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Early Case Assessment
For organizations involved in complex litigation, the cost of e-Discovery may outweigh the settlement value of the dispute. HSNO Franklin Data has created a Litigation Data Topology Mapping Methodology for organizations wanting to assess the potential volume and costs of e-discovery for a particular matter. The process utilizes structured interviews with personnel from the client’s Law Department, IT Department, and Records Department; along with special technology to quickly scan the computer’s of key employees, network email servers, home directories, file shares and other networked data sources at very high rate of speed. The typical Assessment takes approximately 3-5 days and produces a detailed inventory of potentially relevant documents and a likely discovery budget.
Collection Services
Managing the risk and cost of e-discovery begins with the collection process. HSNO Franklin Data’s advanced digital data collection technology can help ensure your organization does not over collect in trying to avoid the risk of spoliation. With input from legal counsel, HSNO's "Intelligent Collection" methodology will identify and "surgically" collect the smallest legally defensible collection of potentially relevant documents as part of the overall litigation discovery plan.
Processing, Culling and Attorney Review
HSNO Franklin Data’s automated e-file processing captures and indexes document level metadata data, de-depulicates, and filters based on date ranges, custodian names, file types, and/or key words as defined by counsel.
In addition, we will provide a web accessible document review application for counsel to review and flag documents for relevance and privilege.
Expert Services
Even though organizations may be capable of collecting (and in some case cases processing) their own e-files, it sets them up for defending their technology and procedures against a claim of spoliation from opposing counsel. The HSNO Franklin Data experts will stand ready to support any 30(b)(6) requirements with expert testimony to explain:
- How documents were identified as potentially relevant;
- How the potentially relevant documents were preserved and collected;
- How the chain of custody was maintained;
- How the documents were de-duplicated and culled based upon key words or concepts and;
- Proof that the documents were not altered during the process.
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