Generated by All in One SEO Pro v5.0.0.1, this is an llms-full.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Lexbe GenAI-powered eDiscovery and digital forensic services that help lawyers win cases. ## Posts ### [CIOReview Names Lexbe a Top eDiscovery Provider for 2016](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/cioreview-names-lexbe-top-ediscovery-provider-2016/) **Published:** October 22, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Lexbe has been recognized by CIOReview on their "Top 20 Most Promising eDiscovery Vendors of 2016" list. From their website, CIOReview, an enterprise solutions publication, noted that  "eDiscovery technology tools bring transparency and control to the litigation process." **Content:** Lexbe has been recognized by *CIOReview* on their “Top 20 Most Promising eDiscovery Vendors of 2016” list. From their website, *CIOReview*, an enterprise solutions publication, noted that “eDiscovery technology tools bring transparency and control to the litigation process.” eDiscovery [software options can range from local installations to cloud](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) based services. Lexbe’s SaaS model gives clients total control over their ESI (electronically stored information), empowering firms and organizations to completely self administer their eDiscovery [process and interact with their data](https://lexbe.com/eu-swiss-data-processing-addendum/) directly. Our expert eDiscovery specialists are available as needed, giving clients the option to access support when deadlines loom near and keep costs in check when their internal staff is able to manage the process themselves. ![top 20 image](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/top20.png "top20 | Lexbe")You can see all of CIOReview’s selections for top eDiscovery Software providers on their site [here](https://legal.cioreview.com/vendors/most-promising-ediscovery-technology-solution-providers-2016.html). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [A Litigator's Guide to 'Going Native'](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-going-native/) **Published:** July 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, or email. Whether ESI should be produced and reviewed in native format can be a controversial issue in the e-Discovery arena and opinions of its appropriateness vary among experts. **Content:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, or email. Whether ESI should be produced and reviewed in native format can be a controversial issue in the e-Discovery arena and opinions of its appropriateness vary among experts. When done it raises complications for both the producing and reviewing parties that should be identified and addressed. ### Key Points - Statutory and Case Law around Native Productions - Pros and Cons of Producing and Reviewing in Native format - Metadata, Privilege Review and Redaction Issues - Production Format Options - Importance of Properly Drafted ESI Agreement and Orders - Practical Take-Aways and Practice Tips ### Webinar Resources [A Litigator’s Guide to Native Reviews – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Webinar-2016-07-13-A-Litigators-Guide-to-Native-Reviews-FINAL.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [eDiscovery Search Best Practices](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-search-best-practices/) **Published:** September 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** s the size of document collections continue to explode, finding the evidence needle in the electronically stored information (ESI) haystack is more challenging than ever. Understanding the latest tools, indexing techniques, and features associated with eDiscovery search will allow you to conduct a highly effective review while still delivering your production on time. **Content:** As the size of document collections continue to explode, finding the evidence needle in the electronically stored information (ESI) haystack is more challenging than ever. Understanding the latest tools, indexing techniques, and features associated with eDiscovery search will allow you to conduct a highly effective review while still delivering your production on time. The webinar discusses best practices in advanced search methodology with a focus on practically applying these tools to ensure your data is fully indexed, completely searchable and enables you to quickly and accurately access the evidence you need. ### Key Points - Understanding How eDiscovery Search Indexes Work - Multi-Index Approach to Prevent Missing Critical Case Data - Pros and Cons of Keyword Search - Constructing Quality Search Queries - Search Expanders and Search Limiters - Testing Keyword Search Results - Practice Tips ### Webinar Resources [eDiscovery Search Best Practices – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-September-Webinar-Search-pdf-1.pdf) ### About the Speaker Erin Derby is a Certified eDiscovery Specialist and member of the Technical Services team with Lexbe LC. She specializes in working with clients handling eDiscovery which are [involved in the type of complex litigation](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) that requires a high level of precision and expertise. She provides guidance for technical discovery issues and procedures and ensures compliance with all court-ordered ESI guidelines. Prior to joining Lexbe, Ms. Derby was a Litigation Paralegal for 10 years for both plaintiff and defense [law firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/). She attended the College of William and Mary and earned her Paralegal Certification from Old Dominion University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Lawyer's Guide to In-House eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-in-house-ediscovery/) **Published:** October 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The decision to bring eDiscovery solutions in-house for a legal team is more than evaluating the software. The growth of e-discovery and data combined with adoption by the federal and state courts of FRCP rules for litigants to comply with judge expectations continues. **Content:** The decision to bring eDiscovery solutions in-house for a legal team is more than evaluating the software. The growth of e-discovery and data combined with adoption by the federal and state courts of FRCP rules for litigants to comply with judge expectations continues. This opens opportunities for legal teams and law firms to take control of the eDiscovery process, contain costs and improve efficiency, service levels and most important, meet attorney obligations. ### Key Points - Growth in eDiscovery and the changing landscape of industry - Advantages of bringing your eDiscovery process and solutions In-house - Evaluating software platforms: onDemand vs. In-house - Improved Early Case Assessment (ECA) in facts and issues stage - Benefits of review speed through processing capability - Cost Containment with greater efficiency in hosting/review - Litigation Timelining ### Webinar Resources [A Lawyer’s Guide to In-House eDiscovery – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/A-Lawyers-Guide-to-In-House-Discovery-1.pdf) ### About the Speaker Christian DeTrude of Lexbe, is an eDiscovery Senior Solutions Consultant. He is a certified eDiscovery Specialist from the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS). Mr. DeTrude specializes in working with [firms and companies of all sizes](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-is-the-killer-app-for-small-to-medium-sized-firms-recorded-demo/) involved in eDiscovery seeking to bring solutions in-house or partner with a provider who do not have an in-house solution. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Best Search Practices to Accelerate eDiscovery in 2018](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-search-practices-accelerate-ediscovery-2018/) **Published:** December 20, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** As the size of document collections continue to explode, finding the evidence needle in the electronically stored information (ESI) haystack is more challenging than ever. Understanding the latest tools, indexing techniques, and features associated with eDiscovery search will allow you to conduct a highly effective review while still delivering your production on time. **Content:** As the size of document collections continue to explode, finding the evidence needle in the electronically stored information (ESI) haystack is more challenging than ever. Understanding the latest tools, indexing techniques, and features associated with eDiscovery search will allow you to conduct a highly effective review while still delivering your production on time. The webinar discusses best practices in advanced search methodology with a focus on practically applying these tools to ensure your data is fully indexed, completely searchable and enables you to quickly and accurately access the evidence you need. ### Key Points - Pros and Cons of Keyword Search - Understanding How eDiscovery Search Indexes Work - Multi-Index Approach to Prevent Missing Critical Case Data - Constructing Quality Search Queries - Search Expanders and Search Limiters - Testing Keyword Search Results - Practice Tips ### Webinar Resources [12 Advanced Search Practices to Accelerate Review in 2018 – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2018-12-Advanced-Search-Practices-to-Accelerate-Review-in-2018.pdf) [12 Best Search Practices to Accelerate eDiscovery in 2018 – MP3 Audio Download]() ### About the Speaker #### Erin Derby, Certified eDiscovery Specialist, Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS), Lexbe LC Ms. Derby is a Certified eDiscovery Specialist and member of the Technical Services team with Lexbe LC. She specializes in working with clients handling eDiscovery which are [involved in the type of complex litigation](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) that requires a high level of precision and expertise. She provides guidance for technical discovery issues and procedures and ensures compliance with all court-ordered ESI guidelines. Prior to joining Lexbe, Ms. Derby was a Litigation Paralegal for 10 years for both plaintiff and defense law firms. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Best Practices: NearDup](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-neardup/) **Published:** July 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Near duplicate identification, or ‘NearDup’, is a critically important eDiscovery function that can drastically increase the speed and quality of your review by grouping similar documents, maintaining email threads, retrieving unmarked ‘hot’ documents, and preventing the inadvertent release of critical privileged information. **Content:** Near duplicate identification, or ‘NearDup’, is a critically important eDiscovery function that can drastically increase the speed and quality of your review by grouping similar documents, maintaining email threads, retrieving unmarked ‘hot’ documents, and preventing the inadvertent release of critical privileged information. As document collections continue to grow, so does the risk of missing key documents, inconsistently coding productions, and releasing privileged data. ### Key Points - What is Near Duplicate Identification? - When is ‘NearDup’ Needed? - Inadvertent Privilege Release Example - Using ‘NearDup’ to: - – Group Similar Documents - – Find More Key Documents - – Enable Email Threading - – Prevent the Inadvertent Release of Privileged Information - NearDup Groupings+ service options from Lexbe ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices – NearDup – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Best-Practices-NearDup.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [eDSG Poll Suggests Current eDiscovery Software is Too Expensive -- We Agree!](https://lexbe.com/blog/edsg-poll-suggests-current-ediscovery-software-expensive-agree/) **Published:** July 10, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** An eDSG poll conducted back in April suggests that litigation professionals find current eDiscovery software too expensive, too slow, and they are disappointed that the software doesn't run in the cloud. We couldn't agree more. Lexbe has focused on addressing these issues through an innovative operations architecture that takes advantage of the latest, highly scalable, and most secure computing technologies. **Content:** [**An eDSG poll**](http://ediscoverytimes.com/edsg-poll-suggests-current-ediscovery-software-is-too-expensive/) conducted back in April suggests that litigation professionals find current eDiscovery software too expensive, too slow, and they are disappointed that the software doesn’t run in the cloud. We couldn’t agree more. Lexbe has focused on addressing these issues through an [**innovative operations architecture**](https://lexbe.com/about/technology/) that takes advantage of the latest, highly scalable, and most secure computing technologies. The result is fast, affordable, cloud-based eDiscovery that gets the job done. Lexbe is easy to use, all features are [included at no additional cost](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/), and you can even get **free native processing services** when you host for 6 months. If you are also tired of slow, expensive, inefficient, and complicated eDiscovery software and services that are living in the past, [**learn more**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lexbe-ediscovery-platform/) about how Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is changing the game by responding to these concerns. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog --- ### [10 Best Practices: Forms of Production](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/10-best-practices-forms-of-production/) **Published:** February 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Emails and their attachments represent an increasingly significant portion of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) collections and for good reason, too. The hundreds of billions of emails that are sent daily paint a comprehensive picture of our personal and professional lives, so it is no wonder that litigators must thoroughly and effectively review these collections for relevant case material. **Content:** Emails and their attachments represent an increasingly significant portion of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) collections and for good reason, too. The hundreds of billions of emails that are sent daily paint a comprehensive picture of our personal and professional lives, so it is no wonder that litigators must thoroughly and effectively review these collections for relevant case material. All too often, the “smoking gun” is hiding in .msg files and their attachments, but the peculiarities of email format can make this key evidence difficult to find, process for review, search, and produce. Watch to avoid the pitfalls of email discovery and find the [critical evidence](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-ediscovery-is-a-challenging-but-critical-part-of-your-evidence-gathering-strategy/) that breaks your case. ### Key Points - Know the rules (FRCP/state/local) - Match your review request with your review approach - Know the common file deliverables in productions - ‘Meet and Confer’ (Rule 26) to your advantage - Request specific file types and metadata as needed - Track custodians & handle deduplication - Address placeholders, databases and unusual file types - Negotiate a comprehensive discovery order in complicated cases - Watch out for redactions traps - Increase privilege review accuracy with near dup checks ### Webinar Resources [10 Best Practices for Forms of Production – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Webinar-10-Best-Practices-for-Forms-of-Production-2014-01.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Best Practices: Technology-Assisted Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-technology-assisted-review/) **Published:** June 10, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Technology assisted review (TAR), also known as predictive coding and computer assisted review, has become a frequently used tool to complete large document reviews quickly and cost efficiently. The promise of fast, accurate computer-assisted coding as a practical solution to increasingly massive collections is encouraging, but understanding various vendor approaches can be confusing and overwhelming. **Content:** Technology-assisted review (TAR), also known as predictive coding and computer-assisted review, has become a frequently used tool to complete large document reviews quickly and cost efficiently. The promise of fast, accurate computer-assisted coding as a practical solution to increasingly massive collections is encouraging, but understanding various vendor approaches can be confusing and overwhelming. In many cases, there is little, if any, information about how a specific TAR methodology works, creating potential defensibility blind spots and jeopardizing the progress of your case. How can you trust or account for the results of a mystery process? Alternatively, if a methodology is fully disclosed, [case teams](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) can evaluate, explain, and justify outcomes with confidence. ### Key Points - What is Technology-Assisted Review (TAR)? - How does TAR/Predictive Coding work? - Why use TAR/Predictive Coding? - Comparing outcomes: predictive coding vs.and manual review - Importance of transparency in TAR applications - Benefits of scalability in predictive coding architectures ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices Technology-Assisted Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Webinar-Best-Practices-Technology-Assisted-Review-4-16-2015.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [OnDemand eDiscovery Processing](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ondemand-ediscovery-processing/) **Published:** May 10, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Whether you are a litigation services provider or internally managing litigation support functions within a law firm or corporate legal department, ESI processing deadlines can often exceed capacity. In order to increase internal capacity, past options have included the purchase of additional processing software licences and local hardware, as well as increased staffing, to marginally increase throughput and meet demand. **Content:** Whether you are a litigation services provider or internally managing litigation support functions within a law firm or corporate legal department, ESI processing deadlines can often exceed capacity. In order to increase internal capacity, past options have included the purchase of additional processing software licences and local hardware, as well as increased staffing, to marginally increase throughput and meet demand. But what about when processing demand temporarily recedes? eProcessing+ enables service providers and [litigation support](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) departments to scale up for periods of high demand and scale down when things cool off. And with no associated hardware or licensing costs, plus reduced staffing requirements, eProcessing+ lets you align case costs with revenues. ### Key Points - eDiscovery processing and the EDRM - Fast, scalable processing: why it’s needed - Traditional processing workflows - Balancing processing demands with internal resources - Cost-efficiently increasing capacity and speed - Features and benefits of eProcessing+ - Integrated ECA, processing, and review to speed throughput and reducetotal costs - Summary ### Webinar Resources [OnDemand eDiscovery Processing – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Webinar-OnDemand-eDiscovery-Processing-3-26-2015.pdf) ### About the Speaker Stu Van Dusen is an eDiscovery solutions consultant with Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/). He has his MS Technology Commercialization from UT Austin, and his BS in Business Administration and Management from Trinity University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Controlling eDiscovery Costs](https://lexbe.com/blog/controlling-ediscovery-costs/) **Published:** August 18, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** With eDiscovery becoming increasingly typical and financially burdensome, every litigation professional is looking to keep costs down while still delivering high quality document reviews. This search for low costs, at least, has remained constant. What has changed rapidly is the amount of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) subject to discovery. **Content:** With eDiscovery becoming increasingly typical and financially burdensome, every litigation professional is looking to keep costs down while still delivering high quality document reviews. This search for low costs, at least, has remained constant. What has changed rapidly is the amount of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) subject to discovery. As the amount of ESI created through normal business activity grows, the need to keep eDiscovery costs down and leverage best of breed technologies grows correspondingly. Let’s take a look at this explosion in ESI volume and how it affects eDiscovery costs. The amount of ESI collected from employees for commercial litigation has grown by 35% annually. A recent report by Microsoft Corporation found that the average collection of [data per individual custodian](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/gaining-leverage-from-custodian-interviews-with-data-mapping/) involved in litigation increased from 7 GBs (~0.5 Million pages) in 2008 to 17.5 GBs in 2011 (~0.9 Million pages). This shows an astounding 150% increase in just three years (35% a year, compounded). ![BlogPostControlCosts](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/BlogPostControlCosts.png "BlogPostControlCosts | Lexbe") This ESI explosion has a direct effect on the costs associated with eDiscovery. The industry standard prices for [processing services](https://lexbe.com/esi-processing-service/) are falling but not nearly fast enough to keep up with the exponential growth of ESI collected. The cost to process one GB of raw ESI (~50,000 pages) in 2006 was $1,800. This cost declined to $500 by 2011, showing a 72% decrease in 5 years (22.6%, compounded). The data demonstrates an annual compound growth of [collected ESI of 35% and an annual decrease in processing](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/collecting-processing-and-producing-mac-os-and-ios-evidence/) costs of only 22.6%. With discoverable data growth outpacing cost decreases by 12.4% annually, controlling eDiscovery costs is increasingly crucial. Finding and selecting a quality eDiscovery provider that develops scalable, technology driven solutions that push back against typical cost drivers should be the focus of every litigation professional faced with an eDiscovery challenge. