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ANDREW CORRIDORE AND ELIZABETH ADKINS Information Governance + Microsoft Teams: What to Know Before You Make the Leap READ ONLINE https://www.iltanet.org/blogs/ brian-balistreri/2023/04/25/ information-governance-micro- soft-teams-what-to-kno BLOG OF THE YEAR A n d re w C o r r i d o re , t h e I n fo r m a t i o n G ove r n a n c e Compliance Manager at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (now with Foley Hoag LLP), posed questions to Elizabeth Adkins, the Director of Information Governance at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, in their collaborative blog, "Information Governance + Microsoft Teams: What to Know Before You Make the Leap." There is a great deal to know about how Teams works "behind the scenes" and what factors to consider before deploying it widely. Andrew and Elizabeth cover important points about Teams' impact on discovery, compliance, and information/data governance. As a vital member of the group implementing MS Teams at Davis Wright Tremaine, Elizabeth is uniquely positioned to provide insight on considerations essential to setting up this potentially powerful software. Andrew and Elizabeth note the legal sector's increasing transition towards Microsoft Teams. They speak directly to law firms' information governance and IT personnel and cover topics like what questions they should ask, who needs to be included in various conversations, and how to maintain compliance with legal/client obligations. Andrew is passionate about creating spaces where IG/IT individuals can find guidance about tricky issues. He believes open knowledge-sharing is exceptionally important to today's legal tech community. He advocates that legal technologists should strive to ensure all implement quality information governance practices. Elizabeth embraces ILTA as a precious resource for individuals oriented to specific governance issues unique to law firms. She participates in ILTA IG Roundtables and regularly contributes to those discussions. She is an active attendee of ILTA's Teams MasterMinds and contributes to the Law Firm Information Governance Symposium (LFIGS), which publishes white papers every year. 2024 WINNER Nominees / B L O G O F T H E Y E A R ILTA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2024 2 5

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