System and Method of Reviewing and Producing Documents

Abstract

A system and method of providing comprehensive document review, production and reporting is described. The system and method provide a total quality management approach to a document review matter that not only controls costs but increases defensibility of the overall process, thereby reducing risk. The system utilizes unique review and performance metrics, increases quality control, and enhances physical and data security mechanisms. The system of the present invention can be implemented with any document review software or hosted platform desired for use by a customer.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The ongoing advancements witnessed in information technology continue to provide tremendous efficiencies and opportunities to business owners. For example, businesses can communicate electronically in a variety of ways, such as via electronic mail, text message or short message service and instant messaging. Further to this, the opportunities to electronically transmit previously or separately recorded communications, in the form of digital images, has grown exponentially, such as via the use of scanned paper documents, digital voicemail and video files, all of which are presentable in a wide range of electronic formats.[0002]While these advantages have improved may business processes, they have also created their own set of problems. In particular, the total amount of recorded information created and possessed by businesses has drastically increased. Of this, about 93% of all data is now created initially on computers, and while this data is recorde...

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Problems solved by technology

While these advantages have improved may business processes, they have also created their own set of problems.

Unfortunately, this exponential increase in electronic data also means that the costs to meet the procedural requirements of discovery during litigation have skyrocketed, not to mention that the process has become extraordinarily complex, burdensome and risky to the businesses involved in the legal case.

In effect, the overlap of advancing technology with traditional legal roles has made both in-house and outside counsel vulnerable and uneasy with managing the discovery process, as the consequences of a misstep can be severe.

Although counsel disclosed it immediately and produced expediently, the court found the behavior unreasonable.

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