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Early Case Procedures for Accelerated Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/early-case-procedures-for-accelerated-review/) **Published:** December 14, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Decisions made early in the collection, processing and review of your data will have ramifications that carry through the remainder of your case. Accordingly, making informed choices is critical to achieving timeline, evidentiary and budget goals. This webinar will highlight these pivotal decisions and provide you with best practices that will help you avoid unintended consequences and dramatically improve your eDiscovery results. **Content:** Decisions made early in the collection, processing and review of your data will have ramifications that carry through the remainder of your case. Accordingly, making informed choices is critical to achieving timeline, evidentiary and budget goals. This webinar will highlight these pivotal decisions and provide you with best practices that will help you avoid unintended consequences and dramatically improve your eDiscovery results. ### Key Points - Goals in eDiscovery - Collection Overview - Transmitting Data - Evaluating Platforms - Processing Specifications - Reducing the Data Set - Technology-Assisted Review (TAR) ### Webinar Resources [Early Case Procedures for Accelerated Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Early-Case-Procedures.pdf) [Early Case Procedures for Accelerated Review – MP3 Audio Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2017-11-Early-Case-Procedures-for-Accelerated-Review.mp3) ### About the Speaker #### Andrew Hansell As a member of Faegre Baker Daniels’ [client technology solutions](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/client-solutions/) group, Andy Hansell advises clients on all aspects of e-discovery best practices and services. He has more than 10 years of experience as a [litigator in private practice](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/7-critical-considerations-and-best-practices-for-ediscovery-in-patent-litigation/) and as in-house counsel. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [TechnoLawyer Newswire Release - eDiscovery Processing That Scales With Your Needs](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/technolawyer-newswire-release-ediscovery-processing-scales-needs/) **Published:** August 15, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** A new Technolawyer Newswire Report, eDiscovery Processing That Scales With Your Needs on Lexbe's unprecedented processing speed has just been released! "Lexbe's fast processing enables you to start your document reviews sooner, and meet tight discovery deadlines even as the volume of ESI continues to grow." **Content:** A new Technolawyer Newswire Report, [***eDiscovery Processing That Scales With Your Needs***](/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/TL-Newswire-Release-Lexbe-Native-Processing+-TIFF-.pdf) on Lexbe’s unprecedented processing speed has just been released! “Lexbe’s fast processing enables you to start your document reviews sooner, and meet tight discovery deadlines even as the volume of ESI continues to grow.” The report makes reference to our recently published White Paper, ***Redefining High Speed eDiscovery Processing & Production*** detailing a study of our unprecedented processing capacity. ![Technolawyer community](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/techno_lawyer.gif "techno_lawyer | Lexbe")The study focused on processing the standardized 53 GB EDRM Enron data set to TIFF images. Lexbe eDiscovery Processing System (LEPS) was able to complete TIFF [processing on the 53GB data set in only 5.3 hours](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/)! That is an industry leading TIFFing rate of approximately 10 GBs an hour or over 240 GBs each day! Long turnaround times and astronomical processing costs are no longer necessary evils of TIFF processing with Lexbe. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [ABA Law Technology Research Center Features Lexbe in the Litigation Support Chart](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) **Published:** February 26, 2020 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The ABA LTRC has a resource chart available to members and non-members that compares major eDiscovery providers on the market as a resource for attorneys. The detailed categories include general description, product/license pricing with target market firm size, software compatibility, presentation features, OS compatibility, searching/language support and technical support. **Content:** ### A Comparison of Major eDiscovery Providers “The Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) provides legal technology resources to ABA members through various outlets including a technology blog, publications, monthly webinars and its extensive website. Technology lives in a state of flux which makes it challenging to stay updated, but the LTRC’s expert staff and member board researches and shares information to give lawyers a competitive edge without having to take time or focus away from their clients or organizations.” -americanbar.org The ABA LTRC has a resource chart available to members and non-members that compares major eDiscovery providers on the market as a resource for attorneys. The detailed categories include general description, product/license pricing with target market firm size, software compatibility, presentation features, OS compatibility, searching/language support and technical support. Lexbe is pleased to be included in the recent update published 11/2019. Below is an excerpt for Lexbe’s entry. See below for the ABA link to the full report. **Product Name**Lexbe eDiscovery Platform[**Description**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/get-a-demo/)Lexbe offers customers use of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, which is cloud/web-based eDiscovery and complex [document management](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) software. Processing features include: DIY upload/ingestion of native and produced ESI, early case assessment, processing, deduplication, deNISTing, OCR of image files, text extraction of native files, email threading, and exact and near-duplication identification. Review features include: PII and other confidential/proprietary information identification and coding, redactions, technology assisted review (TAR), foreign document auto-translation, auto-transcription of audio and video files, search index auto-updating, tabbed search interface and saved searches, and built-in and unlimited custom coding fields. Export and production capabilities include briefcases, TIFF, PDF and [native productions](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/requesting-productions-in-native-file-format/) and other exports, standard and custom load files, and automatic or custom privilege log creation. Depo and trial features include transcript management, highlighting, annotations, private and shared notes, and legal fact & issues/chronology construction. [**Product/License Pricing**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lep-pricing/)The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is fully scalable and can handle large and small cases/projects. Pricing is based on data stored with no user fees, set-up fees, case fees, etc. Processing is free when done in a hosting account. Hosting plans are available at various data levels, and current pricing starts at $5/GB/Month for subscription accounts.**Software Compatibility**Lexbe is completely web-based, so no local servers or offline software is needed. Multiple monitors are supported.[**Presentation Features**](https://lexbe.com/features/)Lexbe [creates one document](https://lexbe.com/blog/9-tips-for-creating-searchable-pdf-documents-for-review/) record per file and extracts important metadata into built in fields while maintaining family relationships. These document records can be organized in multiple views by sorting, filtering, adjusting field display, assigning folders, searching etc. And these views can be saved for convenient referral. Lexbe includes a built in doc viewer that opens as a new web browser window. Here each document record has multiple tabs, including: PDF tab (contains converted pdf), Original tab (original native file for viewing or downloading), Text tab (OCRed text), HTML tab (native extracted text), Translated tab (machine translation of non-english documents), Hits tab (highlighted search terms with text wrap), Redacted tab, Production tab (Bates-stamped versions), and Annotations tab (for witness examination). Multiple features are available through the doc viewer including responsive and custom coding/tagging, notes, and facts and issues assignment. Productions can be run DIY by users with the appropriate rights and then downloaded or distributed via secure download links. Users can create unlimited custom Facts and Issues for presentations, and facts are linked to transcripts, documents and other evidence. Case timelines/chronologies are automatically created from facts and issues. **Operating System Compatibility**Lexbe is online/SaaS based and will work with current web browsers on any operating system including Microsoft, Apple and Android.**Search/Language Support**Searches run on a scalable back-end environment and even large complex searches with over 1 [million documents](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) return in seconds. Searches run on the Lexbe UberIndex, which combines comprehensive native file text extraction, OCR of images and imaged files, metadata extraction, foreign language translations, and dynamic real time updating into a single concatenated search index to provide comprehensive eDiscovery search results. This includes document tracked changes and revisions, presentation notes, hidden text, hidden cells in spreadsheets, transcriptions of audio and video files, foreign language translations, and OCRed text. Unicode and foreign languages are supported for search. Language identification and machine translation of major foreign languages to English are available also. Lexbe offers a variety of search options, including a simple ‘GoogleTM-like’ search box, but also more complex Boolean, Exact Phrase, Any of the Words and Fuzzy Search options. Searches can be saved and shared and can be additionally filtered by metadata and custom coding/tagging. **Technical Support**Lexbe offers free Customer Support, an 800 number, and a 24/7 ticket system. Every new account receives free custom training and free weekly web-based training is also available. The Lexbe Professional Services team is available to help clients with project [management of their cases](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/a-boutique-lawyers-guide-to-managing-document-intensive-cases/) as needed. All Professional Service members are ACEDS certified and have extensive eDiscovery knowledge, expertise and experience.The full ABA LTRC report is available [here](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/legal_technology_resources/resources/). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Understanding your eDiscovery Index and How It Finds (or Misses) Evidence](https://lexbe.com/blog/understanding-your-ediscovery-index-and-how-it-finds-or-misses-evidence/) **Published:** June 21, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** How your eDiscovery platform parses and organizes your electronically stored evidence can be the difference between finding or missing that smoking gun. Or worse, unwittingly handing a smoking gun to opposing counsel. Pulling back the curtain on how an eDiscovery platform ingests electronically stored documents and makes the text within documents searchable reveals hidden places where evidence may be hiding. **Content:** How your eDiscovery platform parses and organizes your electronically stored evidence can be the difference between finding or missing that smoking gun. Or worse, unwittingly handing a smoking gun to opposing counsel. Pulling back the curtain on how an [eDiscovery platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) ingests electronically stored documents, generates an eDiscovery index, and makes the text within documents searchable, reveals hidden places where evidence may be hiding. This article explains indexing and breaks down the types of search indexes used in eDiscovery software platforms, discusses the pros and cons of each, and offers solutions to ensure that you never miss crucial evidence. Indexing occurs during the upload of your [documents to your eDiscovery review platform](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/). A number of processes run which separates and organizes your data. The text, in particular, is extracted from your documents and filtered into a database or index. When you enter a search query your software does not review each [document searching for the word; that could take hours](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) or days. Rather your software refers to the index (just as you would in a textbook) in order to quickly pull the relevant documents for your review. The process by which the text is extracted from your documents to be placed into that index is critical to the quality of search results. ![OCR](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/OCR-Image.png "OCR-Image | Lexbe") There are 2 basic indexes used in eDiscovery software platforms, an OCR Index or a Text-based (also called Native extraction) Index. OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. In this process, your electronically stored documents could be originally scanned or saved from a native document through a virtual print driver. Specialty OCR software recognizes alpha-numeric text patterns. For example, a Word doc uploaded would be “printed” within the software engine and the text that appears on that virtual print would be lifted off the page and indexed. Text-based Indexing is also called Native Extraction Indexing because instead of processing the document as a printed page it rather looks at all of the underlying code and data within a document. Where OCR sees the document as a print, Text-based indexing lifts the hood and extracts all of the computer-embedded text in a file and additionally will capture the data that you do not see, such as comments. The pros of one indexing approach are the cons of the other and vice versa. Specifically, an OCR-based index may miss hidden fields, such as hidden columns on an Excel spreadsheet, while a text-based index would not. Conversely, a Native extraction-based index will not read (index) the text on an image, including scanned or PDF’d documents, where an OCR index will. ![Load Growth Model rating staff and hours](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/speakernoteoriginal.png "speakernoteoriginal | Lexbe")This is an example of a native PowerPoint document. When you receive this doc as a .ppt file an OCR-based index would create a virtual print of each slide and lift any text that appears on that print for indexing. The embedded images with text, like this chart titled “Load Growth Model”, would have all text that appears on the chart indexed. Speaker notes, however, like this one regarding “November Data”, could be missed as notes do not normally show on a print, by default. Conversely, a native extraction-based index would only recognize the .jpg title of the image of the chart and index that file name as text. It cannot “read” an image (as OCR can) and so none of the text appearing on the chart would be indexed. It would, however, pick up the speaker notes regarding November Data. When you search for the company name “CAISO” an OCR-based Index would retrieve this document but a Native Extraction-based index would not. When you search for “November Data” the Native Index would retrieve this document, but an OCR index would miss it. If you were to perform a Boolean search for “CAISO AND November Data” neither index alone would return this document as responsive as it would only see one term or the other. Some modern eDiscovery software providers will offer both indexes, however, they are siloed and so you would have to run your entire search twice, once through each index. This not only doubles your search time but still leaves you vulnerable to miss evidence when you are using Boolean searches to narrow results. Some eDiscovery vendors will instruct you to write additional language into your ESI order in an attempt to mitigate the loss of potential evidence. Unfortunately, the more complex an ESI request the more likely that mistakes will be made and evidence missed. Lexbe has solved this false ‘index dilemma’ by creating the first concatenated eDiscovery search index, our Uber-Index℠. At ingestion, documents are run through both OCR and Native extraction indexing simultaneously. Then the OCR and Native-Extracted indices are compiled into one single, searchable database. All text is captured by these two complementary processes, and all evidence is searchable. Additionally, Lexbe offers an integrated translation feature which is also included in our Uber Index for seamless search in either language. Whether you opt for Lexbe to perform your document translation or upload your own translated docs, our software will tie the original doc to the English translated one for integrated search and document review. Finally, Lexbe also performs an advanced metadata extraction at ingestion for precision searches. Details such as the author of a document are extracted and will be searchable. FeaturesOCR IndexText-Based IndexLexbe Uber IndexEmbedded Text✅✘✅Charts✅✘✅Budgets✅✘✅Scanned Docs✅✘✅Hidden Cells/Sheets✘✅✅Comments✘✅✅Tracked Changes✘✅✅BCC Field✘✅✅Meta-Data Extraction✘✘✅Translated Text✘✘✅With the Lexbe [eDiscovery platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/), your search is faster and more complete than with any other index on the market. For more information on how indexing works watch our webinar [Best Practices to Avoid Missing Evidence in Large Document Reviews](/resources/webinar/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-doc-review-uber-index/), part of the Lexbe eDiscovery Webinar Series. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Protecting eDiscovery Privilege, the Case Against File Sharing Sites](https://lexbe.com/blog/protecting-ediscovery-privilege-the-case-against-file-sharing-sites/) **Published:** April 27, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** File sharing services, such as DropBox, have become increasingly used as eDiscovery repositories for incoming data and outgoing productions. With easy sharing, via a simple URL link, it's understandable why these tools appear to offer an optimal solution for sending and receiving massive amounts of data as one does with eDiscovery litigation. **Content:** File sharing services, such as DropBox, have become increasingly used as eDiscovery repositories for incoming data and outgoing productions. With easy sharing, via a simple URL link, it’s understandable why these tools appear to offer an optimal solution for sending and receiving massive amounts of data as one does with eDiscovery litigation. Unfortunately, this “solution” can become a massive liability and we caution clients against using these services because it is simply too easy to accidentally share privileged documents. In fact, there are several cases in which information has been inadvertently shared and the results were disastrous for the offending party. ### What’s the problem? It is not that it can’t be done correctly, it is more that one is asking for problems with an open platform like this. With default settings in place, the “owner” of a file relinquishes control of the data within the file when shared with other users. Once shared, the data within the file can be copied, changed and shared without the owner’s permission. New users can be added to the file to [view the data](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/preservation-strategies-and-data-collection-from-a-forensic-experts-point-of-view/) and, with seemingly unlimited “cooks in the kitchen,” it is too difficult to maintain chain of custody and ensure responsible sharing. A few specific issues with file sharing services include: 1. Shared files and folders are not static. This is not the equivalent of sending a document attachment via email. The shared file or folder remains “live”, thus any future additions or changes can still be seen by people with the link into perpetuity. 2. On many platforms, user groups are created and can be duplicated to other folders with a simple click. For example, if several users have access to “Case X Final Production” folder, another attorney could grant access to all users in that file to “Case X Notes”- not realizing that opposing counsel was part of the original group. 