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22 Mar 2016, 10:46 am
This Guide covers applicable ethical and legal obligations and discusses confidentiality of client files, retention periods, different types of documents that may be considered property of clients, client retention policies, notices to clients, file closing procedures, destruction of files, emails, digital media and cloud storage, and succession planning. [read post]
20 Aug 2009, 10:09 am
The more paperless your office is, the easier it is to electronically close your files at the end of a case. [read post]
1 Aug 2023, 10:00 am
File Closing Procedures Part of your file retention and destruction policy should include a procedure that details how files are closed, how to track and trigger retention periods for review and destruction, how to document closing a file, and where closed files are kept. [read post]
17 May 2012, 10:39 am
The client should be contacted with a closing letter containing a reminder of the file retention and destruction policy and asking the client to determine what should be done with the file. [read post]
17 May 2012, 10:38 am
The client should be contacted with a closing letter containing a reminder of the file retention and destruction policy and asking the client to determine what should be done with the file. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 5:08 am
Our practice advisors receive tons of questions regarding retention and disposition of client files. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 4:58 pm
When a client’s matter is completed, close his or her file in accordance with a standard office procedure. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 6:16 am
It may be time to re-think your firm's closed file policy. [read post]
10 May 2022, 9:10 am
Best practice is to return files to the client at the close of a matter, including original documents (wills, deeds, etc.). [read post]
18 May 2007, 4:35 am
Ken Adam's makes the case for saving everything with some good examples, and includes a sample client-file retention policy. [read post]
Silver Law Group Files FINRA Arbitration Claim After Broker Borrows Client’s Funds And Doesn’t Repay
12 Sep 2019, 7:54 am
A close personal friend referred our client to his broker, who at the time was a financial advisor at a leading investment firm. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:47 pm
Foley has created a multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional team, which has prepared a wealth of topical client resources and is prepared to help our clients meet the legal and business challenges that the coronavirus outbreak is creating for stakeholders across a range of industries. [read post]
9 Sep 2012, 4:08 am
A recent post discussed some of the aspects of a client file retention and destruction policy. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 9:28 am
Return Client Files. [read post]
19 Oct 2014, 5:50 am
Return Client Files. [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 5:05 pm
The IRS’s Employee Retention Credits FAQs can be found here, and the Joint Tax Committee report may be found here. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 10:45 am
This will help alert the client that you consider the matter closed, that you do not represent her in perpetuity, and begins the clock on records retention (and malpractice statutes of limitations if applicable). [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 9:40 am
Sometimes the client cannot be found or has passed away and the firm, after making a good faith effort to return the documents, must give the original will/trust/deed/POA or other document to the clerk of court (see Rock, Paper, Scissors: Shredding Options for Old Files for ethics opinions related to file retention and destruction). [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 7:29 am
Physicians filed an affidavit of the attorney who advised them in the transaction to support their claim that the document produced by Promedco was fraudulent. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 11:33 am
Thus, in Opinion 692, we stated that evenwhen a closed client file is destroyed (as permitted after seven years), “[s]imply placing the files in thetrash would not suffice. [read post]
