Managing ESI to Control Costs in E-discovery
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Managing ESI to Control Costs in E-‐discovery
Kelly Twigger, Esq. ESI A=orneys LLC October 20, 2010
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Kelly Twigger owner and founder
ESI A=orneys
Former partner Quarles & Brady LLP
Guest lecturer, Marque=e University Law School
Milwaukee Business Journal: Forty Under 40 Class of 2010
E-‐discovery expert
Kentucky basketball fanaUc Official Host Kentucky Derby
First Computer: IBM AS2
First Blog Post: December 2007
First Tweet: August 2009
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DISCUSSION TOPICS |
• The challenges of e-‐discovery
• Understanding the costs of e-‐discovery
• The big picture of informaUon management
• Establishing a process for implemenUng legal holds
• An overview of the cost breakdown to produce ESI
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THE CHALLENGES OF E-‐DISCOVERY |
• LocaUon, locaUon, locaUon • Lack of understanding of technology • Silo behavior of business funcUons within organizaUon
• TradiUonal role of IT – building the bookshelves • CollaboraUon between legal, records, IT and business funcUons to establish goals for informaUon management to meet business and legal needs
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THE CHALLENGES OF ESI | THE ROLE OF IT
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THE CHALLENGES OF ESI | REDEFINING ROLES
Let us know what you need, and we’ll find it or build it for you.
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THE CHALLENGES OF ESI | REDEFINING ROLES
Help us understand what you need to do to meet your legal needs and let’s discuss the impact on and collaboraUon with IT.
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UNDERSTANDING THE COSTS| TRANSLATING GB TO $$
65% of total costs
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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | THE BIG PICTURE
Policies and Procedures
Email Management
RetenUon Schedule
E-‐discovery Guide
Data Map
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ESTABLISHING A PROCESS|
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BUILDING AN INVENTORY | IDENTIFYING SOURCES
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COST BREAKDOWN| HOW MUCH INFO IS THERE?
• ESI measured in quanUty of info, not pages
8 bits = 1 byte 1,024 bytes = 1 kilobyte (KB) 1,024 KB = 1 megabyte (MB)
1,024 MB = 1 gigabyte (GB) (75,000 pages)
1,024 GB = 1 terabyte (TB) (250 billion pages) 1,024 TB = 1 petabyte (PB)
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COST BREAKDOWN| ESI REVIEW COSTS
Cost of Review = Number of Review Hours
X Hourly Rate
Average Review Rates:
Using Concordance/SummaUon – 40-‐60 docs/hour Using online review plaoorm with advanced features – 100-‐150 docs/hour Using concept clustering tools – 300 docs/hour
70% faster review rates with concept clustering, near de-‐duplicaUon and email thread grouping
*Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at h=p://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 350 documents per hour
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COST BREAKDOWN| ESI REVIEW COSTS
*Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at h=p://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 350 documents per hour
Examples: Cost for 2GB Review (31,562 documents*) Using SummaUon/Concordance
631 hours ** X $200 = $126,200
Using web-‐based review plaoorm
287 hours ^ X $200 = $57,400
105 hours” X $200 = $21,000
Using Concept AnalyUcs, near de-‐duplicaUon and email thread grouping
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COST BREAKDOWN| ESI REVIEW COSTS
Examples: Cost for 57.7GB Review (911,140 documents*) Using SummaUon/Concordance
22,778 hours ** X $200 = $4,555,703
Using web-‐based review plaoorm
8283 hours ^ X $200 = $1,656,618
Using concept analyUcs, near de-‐duplicaUon and email thread grouping
3037” X $200 = $607,426
*Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at h=p://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 50 documents per hour ^Assumes review rate of 110 documents per hour “Assumes review rate of 300 documents per hour
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FINAL TIPS|MANAGING E-‐DISCOVERY COSTS
• Get big picture for project established and team in place before you begin
• Prepare, prepare, prepare for Rule 26 conference; get agreement on preservaUon obligaUon upfront; interview all key witnesses
• Get expert advice at the outset on best way to proceed; constantly changing technology
• Ask every quesUon – constant educaUon • Be prepared to adjust on the fly
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