There are obligations arising under law for firms and organizations to retain work product, operational records and related documents for specific time periods. Records management is the function of controlling and governing the retention and disposition of information and documents in an organization throughout the lifecycle of these records, to ensure compliance with regulatory and client requirements. Solutions supporting records management enable organizations to track retention requirements per category of document, helping to classify records and clarifying when records should be stored, archived, retrieved, and disposed of. iManage Records Manager is a popular solution in legal.