Legal Issues for Information Management

Students will learn:

How law affects the definition of documents and records

Constitution, law, and regulation in the U.S.

What is litigation discovery, how a records program can fail in discovery, and what the potential consequences are

How does case law affect the management of information

What are the different types of intellectual property and what are the differences in managing each type

What is FOIA what requirements does it place on government entities, and how does crossing jurisdictions affect it

How does confidential information differ from private, secure, or secret information, how are each managed, and how does export control affect sharing information

How does the format of a corporation or government entity affect its role and rights

How do regulations affect how and where information is stored, how it is handled, and how long it is stored

How to perform statutory and regulatory research for records management