One of CENSA's major programs, the Legal and Regulatory Program, is establishing the quality practices, specifications and guidelines for the legitimate creation and storage of intellectual property records, regulatory records, and other business and government records in fully electronic format. What's more, we believe that legal counsels and judges will find the following benefits of CENSA important.
CENSA's Legal and Regulatory Program is:
Setting quality standards for acceptance of electronic data as a part
of a legal record. These are called the "Quality Electronic Records
Practices" (QERPs). We want to ensure that electronic records management
and electronic archival records systems are legitimized and protected by existing
court precedence, rather than having to take a "test case" through
the court system.
Working with the appropriate government agencies in areas where there
is not enough clarity in the laws or governance policies of governments or
regulatory agencies, in order to clarify what's missing and get appropriate
changes made. This is having a major impact on intellectual property and
regulatory law worldwide.
Shortening legal discovery proceedings by enabling faster access to
necessary information during litigation.
Implementing the results of extensive research work done earlier by
focused corporate, government and university research projects. The
subjects researched include electronic records, electronic notebooks, groupware,
document management, and team collaboration. The organizations include
TeamScience, the US PTO, the FDA, the Electronic Records Consortium, the University
of Pittsburgh, Australia's CSIRO, Standards Australia, The Victoria Electronic
Records Strategy, end user companies, suppliers, and others.
Relieving the burden from legal departments that spend millions of
dollars proving dates of discovery and corroboration, and document authenticity.