Records & Information Governance
Seyfarth helps clients build the business case for information governance by developing and executing retention schedules and data policies that meet privacy and cybersecurity compliance requirements, support litigation and eDiscovery readiness, enable defensible deletion, and empower efficient business operations.
We help turn fragmented data practices into strategic, defensible, and future-ready programs, integrating privacy, cybersecurity, and discovery compliance under the DATA Law framework.
HOW WE HELP
In today’s data-driven business environment and complex regulatory landscape, poor information governance and outdated or ineffective records policies aren’t just inefficient, they’re risky. Fragmented practices hinder operations, complicate compliance, and prevent organizations from realizing the full value of their information. Without a clear strategy, businesses face mounting challenges in privacy and cybersecurity compliance, litigation readiness, and informed business decision-making.
Clients face:
- Privacy and cybersecurity compliance failures due to inconsistent or outdated retention and deletion policies.
- Litigation exposure from uncontrolled data volumes and lack of defensible deletion protocols.
- Operational drag from siloed systems, redundant data, and unclear ownership.
- Missed opportunities to leverage data for analytics, automation, and strategic decision-making.
- Increased cost and complexity in responding to regulatory inquiries, audits, and discovery demands.
- Unnecessary data breach exposure and risk resulting from maintaining records and information beyond legally required and business-practical retention periods.
Effective records and information governance addresses these challenges head-on, enabling defensible deletion, supporting eDiscovery readiness, and aligning data practices with privacy and cybersecurity requirements. It also lays the foundation for data mapping, analytics, and smarter business operations, turning governance from a compliance obligation into a strategic enabler.
OUR SERVICES
Seyfarth’s approach integrates records management and information governance, privacy compliance, cybersecurity risk, and eDiscovery readiness into a unified governance strategy focused on practical solution to enable business operations. We help clients:
- Develop and implement practical and defensible retention policies, schedules, and deletion practices that align with privacy laws, litigation obligations, business practices, and operational goals.
- Evaluate and deploy effective indexing and data classification tools from existing and available technology. Modernize records and information governance programs to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and data footprint transformation.
- Address mobile device governance by leveraging risk-based policy frameworks and actively managing messaging to comply with legal requirements and eDiscovery best practices.
- Integrate information governance with litigation readiness and discovery strategy to ensure consistency, defensibility, and cost control, and to respond to regulatory inquiries and investigations with confidence and clarity.
- Mitigate cybersecurity, litigation, and privacy compliance risk by identifying and eliminating unnecessary data and classifying confidential and personal information for selective security, privacy and data subject rights compliance and legally required controls and limitations.
We advise clients across all industries—from small businesses and Fortune 500 companies to global innovators—spanning sectors such as insurance, financial services, health care, manufacturing, energy, life sciences, consumer products, and beyond. Whether developing a global governance strategy or updating a targeted records policy and retention schedule, our guidance is tailored to your organization’s size, industry, risk profile, and strategic goals.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Seyfarth’s Records & Information Governance practice is part of our broader DATA Law strategy—delivering cohesive, cross-functional solutions that eliminate silos and future-proof operations.
What sets us apart:
- Specialized focus on governance, privacy compliance, cybersecurity, and litigation readiness.
- Technical depth in IT systems, mobile device management, and data storage architecture.
- Integrated service delivery across privacy, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and data science and analytics.
- Experienced thought leaders who advise on how to make retention programs effective in modern workplace technologies, including artificial intelligence, collaborative workspaces, and cloud environments.
We help clients govern with confidence—turning information risk into strategic opportunity.
COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES
Governance is just the foundation. Clients focused on records and information governance often benefit from our broader DATA Law offerings:
- Privacy Compliance, Litigation & Cybersecurity – Ensure retention and deletion align with global privacy laws and breach response protocols.
- eDiscovery Litigation & Readiness – Build defensible discovery strategies that integrate seamlessly with governance programs.
- AI Legal Advisory – Prepare governance frameworks for emerging technologies and algorithmic decision-making.
- Data Science & Analytics – Use data insights to optimize retention, assess risk, and support litigation strategy.
One team. Adaptive strategy. Future-ready.
- Seyfarth recently helped a nationwide retailer develop a comprehensive electronic and paper retention program for both their corporate and field store locations. The project leveraged the client’s existing technology stack to automate record classification and destruction, based on available file attributes and metadata.
- A nationwide manufacturer relies on Seyfarth to provide ongoing advice on ad hoc retention questions and regular updates of its retention schedule based on state and federal legal requirements aligned with its business regulatory profile and the states where it has personnel.
