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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Data management solutions catering to the legal industry have proliferated as both law firms and in-house departments have come to realize (1) the wealth of data they have at their disposal and (2) the opportunities to be gained from properly leveraging that data. The solutions available run the gamut from analytics tools, many of which can be leveraged over both internal and external sources of data, to data visualization tools and tools that structure data and assist in the extraction of data from documents and other content types. Judicial or litigation analytics solutions such as Gavelytics, Lex Machina and Ravel by LexisNexis provide insights that support litigation strategy and early case assessment, while market intelligence tools provide analytics on external industry data. Data visualization solutions such as Brainspace by Reveal add value to eDiscovery, but generic tools like Power BI and Tableau, as well as newcomer Structura, allow for powerful visualizations and reporting across independent and discrete data sets. Increasingly, vendors such as Fastcase and Thomson Reuters have realized that law firms will pay for data APIs and sandboxes allowing them to integrate data to produce actionable insights. This is a growing space, with broad solutions allowing great flexibility, as well as niche areas such as IP analytics.

Data

As a result of the entrenched nature of eDiscovery, litigation is an area of law in which a large number of technology vendors operate. The field of eDiscovery continues to evolve, with ever more sophisticated tools providing forensics solutions and data analytics capabilities. The acquisition by Reveal of Brainspace and NexLP is a good example of an evolving vendor, though Relativity, Exterro, Integreon, AccessData, Everlaw and many others have also developed data products. End-to-end case management systems have now adapted to provide capabilities that support other aspects of litigation practice, including chronology development, transcript management, exhibit management and trial preparation. Major players such as Opus 2 and Litera Litigate allow for integrations with eDiscovery vendors and the import of tagged hot documents into the case management system. During the pandemic, virtual court work has become necessary, giving rise to the development of platforms such as Armatus and DepoDirect for remote depositions and trials. In addition to these categories, many other point solutions have developed to support various aspects of litigation practice.

Litigation Management

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When eDiscovery became ubiquitous and law firms were regularly confronted with large numbers of files that required review using a combination of technology and an army of people, the industry of eDiscovery services started evolving. Instead of a law firm hiring contract attorneys as reviewers, they started engaging third party service providers to do the work. The early ALSPs focused on this type of work and the volume has only increased with increased number of files in discovery. Providers in the category include Epiq, Integreon.

eDiscovery Services

Brief analysis tools provide a starting point for legal research, or a final check of court documents prior to filing. These solutions allow users to upload a brief or any document containing citations, and provides an analysis of the caselaw cited, including a report of cases that are relevant to the issues in the brief. The leading solution in the United States is Casetext Legal Research. In France, Doctrine is the category leader. Both Westlaw and LexisNexis have developed competitor products.

Brief Analysis

Case Collaboration

Creating a chronology of events is often one of the first tasks in a litigation matter to understand the series of events that led to a claim being made. Chronologies become extremely long, and a critical aspect of the storytelling of a case. Being able to tie key documents, issues, and witnesses to items in the chronology is a critical aspect of litigation strategy. Electronic chronology solutions commonly allow for issues and witness tagging so that the chronology becomes an organic document linked to key evidence. End-to-end case management solutions typically include automated chronology development. This category includes only those that provide chronology support outside of more fulsome case management support. 

Chronology

Ensuring that case citations in briefs, motions and pleadings are accurate and correctly formatted requires painstaking manual proofreading. Various solutions address this pain-point. Some, like Litera’s Litigation Companion and Thomson Reuters’ Drafting Assistant, are Word plug-ins that allow simple in-app checks of citations and citation formatting. Others, such as Casetext’s CARA, Quick Check in Westlaw Edge, and the Judicial Brief Analysis by LexisNexis allow for the uploading of a brief or any document that contains citations, whereupon the tool provides lists of additional relevant cases, note-ups of existing cases, or cases that should be cited in opposition. This functionality is not limited to the US, with Doctrine providing a robust citation check solution for French law.

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Law firms handling many litigation cases on behalf of clients must track hundreds of court dates and deadlines for these cases. Court calendaring solutions automatically import key court dates and schedules and distribute these to litigation teams, as well as being able to trigger reminders or "ticklers" to let lawyers know that deadlines are approaching. CourtAlert is a leading provider. See also, Docketing.

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