I have hard copy research files on a variety of ERISA issues going back to the early '90s.
Nowadays I just save PDF files directly from Benefitslink, to digital files organized according to topic.

I am looking for suggestions on what to do with the old hardcopy research files.

Discard because they are just so old?
Cull the "gems," scan those and save to new digital files, and toss the rest?

Just wondering how other attorneys and practitioners have handled this.