3. The link is not automatically password protected so anyone with the link can view the file unless proper authentication measures are manually enabled. This literally means that without setting up a password, anyone on the internet could potentially access your file. ### What have the courts said? In *Harleysville Ins. Co v. Holding Funeral Home, Inc., Case No. 1:15cv00057 (W. D. Va. February 9, 2017)*, an insurance company refused a funeral home’s fire damage claim after determining the fire was caused by arson. An investigator for the insurance company uploaded video taken at the scene to a platform sharing site, box.com. The investigator sent the link to the insurance company attorney who then shared it with the funeral home attorney in order to substantiate their arson claim. Later, however, the insurance investigator uploaded additional files to that same folder, which the funeral home attorneys still had access to. The court found that because the link and files within were not properly password protected the insurance company had, in essence, “left the files on the park bench” in a virtual sense and thus waived privilege. ### From the court: *Whether a company chooses to use a new technology is a decision within that company’s control. If it chooses to use a new technology, however, it should be responsible for ensuring that its employees and agents understand how the technology works, and, more importantly, whether the technology allows unwanted access by others to its confidential information.* ### What does Lexbe Recommend? We have developed the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to include a number of checks against inadvertent disclosure of privileged docs. We create a [secure encrypted link specific to each production](https://lexbe.com/?elementor_library=features-simple-and-secure-productions) that can then be safely shared. By insulating exports with [secure production](https://lexbe.com/?elementor_library=features-simple-and-secure-productions) links, we help prevent user error that could result in sharing documents not meant for opposing counsel or outside parties. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Lexbe Announces the Launch of the Uber Index of eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-announces-launch-uber-index-ediscovery/) **Published:** August 22, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The Lexbe Uber Index combines comprehensive native file text extraction, OCR text extraction, metadata extraction, foreign language translated characters and dynamic real-time updating into a single concatenated index to deliver the fastest, most comprehensive eDiscovery search index in the industry. **Content:** ### The industry’s most advanced search index for litigation document review improves retrieval accuracy, accelerates the review process and dramatically reduces costs August 22, 2017 (Austin, TX) – Lexbe, a leading provider of cloud e-discovery software and services, announced the launch of the Uber Index. The Lexbe Uber Index combines comprehensive native file text extraction, OCR text extraction, metadata extraction, foreign language translated characters and dynamic real-time updating into a single concatenated index to deliver the fastest, most comprehensive eDiscovery search index in the industry. ![This is an image of the Lexbe Uber Index logo which is the industry's best keyword search index for eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lexbe-UberIndex-Logo-Final.jpg "Lexbe-UberIndex-Logo-Final | Lexbe")“Lexbe’s Uber Index has been instrumental in helping us quickly get prepared for depositions and trial by finding the needles in the haystacks,” said Jim Finneran, Compliance Officer at Blitz Telecom Consulting. “In all of our years using e-discovery, Lexbe, by far, delivers the best indexing in support of litigation.” The Lexbe Uber Index empowers attorneys to ensure [critical document content such as potential evidence,](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-ediscovery-is-a-challenging-but-critical-part-of-your-evidence-gathering-strategy/) attorney work product, and privilege communication is not missed. With a single search query, the Uber Index finds all instances of the keywords used to identify these documents across more versions of each document than any other search index in the industry. This is accomplished by concatenating multiple potential keyword hit sources from every document into a single search index. Starting with comprehensive [native file](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/requesting-productions-in-native-file-format/) text and metadata extraction, the Uber Index captures important document text that traditional e-discovery TIFF and PDF solutions can often miss. The Lexbe Uber Index ensures [document review](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) comments, tracked revisions, presentation notes, hidden cells in spreadsheets and characters that fall outside of print selections are captured. The Uber Index simultaneously adds optical character recognition (OCR) text from scanned and other imaged [documents that remain common in modern litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) document collections. This important evidence includes scanned attachments in email, embedded images with text or numbers in Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and other document types. ‘Native review only’ and Early Case Assessment tools often take the limiting approach of only extracting native text and as a result can also miss key litigation evidence. The Uber Index also adds English language translation of foreign language documents including documents translated by the Lexbe Platform’s integrated foreign language translation capabilities and documents manually translated then added into the Lexbe Platform. This allows for a single, comprehensive cross-language search of [documents regardless of the language](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/integrated-foreign-language-document-review/) used to compose the original document. “We continue to collaborate and work with our clients to provide innovations that solve their case critical problems,” said Gene Albert, CEO of Lexbe. “The Lexbe Uber Index gives our customers confidence that they’re not missing anything in their e-discovery searches, while at the same time reducing e-discovery review costs.” The Lexbe Uber Index is a vast improvement on modern e-discovery indexing and enterprise search by providing the following benefits: - Improved search accuracy - Finds all instances of important keywords and issues - Instrumental in finding privileged documents - Indexes previously non-searchable documents - Improves predictive coding accuracy - Increases the speed of review - Simplifies multilingual document review - Eliminates rework and re-indexing Engineered for superior efficiency, the Lexbe Uber Index has dynamic real-time updating that enables users to add files for [review without re-indexing the entire file set](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-solve-the-challenges-of-reviewing-large-email-sets/) and therefore reducing the time to review. Because the Uber Index concatenates the [processed data](https://lexbe.com/eu-swiss-data-processing-addendum/) into a single index, it eliminates the rework of conducting the same keyword search multiple times across multiple indices as required by traditional e-discovery platforms. All current Lexbe customers using the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform benefit from the Uber Index at no additional charge. “With Lexbe, we make it simple for boutique firms [involved in complex litigation](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) to perform self-service e-discovery, find critical evidence and generate the highest quality production of ESI,” said Albert. “And for those firms that need assistance, we have certified, on-demand e-discovery specialists to help with even the most complex e-discovery processes.” ### About Lexbe With over 120% growth in 2016, Lexbe is one of the fastest growing eDiscovery companies. For more than 11 years, [boutique law firms](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/small-and-medium-law-firms/) and more than 4000 e-discovery professionals have come to rely on Lexbe for affordable self-service and full-service cloud-based e-discovery solutions. The Lexbe eDiscovery platform delivers the performance required for the processing, [review and production](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-faster-document-review-and-production/) of ESI, in support of complex litigation, including the industry’s fastest processing, most comprehensive indexing and 99.999% uptime. For more information on the Lexbe Uber Index visit [www.lexbe.com](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/multi-index/). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events, Press Releases --- ### [Developing A Clear Picture With Early Case Timelines](https://lexbe.com/blog/developing-early-case-timelines/) **Published:** April 29, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** Getting a grasp of the strengths and weaknesses of one's case early becomes more important and more challenging with substantial ESI. Creating early case timelines can help keep your case perspective accurate. **Content:** Getting a grasp of the strengths and weaknesses of one’s case early becomes more important and more challenging with substantial ESI. Creating early case timelines can help keep your case perspective accurate. Assessing one’s case early is as important as ever. Keyword selections, used for discovery requests and Rule 26 Meet and Confer agreements, depend on accurate identification of the important case issues. If the critical issues of a case are not identified until later, then it will become necessary to request additional documents based on new keywords, or from different custodians. This can add substantial cost to discovery collections and tries the patience of opponents and potentially the court. At some point in the discovery [process the cost of additional collections](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/collecting-processing-and-producing-mac-os-and-ios-evidence/) will shift to the requestor, or it simply will not be possible to identify new issues too late in the process. A related concern involves identifying potential claims and defenses early enough in the discovery process to be able to include them in the pleadings. ESI intensive cases are even more difficult to assess early because distilling information about the case from large amounts of data can be expensive and is dependent on both knowing the issues to generate keywords — a sort of ‘catch-22’ – and being in possession of the data. If one is trying to get the important facts early in the case from the ESI (as opposed to witness interviews and case participants, etc.) then the review of ESI will be an iterative process of trying proposed keyword searches, manually reviewing a sample of the documents returned by the search results, and then revising search terms. As part of the early case assessment process, counsel can identify what discovery is needed, identify key witnesses and data custodians, construct factual timelines, and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the case. The goal of this proactive approach is to develop an early strategy for the case, realistically evaluate the case, determine the cost and budget to prosecute/defend, and identify business [practices that might be modified to minimize litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/7-critical-considerations-and-best-practices-for-ediscovery-in-patent-litigation/) exposure in the future. This probably sounds like ‘mom and apple pie’ and is certainly not a new idea. But then why isn’t this done in every case? There are several real life barriers to doing a comprehensive early case assessment. One is the need for client support. Conducting an early case assessment will cost money and a client may view it as ‘over-working’ the case if they don’t understand the process and benefits. These benefits include a better early understanding of the case that can lead to opportunities for settlement and reducing unnecessary eDiscovery costs. A more subtle objection is the concern with being the bearer of bad news. A legitimate worry is that the client may not be ready to hear bad news about the case and may be inclined to ‘shoot the messenger’. Some clients think they need a very gung ho ‘junkyard dog’ type of litigator and might interpret an early balanced analysis of case strengths and weaknesses as lack of confidence from their attorney. This problem is compounded when the litigator has been recently hired and does not have experience with the client. For these types of clients, some lawyers take the approach of letting the adverse facts of their case sink in over time. Eventually the client begins to accept the shortcomings in their case and are more inclined to settle. The cost of the ‘wait and see’ approach of not doing early case assessment is greater today, and will continue to grow, because of increased volumes of ESI. Some cases may have so much potentially relevant ESI that the cost to review it may outweigh the benefits of litigating. In reality, a case in which the opposition has enough merit in their case to allow extensive eDiscovery justifies an early evaluation of that cost and raises the case’s settlement value. Also, not understanding one’s case early can greatly increase the cost of conducting eDiscovery by requiring repeated requests and reviews as key issues and keywords are not understood – and [custodians and data](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/gaining-leverage-from-custodian-interviews-with-data-mapping/) repositories not identified – until relatively late in the case. When constructing chronologies very early in the case, they may be developed from limited available sources: facts from initial client interviews, [review of key documents](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) forwarded by the client, and alleged facts from the opponent’s’ pleadings. However, even limited sources can begin to give a good picture of where the strengths and weaknesses of the case lie. Early [case assessment](https://lexbe.com/early-case-assessment/) tools, like those found in **Lexbe eDiscovery Platform**, can help you construct timelines at the earliest stages. Certainly all lawyers construct timelines as a case progresses towards trial, but there are advantages in doing it as early as possible in an environment that is integrated with the case data. The most important of which is that, as iterative ESI collections arrive, early case timelines can be updated automatically and in real time. Early case timelines can also include facts that are needed to support the claim or defense based on anticipated jury instructions for the claims involved. These facts remain ‘orphaned’ until associated with one or more documents or portions of deposition testimony. The existence of these orphaned facts serve as red flags for evidence that needs to be developed during the discovery stage. Similarly tracking facts that one’s opponent needs to prove for his or her case can serve as focal points for developing opposing evidence and summary judgment motions for evidence that has not been successfully developed during discovery. Timelines also serve as a good way to begin educating clients about the potential holes or weaknesses in their case. A client can begin to digest a truer picture of his or her case through periodic review of timelines showing positive and negative facts backed up with documentary evidence or deposition testimony. Such chronologies can also help the client to develop supporting evidence, both documentary and oral, by jogging the client’s memory for missing or contrary evidence. As the case develops and more ESI comes in, the issue timelines can be supplemented more easily. With functional case timelines, an attorney is also in a better position to quickly develop and defend summary judgment motions and to identify specific facts backed with evidence. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Preservation Strategies and Data Collection from a Forensic Expert's Point of View](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/preservation-strategies-and-data-collection-from-a-forensic-experts-point-of-view/) **Published:** July 3, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Time is of the essence once the duty to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) arises. Failure to preserve can lead to loss of evidence, increased costs, and even sanctions. Unfortunately, lack of technical expertise and improper planning can have disastrous consequences, including spoliation claims. **Content:** ### Best practices on executing preservation and collection protocols with emphasis on forensically sound methods. Time is of the essence once the duty to preserve electronically stored information (ESI) arises. Failure to preserve can lead to loss of evidence, increased costs, and even sanctions. Unfortunately, lack of technical expertise and improper planning can have disastrous consequences, including spoliation claims. This webinar, led by computer forensics expert Matt Danner, will provide you with the steps you should immediately execute upon receiving a preservation request as well as best practices formulating an effective preservation and collection plan. Mr. Danner will offer insight on uncovering data blind spots as well as [collecting ESI using forensically](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) sound methods. ### Key Points - Common Practices and Terminology - Evidence Preservation Triggers - Forensic & Other Collection Methodologies - Planning and Executing Collection Plans - Handling Phones and Devices - When to Stop and Call an Expert - Case Examples - Practical Takeaways ### Webinar Resources [6 Preservation Strategies and Data Collection from a Forensic Expert’s POV – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-06-Preservation-Strategies-and-Data-Collection-from-a-Forensic-Experts-POV.pdf) ### About the Speaker Matt Danner has experience conducting digital forensic examinations and consulting for private and public clients to include corporations, [law enforcement, and law firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/). Mr Danner regularly provides presentations on digital [evidence collection](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/collecting-processing-and-producing-mac-os-and-ios-evidence/) and analysis to legal organizations and law enforcement. He also frequently testifies as an expert witness related to the analysis of computers and mobile devices. His background in criminal investigations makes him a specialist in both criminal defense and prosecution cases related to digital evidence. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars **Tags:** Digital Forensics --- ### [Best Practices: Cloud eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-cloud-ediscovery/) **Published:** August 10, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The growing trend of increasingly large, complex data collections and reviews has caused both the time and dollar cost of discovery to explode. This is especially true when attempting to address large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) with outdated software, systems and workflows. **Content:** The growing trend of increasingly large, complex data collections and reviews has caused both the time and dollar cost of discovery to explode. This is especially true when attempting to address large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) with outdated software, systems and workflows. However, advancements in cloud computing technology have created attractive alternative solutions for small and medium-sized law firms and organizations. ### Key Points - The Challenge of Big Data in Litigation - What is the Cloud? - How does Cloud Technology Apply to eDiscovery? - Cloud Best Practices & Advantages By Case Stage ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices for Cloud eDiscovery – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Webinar-Best-Practices-Cloud-eDiscovery.pdf) ### About the Speaker Stu Van Dusen is an eDiscovery solutions consultant with Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/). He has his MS Technology Commercialization from UT Austin, and his BS in Business Administration & Management from Trinity University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Best Practices to Avoid Missing Key Evidence in Large Document Reviews](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-document-reviews/) **Published:** September 5, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Increasingly, non-email communications make up critical evidence in modern litigation. Text messaging and social media are used regularly by case participants and witnesses in addition to traditional email. Companies are supporting instant messaging and other collaborative applications in addition to email for internal communications. **Content:** Nothing can be more disastrous than showing up at a depo to find that your team missed a key piece of evidence in document review, but your opposition found it. Missing that “smoking gun” admission, or allowing critical privileged information to slip through into a production can be avoided, but only if your search tools are fully functioning. Many attorneys assume that all eDiscovery processing approaches, search tools and techniques are basically the same, but nothing could be further from the truth. In this webinar learn crucial search functions and critical indexing differentiators that will protect you from inadvertently missing important evidence during eDiscovery. ### Agenda: - Overview of Modern Search and eDiscovery Indexing Technologies - Basic and Advanced Search Options in Use Today - Search Indexing ‘Gotchas’ - Pitfalls of Relying Solely on Image-Based OCR Indexing - Why Native Extraction Alone is Ineffective - Complexities of Working with Foreign Language & Translated Text - Optimal Search with a Concatenated Indexing Approach - Takeaways ### Speaker Info Erin Derby is a Certified eDiscovery Specialist (ACEDS)andeDiscovery Manager at Lexbe. She specializes in working with clients [handling eDiscovery in complex litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/top-10-things-a-litigator-needs-to-know-about-handling-email-in-edsicovery/) and provides a high level of precision and expertise. She provides guidance for technical discovery issues and procedures and ensures compliance with all court-ordered ESI guidelines. Prior to joining Lexbe, Ms. Derby was a Litigation Paralegal for 10 years for both plaintiff and defense law firms. ### Webinar Resources - [Best Practices to Avoid Missing Key Evidence in Large Document Reviews](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Missing-Key-Evidence-in-Large-Document-Reviews.pdf) (PDF) - [Best Practices to Avoid Missing Key Evidence in Large Document Reviews](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2018-08-Best-Practices-to-Avoid-Missing-Key-Evidence-in-Large-Document-Reviews.mp3) (MP3 Audio) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### ['Above the Law' features Lexbe for Cloud Document Management](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/above-the-law-features-lexbe-for-cloud-document-management/) **Published:** August 19, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** Lexbe was recently featured in the leading legal blog: 'Above the Law' in a post entitled: Today’s Tech: A Litigation Attorney Uses Technology To Level The Playing Field. **Content:** Lexbe was recently featured in the leading legal blog: ‘Above the Law’ in a post entitled: *Today’s Tech: A Litigation Attorney Uses Technology To Level The Playing Field*. A practicing litigator was interviewed and noted that technology in general, and cloud computing in particular, helps a small law firm to stay competitive in today’s constantly changing legal landscape. “Technology is the great equalizer between solo and small law firms and large firms. For smaller law firms it puts you on a level field with law firms many times your size. I can now [handle 2 or 3 complex construction litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/top-10-things-a-litigator-needs-to-know-about-handling-email-in-edsicovery/) cases at one time and it doesn’t take over my practice. I can get through 30,000 documents quickly and narrow them down to what I really need to look at.” *Above the Law* noted that Lexbe helps small firms handle the big cases. The interviewed attorney noted that “I handle a lot of cases where upwards of 30,000 docs are produced. These documents used to fill the room. Now I buy access to Lexbe on a case-by-case basis and then search the documents using Boolean logic.” Lexbe speeds up review and allows for attorney, case and time leverage. *Above the Law* continues: “So a process that used to require six associates days to read through the documents can now be accomplished in minutes. Because of the Lexbe software, the entire playing field has been leveled for my firm.” Read the entire post at [Above the Law](http://abovethelaw.com/2015/08/todays-tech-a-litigation-attorney-uses-technology-to-level-the-playing-field/). