Law firms and corporations know that managing e-discovery is no fairy tale. But when the plot thickens in a case, uncovering ESI can seem downright villainous. That’s when our managed services can be your knight in shining armor. Let’s look at the four options for handling e-discovery:

1) Case by Case –Essentially a new contract with different providers to manage each case.

2) Preferred Providers – Law firms and corporations set up one or more “preferred provider” relationships.

3) Managed Services – A single contract with a full-service provider.

4) Build It – You build your own e-discovery solution internally.

Read between the lines and you’ll find that case-by-case solutions are the most inefficient and expensive option. While the preferred providers option may provide more cost efficiency and risk mitigation than case-by-case, you still have to manage multiple e-discovery service providers. In comparison, managed services is the most compelling. It’s the only option to provide long-term repeatability, efficiency and low cost. Of course, you could choose the “handyman” approach and try to build your own e-discovery solution. But this will require the most time and money of all. And considering that the final results are uncertain, the build-it option rarely has a happy ending for litigators on tight deadlines.