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Holds, review, privilege and production: how the work is actually run.
A contract repository turns executed agreements into structured, maintained records that support renewal decisions, obligation tracking, diligence, and defensible discovery collections.
A practical framework for managing deposition transcripts, reviewing testimony across custodians, and verifying summaries before they become part of the litigation record.
A defensible document-review operation combines disciplined batching, targeted review levers, measurable quality control, and clear instructions that resolve disputes before production.
A practical framework for building review batches, coding decisions, instructions, quality control, privilege handling, and production handoffs that remain consistent under volume.
Preservation failures can become sanctions problems; a defensible hold requires a documented trigger, concrete preservation steps, and a clear record of decisions made when information loss is assessed under Rule 37(e).
Privilege review must separate protected content, record defensible log entries, and preserve waived material through a timely FRE 502(d) order and targeted quality control.
A legal hold notice is a written instruction to preserve material, while the duty to preserve arises independently when litigation is reasonably anticipated.
Native, image-based, and hybrid productions serve different purposes; matching the format, load file, and metadata prevents disputes over what was delivered.
A standing legal hold process turns trigger decisions, custodian scoping, preservation, monitoring, release, and audit into repeatable work, reducing preventable loss and uncontrolled over-preservation.
Remote depositions depend on a coordinated protocol covering the oath, reporter control, exhibits, recording, technical failures, and responsibility for costs.