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Page 1: E-DISCOVERY FOR SMALL AND SOLO FIRMS...E-DISCOVERY FOR SMALL AND SOLO FIRMS Presentation by Anith Mathai anith@goldfynch.com Electronic Stored Information (ESI) Documents (Word, PDF)

E-DISCOVERY FOR SMALL AND SOLO

FIRMS

Presentation by Anith Mathai www.goldFynch.com [email protected]

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Electronic Stored Information (ESI)

Documents (Word, PDF)

Email (mbox, PST)

Pictures (jpg, PDF)

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What is E-Discovery ?

Collecting Reviewing

Producing

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Collecting ESI (Data)

Sure. I’ll send it to you Mr. Client, please give me all the files.

The simplest form of data collection – Ask your client.

Most common – Relevant word documents, PDFs, Email export

Collecting

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Collecting ESI (Data)

ESI

Smart Phones

Desktops

Cloud

If collection involves •  Multiple devices •  Drive cloning •  Data dumps Contact a vendor / consultant ! Collecting

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ESI - Documents

Majority of documents are 1.  PDF 2.  Word 3.  Power Point 4.  MS Excel

Collecting

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Scanned Documents

Scanned documents require •  OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for text. •  Otherwise it is just a picture •  OCR quality depends on the scan quality

OR

Collecting

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Collecting Email • Cloud Based

• Mbox Output • Export from web interface

• Desktop

• PST output •  ‘Save as’ from Outlook

Collecting

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Cloud Based Documents

Cloud Documents •  Work like ordinary folders •  Easy to download •  Don’t forget about it!

Most popular Least popular

Collecting

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Review

Find documents

Missing information

Search

Cull

Privilege

Confidentiality

Reduce

Identify key information

Relevance

Review

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Review Platform GoldFynch.com was built from the ground up for small and solo firms

Review

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Production

Data

Your Office

Production Set

Opposing counsel

Process of packaging all case related data for opposing counsel (after culling)

Production

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Production Requirements Bates Number

• Unique identifying number •  In sequence

Native formats • Original document format

Scan or with text • Original scan or version with text

Color vs Black and white •  Black and White uses less space •  Saves printing costs

Confidential and Privileged • Remove information •  Alert opposing party of reason for elimination

Production

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Production in GoldFynch

One click operation

Mixed format options

Bates Numbers

Templates (coming soon)

Production

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Processing Transferring discovery data into review platform • File upload • FTP • Load Files

Formats • Supported • Unsupported

Compressed files (zip) • Password protected

Errors • Alerts • Fixes

Duplicate detection • Exact duplicate • Near duplicate

Analysis

Special Notes

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Processing with GoldFynch Transferring discovery data into review platform •  Drag and Drop

Formats •  Goldfynch will alert you

Compressed files (zip) •  Unzipped by GoldFynch •  Password list management

Errors •  Proactive fixes – We are alerted on errors

Duplicate detection •  Detected on upload

Analysis •  Entity extraction •  Date extraction

Special Notes

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E-Discovery Pricing

Lack of transparency • Most providers don’t advertise prices • Custom sales quotes for each project • Hidden costs

High barrier to entry • Install software • Talk to sales • Multiple vendors

Training requirements • Training is an extra cost • Support is usually extra

Special Notes

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Why GoldFynch ? Open Signup •  Just like Gmail

Try before you buy •  Free case

Transparent pricing •  On the website

All included •  Processing,

production, sharing all included

Ease of use •  Search like Google!

Cloud Based •  Access from

anywhere

Special Notes

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Thank you

Visit www.goldfynch.com and sign up to use the platform Contact us for special e-discovery projects at [email protected]