GGO, creators of the Digital WarRoom platform for accessible, affordable e-discovery, announce the release of Digital WarRoom version 8.4 this week. E-Discovery experts will provide demonstrations of Digital WarRoom version 8.4 e-discovery software at the LegalTech 2013 Conference in New York.
New features in version 8.4 include enhanced identification and management of privileged documents.
It is commonly assumed that the duplicates of a given privileged document will always be categorized as privileged. But in fact, in many situations, counsel may determine that some copies of a privileged document are in fact responsive. The distinction may have to do with the identity of individuals sending or receiving a communication, or the existence of attachments associated with one or more of the duplicate copies.
The DWR advanced privilege management identifies existing duplicates, and provides document family groups (with associated attachments and conversation threads) to allow attorneys to examine potentially privileged content in a contextual view. In review, Digital WarRoom provides the ability for review attorneys to select from custom-created privilege phrases that can be edited at the document level and attached at time of privilege determination. In the production phase within Digital WarRoom, the system provides consistency checking at time of production to reduce risk of inadvertent waiver of privilege.
Documents marked privileged, along with annotations, reviewer decision details are automatically included in a system-generated privilege report. The Privilege Log is an exportable spreadsheet including document title, subject, reviewer details, reviewer’s privilege notations, marks, and other key details. Once exported, the privilege log is easily edited. All privileged documents may be saved in a binder for sharing with counsel or client, or for archiving. “Creation and management of a Privilege Log is one of the most time-consuming and painful processes that litigation support teams have to deal with” said Barry O’Melia, who heads up the Digital WarRoom product division. “Our automated privilege log will easily save hundreds of hours of work on the typical e-discovery case, and free up paralegals and litigation support staff to focus on more strategic efforts for their clients.”
Efficient Redaction
Enhancements to the redaction features in Digital WarRoom save time when working with large documents. An ‘inverse redaction’ capability allows the review attorney to select responsive content and automatically redact the remainder of the document. Redaction placement, fonts, phrases and colors are also customizable.
About Digital WarRoom e-Discovery Platform
The Digital WarRoom platform is unique in its ability to create and save case data in a portable form. A case database created on any Digital WarRoom product can move seamlessly from Digital WarRoom Pro on a Windows desktop, to Digital WarRoom WorkGroup on a server behind the corporate firewall or , or the DWR Remote full-service SaaS hosted environment, with all attorney work product preserved. This unmatched flexibility allows organizations to cost effectively handle early case assessments and complete e-discovery on routine matters in-house, while retaining the option for full-service hosted review on larger, complex and global matters. The features, menus and workflow are consistent, providing the ability to standardize the process of e-discovery for all matters regardless of size.
- The Digital WarRoom platform has been acclaimed by e-discovery experts, law firms, and corporate clients as “impressive, seamless, and easy to use”. An LTN product review compared the platform favorably with better-known but far more expensive solutions, saying “DWR seems to have adopted the best features offered by leading e-discovery software makers such as Clearwell and kCura Relativity and packaged them all together in one functional, integrated platform, which can operate on a desktop, or laptop, computer in a distributed computing environment that incorporates other computers, such as a back-end database server.” To learn more about Digital WarRoom visit www.digitalwarroom.com.
About Digital WarRoom e-Discovery Platform
Digital WarRoom is the first e-discovery platform to provide law firms, corporate legal and e-discovery teams with complete ESI processing, document review and production in a single application, eliminating traditional high-cost volume-based processing fees. GGO created the Digital WarRoom technology for in-house use by solo attorneys, corporations and law firms to address document processing, review and production in legal matters of all types. The software is licensed in a variety of forms, addressing any size law firm or matter:
- Digital WarRoom Pro, the first Windows PC-based product for e-discovery, allowing an individually licensed user to conduct complete e-discovery on a Windows computer;
- Digital WarRoom WorkGroup, a client-server application that allows corporate IT, in-house legal, or law firm e-discovery practitioners to manage e-discovery case data processing, document review and production without high priced volume-based processing;
- Digital WarRoom Remote hosted e-discovery, a full-service hosted platform designed for distributed and virtual team access to case data.
The Digital WarRoom platform is unique in its ability to create and save case data in a portable form. A case database created on any Digital WarRoom product can move seamlessly to any other Digital WarRoom product, with all attorney work product preserved. This unmatched flexibility allows organizations to cost effectively handle an entire portfolio of matters in-house, while retaining the option for full-service hosted review on larger, complex and global matters. To learn more about Digital WarRoom visit www.digitalwarroom.com.
By Guest Blogger: Digital WarRoom by GGO
