Learn how to manage ediscovery expenses and get the most out of your investment in legal technology in Part 2 of our series on Comprehensive Ediscovery Case Management. Recovering discovery-related costs from clients can be a challenging feat for many law firms. There are several schools of thought on how attorneys should deal with costs…
read moreEdiscovery software is indispensable in modern, internet-era civil litigation. Here’s how you can recover ediscovery software costs. Attorneys are under increasing pressure to invest in legal technology in order to provide effective counsel to their clients. Additionally, in recent years the majority of state bars have modified their guidelines related to an attorney’s duty of…
read moreEdiscovery Case Study Palmersheim & Mathew LLP was founded in 2018 by award-winning attorneys with proven expertise in handling complex business disputes. I recently sat down to speak with founding partner Anand Mathew in their Chicago office. In this ediscovery case study, we discussed what it means to practice in the boutique environment, the high-touch…
read moreEdiscovery Pricing Models Have Changed Our drive for simpler, transparent invoicing wound up inspiring us to eliminate data charges in ediscovery software. Let’s just say, our clients were stoked. Data-volume has long been the default measuring stick for ediscovery software pricing models. The gigabyte (GB) of electronically stored information is data’s defining unit of measure.…
read moreAre you directing your ediscovery collections with maximum efficiency and speed? Data collection can be the most complex and technically rigorous of all ediscovery phases. It involves the extraction of potentially relevant electronically stored information (ESI) from its native source into a separate, secure repository for review. The collection process should be comprehensive without being over-inclusive. It…
read moreOn Saturday, Nextpoint released a slew of new features I’m really proud of. That’s because they all support the goal that should be priority No. 1 for any eDiscovery software: helping clients win civil litigation. Today, great eDiscovery software isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ asset for litigation firms. It has a major influence on whether each matter, and…
read moreFor years, there’s been a popular sentiment that the absence of economies of scale made eDiscovery impractical for small law firms, especially those with infrequent cases. While that may have been a legitimate argument in the past, the hard truth is that eDiscovery has become more necessary to these firms’ success, not less. To reconcile these…
read moreeDiscovery costs… can very quickly become the most nerve-racking part of your case.In our daily consultation with clients we strive to educate them on ways to reduce the overall spend during this phase – and particularly, we share tips for minimizing ediscovery costs in the document review phase. Just follow our top five tips when…
read moreBest-in-Class Solution Intelligently Reduces Volume of Unnecessary and Duplicative Data Mindseye, an experienced leader in eDiscovery technology and workflow solutions, announced today that Nextpoint has integrated the Mindseye Discovery platform to offer a best-in-class solution for clients with big data challenges. The Mindseye platform is able to process and index multiple terabytes of data in…
read moreAs the sheer volume of electronically stored information (ESI) overwhelms the existing discovery competencies of law firms IT departments, perhaps it’s time to question the fundamental business model of technology investment in most firms. For purposes of this post, we’re going to carve up the responsibility of the law firm IT department (as it exists…
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