StoredIQ eDiscoveryManager™

According the Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP), immediate action must be taken when there is “reasonable anticipation” of litigation.  From the obligation of Identification and Preservation through the critical Analysis and Review stages, the entire eDiscovery process can be complicated and cumbersome.  Even with an in-house eDiscovery solution in place, developing and executing on a legal rubric that is repeatable, defensible, and cost effective is often a herculaen task that carries tremendous legal risks and takes an enormous amount of time.

Enter StoredIQ eDiscoveryManager™
With StoredIQ, the eDiscovery process is driven by eDiscoveryManager™, an innovative application built to run on the Intelligent Information Management Platform.  eDiscoveryManager leverages a refined user interface designed to guide legal users through the entire eDiscovery process, providing inside counsel a defined methodology for managing the discovery workflow.  The overall effect to the corporation is an organized, systematic, and defensible approach to eDiscovery resulting in predictable legal costs and reduced risks. 

Command and Control
The eDiscovery process begins with eDiscoveryManager’s matter-level dashboard, providing a high-level view of all matters in progress.  Users can quickly assess the progression of all on-going litigation and investigations by viewing the amount of data across all matters that are in each phase of the eDiscovery process (e.g. data needing further Analysis, data that is Preserved, or data that has been Exported, etc.).  In addition, a user’s required action items are highlighted on the Dashboard, which are individualized based on the user’s role (Administrator, Legal Analyst, or Discovery Manager).  From the dashboard, an existing matter can be selected for further examination or a new matter can be created. 

Ready, Set, Go!
eDiscoveryManager facilitates the investigation and analysis of legal matters by custodian or subject matter and can leverage Microsoft Active Directory to provide a ‘pick list’ of all possible custodians within an organization.  Each potentially relevant custodian is easily identified and their ESI is quickly incorporated into a “virtual legal box”.

Take a Closer Look
Leveraging  StoredIQ Analyze Anywhere™,each custodian’s or subject matter’s “virtual legal box” can be examined, analyzed, and culled based on any dimension or metadata attribute.  Furthermore, users can leverage the advanced search interface to find specific documents that contain data of interest.  And, once identified, files can be marked with out-of-box tags (e.g.  Escalate, Non-Responsive, Privileged, etc.) or with custom-created tags.  In addition, the content of email and files can be reviewed from the StoredIQ web interface without having local application software installed on the user's local computer. All search keywords, phrases, and content entities are highlighted when viewing file content, enabling the investigator to better understand the context around particular subject matter.

Throughout the entire process, the StoredIQ Scoreboard™ displays a running count of the files eliminated from consideration, automatically calculating the potential savings from the downstream review cycle.  Since this Scoreboard™ provides the estimated costs of formal Review, legal counsel can formulate legal strategies not only sooner, but more accurately determine a “litigate vs. settle” assessment.

Preservation & Export
Once the analysis is complete, the data set can be preserved and collected to secure retention server.  Preservation options, including specifying and scheduling the preservation server, are given prior to collection to minimize the impact on the custodian and the corporate network infrastructure.  Exports can be created in several different formats and can be set to only export incremental data, avoiding costly duplicative review.

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