Litigation Support & Legal Document Services

Litigation Support & Legal Document Services

Offering specialised products and services, coupled with

proven techniques, Altlaw provides technological expertise

in electronic litigation support and legal document services.

With many years’ experience of working with law firms and

in-house counsel, Altlaw dramatically speeds up the process

of identifying, reviewing and managing relevant data files.

Our focus is to perfect techniques and processes which allow

our clients to make better informed decisions at the earliest

possible point in the litigation procedure.

How we can help

Forensic Collection & Investigation

Early Case Assessment

Electronic Data Disclosure

Secure Online Review

Altlaw Managed Review

Hardcopy & Data Production

Data Capture

An often neglected area in the litigation process is the efficient and

traceable collection and recovery of client data. Crucial to this

process is ensuring that all data is collected and handled correctly.

Altlaw’s certified computer forensic investigators can travel

worldwide for autonomous defensible data collection

Any type of evidence collection method available, from open

data stop orders, to covert monitoring or data capture

Data collected from any electronic device and any storage medium

All procedures follow a Silver Platter Doctrine standard, in line

with law enforcement procedures

Full Chain of Custody is available from project start to finish,

ensuring zero risk against data spoilation

Data Investigation

Often key data is hidden, intentionally destroyed or password

protected. To ensure all evidence is subject to a litigation review,

Altlaw’s computer forensics investigators can quickly build cases

based on custodial data, revealing off-site email, portable storage

usage or user-created passwords.

Using these techniques, clients can be confident that absolutely

everything has been considered, right from the very beginning.

Deleted files are recovered, user-created protected data is

revealed and file encryption is cracked

Computer investigation is backed up with full Chain of Custody

and a defensible expert witness statement

Once the forensic investigation is complete, clients have a clear,

complete and accurate picture of exactly what took place, when,

on any one piece of electronic equipment – and who was

responsible for doing it

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Forensics Collection & Investigation

Before a decision can be made on whether there is enough evidence

to build a case, litigation lawyers need to be very familiar with all

the documents that have been forensically captured - or that their

client has provided.

But there may be millions of pages to review.

Altlaw’s Early Case Assessment (ECA) tool is a powerful review

platform that dramatically reduces the time it takes to review vast

numbers of documents.

For example, it usually takes at least two to three weeks to review

one terabyte of data. With our ECA tool, it takes just one day.

Quickly determine the merit of a case

Our Early Case Assessment tool will:

Cluster documents together using keywords and concepts

Prioritise documents and disregard duplicates/near duplicates

Enable the handling of vast amounts of data by searching, analysing

and modelling the documents

Produce reports in seconds to give detailed insight into the data

Estimate downstream/future review/case costs, allowing earlier

informed decisions to be made

Our ECA tool gives early insight into the shape and profile of the data

that needs to be reviewed. This will give a much clearer picture as to

whether or not there is a case to answer for - and the likely cost of

contesting it.

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Early Case Assessment

If there is no need for Early Case Assessment, clients can proceed

straight to Electronic Data Disclosure (EDD). This is a vital step that

adds valuable structure to data files, enabling easier and more focussed

analysis at the review stage.

The metadata is extracted from each file and the main text of the

document saved in a separate database. These documents can then

be sorted by date, subject, title etc so that everything is in a structure

and format that makes it very easy to search.

All the data is then ready to be hosted in a review system –

either the client’s own system or ours.

How our EDD process works

All data is processed in the most efficient and intelligent way

possible and a detailed audit trail is produced to ensure legal

compliance

Everything is assigned a unique identifier – separating items such

as emails and their attachments, while still maintaining a record

of these relationships

The Chain of Custody is upheld throughout

Filters can be run based on dates and keywords

All the metadata remains intact, so there is no data spoliation

The data can be exported in different formats, compatible with

all major review platforms

We have produced data for the Department of Justice and the

Securities and Exchange Commission amongst others

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Information Management

VOLUME

Identification

Collection

Preservation

Collection

Forensic Collection & Investigation

Early Cas

The Altlaw Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)

The EDRM is a guideline that was created to help understand and standardise the management

of data within electronic disclosure/discovery process. Below is an illustration of how Altlaws’

services and applications fit within each section of the model.

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RELEVANCE

Analysis

Review

Processing Production Presentation

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Hardcopy & Document Production

Source: Electronic Discovery Reference Model / © 2009 / v2.0 / edrm.net

Altlaw provide a localised solution for document intensive review

from our secure premises in London. Our level of involvement can

be tailored to what you require and where you seek to create greater

efficiencies in the e-Disclosure process. We can eliminate the time,

effort and cost of recruiting, training or retraining your staff.

Crucially, Altlaw Managed Review allows your legal team to focus

on their core high-value case work, while we manage and reduce the

time-consuming and costly process of first pass document review

for both litigation, regulatory investigation and compliance matters.

Altlaw Managed Review will:

Allow predictable cost models

Provide work stations, internet connectivity and hosting software

located in our secure premises in central London

Provide and manage review teams of experienced solicitors

and paralegals

Assist with creating matter-specific review manuals respecting

the principles of Practice Direction 31B and the CPR

Automate workflow and implement quality assurance check points

Produce timely progress reports and metrics

Provide a fluid body of responsive e-documents capable of being

arranged and grouped by each document’s proper context to enhance

your detailed case review

Our Managed Review service delivers streamlined, high-quality document

review solutions so that you and your team can focus on the substantive issues

of the day. No matter the size or scope of the project our seasoned team will

tackle it, and with our transparent pricing, we remove all of the guess work.

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Altlaw’s advanced online review platform makes the entire

document review process easy to manage, and gives you full

control over everyone in the review team.

Hosted in our secure London data centre, it’s a web-based review

platform that can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

All that’s needed is an internet connection.

This makes it ideal if there is a team of reviewers based in different

locations, or third party reviewers.

Maintain complete control over the review process

Search, review and organise the documents to rapidly identify

whether or not a document is relevant

Manage everyone in the review team easily and effectively

Automatically allocate files to the different levels of the

review team

Control which files team members have access to

Save valuable time and money in online review time

Full production capability, including converting to TIFF,

redacting and bates stamping

Automated disclosure list creation

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Speed: very fast turnaround times to meet tight deadlines

Quality: rigorous attention to detail and strict checking procedures

ensure 100% accuracy

Volume: capable of handling millions of pages

Complexity: high levels of in-house expertise and the latest

specialist equipment mean even the most complex of projects can

be undertaken

24/7 operation: able to take a client’s brief at any time of the day

or night

Photocopying

Capable of huge volumes, our print room comprises of fast, networked

high volume machines as well as smaller digital machines that are ideal

for complex glasswork type jobs.

Scanning

AltLaw offers fully integrated scanning and image capture solutions.

We are able to capture any size of document, from a business card up

to 60’’ large format of virtually unlimited length or volume, in either

b/w or full colour.

E Bibles

AltLaw is able to produce a bespoke Electronic Transaction Bible

based upon the universally used Adobe Acrobat format. We are able

to incorporate both scanned images and supplied electronic formats,

in a final product that is both easy to navigate from the index page,

and fully searchable.

Printing from disk

Using specialist software, AltLaw is capable of printing from CDs,

DVDs and most removable storage media. Multiple file formats

within complex directory structures are printed in the correct

order automatically.

Objective coding

Litigation-class coding is either managed securely in-house or

outsourced for competitive pricing. We can set up standard

objective coding templates to add value to simple scanning projects.

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Hardcopy & Data Production

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