e-Discovery

The computer has had a profound impact on the way companies do business today and as a result electronic discovery – the collection, processing, review and production of electronic documents – plays an ever-increasingly role in how litigation matters are resolved. (Currently, 93% of the world’s information is being generated and maintained, in electronic format while only 7% is in other media such as paper.)

The Fitch Group offers numerous secure solutions that allow our clients to organize, manage, cull and review electronic documents.

Various strategies and solutions include:

• E-mails and electronic files are converted directly to Tiff images with the corresponding meta-data and text delivered to any brand of legal case management system.
• File filtering, de-duplication, annotation and issue coding.
• Capture coded data & metadata
• Create load files for all popular litigation support software packages
• Media Restoration
• Computer Forensics & Collection
• Our strategic partners in forensics are experts and formally trained in forensic techniques and procedures. They are acutely aware of the importance of preserving the integrity of data and maintaining a defensible chain-of-custody. They work with virtually all operating systems and storage devices and utilize forensically sound tools to analyze and collect data. The documented methods of collection, storage, and analysis mimic law enforcement standards.
• Web-based Repository & On-line Native File Review
• Companies seek efficiency through the data management of electronic or online repositories to organize the more then 2 trillion documents in office workflows. The Fitch Group can provide your team with a redundant and secure option for online review. Review options include native file, Tiff or PDF, concept searching and scanned paper documents. Utilizing e-discovery software programs legal teams can start reviewing documents within hours and have access to critical case information twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

All of our processed data is stored within a secure co-location facility. Our solution as it relates to data hosting allows us to deliver to you:

• 24x7x365 critical monitoring, plus secured & manned access to data center
• Centralized storage
• Terabytes of storage capacity
• Ease of expandability
• Fault tolerance and redundancy
• Fully redundant power and HVAC
• Controlled temperature and humidity
• Fire-threat detection and suppression

Here at the Fitch Group, our comprehensive approach in the management of electronic evidence provides fast, economical and reliable results. The combination of our state-of-the-art evidence processing systems, unique data reduction strategies and our experienced technical staff assures accurate and effective data every time.