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Affordable Hosting Alternatives for Summation and Concordance Productions](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/affordable-hosting-alternatives-for-summation-and-concordance-productions/) **Published:** April 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Receiving a production from opposing counsel in TIFF (or TIF) format doesn’t have to require hefty licensing fees, increased personnel costs, or general TIFF confusion. Find out about easier, faster and cost efficient methods of hosting and reviewing large TIFF productions. **Content:** Receiving a production from opposing counsel in TIFF (or TIF) format doesn’t have to require hefty licensing fees, increased personnel costs, or general TIFF confusion. Find out about easier, faster and cost efficient methods of hosting and reviewing large TIFF productions. ### Key Points - What are TIFF Productions and ‘Standard’ Concordance/Summation formats - Accessing Native and PDF Versions of Documents - Hosting Alternatives, Security and Cost Considerations - Loadfile Validation and Loading - Getting the Best Search: OCR text and/or Native Extracted Text - Document Viewing; Issue Coding - Fact and Issue Mapping, Depositions, and Motion Practice ### Webinar Resources [Affordable Hosting Alternatives for Summation and Concordance Productions – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AffordableHostingAlternatives.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe Profiled in Recent 451 Research Impact Report](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-profiled-in-recent-451-impact-report/) **Published:** May 7, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** SaaS convenience, strong search, massive scalability, and innovative pricing options make Lexbe eDiscovery Platform an intriguing option for plaintiffs. **Content:** SaaS convenience, strong search, massive scalability, and innovative pricing options make Lexbe eDiscovery Platform an intriguing option for plaintiffs. ![451Quote1](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/451Quote1.jpg "451Quote1 | Lexbe")![451 research title](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/451logoblog-1024x425.jpg "451logoblog | Lexbe") Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) was recently covered in an Impact Report from 451 Research written and developed by leading eDiscovery and Information Governance analyst David Horrigan. The report reflects on how LEP meets the specialized eDiscovery and litigation support needs of plaintiff attorneys by focusing on scalability and fast, comprehensive search performance. The impact report also discusses the growing trend among plaintiff firms and special advocacy groups towards embracing secure cloud technology like LEP to achieve reduced costs, faster performance, and increasingly advanced feature sets and functionality. From the report’s publicly available abstract: *“The e-discovery vendor is making moves to grow its corporate clientele, but it’s found a niche taking its hosted e-discovery platform to [plaintiff lawyers](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-essentials-for-the-plaintiff-lawyer-2/) and advocacy organizations that are getting over their fear of the cloud.”* The cloud-based [platform integrates](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) all of the fundamental features legal professionals expect and require to conduct data-intensive discovery. LEP can also be entirely self-administered by end users, but technical specialists are available to tackle any issues that arise. In addition to impressive speed, performance, and a mature feature set, LEP also has some unique features that are particularly beneficial to plaintiffs. Some mentioned in the report include: **Dual-Index Search**: A comprehensive indexing methodology that ensures all [document contents are searchable](https://lexbe.com/blog/9-tips-for-creating-searchable-pdf-documents-for-review/) via a concatenated search index composed of both native and OCR extractions. Our **dual-index search methodology** helps plaintiffs [avoid missing key documents](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-document-reviews/) buried in opposing counsel’s production. **Integrated Early Case Analysis**: Integrated ECA and [case management](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/a-boutique-lawyers-guide-to-managing-document-intensive-cases/) features let plaintiffs maintain a strong understanding of their case from the very beginning to support accurate case valuation. For more information about the benefits of early case timelines, check out this [**post**](/resources/blog/ediscovery-processing/developing-early-case-timelines/). **Ability to Self-Load Any Data**: You can load and process native files (Outlook, Word, etc.), PDFs or TIFF/load files. All files are converted to PDF and OCRed for integrated viewing, search, download and print. Text-based PDFs minimize data expansion and maximize document flexibility. ![451Quote2](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/451Quote2.jpg "451Quote2 | Lexbe")The report also highlights how the overall cost benefits of SaaS review solutions are not to be ignored. Specifically, LEP can eliminate the need for [in-house infrastructure and software licenses for firms](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/planning-and-managing-large-document-reviews-in-house-for-small-to-medium-sized-law-firms-2/) with inconsistent IT needs. Also noted by the 451 report is that LEP is available with no user or seat fees and contingency pricing [plans are available for qualifying plaintiff](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-planning-for-the-plaintiff-lawyer/) cases. For more information or to purchase access to the full 451 Research Impact Report, click [**here**](https://451research.com/report-short?entityId=84995). To learn more about how Lexbe addresses the unique eDiscovery challenges faced by plaintiff lawyers or for information about contingency pricing plans for qualifying cases, you can visit our [**plaintiff solutions page**](/ediscovery-solutions/ediscovery-plaintiff-trial-lawyers/). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Choosing a Production Format for Your Case](https://lexbe.com/blog/choosing-a-production-format-for-your-case/) **Published:** May 15, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** There are a variety of acceptable production formats, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. To determine the best fit for your case, look down the road and consider the scope, goals, and methodology of your review. **Content:** There are a variety of acceptable production formats, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. To determine the best fit for your case, look down the road and consider the scope, goals, and methodology of your review. An ‘electronic search’ approach to discovery requires that all documents be converted to an electronically searchable form and that a method of searching across all files is available. For electronic documents delivered in [native file format](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/), search is usually possible in some form or another. This is particularly true for standard Microsoft Office documents. Email presents more difficulties, as email attachments may need to be deconstructed from the electronic file holding the email to be searched. Paper-based documents must be scanned and OCRed to make them searchable as electronic files. The OCR process inevitably introduces OCR errors, which diminishes the effectiveness of the electronic search, as compared with the search of [native files or electronic documents based on native files](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/). The ‘electronic search’ approach also requires that all documents are addressable as a collection from a single search query. Litigation document repositories may be established to make all documents accessible and searchable, often between multiple parties in different locations. These systems may be comprehensive and expensive. Alternatively, a [law firm may make documents](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) searchable from a file server on its local area network, or run LAN-based case management software, which may allow for indexing and searching of litigation files. For a very small case, all documents might be stored on a single CD or DVD, or kept on a portable hard drive, and searched from the Windows operating system. Attorneys are now taking several approaches to e-Discovery when searchability or metadata are important. Each approach has its own advantages and disadvantages. ### TIFF A TIFF file is a raster-based image most commonly used in the transmission of faxed pages. Many litigation [document management](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) programs were developed using TIFFs as a key part of their program architecture. TIFF files are images and usually do not store computer readable text within the file. Instead, [litigation document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-handling-cloud-based-ediscovery-and-documents/) management systems associate text from a separate text file as part of what is known in the litigation support industry as a ‘load file’. ##### Advantages of TIFF productions: - **Ease of Bates Numbering**: Bates Stamping is used to identify which documents have been produced, particular documents and pages in connection with wietness examinations, and which documents have been withheld for privilege. TIFFs can be single or multi-paged. Historically, litigation support vendors have often scanned paper documents, or convertd electronic documents into single-paged or multi-paged TIFFs, with each file name being the Bates Number or Bates Number Range. Each individual page in a production would have its own Bates Number. - **Improved Redaction**: Documents sometimes need to be partially redacted to remove references to privileged information, work product or trade secret information, identify which documents have been produced, particular documents and pages in connection with witness examination, and which documents have been withheld for privilege. As a raster image, TIFF files are relatively easy to redact, as compared with [native files or PDF files](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/). However the recent release of Acrobat Professional 8 with a built in PDF redaction tool has lessened this advantage of TIFF files. - **Requirements of Legacy eDiscovery Platforms**: Several legacy litigation support management systems work best or exclusively with TIFF files because these systems were designed when TIFF files were the only viable option. These systems predate the development and popularity of PDF and native file review tools. ##### Disadvantages of TIFF productions: - **Complex Load Files**: Because TIFF files are raster images, they do not retain computer readable text as part of the file - **Not Very Usable Outside of Legacy Systems**: Because of the complexities of the TIFF load file, these files are not very accessible or usable outside of the legacy litigation management systems for which they were designed. - **Metadata Not Retained in TIFFs**: Metadata is not retained as part of a TIFF conversion. To address this shortcoming, many e-Discovery providers now separately save file metadata in a database prior to a TIFF conversion. - **Cost of TIFF Conversion and Load File Creation**: Because of the shortcomings above, a TIFF production requires that the producing party pay to convert electronic files to TIFF images and create the associated text load file so that TIFF-based litigation management systems can read it. This can be very expensive in large productions. ### PDF A more modern approach is to convert electronic [files to searchable PDF files for a discovery production](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/requesting-productions-in-native-file-format/). PDF files overcome many of the limitations of working with native files. Indeed, Adobe created both the TIFF and PDF formats and designed PDF as a more functional replacement for the TIFF. PDFs have become ubiquitous in business and in law. ##### Advantages of PDF Format: - **Viewable in Adobe Acrobat**: Files are searchable and easy to work with. Anyone with Adobe Acrobat can view a file without the need to worry about having the right application program or viewer installed. - **Bates Stamping**: Documents can be bates-stamped and pages specifically identified using a variety of software tools. - **Redaction**: Pages or specific passages can be redacted with Adobe’s latest version 8 of its Acrobat Professional program. - **Some Metadata Retained**: A PDF conversion can be set up to retain some of the metadata and then it can be viewed reviewing certain properties in the PDF file. Retention of metadata in a PDF file is not automatic, and is dependent on the conversion software used and settings used in the conversion process. ##### Disadvantages of PDF Format: - **Conversion Cost**: As with TIFF files, conversion of electronic files to PDF requires expenditures, as compared with simply delivering native file format. - **Not all Metadata Available**: A standard PDF conversion only captures some of the available metadata. Information such as the document author and title typically may be captured. The document creation date may be changed to the date the PDF is created. Other key metadata, such as last save, last print, edit time, deletions, comments and hidden text usually are not captured in the PDF copy. ### Native Format Some litigation professionals pursue discovery in [native file format, the original file format](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/) in which the electronic file was produced, such as Word, Excel or Outlook. This has become more popular since the new federal e-Discovery Amendments as it provides the [requesting party greater leeway in requesting files in native](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/requesting-productions-in-native-file-format/) format. ##### Advantages of Native Format: - **No Conversion Expense**: Unlike TIFF or PDF productions, there is no conversion expense in delivering files in native format. - **All Metadata Retained**: All file metadata can be retained in a native production. - **Text Searchable**: Text is usually searchable the best in native format. There is no chance of text being lost or corrupted in a file conversion to PDF, or a TIFF load file, or the introduction of OCR errors. - **Some Documents Don’t Display Well in other Formats**: Native may be the only practicable format for some file formats, such as spreadsheets. Excel and other spreadsheet files are notorious for converting poorly to TIFF or PDF, often becoming unintelligible. Plus, spreadsheet formulas, hidden cells, and hidden text usually do not make the conversion to other formats. ##### Disadvantages of Native Format: - **Difficulty of Pre-Release Review of Metadata**: Metadata, by design, are not easy to review in native file format. Some metadata in Office files can been found by clicking through various property screens, but this is time-consuming, requires a consistent methodology to view all viewable metadata, and end the end does not access all available metadata available in the file. Newer litigation management systems will display metadata of native files. - **Difficulty in Bates Stamping at the Page Level**: Documents in native file format cannot be easily Bates-stamped, and any Bate stamping will change the metadata. Often Bates stamping of native files is handled instead through a file naming convention, in which the file name is modified to include a Bates designation. This can work well, but does not allow for page-level identification. - **Inability to Easily Redact**: Documents produced in native file format cannot be easily redacted. For this reason, in a native production, documents that need to be redacted are often handled in a different manner, such as converting redacted documents to another format that can be redacted, such as PDF. - **Difficulty of Pre-Release Review**: Attorneys for the party producing electronic files must review the files to see if they are responsive to the discovery request or include privileged information or trade secrets. This can be difficult as electronic files may have been created in multiple applications. Modern litigation support applications allow most native file formats to be [reviewed without installing the applications that created](https://lexbe.com/blog/9-tips-for-creating-searchable-pdf-documents-for-review/) the file. Plus, modern litigation support applications allow metadata of native files to be reviewed in an easy fashion. Advances in technology are reshaping how [litigation discovery is handled](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-handling-cloud-based-ediscovery-and-documents/). Use and availability of electronic documents is changing how discovery is done, with an increasing emphasis on search. Additionally, metadata availability in electronic files [requires that litigators](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-negotiating-ediscovery-requirements/) find effective tools to review and analyze this new source of information. New discovery rules reflect the reality of available technology and prior paper-based approaches are ineffective and have become outmoded. The best eDiscovery production format will usually turn on methodologies and workflows attorneys and litigation teams plan on using to review the files. Document management systems usually are optimal for [files in certain formats](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/). Plus, consideration should be given on how Bates numbering and redaction will be handled before choosing a format. