Control Litigation Costs and Better Manage Outside Counsel

eDI's SaaS (Software as a Service) offering allows corporations to bring project management for litigation matters in-house. With eDI's SaaS offering, corporations leverage capital investments, litigation support staff, and centralized document management in order to gain more control over outside counsel and reduce litigation expenses.

Key benefits include:

• Reduce document review costs by as much as 70%.
• Lower dependency on outside counsel and slash legal fees.
• Streamline project management with eManage - eDI's specialized project management platform.
• Reduce existing processing and hosting expenses by up to 40%.
• Add litigation software packages without increasing cost.
• Gain enhanced software features and data storage functions.
• Obtain access to experienced personnel without having to hire.

To analyze how SaaS can benefit your company, please see the special offer below.

CASE STUDY

A corporation is involved in several separate legal matters. Each case is vastly different, with varying specifications involving eDiscovery processing and review database hosting. Administering to these cases requires more resources and technology than the corporation maintains in-house. In the past, the corporation has had to turn over project management control of its projects to outside counsel, as a result of having a limited IT and litigation support department.

The corporation actively seeks a solution that will allow it to take back project management control of its cases. The corporation places a high priority on having the ability to a) effectively manage multiple projects without having to expand internal resources, and b) individually address the specifications and circumstances unique to each project.

THE eDI SOLUTION - eMANAGE

To assist the corporation in meeting its goal of bringing project management control back in-house, eDI provides a specialized project management platform -

eManage.

eManage is eDI's custom Web-based navigation site. Built upon Microsoft SharePoint, the secure and adaptable eManage platform provides the corporation with the highly interactive ability to manage all aspects of its multiple projects, including: project creation, process management, vendor management, issue tracking, user account management, and review-team management. eManage provides the central focal point for the entire scope of each of the corporation's projects, from high-level overviews down to item-level details.

Customization

eManage is designed to be customized, providing the corporation with the ability to tailor the contents and reporting features to directly address the individual

specifications of each separate project. This customization allows the corporation to develop best practices on a project-specific or enterprise-wide basis. This leads to predictable and consistent results from project to project, as well as the generation of substantial cost savings for the corporation.

Real-Time Status

The corporation can access detailed, multi-tiered status modules in eManage, allowing it to monitor the real-time status of each facet of data input, processing and review. These status modules connect directly into eDI's processing and review systems to display real-time processing status on all active tasks. By making this information accessible to all parties in one central location, eManage provides transparency in the tracking of all activities on each project.

Processing Management

Resources and functions available for the corporation to both monitor and direct eDiscovery processing include:

• A real-time status report of all active processing activities with item-level detail
• A report of all past, completed project activities, including a history of all project decisions
• An inventory of all data received
• A repository of project-related documents and reference materials
• An input mechanism for the corporation to request processing changes
  • A current status report covering the contents of each database, the size of all active projects, and the status of requested database maintenance
  • Review status tracking features comparing review rates across multiple outside counsel
  • A directory of all database user accounts
  • A repository of all user manuals and reference materials
  • A historical report of all hosting and production requests and statistics
  • An input mechanism to request hosting tasks or production sets
  • All eManage access is permissions-based, and specific permissions can be set at an individual user level.
  • Users have the ability to set up status email alerts and RSS feeds.
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  • Content Grouping
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  • Client Testimonials
  • FRCP Cheat Sheet
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Hosting Management

Resources and functions available for the corporation to both monitor and direct its database hosting engagements include:

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Create a detailed Return on Investment ("ROI") for SaaS.

Many Corporations can benefit greatly from incorporating a SaaS assessment into their planning process. To assist in that process, eDI has created a Litigation Assessment Program that is designed to help Corporations identify exactly how SaaS could benefit them, and create detailed ROIs around that value. Valued at $5,000, this Litigation Assessment Program is being offered for free through the end of 2010.



 

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