Seyfarth helps clients build the business case for information governance by developing and executing retention schedules and data policies that meet privacy and cybersecurity compliance requirements, support litigation and eDiscovery readiness, enable defensible deletion, and empower efficient business operations.
We help turn fragmented data practices into strategic, defensible, and future-ready programs, integrating privacy, cybersecurity, and discovery compliance under the DATA Law framework.
HOW WE HELP
In today’s data-driven business environment and complex regulatory landscape, poor information governance and outdated or ineffective records policies aren’t just inefficient, they’re risky. Fragmented practices hinder operations, complicate compliance, and prevent organizations from realizing the full value of their information. Without a clear strategy, businesses face mounting challenges in privacy and cybersecurity compliance, litigation readiness, and informed business decision-making.
Clients face:
- Privacy and cybersecurity compliance failures due to inconsistent or outdated retention and deletion policies.
- Litigation exposure from uncontrolled data volumes and lack of defensible deletion protocols.
- Operational drag from siloed systems, redundant data, and unclear ownership.
- Missed opportunities to leverage data for analytics, automation, and strategic decision-making.
- Increased cost and complexity in responding to regulatory inquiries, audits, and discovery demands.
- Unnecessary data breach exposure and risk resulting from maintaining records and information beyond legally required and business-practical retention periods.
Effective records and information governance addresses these challenges head-on, enabling defensible deletion, supporting eDiscovery readiness, and aligning data practices with privacy and cybersecurity requirements. It also lays the foundation for data mapping, analytics, and smarter business operations, turning governance from a compliance obligation into a strategic enabler.
OUR SERVICES
Seyfarth’s approach integrates records management and information governance, privacy compliance, cybersecurity risk, and eDiscovery readiness into a unified governance strategy focused on practical solution to enable business operations. We help clients:
- Develop and implement practical and defensible retention policies, schedules, and deletion practices that align with privacy laws, litigation obligations, business practices, and operational goals.
- Evaluate and deploy effective indexing and data classification tools from existing and available technology. Modernize records and information governance programs to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and data footprint transformation.
- Address mobile device governance by leveraging risk-based policy frameworks and actively managing messaging to comply with legal requirements and eDiscovery best practices.
- Integrate information governance with litigation readiness and discovery strategy to ensure consistency, defensibility, and cost control, and to respond to regulatory inquiries and investigations with confidence and clarity.
- Mitigate cybersecurity, litigation, and privacy compliance risk by identifying and eliminating unnecessary data and classifying confidential and personal information for selective security, privacy and data subject rights compliance and legally required controls and limitations.
We advise clients across all industries—from small businesses and Fortune 500 companies to global innovators—spanning sectors such as insurance, financial services, health care, manufacturing, energy, life sciences, consumer products, and beyond. Whether developing a global governance strategy or updating a targeted records policy and retention schedule, our guidance is tailored to your organization’s size, industry, risk profile, and strategic goals.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Seyfarth’s Records & Information Governance practice is part of our broader DATA Law strategy—delivering cohesive, cross-functional solutions that eliminate silos and future-proof operations.
What sets us apart:
- Specialized focus on governance, privacy compliance, cybersecurity, and litigation readiness.
- Technical depth in IT systems, mobile device management, and data storage architecture.
- Integrated service delivery across privacy, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and data science and analytics.
- Experienced thought leaders who advise on how to make retention programs effective in modern workplace technologies, including artificial intelligence, collaborative workspaces, and cloud environments.
We help clients govern with confidence—turning information risk into strategic opportunity.
COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES
Governance is just the foundation. Clients focused on records and information governance often benefit from our broader DATA Law offerings:
- Privacy Compliance, Litigation & Cybersecurity – Ensure retention and deletion align with global privacy laws and breach response protocols.
- eDiscovery Litigation & Readiness – Build defensible discovery strategies that integrate seamlessly with governance programs.
- AI Legal Advisory – Prepare governance frameworks for emerging technologies and algorithmic decision-making.
- Data Science & Analytics – Use data insights to optimize retention, assess risk, and support litigation strategy.
One team. Adaptive strategy. Future-ready.
- Seyfarth recently helped a nationwide retailer develop a comprehensive electronic and paper retention program for both their corporate and field store locations. The project leveraged the client’s existing technology stack to automate record classification and destruction, based on available file attributes and metadata.
- A nationwide manufacturer relies on Seyfarth to provide ongoing advice on ad hoc retention questions and regular updates of its retention schedule based on state and federal legal requirements aligned with its business regulatory profile and the states where it has personnel.