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Handling Document Intensive Cases with Limited Staff](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/handling-document-intensive-cases-with-limited-staff/) **Published:** December 10, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** With the pandemic prompting more than 40% of workers to consider quitting their jobs or changing careers, many law firms continue to scramble to find and secure talent. **Content:** With the pandemic prompting more than 40% of workers to consider quitting their jobs or changing careers, many law firms continue to scramble to find and secure talent. When litigators and litigation support staff leave, it creates a significant challenge to handle the rapidly growing size of collections of electronically stored information (ESI) in the modern case. How do you effectively manage these resource-hungry cases without a full complement of staff? What happens when the firm takes on a document-intensive case that its current review and production methods can’t handle? This educational webinar addresses how a firm can effectively manage large cases, meet its deadlines, avoid being outgunned by larger firms with greater staff and resources and thrive during the great resignation. ### Agenda - Impact of the Great Resignation on the Legal Services Market - The Challenges of Handling Large & Complex Cases - Legal Technology as a Force Multiplier - eDiscovery/Document Management Software by Case Stage - Document Review/Production Options in Large Cases - Case Study - Checklist for Managing Document Intensive Cases ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Embracing the Power of the Cloud in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/blog/embracing-the-power-of-the-cloud-in-ediscovery/) **Published:** June 4, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** Cloud infrastructures provide an unrivaled opportunity to control eDiscovery costs without sacrificing quality, functionality, or security. Firms without large litigation support departments can instantly increase their discovery and review capacities with on demand/SaaS eDiscovery - often allowing them to take on cases they were previously unable to. **Content:** Cloud infrastructures provide an unrivaled opportunity to control eDiscovery costs without sacrificing quality, functionality, or security. Firms without large litigation support departments can instantly increase their discovery and review capacities with on demand/SaaS eDiscovery – often allowing them to take on cases they were previously unable to. When firms make the decision between bringing litigation support and eDiscovery functions in-house or looking for scalable external solutions, there are several questions whose answers weigh heavily on the decision. How big is the firm? Do caseloads support the newly built capacity? Is there capital available to cover the high fixed costs and overhead associated with establishing or expanding an internal support department? Smaller firms consider these questions and often find themselves caught between opportunities to grow and take on larger cases and constraints imposed by the costs associated with establishing the necessary internal infrastructures. Cloud-based ediscovery technologies provide another option: firms can immediately access massive eDiscovery capacities, expert [litigation support](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) professionals, and advanced review capabilities and pay only for what they actually use. Cloud solutions like Lexbe eDiscovery Platform can support [document intensive](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-privilege-protection-in-document-intensive-cases/) litigation from collection through to trial. All you need is access to a browser and the internet to use most web-based/cloud ediscovery tools. ![5KeyFactsCloudeDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/5KeyFactsCloudeDiscovery.png "5KeyFactsCloudeDiscovery | Lexbe")The Cloud is a term that has developed to describe scaled, non local storage of data. That is, instead of saving a file to a computer’s local hard drive, one can save that file to a centrally managed and expertly maintained hard drive that lives in a highly secure and professionally staffed server facility. The connection between the local computer and files in the cloud is the internet. One major benefit of cloud infrastructure for legal professionals is accessibility. Because your files are stored in the cloud, [litigation teams](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) can access them from any internet-capable device. Storing files in the cloud means that being separated from a computer or phone doesn’t really separate you from your data. In addition to keeping ESI within reach, the cloud also keeps your data out of the hands of unauthorized persons. Data centers specialize in creating the most secure environments in the world with a wide range of measures employed to ensure redundant storage and encrypted access. The largest banks in the world rely on the security of the cloud whose security features are practically inimitable on a local computer. When you hear criticisms of cloud security, it is important to remember that “cloud” is a general, descriptive term and not all cloud providers are providing the same security protocols. It is critical when considering [cloud software](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) to ask who the infrastructure partner is to ensure credibility. For instance, Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and services run on AWS SOC III Servers, which were recently named as the sole “leader” in service provider security in a recent Forrester Research Report. In an eDiscovery context, [firms of all size](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-is-the-killer-app-for-small-to-medium-sized-firms-recorded-demo/) have taken advantage of the accessibility and security benefits offered by the cloud. For [small and mid sized firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-is-the-killer-app-for-small-to-medium-sized-firms-recorded-demo/). these benefits are much more stark and also [include substantial cost](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) reductions and efficiencies. It is simply not financially expedient or necessary for smaller firms to pay for expensive in-house installation of software and servers, in addition to hiring additional [litigation support staff that will need to manage](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) them locally. There are better options available. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Organizing Deponents, Custodians and Other Case Participants](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/organizing-deponents-custodians-and-other-case-participants/) **Published:** November 11, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Some cases contain a confusing multitude of parties, data custodians, potential deponents, third-party subpoena targets. Keeping track of who's who can be a challenge. Learn best practices for how to organize and use as a basis for effective eDiscovery, depositions and case chronologies. **Content:** Some cases contain a confusing multitude of parties, data custodians, potential deponents, third-party subpoena targets. Keeping track of who’s who can be a challenge. Learn best practices for how to organize and use as a basis for effective eDiscovery, depositions and case chronologies. ### Key Points - Who’s on First? Why Bother Organizing and Mapping Early - Defining Terms - Conflict of Interest Checks - Data Custodians – Map and Preserve Your Case Data - Early Case Assessment – Know your case strength - Build Out Evidence Timelines - Be Proactive in Depositions and Motion Practice ### Webinar Resources [Who’s on First – Organizing Deponents, Custodians and Other Case Participants – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-08-Webinar-Whos-on-First-Deponents-parties-custodians-cast-of-characters-and-other-case-participants-.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on [litigation technology](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [9 Tips for Creating Searchable PDF Documents for Review](https://lexbe.com/blog/9-tips-for-creating-searchable-pdf-documents-for-review/) **Published:** July 8, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** The searchable PDF (portable document format) is becoming increasingly relevant to legal professionals in discovery, document review, and related litigation matters. One of the main drivers of this trend, in addition to popularity in corporate environments, are court requirements in many jurisdictions that require pleadings and motions to be filed in PDF. **Content:** The searchable PDF (portable document format) is becoming increasingly relevant to legal professionals in discovery, document review, and related litigation matters. One of the main drivers of this trend, in addition to popularity in corporate environments, are court requirements in many jurisdictions that require pleadings and motions to be filed in PDF. Fortunately, there are many low-cost options that allow firms and organizations to inexpensively create PDFs and newer versions of Adobe Acrobat support Bates numbering and legal redaction. Below are nine best practices that will help you maximize the searchability and benefits of using PDFs in discovery. **1. Choose the ‘Text-Under-Image’ Option:** When scanning a document, you may be presented with different options for [types of PDF files](https://lexbe.com/manual-conversions-rare-files/). If available, you will usually want to choose the option that applies optical character recognition (OCR) to make the document text searchable. This can be implemented in different ways depending on your specific hardware and software, including a ‘”make searchable (apply OCR)” option, or “text-under-image” or “searchable PDF” [file type](https://lexbe.com/manual-conversions-rare-files/) options. This means that your scanned document will be text searchable within the Acrobat viewer and many other programs designed to search PDF files. The other type of PDF you could choose is called an “image-only PDF”, which is not text-searchable. When viewing a PDF file you can tell if a file is searchable by looking for the ‘select tool’ on the top bar in Acrobat Reader. This indicates that the file is text searchable. ![WhySearchablePDF](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WhySearchablePDF.png "WhySearchablePDF | Lexbe")**2. Get the Resolution Right:** When scanning images to PDF for litigation purposes, 300 dpi (dots per inch) is a safe option. Scanning at a lower resolution (e.g. 200 dpi) can work well and will [produce a smaller file](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/), but legibility can suffer with smaller fonts (e.g. 6 pt. in financial documents). OCR quality can also suffer from lower scan resolutions. The trade-off is that larger scan resolutions results in larger file sizes. File scans larger than 300 dpi usually do not appreciably increase the readability of a document or its OCR quality. **3. Scan to B&W, Grayscale or Color:** For [litigation review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-faster-document-review-and-production/) purposes, ‘Black & White’ is often a good option, particularly with good quality originals, and creates a much smaller file than a grayscale or color scan. Color or grayscale may be required for photos (which do not display well with a ‘black and white’ setting). For some documents, a color scan may be critical to understanding the document, such as some charts (e.g. in Powerpoint presentations) or CAD (computer aided design) documents. Color scans and grayscale scans will be larger than B&W or grayscale scans. **4. Watch the Other Settings:** Scanners will often have a number of other settings that can help improve scan quality and OCR. These include ‘deskew’ (rotates any page that is not square with the sides of the scanner bed, to make the PDF page align vertically), ‘background removal’ (whitens nearly white areas of grayscale and color input), and ‘edge shadow removal’ (removes dark streaks that occur at the edges of scanned pages, where the scanner light is shadowed by the paper edge). ‘Deskew’ will help with OCR accuracy, while ‘background removal’ and ‘edge shadow removal’ can improve readability, but can sometimes impair OCR accuracy. For important documents, it’s best to run some tests. **5. Get a Quality OCR program:** All OCR is not created equal. The quality of optical character recognition varies substantially based on the quality of the program and the various settings chosen when running the program. Programs often have a ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ mode, with the slow mode usually delivering better quality OCR. Some programs will auto-rotate pages when necessary, and others will not and will make resultant OCR errors. **6. Pay Special Attention to the Numbers:** One secret of OCR programs is that they routinely rely on dictionaries to recognize the text of particular characters. This works pretty well with words (if they are in the dictionary), but doesn’t help with numbers or other arbitrary characters not in a dictionary. Expect to see lower quality OCR in financial reports and other number-intensive documents. **7. Make Sure Your Litigation Support Software Really Supports PDF:** Many legacy litigation software systems were designed around files saved as TIFFs (tagged image file format), an older type of file format that does not support integrated text as part of the file as PDF does. These older software systems usually have added some support for PDFs, but often the integration with PDF is incomplete and some [features are not supported](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/aba-law-technology-research-center-features-lexbe-in-the-litigation-support-chart/) with PDF files. **8. Do Redactions the Right Way:** Redactions can be tricky in PDF and this has been a primary reason why TIFF has survived as a popular format in legal matters. A trap for the unwary is that it is possible in a PDF file to redact text on the image of a document, and still have the redacted text be searchable! In a text-under-image PDF file, the redaction must be done on the text and the image. This problem has been fixed in the latest version of Acrobat (Acrobat Professional 8 or 9), and this program can be used for PDF redactions. Third party tools doing redactions are available as well. Many practitioners play it safe with redacted documents by printing, marking out by hand, and rescanning. This method is manual but fool-proof, and works well if number of documents to be redacted is limited. **9. Be Specific in Discovery Requests:** Litigators are increasingly asking that documents produced in response to discovery [requests be provided in electronic form](https://lexbe.com/?elementor_library=forensic-consult-request-form) as PDFs. If you do this, be specific as to the matters above. In particular, be sure to specify that the scan resolution be 300dpi and that the OCR be applied. You may also wish to ask what OCR software is used and what settings will be applied. To be non-specific is to invite an adversary to return documents scanned at 150dpi without OCR, that may be unsearchable, illegible and unintelligible! ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Understanding Precision and Recall](https://lexbe.com/blog/understanding-precision-and-recall/) **Published:** April 22, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** Technology assisted review is a powerful tool for controlling review costs and workflows. But, to maximize the benefits of TAR, we must be able to understand the results. **Content:** Technology assisted review is a powerful tool for controlling review costs and workflows. But, to maximize the benefits of TAR, we must be able to understand the results. Advanced [eDiscovery Platforms](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/), like Lexbe, utilize advanced GenAI algorithms for automated document review. These algorithms delivery outstanding precision and recall scores. Predictive coding has, for years, promised to reduce the time and expense of increasingly large scale litigation reviews. For attorneys and [project managers](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery-copy/) assessing different methodologies, it has been challenging to understand what evaluative metrics are relevant. F-scores are often inappropriately interpreted as measures of review quality when evaluating predictive coding results. But to get a better understanding of how an application of predictive coding has performed and to manage the defensibility of your review, the component elements of the f-score – precision and recall – should be reviewed. But how do precision and recall scores relate? And, more importantly, what do these results tell you about your production? In the context of TAR and predictive coding, precision is a measure of how often an algorithm accurately predicts a document to be responsive. In other words, what percentage of the produced documents are actually responsive. A low precision score tells us that there were many documents produced that were not actually responsive, potentially an indication of over-delivery. A high precision score on its own doesn’t mean much, either. One could deliver just 10 documents to opposing counsel, and if all 10 were responsive, we would have 100% precision but we would have almost certainly failed to deliver a very significant percentage of the responsive documents in the collection. ![PerfectRecallPerfectPrecision](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/PerfectRecallPerfectPrecision.jpg "PerfectRecallPerfectPrecision | Lexbe") To give our precision score any context relative to the over-riding goal of predictive coding — to quickly and defensibly deliver responsive documents to opposing counsel — we need to look at recall. Recall is a measure of what percentage of the responsive documents in a data set have been classified correctly by the TAR/predictive coding algorithm. When recall is 100%, the algorithm has correctly identified all of the responsive documents in a collection. A low recall score indicates that the algorithm has incorrectly marked responsive documents as non-responsive. ![LowRecallHighPrecisionSquare](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/LowRecallHighPrecisionSquare.jpg "LowRecallHighPrecisionSquare | Lexbe") To get an idea of how a predictive coding application has performed we need to look at precision and recall relative to each other. Due to the fundamental limitations of predictive coding technology, it would be very difficult to ever achieve perfect precision and recall on a collection. There is ultimately going to be a trade-off between optimizing the two measures. To improve precision, that is to reduce the proportion of false positives, we are likely going to reduce true positives — recall — as well. Similarly, to improve recall, or reduce the proportion of false negatives, we are likely going to increase the percentage of false positives and negatively affect precision. Because of this interrelation, much of what can be understood about TAR results is obscured by just looking at the f-score and accepting the result if it exceeds some arbitrary measure. Evaluating precision and recall in relation to each other tells a much more detailed story about TAR results. ![HighRecallLowPrecisionSquare](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/HighRecallLowPrecisionSquare.jpg "HighRecallLowPrecisionSquare | Lexbe")Given what we know about recall scores, it may occur that predictive coding actually gives us an explicit measure of how many responsive documents we didn’t deliver. How can we look at predictive coding results that indicate 80% recall and not be entirely focused on the 20% of responsive documents that haven’t been produced? The answer is that 80% recall may be a far better result than if a massively more expensive manual [review of the documents](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) was performed, instead. Though this seems controversial, it is a notion shared by The Sedona Conference, TREC legal track, and the judges who have been approving TAR use. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Best Practices: Managed Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-managed-review/) **Published:** December 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Review costs continue to be the dominant portion of discovery expenditure for corporate legal departments and law firms involved in large-scale litigation and government investigations. As the number of documents to be reviewed in any given case continues to grow exponentially, the time to review them has not. **Content:** Review costs continue to be the dominant portion of discovery expenditure for corporate legal departments and law firms involved in large-scale litigation and government investigations. As the number of documents to be reviewed in any given case continues to grow exponentially, the time to review them has not. The challenge of finding cost-efficient solutions to complete large review assignments on time and within budget becomes more pressing each year. Outsourced managed review is a favored option in many large document cases to bring specialized review expertise and staffing to bear to handle large-scale productions, privilege review, redactions, and issue coding. ### Key Points - About Managed Review - Importance of Efficient Review - Traditional Staffing v. Managed Review - Project Planning and Management - Selecting and Training Your Review Team - Process/Workflow Design - Quality Control and Testing - Communicating With Counsel - Creating Review Reports - Custom Production and Privilege Logs \[embedyt\]https://youtu.be/-bsmzQyKwZM\[/embedyt\] ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices Managed Document Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Best-Practices-Managed-Document-Review-New.pdf) ### About the Speaker Bob Roberts is responsible for leading Black Letter Discovery’s Cincinnati office and [manages all aspects of the managed document](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) review process. Prior to joining BLD, Bob’s experience included managing a portion of the civil division of the Prosecutor’s Office for one of Ohio’s largest counties. Bob also had several years experience representing private clients in state and federal courts throughout Ohio. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Collecting, Processing and Producing Mac OS and iOS Evidence](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/collecting-processing-and-producing-mac-os-and-ios-evidence/) **Published:** January 28, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The Apple Mac OS for desktops and laptops and iOS for portable devices such as the iPad were once relegated to the sidelines in corporate America and often is overlooked or ignored in eDiscovery and litigation. Most companies' large and small support Apple computer usage by their employees and derived digital evidence is common. **Content:** The Apple Mac OS for desktops and laptops and iOS for portable devices such as the iPad were once relegated to the sidelines in corporate America and often is overlooked or ignored in eDiscovery and litigation. Most companies’ large and small support Apple computer usage by their employees and derived digital evidence is common. But that does not mean it is easy to collect, process, search and review. This checklist for attorneys and legal technology professionals should help you sort out the complications and get quickly to accurate, [documents for your review](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) team. [Collecting, Processing and Producing Mac OS and iOS Evidence](/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-eDiscovery-Checklist-Mac-Processing.