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Applied Discovery for Corporations
It's never too early to begin thinking about a strategy for managing your company's electronic documents. Those who prepare for e-discovery in advance are better able to present a confident, consistent response when documents must be produced from the company's computer systems.
Ensure Preparedness | Manage Costs & Risks | Reassert Control
Whether your company needs assistance in litigation or a second request or other government investigation, Applied Discovery can help.
Applied Discovery provides a complete line of services designed to minimize risk, reduce costs, and provide corporations with greater control in electronic document management, retention, review and production.
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A complete electronic discovery service offering
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Litigation Preparedness Consulting
- Preparation of a company-wide e-discovery action plan.
- Document retention planning, or auditing of existing plans.
- Compliance review.
E-Discovery Strategy Consulting
- Document review best practices.
- Project management assistance.
- Expert burden analysis and supporting documentation (cost-shifting or cost-sharing scenarios).
- Sample documents, letters & model orders.
- Assistance with preparation for discovery conferences, hearings and depositions.
Technical Consulting Services
- Technology and systems assessment.
- Foresnsic analysis.
- Preparation of preventative, customized data gathering strategies.
Data Gathering
- Guidance for internal IT resources or on-site, professional assistance to collect data from client's computers, including network servers, desktop PCs, laptops, backup tapes, handheld devices, and any other storage medium.
- Cost-effective strategies for identifying, gathering, and preparing only necessary information for review.
Media Restoration
- Retrieval of information from backup tapes or legacy systems, from standard email and word processing programs to arcane systems and uncommon file types.
- Proven, cost effective strategies for narrowing the set of potentially responsive documents.
Data Processing
- Electronic documents are processed in industry-standard PDF format, with complete text and meta data preserved and indexed for search accuracy.
- Industry-leading capacity of more than 7 million pages per day, so documents are available for review in days, not weeks or months.
- More than 200 electronic file types can be processed from a variety of storage media.
Online Review
- Display of disparate file types in a uniform PDF format. No need for multiple software packages to review different kinds of documents.
- Key capabilities include: annotations; redaction; customizable document folders; automated Bates numbering and document branding.
- Sophisticated search functionality enables logical review of discovery documents:
- within the context of an email conversation—with email messages and attachments searchable and displayed in the "parent-child" context; or
- sorted by meta data characteristics such as original author, address field (including to, from, cc and bcc), date created, or document custodian;
- numerous other ways of searching and sorting the complete set of documents in the manner most useful to your case.
- An intuitive interface with "point and click" functionality that enables even the least technical lawyer to become an electronic discovery pro with less than an hour of training.
- Multi-party or multi-site collaboration with access to one comprehensive Web-based repository.
- No hardware or software to purchase—any authorized user can review discovery documents with just a PC and an Internet connection.
- State-of-the-art security, including 128-bit SSL encryption with digital certificates, redundant managed firewalls, and advanced intrusion detection systems.
Document Production and Reporting
- Production of responsive documents according to your specifications—in electronic or paper format:
- PDF files copied to disk;
- PDF files transmitted via an FTP site;
- PDF files or TIFF images exported for use with desktop litigation support systems;
- printed copies of electronic documents.
- Privilege log reports or user-defined custom reporting to suit the needs of your case.
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When you work with Applied Discovery, electronic document management and electronic data discovery become effective components of your company's strategic planning. And the experts at Applied Discovery become an extended part of your team, assisting with the coordination of critical technical and legal processes to help ensure that your business is protected.
Applied Discovery has experience helping companies just like yours. In fact, businesses as diverse as Citigroup, Halliburton, Procter & Gamble and Qwest Communications have relied upon Applied Discovery for guidance on electronic data consulting and e-discovery services. View our sample client success stories to learn more, or contact your local representative today.
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Applied Discovery Services Overview
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Plan Ahead
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