Blog: Thought Leadership

In our last post in this eDiscovery blog series, we discussed the first five questions you should ask outside counsel as part of their case pitch process to help you identify which firms are truly best prepared to run your discovery work efficiently and cost effectively. In this post, we follow up with the second five questions to ask.

The First Post – People and Process in the New Era of Discovery. This is the first piece for the new Hilgers knowledge base focusing on the process, people, logistics, and business of complex discovery.

Now that we have identified the hidden cost drivers of discovery in our last post, what can we do to remedy them? Turns out, quite a bit. Here are some proven ways you can begin to tackle these hidden cost drivers.

It used to be that companies selected outside counsel based on things like relationships, reputation, and tickets to sporting events/fancy dinners.  Those days are fading fast. More and more the selection of outside counsel is based on the same principles and processes the company uses generally to select any vendor.