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Opposing Perspectives in Document Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/opposing-perspectives-in-document-review/) **Published:** June 10, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Plaintiffs and defendants face unique challenges during discovery. A central difference is asynchronous data; plaintiffs have had fewer data collection concerns while defendants have had to manage complex collection and production of vast ESI stores. **Content:** Plaintiffs and defendants face unique challenges during discovery. A central difference is asynchronous data; plaintiffs have had fewer data collection concerns while defendants have had to manage complex collection and production of vast ESI stores. On the other hand, defendants often have greater access to resources, while plaintiffs pay more attention to prioritizing expenses and making every dollar count towards a favorable outcome. While both sides share a duty to competently [review relevant case documents,](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) goals and methodologies can differ distinctly. This webinar will cover how these different approaches can benefit from specialized document review strategies and technology. ### Key Points - Is Discovery Different for Plaintiffs and Defendants? - Asynchronous eDiscovery - Differing Resources - Contingency Arrangements - Examining Plaintiff and Defendant Discovery Concerns - Top Takeaways for Plaintiffs and Defendants ### Webinar Resources [Opposing Perspectives in Document Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Webinar-Opposing-Perspectives-in-Document-Review.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe Beats the Competition in ROI According to Recent Research Report](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-edges-out-competition-in-roi-when-compared-against-competing-ediscovery-platforms/) **Published:** March 20, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** G2 Crowd, an online software grading platform, validates users before administering a 60 point questionnaire to gain in-depth feedback on various software applications. Their analysis of eDiscovery platforms places Lexbe in the lead on 6 out of 7 key metrics in determining Return on Investment (ROI). **Content:** ### G2 Crowd ranks Lexbe as the best eDiscovery solution for speed of Return on Investment G2 Crowd, an online software grading platform, validates users before administering a 60 point questionnaire to gain in-depth feedback on various software applications. Their analysis of eDiscovery platforms places Lexbe in the lead on 6 out of 7 key metrics in determining Return on Investment (ROI). ![Lexbe Best ROI in eDiscovery Rating](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Lexbe-Best-ROI-in-eDiscovery-1.jpg "Lexbe-Best-ROI-in-eDiscovery (1) | Lexbe")Lexbe won against competing eDiscovery services including Relativity, Next Point, Logikcull, and others in offering faster ROI (within a month by G2 Crowd analysis), and higher scores in nearly all customer satisfaction benchmarks. G2 Crowd Findings: - **Ease of Doing Business With:** 96% – Lexbe offers straightforward pricing with flexible solutions for any-sized firm. - **Ease of Use:** 90% – Intuitive design and smart technology offers users an easy-to-use eDiscovery platform. - **Quality of Support:** 97% – Lexbe’s Professional Services team members are ACEDS certified and can provide technical expertise with the complex parts of discovery. Additionally, all accounts receive an on-boarding training session as well as ongoing weekly training classes at no cost. - **Meets Requirements:** 92% – An end-to-end solution, Lexbe allows users to process, analyze, cull, review, and produce large discovery collections quickly and securely. - **Ease of Admin:** 98% – Smart technology offers enhanced administration tools allowing eDiscovery managers to keep their team firing on all cylinders. Worth noting, Lexbe performed 25 points higher on this metric than Relativity. - **Ease of Set-up:** 98% – Lexbe’s cloud-based eDiscovery is instantly deployable with zero set-up time or maintenance required. G2 Crowd polled verified Lexbe users to determine that the average Return on Investment took less than a month for most users. This impressive metric offered the fastest turn-around time on an eDiscovery investment among the [platforms included](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) in the study. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Best Practices in Use, Authentication and Admissibility of Social Media Evidence](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-in-use-authentication-and-admissibility-of-social-media-evidence/) **Published:** March 11, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Social media has allowed individuals and businesses to communicate in new, unprecedented ways. Not surprisingly, it can be the most important evidence in your case. But identification, collection, authentication, admissibility and ethics rules require special consideration. **Content:** ### Social media can yield the most important evidence of your case, but only if you gather and use it properly. Social media has allowed individuals and businesses to communicate in new, unprecedented ways. Not surprisingly, it can be the most important evidence in your case. But identification, collection, authentication, admissibility and ethics rules require special consideration. Joining us for this webinar is Robert Keeling, partner at Sidley Austin and industry expert on the complex topic of social media eDiscovery. ### Key Points - The Prevalence of Social Media - The Use of Social Media - Using Social Media as Informal Discovery - Applicable Ethics Rules, Guidelines, and Opinions - Takeaways, Tips, and Other Considerations - Authentication and Admissibility Considerations ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices In Use Authentication Admissibility of Social Media Evidence – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-03-Best-practices-in-Use-Authentication-Admissibility-of-Social-Media-Evidence.pdf) ### About the Speaker Robert Keeling is an experienced [litigator whose practice](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/7-critical-considerations-and-best-practices-for-ediscovery-in-patent-litigation/) includes a special focus on electronic discovery matters. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil [litigation throughout the nation and conducts internal investigations](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/) in the U.S. and throughout the world. Mr. Keeling has authored several articles on eDiscovery and social media and is a co-chair for his firm’s eDiscovery Task Force. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Addressing the eDiscovery Challenges of Mobile-First Custodians](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/addressing-the-ediscovery-challenges-of-mobile-first-custodians/) **Published:** May 9, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Approaching mobile collection with conventional methods can result in run-away eDiscovery costs, lost data and the careless oversight of evidence. Traditional collection methods, including discovery orders, have not evolved to include the unique file structure and ESI channels that exist in mobile devices. **Content:** Approaching mobile collection with conventional methods can result in run-away eDiscovery costs, lost data and the careless oversight of evidence. Traditional collection methods, including discovery orders, have not evolved to include the unique file structure and ESI channels that exist in mobile devices. Moreover, uncontrolled Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices almost ensure preservation and privacy nightmares unless deliberate steps are taken to appropriately manage ESI. This webinar highlights the various considerations attorneys must make as they strategize ESI [collection from mobile](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/) devices. ### Agenda - Growth of MobileeDiscovery Challenges & Considerations - The Rise of the Smartphone - More Devices, More Apps, More Data - Applying Discovery Principles to Today’s Tech - eDiscovery Best Practices for Mobile First Custodians ### Webinar Resources [Addressing the eDiscovery Challenges of the Mobile First Custodian – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Addressing-the-eDiscovery-Challenges-of-Mobile-First-Custodian-PDF.pdf) [Addressing the eDiscovery Challenges of Mobile First Custodian – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2018-04-Addressing-the-ediscovery-challenges-of-the-mobile-first-custodian.mp3) ### About the Speaker Robert Keeling is an experienced [litigator whose practice](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) includes a special focus on electronic discovery matters. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil [litigation throughout the nation and conducts internal investigations](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/) in the U.S. and throughout the world. Mr. Keeling has authored several articles on eDiscovery and [social media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) and is a co-chair for his firm’s eDiscovery Task Force. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Managing Non-Email Communication](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/managing-non-email-communication/) **Published:** November 6, 2018 **Author:** **Excerpt:** Increasingly, non-email communications make up critical evidence in modern litigation. Text messaging and social media are used regularly by case participants and witnesses in addition to traditional email. Companies are supporting instant messaging and other collaborative applications in addition to email for internal communications. **Content:** Increasingly, non-email communications make up critical evidence in modern litigation. Text messaging and social media are used regularly by case participants and witnesses in addition to traditional email. Companies are supporting instant messaging and other collaborative applications in addition to email for internal communications. Failure to collect, request, and [review this evidence can negatively impact case](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/early-case-procedures-for-accelerated-review/) outcomes, particularly if an opponent is effectively using this evidence. Learn best practices to master all evidentiary communications, no matter the form or latest technology. [Managing Non-Email Communication Checklist](/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Checklist-Managing-Non-Email-Communications.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Mastering Custodian Interviews and ESI Data Mapping](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-custodian-interviews-esi-data-mapping/) **Published:** March 13, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The proliferation of ESI sources requires an approach that expands beyond email. Understanding the IT profile of the custodian and utilizing a data map is instrumental in identifying the key sources of ESI. The growth in apps, collaboration platforms, cloud storage and the Internet of Things (IoT) devices has resulted in the exponential growth in quantity and complexity of ESI sources. **Content:** ### Best Practices in Building Your Case and Locating Key Case Evidence The proliferation of ESI sources requires an approach that expands beyond email. Understanding the IT profile of the custodian and utilizing a data map is instrumental in identifying the key sources of ESI. The growth in apps, collaboration platforms, cloud [storage and the Internet of Things (IoT) devices](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/external-storage-devices/) has resulted in the exponential growth in quantity and complexity of ESI sources. A thorough [custodian interview and data map](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/gaining-leverage-from-custodian-interviews-with-data-mapping/) is critical to uncovering and organizing all relevant data sources. The [data map](https://lexbe.com/esi-data-mapping/) not only minimizes the risk of overlooking important ESI but reveals, at a glance, potential holes in your collection. This webinar offers a [guide to conducting a comprehensive custodian interview](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/ediscovery-buyers-guide-interview/) and how to organize that information to create a defensible data map. ### Agenda - Workflow and Case Development - Why Interview Custodians? - Custodian Identification - Conducting Custodian Interviews - What is Data Mapping? - Benefits of Data Mapping - Data Mapping log - Data Mapping reports ### Webinar Resources [Mastering Custodian Interviews & Data Mapping – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Custodian-Interviews-ESI-Data-Mapping.pdf) [Mastering Custodian Interviews & Data Mapping – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/Custodian%20Interviews%20and%20Data%20Mapping.mp3?revision=1) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [eDiscovery Essentials for the Plaintiff Lawyer](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-essentials-for-the-plaintiff-lawyer-2/) **Published:** May 24, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Plaintiffs face unique challenges when conducting discovery. A central difference is asynchronous data; plaintiffs must focus on accessing often complex document collections in the hands of defendants and third parties. More data to review and more complicated data types increasingly can overwhelm how attorneys traditionally have requested and reviewed productions and marshaled evidence. **Content:** ### Proven techniques to obtain the evidence needed to successfully build your case Plaintiffs face unique challenges when conducting discovery. A central difference is asynchronous data; plaintiffs must focus on accessing often complex document collections in the hands of defendants and third parties. More data to review and more complicated data types increasingly can overwhelm how attorneys traditionally have [requested and reviewed productions](https://lexbe.com/requests-for-production/) and marshaled evidence. Plaintiff lawyers, particularly if operating on a contingency basis, must carefully budget their time investment and client expenditures, while continually evaluating the case potential. Exploding electronically stored information (ESI) collection sizes and [document types in modern litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) makes this a difficult balancing act. Litigators must thoughtfully [plan their document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/planning-and-managing-large-document-reviews-in-house-for-small-to-medium-sized-law-firms-2/) requests, create reasonable agreements with opposing counsel and aggressively advocate for their eDiscovery rights. This webinar will address the primary issues and best practices on how to effectively address them. ### Agenda - Why is eDiscovery different for plaintiffs? - Specific plaintiff concerns - Planning for success with custodian identification, data mapping, early case assessment - Marshaling your evidence with proper collection, processing & search - Handling holes in productions, data dumps, hot docs, fast motion responses - From ESI to evidence, facts and proof - Top takeaways ### Webinar Resources [eDiscovery Essentials for the Plaintiff Lawyer – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-05-eDiscovery-Essentials-for-the-Plaintiff-Lawyer-.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [12th Annual LDO Survey Finds Legal Departments are Relying More on AI for eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/blog/12th-annual-ldo-survey-finds-legal-departments-are-relying-more-on-ai-for-ediscovery/) **Published:** March 20, 2020 **Author:** Lauren Pallaise **Excerpt:** The 12th annual Law Department Operations (LDO) survey found that effective use of technology in law departments has been slow to accelerate. Artificial intelligence has been wildly growing among several markets, but is just beginning to saturate the legal market--however, it is expected to continue. **Content:** The 12th annual Law Department Operations (LDO) survey found that effective use of technology in law departments has been slow to accelerate. Artificial intelligence has been wildly growing among several markets, but is just beginning to saturate the legal market–however, it is expected to continue. In general, AI has the potential to introduce new sources of growth, changing how work is done and reinforcing the role of people to drive growth in business. As Reese Arrowsmith, vice president, head of legal operations for Campbell Soup Co. states, “I do see AI and other technology advances having an impact on the way lawyers work. New technology will augment ways of working and may impact who completes legal work. I also see the legal industry utilizing data analytics to make decisions and to predict outcomes.” One survey revealed that nearly half of those asked, said their [law department](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/document-review-for-mac-based-law-firms-and-legal-departments/) does not use AI at all. And, when law departments do use AI, it is most likely for e-discovery and [document review](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/). Twenty-seven percent of respondents sometimes use it for these areas, and 7% always use it. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AI-1-300x287.png "AI 1 | Lexbe")![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AI-2-300x105.png "AI 2 | Lexbe") To download the full report, [click here](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-LDO-Survey-Report.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8244aaa5c42c78ce4ddd0ca2888b9d45814bc2b861b22d1893d59262ac50cde3?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Lauren Pallaise [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/lpallaise43648/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/lpallaise43648/) **Categories:** Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog --- ### [eDiscovery Trends for 2020](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-trends-for-2020-2/) **Published:** April 28, 2020 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** eDiscovery is continuously evolving with each new year adding layers of complexity. Beyond the exponential year-over-year growth of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), the sources of ESI continue to diversify. Attorneys failing to stay up to date on the quickly evolving landscape risk missing evidence, wasting money and losing cases. This webinar provides an overview of the new and emerging challenges lawyers will face in 2020 as well as describing solutions for those willing to stay ahead of the curve. **Content:** ### Best Practices Navigating the Dynamic ESI Landscape, eDiscovery Technologies and Strategies for your Practice eDiscovery is continuously evolving with each new year adding layers of complexity. Beyond the exponential year-over-year growth of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), the sources of ESI continue to diversify. Attorneys failing to stay up to date on the quickly evolving landscape risk [missing evidence,](https://lexbe.com/blog/understanding-your-ediscovery-index-and-how-it-finds-or-misses-evidence/) wasting money and losing cases. This webinar provides an overview of the new and emerging challenges lawyers will face in 2020 as well as describing solutions for those willing to stay ahead of the curve. ### Agenda - eDiscovery continues to evolve - Data is different - Legal hold management - Cloud-based solutions - Predictive coding - Structured data - Privilege and production - Big data analysis - Case closure - Legacy data ### Webinar Resources [eDiscovery Trends for 2020 – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Lexbe_eDiscovery_Trends_2020_Webinar.pptx.pdf) [eDiscovery Trends for 2020 – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/eDiscovery%20trends%202020.mp3?revision=1) ### About the Speakers #### Robert Keeling, Partner, Sidley Austin, LLP Robert Keeling is an experienced [litigator whose practice](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) includes a special focus on electronic discovery matters. Mr. Keeling has authored several articles on eDiscovery and [social media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) and is a co-chair for his firm’s eDiscovery Task Force. #### Ray Mangum, Associate Sidley Austin, LLP Ray Mangum represents clients in a variety of government investigations and commercial disputes, with a particular focus on matters involving complex data analytics and e-discovery issues. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Managing Non-Email Communications in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/managing-non-email-communications-in-ediscovery/) **Published:** May 28, 2020 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Increasingly, non-email communications make up critical evidence in modern litigation. Text messaging and social media are used regularly by case participants and witnesses in addition to traditional email. **Content:** Increasingly, non-email communications make up critical evidence in modern litigation. Text messaging and social media are used regularly by case participants and witnesses in addition to traditional email. Companies are supporting instant messaging and other collaborative applications in addition to email for internal communications. Failure to collect, request, and review this evidence can negatively impact case outcomes, particularly if an opponent is effectively using this evidence. Learn best practices to master all evidentiary communications, no matter the form or latest technology. ### Agenda - Growth in non-email messaging - Problems in collecting, processing, reviewing, producing, and using non-email communications - Integrating non-email communications into eDiscovery workflows - ESI data mapping of non-email communications - Raw data normalization and review PDF creation - Post-processing review functions - Production, depo, and trial prep - Checklist for effective use ### Webinar Resources [Managing Non-Email Communications in eDiscovery – PDF download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Negotiating-a-state-of-the-art-eDiscovery-Protocol.pdf) [Managing Non-Email Communications in eDiscovery – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2020-05%20Managing%20Non-Email%20Communications%20in%20eDiscovery.