Litigation Preparation & eDiscovery
e-Discovery: The Power of Preparation
In a litigation situation, the best offense is a good defense. And preparing your defense begins with discovery, including the search for appropriate electronic documents, a term commonly referred to as e-Discovery. The biggest problem with e-Discovery in litigation is that it’s often ignored until the last minute. By then, it’s too late to adequately prepare a solid defense.
For any company embroiled in litigation and e-Discovery, the greatest asset is a discovery response team (DRT). By utilizing a DRT, a company can decrease the cost, time, and inherent risk associated with production during the course of litigation.
At Data Builder, we can act as both consultant and trainer to help your company form an internal DRT. We can also perform risk assessment and make recommendations regarding the entire scope of the e-Discovery process throughout the course of a case.
Facilitating a Better e-Discovery Process
One of the strengths of today's corporation is the varied departments that comprise the whole. When faced with litigation, however, this is also one of its greatest weaknesses. Here’s why: A company’s internal legal counsel typically communicates with its information technology (IT) department on two occasions, when a computer in the office isn't working and when they need to retrieve a potential "smoking gun" email from an employee’s hard drive.
To survive in today’s litigious corporate environment, companies must learn to communicate quickly, effectively – and regularly – across the scope of legal and IT. By increasing communication between these two critical e-Discovery channels, companies will establish faster discovery production and a better case outcome.
Data Builder's consulting services are geared toward bringing your legal counsel and IT departments together in a way that’s mutually beneficial. Since our in-house litigation analyst has diverse expertise in both technology and corporate law, we can help facilitate a cost-effective and smooth litigation process.
How EDRM and e-PCS Reduce Risk
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) was launched in May 2005. It was created by a group of professionals to address the relative lack of standards and guidelines in the market of e-Discovery.
Data Builder’s litigation department utilizes the EDRM as a consultative model to help our clients establish a protocol for mitigating e-Discovery risk.
When EDRM is combined with our consulting services and Electronic Paper Control System (e-PCS) solution, a secure and robust electronic document storage and retrieval system, Data Builder will transform the way you manage e-Discovery.
Key Benefits:
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| Document Capture | Scan documents or capture them directly from your common business applications, including Microsoft Outlook and Office |  |
| Work Flow | Share information and documents with internal and external parties for real-time collaboration, versioning, and audit trails | |
| Archive & Retrieval | Create a centralized electronic repository that delivers secure, safe, and searchable access to documents and messages | |
| OCR | Gain full text search capabilities for images like faxes and drawings with built-in optical character recognition (OCR) technology | |
