Thacher Proffitt Makes Records Management History

Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP has provided creative legal solutions to the financial services industry. The firm's rich history dates back to 1848 when Benjamin Franklin Butler and his son William Allen Butler started a legal practice at 29 Wall Street in New York City. Thacher Proffitt quickly prospered and emerged as one of the leading commercial and admiralty firms. In recent years they've also created a bit of history in the area of records management.

This case study details the challenges met by Thacher Proffitt as they advanced their records and information management systems and reveals the advantages of a federated approach to records management. For those new to Federated RM™, this solution enables organizations to achieve regulatory compliance and legal discovery goals while ensuring secure access and control over enterprise-wide content. A single policy engine enforces all records retention across the enterprise or law firm, and records can remain in their native content repositories to be managed ‘in-place' at various locations, or in one central repository when desired. A single federated search explores multiple repositories to gives users comprehensive, accurate results.