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [E-Discovery Trends for 2022](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/e-discovery-trends-for-2022/) **Published:** February 25, 2022 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is an increasing challenge. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange that thoroughly document privileged communications.  This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. **Content:** ### BEST PRACTICES NAVIGATING THE DYNAMIC ESI LANDSCAPE, EDISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES FOR YOUR PRACTICE. Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is an increasing challenge. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange that thoroughly document privileged communications. This requires additional review resources to [protect confidentiality and privilege](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-privilege-protection-in-document-intensive-cases/). The consequence for litigation professionals is more privileged documents and data, residing in increasingly disparate formats and locations, with an increased risk of inadvertent disclosure. Fortunately, innovation in e-Discovery technology combined with process and workflow improvements can help you meet the challenge of protecting privilege. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Practical Applications and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in eDiscovery: TAR & Beyond](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-and-pitfalls-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-in-ediscovery-tar-beyond-2/) **Published:** January 12, 2021 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The promise of high utility applications in the eDiscovery space, particularly AI, has opened up new possibilities and fueled expectations about the speed, accuracy and efficiency of performing evidentiary review. **Content:** ### A Guide for the Boutique Firm Handling Document Intensive Matters The promise of high utility applications in the eDiscovery space, particularly AI, has opened up new possibilities and fueled expectations about the speed, accuracy and efficiency of performing evidentiary review. Firms already using AI are perceived as the innovators, leading the charge but is the hype real? In short, there are absolutely benefits to bringing AI applications into your practice but doing so requires understanding the technology’s potential as well as its limitations. When real-world data sets are introduced, things can quickly go awry without oversight and quality control. With the right implementation, however, the boutique firm can utilize AI to leverage resources and, even with a small staff, outperform larger adversaries. ### Agenda - The AI Landscape - Pitfalls of AI - Effective Applications of AI in eDiscovery - Entity Detection - PII Detection - Machine Language Detection - Machine Transcription - Sentiment Analysis - TAR ### Webinar Resources [Practical Applications and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in eDiscovery: TAR and Beyond – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Practical-Applications-and-Pitfalls-of-Artificial-Intelligence-AI-in-eDiscovery_-TAR-Beyond.pdf) [Practical Applications and Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in eDiscovery: TAR and Beyond- MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2021-01%20Practical%20Applications%20and%20Pitfalls%20of%20AI%20in%20eDiscovery.mp3?revision=1) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Mastering Custodian Interviews & ESI Data Mapping](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-custodian-interviews-esi-data-mapping-2/) **Published:** April 30, 2020 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** Using data maps in custodian interviews is an instrumental step to help locate evidence early in the case and establish leverage for building your best argument. This building block in the eDiscovery workflow has seen massive changes due to the pandemic and the shifting electronically stored information (ESI) landscape. Identifying sources of evidence has become a significant challenge as new messaging platforms, devices, and evolving social media platforms increase the complexity for all types of matters. ### Agenda - New and Emerging Sources of ESI - Workflow and Case Development - Why Interview Custodians? - Custodian Identification - Conducting Custodian Interviews - What is Data Mapping? - Benefits of Data Mapping - Data Mapping Log - Data Mapping Reports ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. [Custodian Interviews & ESI Data Mapping – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Custodian-Interviews-ESI-Data-Mapping.pptx.pdf) [Custodian Interviews & ESI Data Mapping – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2020-04%20Mastering%20the%20Document%20Intensive%20Case.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Boutique Lawyer’s Guide to Managing Document Intensive Cases](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/a-boutique-lawyers-guide-to-managing-document-intensive-cases/) **Published:** April 19, 2019 **Author:** **Content:** Boutique law firms and lawyers are on the rise and handling an increasing percentage of complex and document-intense cases. Practicing in a boutique firm is primarily a lifestyle choice with the firm attorneys preferring a smaller firm practice environment, while still supporting what was previously exclusively a large firm practice. But as boutique firms want to run ‘lean and mean’ they usually do not have or want the committed software infrastructure or personnel overhead that big law firms support. This checklist addresses ways that attorneys in boutique law firms handling document-intensive or complex [cases can have cutting edge eDiscovery and document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-privilege-protection-in-document-intensive-cases/) management tools and avoid being out-gunned by larger firms. [A Boutique Lawyer’s Guide to Managing Document Intensive Cases](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-Boutique-Law-Firm.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [How to Solve the Challenges of Reviewing Large Email Sets](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-solve-the-challenges-of-reviewing-large-email-sets/) **Published:** July 26, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** With hundreds of billions of emails exchanging hands daily, each with its own unique metadata, container folder and possible attachments to examine, special consideration must be given to email at every stage of eDiscovery. Litigators and paralegals must effectively review ESI (Electronically Stored Information) during production, and great care must be taken to avoid producing confidential information. **Content:** With hundreds of billions of emails exchanging hands daily, each with its own unique metadata, container folder and possible attachments to examine, special consideration must be given to email at every stage of eDiscovery. Litigators and paralegals must effectively review ESI (Electronically Stored Information) during production, and great care must be taken to avoid producing confidential information. This webinar offers practical steps for moving email through the eDiscovery process while uncovering key evidence and ensuring that privileged information is not inadvertently leaked. ### Agenda - Managing increasing email volumes - What ‘delete’ really means - Best practices for displaying and reviewing attachments - Deciphering email headers - Detecting ‘spoofing’ - Using culling and deduplication to eliminate unnecessary email - Methods to ensure full searchability of email - Understanding email time zones ### Webinar Resources [How to Solve the Challenges of Reviewing Large Email Sets – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-07-Webinar-How-to-Solve-the-Challenges-of-Reviewing-Large-Email-Sets.pdf) [Mastering the Document Intensive Case: A Blueprint for the Boutique Law Firm – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/How%20to%20solve%20the%20challenges%20of%20reviewing%20large%20email%20sets.mp3) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology, [document management](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) and eDiscovery topics. He has his MS in Engineering from the Danish Technical Institute and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe Presenting at 27th Annual University of Texas Technology Law Conference](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-presenting-at-27th-annual-university-of-texas-law-conference/) **Published:** February 24, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** We are excited to announce that Lexbe will be presenting at the 27th Annual University of Texas Technology Law Conference being held May 23-24 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, TX. **Content:** We are excited to announce that Lexbe will be presenting at the [27th Annual University of Texas Technology Law Conference](https://utcle.org/conferences/PC14) being held May 23-24 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, TX. ![UT law conference](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/UT-Law-CLE-Thumbnail.png "UT Law CLE Thumbnail | Lexbe")Gene Albert, Lexbe CEO, will be making a presentation titled *Technology, Ethics, and Electronic Discovery* on May 22 at 11:15 a.m. Within the context of continuous advances in technology, Gene will discuss best practices in handling electronic discovery issues as they occur in litigation as well as pre-litigation steps a company may take to positively impact the results of future litigation. Topics discussed will include computer usage policies, records management and information governance. Additional topics include recent developments in eDiscovery law (such as predictive coding, proportionality, discovery of [social media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) content, discovery of personal devices’ data pursuant to BYOD policy, sanctions, spoliation and obstruction); strategies for reducing unnecessary eDiscovery costs (such as early ESI identification and case assessment); and judicial approaches to manage eDiscovery in their courts (such as procedural issues, production disputes, noncooperation, noncompliance with court orders, production and privilege issues, proportionality, privilege waiver, model orders, and use of special discovery masters). Now in its 27th year, [UT Law’s Technology Law Conference](https://utcle.org/conferences/PC14) brings together a nationally-recognized faculty of leading technology, licensing and M&A counsel along with experts in copyright, trademark, open source, public-private technology collaborations, and data privacy and security for two days of sophisticated and practical presentations and discussions. The program also draws a prominent audience and sponsorship from leading technology companies as well as their legal, financial and data security advisors. For more information [click here](https://utcle.org/conferences/PC14) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Mobile eDiscovery is a Challenging But Critical Part of Your Evidence Gathering Strategy](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-ediscovery-is-a-challenging-but-critical-part-of-your-evidence-gathering-strategy/) **Published:** May 31, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** It is estimated that in the US alone, there are 396 million mobile device subscriber connections. That calculation suggests that there are approximately 1.2 connected devices for every person in the US. As the number of devices continues to grow, the amount of data traffic is through the roof -- up to 13.7 trillion megabytes in 2017. **Content:** It is estimated that in the US alone, there are 396 million mobile device subscriber connections. That calculation suggests that there are approximately 1.2 connected devices for every person in the US. As the number of devices continues to grow, the amount of data traffic is through the roof — up to 13.7 trillion megabytes in 2017. eDiscovery professionals must consider the tremendous amount of evidence that is tangled up within those 13.7 trillion megabytes of data. ![Estimated subscriber connections graph](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ctia-wireless-snapshot-2-e1527781785345.jpg "ctia-wireless-snapshot-2 | Lexbe")![Wireless traffic data map](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ctia-wireless-snapshot-1-e1527781736858.jpg "ctia-wireless-snapshot-1 | Lexbe")Source: CTIA 2017 Wireless Snapshot Another high growth element to the mobile first custodian is the proliferation of apps. In June 2015, there were 100 billion iOS downloads. While [social media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) is by far the most popular app category, there are shadow IT apps and chat apps that often contain important caches of evidence. eDiscovery efforts must grow beyond email to include these rich ESI repositories. The usage of [mobile devices](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/) and the complexity of the mobile ecosystem increases appreciably with millennials. The age group from 18 to 34 purchases significantly more apps. Studies have shown that this demographic prefers messaging and chat to email. Your case’s “smoking gun” may very well reside within a Slack Instant Messaging conversation. A fitness mapping application may be able to prove your client’s whereabouts with their geolocation feature. Whether through messaging, geolocation, or other valuable ESI, it is important to understand the makeup, character, and quality of the custodians you’re dealing with and their propensity to use apps that may lead to additional evidence. Beyond the sheer number of devices in our society is the fact that most mobile operating systems now enable cross-device sharing and file access. When you think about custodians and [mobile devices,](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/) you need to think about it as an entire ecosystem comprised of the cloud, smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. For better or for worse, porting data from one device to another has never been easier. The ramifications of this sharing can be especially painful when Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) practices allow employees to network their personal devices with workplace systems. The consequences of allowing sensitive information to reside on an unencrypted misplaced cell phone or tablet can be disastrous for an IP agency. Employees can take it upon themselves to create unofficial work message groups on various messaging apps. Unmonitored, unsanctioned conversations, happening on company time, under a company’s name, can certainly lead to a murky labor dispute. The explosive growth of apps on mobile platforms creates significant eDiscovery challenges. Fortunately, the headaches caused by new technology can also be solved by new technology. An increasing number of eDiscovery platforms can process data that comes from [mobile devices](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/). Lexbe, for example, is equipped to handle popular files such as Apple notes, iMessages, Slack, Microsoft Teams, office 365, Google Apps and numerous other native applications. Moreover, our professional services team can perform [social media](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-in-use-authentication-and-admissibility-of-social-media-evidence/) extractions. In modern litigation, there is no room for ignoring [mobile devices](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/) and applications as potential evidence repositories. With the right planning and competent eDiscovery technology, you will be able to zero in on important evidence, regardless of where it resides. ### Webinar \[embedyt\]https://youtu.be/s4p7-LRpoUs\[/embedyt\] ### Webinar Resources [Addressing the eDiscovery Challenges of the Mobile First Custodian – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Addressing-the-eDiscovery-Challenges-of-Mobile-First-Custodian-PDF.pdf) [Addressing the eDiscovery Challenges of Mobile First Custodian – MP3 Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2018-04-Addressing-the-ediscovery-challenges-of-the-mobile-first-custodian.mp3) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Lexbe Blog --- ### [Mastering Privilege Protection in Document Intensive Cases](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-privilege-protection-in-document-intensive-cases/) **Published:** May 9, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is increasingly challenging. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange, that thoroughly document privileged communications. This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. **Content:** Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is increasingly challenging. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange, that thoroughly document privileged communications. This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. The consequence for [litigation professionals is more privileged documents](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) and data, residing in increasingly disparate formats and locations, with an increased risk of inadvertent disclosure. Fortunately, innovation in e-Discovery technology combined with process and workflow improvements can help you meet the challenge of protecting privilege. ### Agenda - Causes of Inadvertent Privilege - Release and Waiver - Optimized Workflow & Automatic Logging - Email Threading Headaches and Solutions - NearDup Analysis to Catch all Versions - Categorical Logging to the Rescue - Tips and Best Practices ### Webinar Resources [Mastering Privilege Protection in Document Intensive Cases – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Mastering-Privilege-Protection-in-Document-Intensive-Cases.pdf) [Mastering Privilege Protection in Document Intensive Cases – MP3 Audio Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/2018-03%20Mastering%20Privilege%20Protection%20in%20Document%20Intensive%20Cases.mp3) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology, [document management,](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) and eDiscovery topics. He has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Litigation Finance: Best Practices and Emerging opportunities](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/litigation-finanace-best-practices-and-emerging-opportunities/) **Published:** May 11, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Legal finance plays an increasingly common role in high-stakes commercial litigation. No longer merely a tool of necessity for cash-strapped claimants, financing is used by sophisticated lawyers and their clients as a more efficient way to manage the cost and risk of both plaintiff and defense matters while also unlocking working capital for the firm or business. **Content:** Legal finance plays an increasingly common role in high-stakes commercial litigation. No longer merely a tool of necessity for cash-strapped claimants, financing is used by sophisticated lawyers and their clients as a more efficient way to manage the cost and risk of both plaintiff and defense matters while also unlocking working capital for the firm or business. This presentation draws on Burford Capital’s experience as the world’s largest provider of commercial litigation finance and its work with nearly 75% of the AmLaw 100, and provides a broad overview of key concepts as well as emerging trends and opportunities for firms and clients to leverage legal finance in ways that enhance success and fuel growth. ### Key Points - Defining litigation finance - What’s driving the growth of litigation finance? - Benefits of litigation finance - How it works - Case studies and trends ### Webinar Resources [Litigation Finance Best Practices and Emerging Opportunities – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-05-Litigation-Finance-Best-Practices-and-Emerging-Opportunities.pdf) ### About the Speaker Sarah Lieber is a Vice President of Burford Capital’s underwriting and investment arm with a particular focus on originating investments and providing strategic guidance to leading [law firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) and global corporations on deploying Burford’s capital in ways that address their litigation and financial needs. Prior to joining Burford, Ms. Lieber served as Deputy General Counsel for CIFG Services, a monoline bond insurer, and practiced law at Jones Day. She received her JD from Fordham University School of Law. