Ride the Lightning

COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES: THE COST OF E-DISCOVERY

October 8, 2008

The price of e-discovery is making law firms and their clients crazy. Everyone bemoans not only the high costs, but the unpredictability of the costs. Orange Legal Technologies is not the first EDD company to try to come up with a cost estimator (Sensei also has one, albeit in simplified form). However, one member of the Orange team is my friend Rob Robinson, whose work I’ve had great respect for. And the upcoming webinar features another friend and fellow lecturer whose advice I find valuable, Tom O’Connor.

So . . . although I don’t usually mention specific webinars, you might want to check out this one. Rob was kind enough to send me a beta version of the estimator. I took a look, pumped in some real case data, and frankly still found it quite expensive. Mind you, the comparison between Orange and other companies is a sales tool. Though I admire the effort to provide a true estimator, I am always wary of comparisons.

I am most curious to hear what readers might think after attending this seminar. Should you choose to write me afterwards, please disclose any affiliations with the EDD world that you may have. That way I can genuinely compare apples to apples, or oranges to oranges – pick the fruit of your choice.

The free webinar is on October 23rd, 2008, 12:00pm – 1:00pm CST (1:00pm EST, 10:00am PST). You may register here.

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