In recent years the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) have significantly made it easier for courts and litigating parties to manage electronic records. Several of the guidelines require the parties to address electronically stored information early in the discovery process, in order to control the scope and expense of electronic discovery.

The traditional approach forces corporations and law firms to review data collected manually. This review can take attorneys and paralegals several days and weeks examining irrelevant documents and redundant data. In fact, weeks often pass before attorneys can understand the true context of a case and determine the appropriate case strategy. By implementing Early Case Assessment tools vdiscovery is able to rapidly retrieve and analyze relevant data to facilitate informed decision making at the early stages of a dispute.

In today’s highly litigious society there are a number of tools that support the use of early case assessment. vdiscovery implements web repositories that permit a selection of features to best fit the direction of your case. An early case assessment can avoid unnecessary costs and processing time.

An early case assessment can provide: 

• Early risk identification and analysis of the legal merits of the case, claims and likely defenses
• A reduction in legal costs and expenses when defending the case up to and through trial.
• A reduction in settlement and resolution costs by making informed decisions regarding your case to decide whether to proceed to trial.
• An independent review of the facts of your case including end-game solutions and alternative dispute resolution