Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers an online review tool for discovery documents (see article below), a redaction plug-in for Adobe Acrobat, an intra-firm communication service, an online idea sharing application, and an iPhone time tracking and billing app. Don't miss the next issue.
Next-Generation Discovery Document Review
By Neil J. Squillante
Despite what you may have heard, an "online review tool" is not a widget that generates product reviews (cool as that might be). Instead, it's the latest salvo in the ongoing struggle between litigation teams and the discovery documents they need to process. With an online review tool, litigation teams can use their Web browser to review documents, eliminating the need to license and install software.
ImageDepot ... in One Sentence
Trial Solutions' ImageDepot is an online review tool with native file support that handles all discovery-related document tasks, including early case assessment and document productions.
The Killer Feature
Litigators over 35 may recall a time when you could estimate the costs of a document review by simply counting the number of bankers boxes. Nowadays, a hard drive might contain one document or a million documents.
This need to size up a case during its infancy has given rise to the term "early case assessment." ImageDepot includes an early case assessment tool that can tell you the number and type of documents in your collection. A variety of different reports enable you to dive into the data as deeply as necessary.
If you work in a legal department, ImageDepot can inform you as to which law firm should handle the case. If you're a litigator, you can give your client an estimate of the cost of discovery.
Other Notable Features
ImageDepot doesn't only handle early case assessment, but all document-related discovery tasks. It supports native files as well as scanned PDF and TIFF images (with or without OCR processing). You can also import email.
For document review, you can create an unlimited number of fields for tagging purposes and apply tags to groups of documents rather than one at a time. You can also annotate and redact documents.
In addition to searching for your tags, you can run full-text searches as well. When you create a perfect search, you can save it and share it with others.
Other features include single document and batch printing, the ability to download documents, document audit and other customizable reports, the ability to export reports in Excel and other formats, and more.
What Else Should You Know?
ImageDepot does not require any software or hardware. You just use your Web browser. The security settings enable you to create user profiles down to the field level. You pay per document or per gigabyte of storage used on a monthly basis and can terminate the service anytime. Trial Solutions offers reduced rates for 6 and 12 month contracts. All plans include technical support via telephone, email, and live chat. Learn more about ImageDepot.
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