked to the standard for sanction in Oklahoma and found no requirement of willfullness. [...]
Public Hearing on Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations
The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business has published a Notice of Public Hearing on 201 CMR 17.00, Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth. (.pdf) The hearing is on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm in Room No. 5-6, Second Floor of the Transportation Building, 10 Park [...]
Standards and Best Practices for Records and Information Management
ARMA International maintains a collection of best practice procedures: Establishing Alphabetic Numeric and Subject Filing Systems Glossary of Records and Information Management Terms Guideline for Evaluating Offsite Records Storage Facilities ISO 15489 Information Documentation – Records Management – Part 1: General ISO 15489 Information Documentation – Records Management – Part 2 ISO/S 23081-1 – Information [...]
Email Etiquette and Compliance
Lots of hallway conversations have turned into email and instant messaging conversations. There are lots of problems with that. First, is just the lack of human interaction. Humans are social and need to meet face-to-face. Along with that is the limited ability to add tone, sarcasm and other elements of conversation into the written word. [...]
