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The demands placed on corporations for discovery compliance has increased substantially over the last decade. With the prolific use of technology in the workplace, an ever-expanding, global economy and changes in case law and the Federal Rules, corporations are facing increased risk and challenges in complying with discovery obligations.
While the demands of discovery have increased so too have the costs associated with complying with discovery obligations. The amount of money that corporations spend on meeting their legal obligations has been rising exponentially in recent years. This fact has placed an immense burden on in-house counsel to gain more control of legal costs and create better, more efficient approaches to managing their legal budgets. Some corporations look to their outside counsel for help, others develop their own internal resources, while others use a combination of both in order to achieve their desired results.
Our team has a specific focus on working with corporations to help reduce costs and regain control over the discovery process. We do this through a number of services, including:
Discovery response planning - an actual repeatable workflow process with benchmarks to measure progress and volume of any discovery matter
Systems/Technology evaluations to better manage potentially discoverable information
Education and preparation of corporate personnel resources who will be better able to understand and respond to discovery requests (Discovery Action Response Teams)
Cost modeling - configure price modeling based on current project metrics and market environment across all platforms and locations
Off-shoring solutions - foreign or domestic outsourcing solutions
Conduct evaluations, prepare recommendations, and oversee implementations in areas such as:
- Electronic information creation systems
- Compliance solutions
- Risk-reduction solutions
- Records retention or records management systems
- Archiving and long-term storage solutions
- Electronic information policies (Best Practices)
Beyond these services we can also provide General litigation support consulting services such as:
- Database creation
- Digital Data Management
- Data import/export
- Software training
- Vendor coordination
- Resource allocation
- Software/hardware recommendations
- Vendor referrals and management
- Data collection/forensics consulting
- Project management
- Staffing solutions
- Trial presentation
- Documentation/Technical writing
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