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Intelligent Discovery & Early Case Analytics

Providing evidentiary support, early for better decision-making

October 2010

Intelligent upfront analytics – lower litigation costs

Legal


The Problem

Review complaint,Agree preservation strategy,

Build spoliation defense,Determine collection methods,

Review initial keyword culling,Prepare for 26(f) conference,

Questions for opposing side,Strategies for protecting privilege, etc, etc

eDiscovery challenges

Imagine if… in the first few days of a case you…1. Had an excellent understanding of the case and what to do2. Made key decisions that could save millions in downstream

litigation costs.

• Too much data, not enough time • The data collected does not tell us much • Time is money – the longer this drags on,

the more it costs.


We view Information Security, eDiscovery and Compliance differently by focusing on people relationships before data.

We use the law enforcement approach of visually connecting people and their relationships before searching volumes of data for ‘the smoking gun’.

Our ‘always-on’ surveillance solution allows any investigation to be conducted instantly without the added burden and cost of collecting data.

We reduce the number of custodians in a matter by 30%. This results in cost savings of $100,000 per custodian in end to end eDiscovery costs.

An example: we recently saved one of our corporate clients almost $1 million in e-discovery costs in a single case.

We think differently


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We analyze people relationships……and focus on the relevant data.

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Relationship Forensics


What We Do - LegalIntelligent Discovery

Introducing a new approach that…………….identifies relevant custodians before collection

Intelligent Discovery Report – within the first few days

Identify the right custodians before collection; avoid under-preservation Always-on visibility of entire corpus, not just the usual suspects Identify opposing counsel persons’ of interest Internal investigations: conduct 5 times as many investigations of smaller, internal cases

Business value of approach Always-on helicopter view of corpus, before preservation or

collection Qualify the right custodians before costly collection begins Understand exposure before handing over production requests Seek depositions from opposing counsel with certainty


What We Do - LegalEarly Case Analytics

Introducing a new approach that…………….provides evidentiary support early for better decision-making

Early Case Analytics Report – within the first few days

Custodian lists: validate initial lists, identify key players, uncover missing custodians. Relationships: identify key relationships between parties, companies & individuals Information Flow Analysis: identify who works with whom & where information flows First Pass Review: provide 1% of content for senior review

Business value of approach Drive the 26 (f) Meet & Confer process from a more informed

evidentiary position, earlier – in days, not weeks Reduce the cycle times between production requests Qualify evaluate data received from opposing counsel Make better decisions earlier: settle, dismiss or select counsel Provide supporting evidence for early dismissal, settlement or

negotiations


What We Do - LegalAlways-on surveillance

A new approach that…………….significantly reduces risk around IP theft & investigations

Internal Security Investigations and Compliance

Proactive, always-on, comprehensive monitoring and audit solution Instant visibility of entire company without having to collect emails Automated reports to track departing employees, competitors and press leaks Compliance reports to monitor information barriers and watch-lists

Business value of approach Conduct 5 times the investigations with the

same resources Pro-active monitoring and audit of the entire

communications network, not just a sample Rapid assessment of situation without the cost

and time of collecting emails


Catelas ROI

Identification

Review

Analysis

Intelligent Discovery: precision, speed and cost savings

Early Case Analytics: speed and clarity

Reduce litigation costs by 50%: ROI after a single case

Reduce collection by 30%

Identify missing custodians early

Provide strategic insight within days

Reduce overall costs across EDRM

“ We were able to very quickly direct our outside counsel to the relevant documents… reducing attorney review by more than 50%, saving over $1M in annual litigation fees.Catelas gave us speed, clarity and control.” Corporate Counsel – Fortune 500 company


Why we are uniqueTraditional data-centric tools: Keyword or concept-based Process is extremely iterative The wrong content is collected or the right

content is often missed Costs are high and unpredictable There are fewer and fewer smoking guns!

The Catelas approach: Only solution that focuses on people relationships first and then content Proven link analysis methodology used by law enforcement An investigations tool – who is involved: not simply a key word search engine Early Case Analytics: define the case strategy very early

What makes us unique


• View data differently – visualize people relationships- Quickly (within hours) analyze entire corpus, not a subset of ‘usual suspects’- Validate key custodians; identify non-obvious or missing custodians- Monitor hi-risk relationships for Info Security & Compliance

Conclusion

• Intelligent Discovery & Early Case Analytics- Define case strategy early / prepare for meet and confer- Prioritize importance of cases and assign resources and budget- Respond to regulatory or subpoena requests

• New cost paradigm- Significantly reduce amount of data collected/reviewed- Fully automated and integrated with existing EDRM process and tools- Shared cost model with Info Security, Legal and Compliance groups- Quick time to value

Summary


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Robert LeveyVP Sales & Marketing978 996 [email protected]

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