Catelas Early Case Assessment Trap
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Early Case Assessment could be costing you money!
Anticipated Discovery Cost
$3M
2. Early Case Assessment: how much will discovery cost?
3. Opposing council uses anticipated discovery costs as leverage to inflate the settlement figure
$2.5M
1. Pending litigation $0.5MPossible settlement?
Don’t get caught in the Early Case Assessment trap!
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How do you get out of the ECA trap?
3. Opposing council uses anticipated discovery costs as leverage to inflate the settlement figure
$0.5M
Anticipated Discovery Cost
$0.75M
2. Early Case Assessment: how much will discovery cost?
$0.5MPossible settlement?
Defensibly reduce discovery costs by 75% … saving $2M in settlement
1. Defensibly limit the scope of discovery to only the relevant custodians