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When Holding On Becomes the Liability: Why Retention Policies Must Become Defensible Action

 
For years, keeping everything felt like the safest option. Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), privacy obligations now ask whether you can justify still holding personal information, and whether you can prove your retention rules were applied.

In this 60-minute recording, Litera records experts explain why over-retention creates exposure, why policy and practice diverge across repositories, and how organizations move toward auditable, defensible disposition.

Built on 30 years of legal expertise no AI-first entrant can shortcut, Litera helps legal and records teams govern information where it lives. Litera FileTrail applies retention rules, checks holds, routes approvals, and logs every step across physical records and connected electronic repositories.

You will learn:

  • Why holding personal information without a continuing purpose creates risk
  • What is in force across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, and what remains proposed
  • Why retention schedules fail across physical and digital repositories
  • What defensible disposition requires, and three practical priorities to start with
Built for Information Governance, Records Management, Privacy, Compliance, Legal Operations, and IT leaders.

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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP
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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP
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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP
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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP
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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP
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Jessica Davis
Director, Matter Performance & Service Innovation, McCarter & English LLP

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