Fortune 500 Technology Company Wants It Done Better

A cutting-edge technology company wanted a better way to do e-discovery. The company had already experienced several cases where e-discovery was handled from the outside-in: third-party consultants criss-crossing the company to physically remove and image computers from custodians and then sending the data off to a third-party hosted database for indexing, searching and review.  In one matter, this outside-in collection effort ruined the computers of several key executives. We performed a rapid assessment and analysis of the company’s internal IT infrastructure and collection capabilities. We then delivered an assessment and recommendation to the GC’s office, which identified how they could manage a future case from the inside out using in-house technology and resources. We estimated that using this approach on their next large case could save them approximately seven figures (yes, 7 figures on 1 case) solely on the collections and initial culling effort (and we haven’t even gotten to assessing document review).

Large Law Firm Looks Ahead for Clients – and the Firm

One of the largest law firms in the Rocky Mountain West engaged us to help solve a problem. The firm realized that it could not continue to use traditional methods to cost-effectively or efficiently handle, search, and review all of the electronic data that it collected from clients. Clients would begin to question the large e-discovery vendor invoices and the manner in which e-discovery was managed. We advised the firm about options for re-engineering the firm’s e-discovery processes. We then performed a pilot project using advanced e-discovery technologies (with the same data that the firm had previously handled the traditional way). The firm was blown away by the speed, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the solution compared to traditional litigation support technology, and we now manage the e-discovery technology for the firm – which is making the firm and its clients much happier about how e-discovery is managed. The firm also sees this approach giving it an immediate competitive advantage in the market.