Early Case Assessment and Risk Management

Corporations today are continually challenged to reduce their overall litigation costs despite a rise in litigation activity, rising attorney review costs, and rising data volumes. eDI has squarely attacked this problem and can help corporations significantly reduce litigation costs through the following services:

Rapid internal investigation & litigation response planning

• eDI combines both the legal and technical expertise to develop a seamless flow of communication between the legal and IT departments.  This enables the creation of a tailored and optimized workflow for every engagement.
• eDI maps out  the targeted IT systems and infrastructure and facilitates a dynamic response to any discovery request.

Creation of corporate records management retention policy

• In addition to the above, as a long time member of ARMA, eDI consultants have been involved in the crafting and implementation of best practices for ARMA International at both the national and international levels. These standards provide a framework for establishing a retention and disposition policy as a component of an enterprise record and information management program.

Internal investigation or litigation hold initiation and management

• eDI’s litigation consultants serve as an important part of our clients’ litigation response strategy and can be valuable in developing and implementing document preservation policies throughout the organization. Our methods are designed to track, identify, and suspend ESI in an organized litigation hold and document purge process.

Backup tape and archiving systems planning

• eDI’s tape processing network can handle virtually every tape format, including all email backup and archive formats and all network and file share backup formats. We can process tape cartridge technologies to meet the aggressive deadlines of the litigation industry.

Data Analytics

• eDI’s data analytics is designed to allow for a quick and easy understanding of a client’s data early in the litigation process.  Items such as Concept, People, Data Type, Source, Keyword, and a combination of these items can be utilized to gain a comprehensive analysis of both the data and the usage patterns that surround it.

Sarbanes–Oxley

eDI provides consulting services specifically designed around several different types of regulatory and compliance requirements, including Sarbanes–Oxley. eDI possesses both the legal and technical expertise to create tailored and optimized workflow for every client that ensures success with the following:

• Document preservation order audits.
• Incident response.
• Network integrity.
• System mapping and traceability of electronically stored information to custodians and departments .
• Formulating action or defense strategies for eDiscovery.