In a move poised to reshape how organizations manage their vast amounts of data, Litera has announced a strategic partnership with filerskeepers, aimed at bridging the divide between global retention mandates and effective records governance. This collaboration leverages Litera’s FileTrail information governance solution and filerskeepers’ legal retention intelligence, enhancing the implementation of retention requirements across various jurisdictions.
Litera’s FileTrail tool serves as the operational backbone that enables organizations to apply retention schedules provided by filerskeepers into everyday workflows, both physical and digital. According to Nick Burge, Senior Product Manager at Litera, “Retention policies are only as strong as their implementation.” This partnership is designed to ensure that organizations can consistently apply legal requirements to their data management strategies.
While filerskeepers provides a detailed, updated database of retention laws worldwide, FileTrail enforces these schedules by automating retention and disposition workflows, contributing to a more unified approach toward defensible information governance. As Wanne Pemmelaar, CEO and co-founder of filerskeepers, articulates, the aim is to alleviate the burden on companies to independently interpret global retention laws, offering them legal clarity that is then applied enforceably through FileTrail.
The partnership also includes the extension of Litera’s Microsoft 365 SharePoint Connector for FileTrail, which allows centralized governance to oversee content in Microsoft environments like SharePoint and Teams. This addresses a significant risk as firms increasingly produce work outside traditional document management systems, thereby reinforcing comprehensive audit trails and compliance reporting across repositories.
For those interested in exploring these developments further, Litera is hosting a webinar titled “When Holding On Becomes the Liability: Why Retention Policies Must Become Defensible Action,” focusing on privacy obligations in the APAC region. This session presents an opportunity for legal and records teams to understand how FileTrail aids in transitioning from policies to actions.
For more comprehensive insights about this collaboration and Litera’s offerings in information governance, visit Litera’s official page. Further information about filerskeepers can be found on their website.
For additional context and details, refer to the original announcement here.