Most litigators don’t really enter the massive e-discovery world with millions of records but rather need to manage a 1000 files, get them reviewed, processed and ready for production. With huge sets, it is easy to find companies to help with the process since tens of thousands of dollars will be involved. Finding anyone experienced to help with a 1000 files for a couple hundred dollars can be hard. While many legal copy companies claim to offer these kinds of services, it is critical for you to be familiar with the issues related to converting PC Files into ready to produce PDFs so you know that your vendor is doing everything correctly.
Month: November 2018
Dealing with Monster PDFs
Good, bad or indifferent, PDFs as a production format are here to stay. While they do have a variety of advantages, one of the big hazards is having huge 100 or 1000 page PDFs provided in production. To me, a 1000 page PDF is essentially the same as 1000 single page PDFs, each page has to be reviewed and managed. Easily breaking up the big PDF into true documents can save time and avoid the endless headaches that these large files create throughout the litigation process.
Paralegals & Legal Assistants: True IT Litigation Support
In almost every litigation practice there are complex computer file processing projects that require technical skills and tools that are outside the expertise of most paralegals. While larger firms might have IT departments that can help, a typical practice does not have those kinds of resources. Attorneys really have no idea how a project can be completed, they just demand that it be done. Their view of technology involves some degree of magic.
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