{ "name": "selllawfirmdatatoai.com Lawfirm Records Retention", "title": "Lawfirm Records Retention", "url": "https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/datasets/lawfirm-records-retention/", "csv": "https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/datasets/lawfirm-records-retention.csv", "markdown": "https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/datasets/lawfirm-records-retention/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-28", "license": "https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/terms", "headline": "The Lawfirm Records Retention carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 36 to 36 month, read 24 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Lawfirm Records Retention carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 36 to 36 month, read 24 October 2026.", "Of 8 named sources read in full, 2 publish a figure and 6 do not, read 24 October 2026.", "Lawfirm Records Retention, jurisdiction US: median 36 month across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.", "Lawfirm Records Retention, jurisdiction GB: median 5 year across 1 source, read 24 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"selllawfirmdatatoai.com Lawfirm Records Retention\", updated 2026-10-28, https://selllawfirmdatatoai.com/datasets/lawfirm-records-retention/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "month", "n": 1, "median": 36, "min": 36, "max": 36, "p25": 36, "p75": 36, "mean": 36, "units": { "month": 1, "year": 1 }, "published_sources": 2, "named_sources": 8, "read_sources": 8, "not_published": 6, "published_share": 0.25 }, "by_axis": { "jurisdiction": { "US": { "month": { "n": 1, "median": 36, "min": 36, "max": 36, "p25": 36, "p75": 36, "mean": 36 } }, "GB": { "year": { "n": 1, "median": 5, "min": 5, "max": 5, "p25": 5, "p75": 5, "mean": 5 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "eCFR :: 31 CFR 10.29 -- Conflicting interests.", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-A/part-10/subpart-B/section-10.29", "figure": "36 months", "value": 36, "unit": "month", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "US" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "The confirmation may be made within a reasonable period after the informed consent, but in no event later than 30 days. (c) Copies of the written consents must be retained by the practitioner for at least 36 months from the date of the conclusion of the representation of the affected clients, and the written consents must be provided to any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service on re", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b40a31b191a3cb0795d38b24c97630b38085bb0ab8f46d0ac16cfff00f148ad9" }, { "source": "The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/692/regulation/40", "figure": "five years", "value": 5, "unit": "year", "vat": null, "axis": { "jurisdiction": "GB" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24", "quote": "(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the period is five years beginning on the date on which the relevant person knows, or has reasonable grounds to believe—", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "4e42f4ce8fb32247aff010fb54defef6da53eeae57593cc5ce9849d5841e1413" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "SRA | Accounts Rules | Solicitors Regulation Authority", "url": "https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/accounts-rules/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "AMLG11700 - Guidance for all sectors: Record Keeping - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/anti-money-laundering-guidance-for-supervised-businesses/amlg11700", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Rule 1.15: Safekeeping Property", "url": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_15_safekeeping_property/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "DC Bar - Safekeeping Property", "url": "https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/legal-ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct/client-lawyer-relationship/safekeeping-property", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "SRA | Money laundering and terrorist financing | Solicitors Regulation Authority", "url": "https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/money-laundering-terrorist-financing/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Limitation Act 1980", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/accounts-rules/", "label": "SRA | Accounts Rules | Solicitors Regulation Authority", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/anti-money-laundering-guidance-for-supervised-businesses/amlg11700", "label": "AMLG11700 - Guidance for all sectors: Record Keeping - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/692/regulation/40", "label": "The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_15_safekeeping_property/", "label": "Rule 1.15: Safekeeping Property", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/legal-ethics/rules-of-professional-conduct/client-lawyer-relationship/safekeeping-property", "label": "DC Bar - Safekeeping Property", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-A/part-10/subpart-B/section-10.29", "label": "eCFR :: 31 CFR 10.29 -- Conflicting interests.", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/guidance/money-laundering-terrorist-financing/", "label": "SRA | Money laundering and terrorist financing | Solicitors Regulation Authority", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58/section/5", "label": "Limitation Act 1980", "license": "quoted for comment under the publisher's terms" } ], "methodology": "Method: a source counts only through a sentence printed on its own page, saved exactly as written with the read date and a checksum of the page text. 8 sources could be read; 2 publish a figure we could use and 6 publish none, recorded as such with nothing filled in. 0 could not be read and are excluded. Each source contributes one figure, in month, to the median, range and quartiles. Review set aside 6 candidate sentence(s) and noted why. Still to come for this dataset (for now the figures are each source's own): per record type and jurisdiction: the statute or rule, the retention period and its trigger; the union of what must exist on file, which is the seller's inventory", "embed": "

36 to 36 month

1 published figures, Lawfirm Records Retention, across 1 source, read 24 October 2026

Source and method: selllawfirmdatatoai.com Lawfirm Records Retention
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