eDiscovery Management and Consulting
Overwhelmed by the requirements of the new Federal rules regarding eDiscovery? Our experienced team of consultants will confidently guide you through the compliance process from start to finish. We will provide the support staff for your e-discovery needs, from preservation to collection, review to disclosure, as well as facilitating and outlining the meet and confer process.
Don't exhaust your in-house staff and IT departments, let our professionals manage and consult with you and your client in order to maximaze your resources and costs while being confident that the project is being handled expertly by the consultants at LTC who are well versed in the procedures and the pitfalls of managing an e-discovery case.
Preservation
Get a jump on the opposition and let us set up and manage your preservation procedure before litigation gets underway.
This will alleviate any concerns about eData spoilation down the road.
At anticipation of litigation, LTC will help you map out your e-custodians and eData storage devices, including assistance in delineating your client's network system architecture, from interviewing to devising preservation protocols. We will also assist you with converting and consolidating your paper documents into your electronic database.
Collection
Electronic Data
We will manage your eData collection process including:
- working with your client and its IT and HR departments to facilitate eData collection
- negotiating with vendors for capturing and/or collecting electronic data, processing electronic data and deliverables
- negotiating with vendor for data uploading and hosting services
- acting as a liason between vendors your firm processing eData for on-line review site
Paper Document Conversion to Electronic Format
We will assist you in converting your paper document collection into electronic format for use on the ORA which includes helping you:
- understand the methodology for defining logical document determination ("LDD")
- negotiate with vendors for scanning, OCR and deliverables
- negotiate with vendor for data uploading and hosting services
- act as the liason between vendors and your law firm
- oversee vendors and review of vendors' services and deliverables for accuracy, timeliness and appropriate billings
Review and Production
- Training attorneys and staff on the use of vendor online review application ("ORA") or arranging an outside qualified review team
- Oversight of vendors and review vendors' services and deliverables for accuracy, timeliness and appropriate billings
- Assisting in preparation of discoverable data for production to opposing parties on a date set by the court for exchange of data
- Assisting in uploading data received from opposing parties to on-line review repository