Early Case Assessments Using Hosted Email Archiving

August 26, 2009 8:59 PM - By Seth | Leave a Comment 

Early Case Assessment is a popular concept among e-discovery types because, among other things, it showcases how ESI can make litigation more efficient.  What is Early Case Assessment?  Although definitions vary widely, it basically describes any effort to understand the facts and the law of a case early enough that well-informed decisions about important issue like staffing, budget, strategy, and settlement, can be made before a significant investment is made in the case.  It is promoted by corporate clients who are tired of asking outside counsel what a case is likely to cost or whether to settle and getting the standard “it is too early to tell” answer.  Based on experience I believe that focusing on email as part of the factual investigation piece of the early case assessment is the way to go.  I just put together this white paper for Smarsh, Inc., a Portland company that is a leader in hosted email archiving, making the case for using a product like theirs in Early Case Assessment.  More to come on the intersection of e-discovery and Early Case Assessment…

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