In today’s litigation environment avoiding electronic documents is no longer an option. In the past few years, electronic discovery has gone from an idea to a reality. Consider the following:

• There are over 57 billion email messages sent per day
• 70 to 80 percent of all corporate data is now stored electronically
• 93 percent of all new information is being created in an electronic format

Additionally, with landmark rulings like Zubalake v. USB Warburg and Coleman v. Morgan Stanley, as well as increased regulatory scrutiny, the risks have never been greater for your firm to ensure the proper handling of electronic materials in the discovery process. At 24 Seven, we are committed to handling your data with a level of expertise that is unmatched in the industry. Additionally, with the resources to process over 1 terabyte of information per day, we are positioned to handle virtually any situation you might encounter.

Media Analysis: For virtually any media type, 24 Seven will perform an analysis of the contents of that media before any data conversion is performed. Our analysis will determine the size, type, and quantity of the files either before or after extraction. This powerful tool enables our clients to better budget, plan, and manage the scope of their electronic discovery projects.

Deduplication & Culling: 24 Seven offers an array of culling services designed to turn large, unmanageable, data sets into smaller, manageable ones by eliminating unnecessary review of non-responsive documents. Our culling services include any one, or any combination, of the following techniques:

• Deduplication: Identification of redundant documents by analyzing the files on the bit level, ensuring that only “unique” documents are delivered to the legal team for review. Our capabilities include de-duplication across an entire data collection or across an individual user’s data collection.
• Full Text Searching: 24 Seven can reduce a data set by using a variety of keywords, phrases, or other methods provided to us by our client. We utilize the most robust variations of Full Text searching found in the industry, through a variety of options, based on natural language (words and phrases), Boolean operator use (NOT, AND, OR, and W/N), as well as special character use. Our team of experienced consultants will advise you on how best to craft your search terms to optimize your results.
• Date and Time Selection:  The option of reducing a data set by narrowing time frames can eliminate data for unnecessary time periods. For example, if a client has e-mail archives that contain data from 3 years prior to the present day, and the relevant time period is only the past 2 months, we can reduce the data set to just those 2 months, thus reducing the amount of data that must be reviewed.
• File Extension and Sizes: 24 Seven can produce only certain file extensions. For example, if a client thinks that it is only necessary to process MS Excel files, then 24 Seven can reduce an entire data set down to just one file type (or just three file types, etc.). Conversely, it can exclude given file types that are not relevant. In addition, we can also specify size limitations for each file extension.
• Sender/Recipient Selection: For e-mail processing, clients can reduce a data set by selecting only certain users to be processed. Clients can tag individual users, so that 24 Seven can then process this reduced data set. Clients can search metadata records in To, From, CC, BCC, Contact, and Sent On Behalf Of e-mail fields by specific name(s).

Data Processing and Preparation for Review: 24 Seven bundles output data in any combination of images, extracted text, PDF files, metadata and/or native files, creating a customized load file that enables clients to seamlessly integrate information into review tools, document management systems, or print that information to paper. We will customize our output to meet the requirements of any review system that our client is using for the project.

 Data Review and Production: 24 Seven offers web enabled review of any combination of images or native files with accompanying text and metadata. Our review tools allow you to: 

• Review and mark documents as responsive, hot, confidential, privileged or any other customized designation of your choice
• Make Annotations
• Perform Redactions

Furthermore, 24 Seven offers you the ability to produce responsive documents directly from the review database to any required format.

To learn more about our Electronic Discovery capabilities, or to schedule a presentation at your office, please contact your Litigation Consultant or one of our locations.