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Lawyer's Guide to eDiscovery Processing](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/lawyers-guide-ediscovery-processing/) **Published:** September 18, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Vast volumes of digital evidence continue to grow as more devices and digital channels of communication generate electronically stored information. The resulting growth of precise and objective probative evidence has dramatically impacted the legal landscape and requires that lawyers be equipped with the knowledge of how to handle these dynamic data sets in order to succeed in complex litigation. **Content:** Vast volumes of digital evidence continue to grow as more devices and digital channels of communication generate electronically stored information. The resulting growth of precise and objective probative evidence has dramatically impacted the legal landscape and requires that lawyers be equipped with the knowledge of how to handle these dynamic data sets in order to succeed in complex litigation. This educational webinar addresses the critical steps and best practices in eDiscovery processing so lawyers involved in complex litigation can be equipped to handle these cases in-house. ### Key Points - Growth of Volume of ESI - Goals of eDiscovery Processing - Processing in Overall EDRM Workflow - Scalable Processing - ESI Processing Steps Overview - ESI Processing Steps Details - Pitfalls to Avoid - Practical Take Aways ### Webinar Resources [A Lawyer’s Guide to eDiscovery Processing – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lexbe-A-Lawyers-Guide-to-eDiscovery-Processing-9-2017.pdf) ### About the Speaker Christian Detrude is an eDiscovery Solutions Senior Director at Lexbe. He is ACEDs certified and highly proficient in all phases of the electronic discovery reference model (EDRM). He is an expert at equipping boutique [law firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) with the capabilities to handle complex cases in-house. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Mobile Device Forensic Collections](https://lexbe.com/blog/mobile-device-forensic-collections/) **Published:** December 9, 2020 **Author:** Lauren Pallaise **Excerpt:** Mobile devices are everywhere. Within the last decade or so, smart phones have become not only a staple in our society, but arguably a necessity. There are two major players in the smartphone game, Android and Apple. **Content:** Mobile devices are everywhere. Within the last decade or so, smart phones have become not only a staple in our society, but arguably a necessity. There are two major players in the smartphone game, Android and Apple. Android devices make up the majority share of the smartphone market followed by Apple. There are others out there, like Windows OS phones and Blackberry, but they make up an incredibly small amount of the total smartphones. Forensic Tools used for mobile device collections include Cellebrite, Encase, Axiom, and Oxygen. Preserving data from a mobile device can be much different than from a computer, and forensic software and hardware companies, like Cellebrite, specialize in creating tools for mobile device forensic collections and analysis. There are a few different types of collections you can perform on mobile devices. Physical collections are bit-by-bit preservations of mobile devices, including the unused space. Logical collections preserve the user data only and not the free space of the phone. FileSystem collections preserve just the file system, which is very similar to the Logical collection, but could possibly pull some different data. The last resort in mobile device collections would be a manual collection. This is often used when a forensic tool can’t gain access to the device due to age or operating system restrictions. A manual collection consists of going through the phone manually and literally taking pictures of each screen. Not very efficient, but it’s a last resort option. The type of data you can pull from a mobile device can be incredibly beneficial to a case. Some of the most sought-after data sets include messages, call logs, contacts, and photos, but there are many other pieces of information that can be discovered within a smartphone, including location data, calendar events, notes, website/application credentials, and many other useful bits of data. As such, mobile device forensic collections are becoming a staple in litigation discovery. To learn more about how Lexbe can assist with your next Mobile Device Forensic Collection, contact sales@lexbe.com. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/forensicblog-1024x481.png "forensicblog | Lexbe") ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8244aaa5c42c78ce4ddd0ca2888b9d45814bc2b861b22d1893d59262ac50cde3?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Lauren Pallaise [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/lpallaise43648/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/lpallaise43648/) **Categories:** Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog **Tags:** Digital Forensics --- ### [A Lawyer's Guide to Digital Forensics](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/) **Published:** November 23, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** With the exponential increase in data sources and increasingly tech savvy custodians, digital forensics has quickly come to the forefront in order to identify and collect the evidence required for your cases. **Content:** With the exponential increase in data sources and increasingly tech savvy custodians, digital forensics has quickly come to the forefront in order to identify and collect the evidence required for your cases. Out of the 80 apps installed on the average smartphone, custodians typically utilize 9 mobile apps daily and 30 mobile apps monthly. The number of apps that have messaging services has exploded, the number of cloud-based services has exploded, Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors and location-based data has exploded, and data has never been more portable. All of these growth trends have increased the role of digital forensics in eDiscovery. ## Agenda - What is Digital Forensics? - Examples of Digital Media - eDiscovery and Digital Forensics - Findings - Metadata - Hash Values - Deleted Data - Load Files - Export Options - Key Takeaways ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars **Tags:** Digital Forensics --- ### [How Litigation Timelining Shifts the Playing Field to Your Advantage](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-litigation-timelining-shifts-the-playing-field-to-your-advantage/) **Published:** November 23, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** As the volume of discoverable data continues to increase and data sources fragment, creating functional fact and issue timelines is more important than ever. **Content:** As the volume of discoverable data continues to increase and data sources fragment, creating functional fact and issue timelines is more important than ever. During the early stages of litigation, timelines can help you develop eDiscovery strategies, identify collection sources, predict disputed facts and issues, and create a preliminary chronological relationship between case events. As your case progresses, timelines can assist you when preparing for depositions, carrying out motion practice, and conducting trial. Associating key documents with timeline events allows you to track the truly critical data in the increasingly murky sea of irrelevant emails, messages, and documents subject to discovery collection. Most importantly, a well-managed fact timeline enables you to build the best case possible. ## Agenda - Why Timelining is More Important than Ever - Early Case Analysis - Timelines or Data Analysis - Why Timelining is Often Haphazardly Done - Good Timelining Software Should. . . - Timelining Uses - Examples - Conclusion ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Litigator's Guide to Social Media Forensics](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/) **Published:** November 23, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** With billions of active users, file sharing, and multi-channel messaging capabilities, social media has rapidly ascended to the top of evidentiary electronically stored information (ESI) for many cases. **Content:** With billions of active users, file sharing, and multi-channel messaging capabilities, social media has rapidly ascended to the top of evidentiary electronically stored information (ESI) for many cases. Younger generations of custodians often prefer the instant messaging capabilities in social media apps over email and other communication channels. Their ease of access via smartphones and behavioral reinforcement characteristics will continue to fuel their growth for the foreseeable future. Therefore, litigators need to understand the scope of evidence that can be forensically collected from social media platforms to build their best cases. During this informative session, you’ll learn what can be forensically collected from social media accounts and how that can impact your cases. ## Agenda - Social Media Overview - Social Media Sources - What Can be Collected from Social Media - Collection Methods - Private vs. Public Collections - Social Media Analysis - Collection Exports - Key Takeaways ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars **Tags:** Digital Forensics --- ### [Anatomy of a Forensic Collection from a Smartphone](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) **Published:** December 10, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** Learn critical evidentiary insights into smartphones as utilization skyrocketed due to the pandemic and their role in eDiscovery continues to grow. **Content:** Learn critical evidentiary insights into smartphones as utilization skyrocketed due to the pandemic and their role in eDiscovery continues to grow. Increased reliance on smartphones due to the pandemic, a growing number of employees looking to change jobs, bring your own device (BYOD) programs and the ease of data portability make these devices highly relevant sources of electronically stored information (ESI) for most cases. Out of the 80 apps installed on the average smartphone, custodians typically utilize 9 mobile apps daily and 30 mobile apps monthly. Many smartphone apps can cross individual and corporate domains which creates a challenge for making sure corporate data is secure. Also, robust location-based services can help substantiate the location of a smartphone at any given time. ## Agenda During this session, you’ll learn: - Forensically sound collection procedures and documentation - The scope of ESI that can be collected - Forensic collection methods and workflow for mobile devices - How to assess exfiltrated and deleted ESI - Best practices to avoid mistakes and corruption of ESI - Reporting and analysis ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars **Tags:** Digital Forensics, Smartphones --- ### [Gaining Leverage from Custodian Interviews with Data Mapping](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/gaining-leverage-from-custodian-interviews-with-data-mapping/) **Published:** December 10, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** Using data maps in custodian interviews is an instrumental step to help locate evidence early in the case and establish leverage for building your best argument. **Content:** Using data maps in custodian interviews is an instrumental step to help locate evidence early in the case and establish leverage for building your best argument. This building block in the eDiscovery workflow has seen massive changes due to the pandemic and the shifting electronically stored information (ESI) landscape. Identifying sources of evidence has become a significant challenge as new messaging platforms, devices, and evolving social media platforms increase the complexity for all types of matters. During this informative session, you’ll learn how to utilize a data map during custodian interviews to help locate the relevant documents for your case. ## Agenda - New and Emerging Sources of ESI - Workflow and Case Development - Why Interview Custodians? - Custodian Identification - Conducting Custodian Interviews - What is Data Mapping? - Benefits of Data Mapping - Data Mapping log - Data Mapping reports ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [How to Manage a Successful Document Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-manage-a-successful-document-review/) **Published:** December 10, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** During this episode of Lexbe's webinar series on best practices in eDiscovery, you'll hear from three industry experts on how to structure and execute a successful document review. **Content:** During this episode of Lexbe’s webinar series on best practices in eDiscovery, you’ll hear from three industry experts on how to structure and execute a successful document review. ## Agenda By attending this informative session, you’ll takeaway tools that you can utilize to dramatically improve your next document review, including: - A lawyer’s guide to managing document intensive cases - A document coding menu memo - A document review protocol template - Critical compliance considerations - Pitfalls to avoid ## About the Speakers Join Julia Shapiro, founder and CEO of Hire an Esquire, Catherine Enck, COO of Hire and Esquire and Jeff Fugitt, CRO of Lexbe for this complimentary session that will help you sharpen your litigation practice. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Mastering the Document Intensive Case: A Blueprint for the Boutique Firm](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-the-document-intensive-case-a-blueprint-for-the-boutique-firm/) **Published:** April 28, 2020 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Increasingly lawyers are taking advantage of technology to practice in specialized boutique and smaller firm environments. But the rapidly growing size of collections of electronically stored information (ESI) presents an increasingly difficult challenge: How to effectively manage these resource-hungry cases without large firm support? **Content:** Increasingly lawyers are taking advantage of technology to practice in specialized boutique and smaller firm environments. But the rapidly growing size of collections of electronically stored information (ESI) presents an increasingly difficult challenge: How to effectively manage these resource-hungry cases without large firm support? What happens when the firm takes on a document-intensive case that its current review and production methods can’t handle? This educational webinar addresses how a boutique firm can effectively manage large cases, meet its deadlines, and avoid being outgunned by larger firms with greater staff and resources. ### Agenda - Growth of Boutique Law Firms - Challenges for Boutique Firms Handling Large & Complex Cases - Technology and Staffing to Support a Boutique Firm Practice - eDiscovery/Document Management Software by Case Stage - Document Review/Production Options in Large Cases - Case Study ### Webinar Resources [Mastering the Document-Intensive Case – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mastering-the-Document-Intensive-Case.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [7 Critical Considerations and Best Practices for eDiscovery in Patent Litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/7-critical-considerations-and-best-practices-for-ediscovery-in-patent-litigation/) **Published:** March 23, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** With multiple terabytes of ESI, numerous data custodians and technical expertise required, attorneys litigating a patent or trade secret claim face unique eDiscovery challenges. **Content:** With multiple terabytes of ESI, numerous data custodians and technical expertise required, attorneys litigating a patent or trade secret claim face unique eDiscovery challenges. To compete in a world of declining IP litigation costs, new venue rules and exponential ESI growth, savvy litigators are utilizing advanced cloud technology to accelerate the eDiscovery process, slash costs and handle document intensive cases in-house. This webinar will highlight strategies, essential tools and resources an attorney can utilize to up the odds in their favor. ### Agenda > - E-Discovery in Patent Litigation > - The Role of Proportionality > - What Discovery is Required > - The Role of the Federal Courts > - ESI Issues in Patent Litigation > - eDiscovery Rules Specific for Patent Cases > - Using eDiscovery Technology for Time and Cost Savings > - Predictive Coding > - Key Tools for Effective Discovery > - Summary/Takeaways > - Lexbe Supports IP Litigators ### Webinar Resources [Seven Critical Considerations and Best Practices for eDiscovery in Patent Litigation – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Seven-Critical-Considerations-and-Best-Practices-for-eDiscovery-in-Patent-Litigation.pdf) ### About the Speaker Guest speaker Ethan Horwitz is a Shareholder at Carlton Fields. He has more than 25 years of experience as a first chair trial and appellate lawyer across the full range of intellectual property law. Mr Horwitz is listed as one of the top 50 trial lawyers in the United States in Law360’s “Trial Aces,” and included in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Patent Law, and Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Trademark Law. He litigates and advises clients in the full range of intellectual property matters in the United States and internationally. He is the author of four treatises by LexisNexis, including the three-volume Horwitz on Patent Litigation and five-volume Horwitz on World Trademark Law. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe All Set for 2014 ABA Techshow](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-set-2014-aba-techshow/) **Published:** March 24, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** Lexbe is excited to attend the 2014 ABA Techshow at the Chicago Hilton, March 27-29. Come by booth 509 to visit with Lexbe representatives who can give you more information about our latest updates and feature enhancements, as well as upcoming developments to our software and service offerings. **Content:** Lexbe is excited to attend the 2014 ABA Techshow at the Chicago Hilton, March 27-29. Come by booth 509 to visit with Lexbe representatives who can give you more information about our latest updates and feature enhancements, as well as upcoming developments to our software and service offerings. ![ABA technology](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ABATechShowImage.png "ABATechShowImage | Lexbe")**From the ABA:** Technology is becoming fully integrated in the practice of law. Our legal work is now more dependent on the use of technology, in and out of the office. It helps us to practice more efficiently, serve clients more effectively, and better manage our daily lives. As technology evolves, it can be difficult to stay informed of the latest advancements. With so many different options to choose from it can be difficult knowing what’s the most suitable to you and your practice. This is where ABA TECHSHOW can help. The ABA TECHSHOW 2014 Conference and EXPO is where lawyers, legal professionals, and technology all come together. For three days, attendees learn about the most useful and practical technologies available. Our variety of CLE programming offers a great deal of education in just a short amount of time. But there’s more to ABA TECHSHOW than the educational programs; attendees also get access to the EXPO Hall where legal technology vendors are eager to demonstrate their helpful products and services. Touch, Talk, and Test your way through more than 100 technology vendors. For more information about the 2014 ABA Techshow [click here.](https://www.techshow.com/) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [27th Annual Technology Law Conference](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/27th-annual-technology-law-conference/) **Published:** May 27, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** On May 22, 2014, Lexbe Principal, Gene Albert, spoke at the 27th Annual Technology Conference, at the University of Texas School of Law, as part of a CLE panel on Technology, Law and eDiscovery. **Content:** On May 22, 2014, Lexbe Principal, Gene Albert, spoke at the 27th Annual Technology Conference, at the University of Texas School of Law, as part of a CLE panel on Technology, Law and eDiscovery. From UT CLE: “Within the context of continuous advances in technology, the panel discussed best practices in handling electronic discovery issues as they occur in litigation, including pre-litigation steps that may positively impact the results of future litigation. ![UT law conference](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/UT-Law-CLE-Thumbnail.png "UT Law CLE Thumbnail | Lexbe")Topics included computer usage policies, records management and information governance, as well as recent developments in eDiscovery law (e.g., predictive coding, proportionality, discovery of social media content, discovery of personal devices’ data pursuant to BYOD policy, sanctions, spoliation and obstruction); strategies for reducing unnecessary eDiscovery costs (e.g., early ESI identification and case assessment); and judicial approaches to managing eDiscovery in the courts (e.g., procedural issues, production disputes, noncooperation, noncompliance with court orders, production and privilege issues, proportionality, privilege waiver, model orders, and use of special discovery masters). [Click here](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Taming-Big-Data-eDiscovery-UT-CLE-27th-Tech-Law-Conference-May-2014-FINAL-Color-2X.pdf) to download the presentation. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [New TechnoLawyer Report - Group "Like" Discovery Documents to Expedite Your Review](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/new-technolawyer-report-group-like-discovery-documents-expedite-review/) **Published:** September 5, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Excerpt:** A newly released TechnoLawyer Report, Group “Like” Discovery Documents to Expedite Your Review, discusses how Lexbe’s innovative NearDup Groupings+ technology can greatly enhance the quality of eDiscovery productions. **Content:** A newly released TechnoLawyer Report, *Group “Like” Discovery Documents to Expedite Your Review*, discusses how Lexbe’s innovative [**NearDup Groupings+**](/ediscovery-services/neardup-groupings/) technology can greatly enhance the quality of eDiscovery productions. NearDup Groupings+ from Lexbe gives litigators a powerful tool that can group similar documents, identify unfound ‘key’ or ‘hot’ documents, enable email threading, and prevent the inadvertent release of privileged case information, contributing to a fast, precise, and cost-efficient discovery review. TechnoLawyer states, “NearDup Groupings+ takes advantage of specialized servers in Lexbe’s datacenter, enabling it to scale to handle cases of any size.” and goes on to say that ‘NearDup Groupings+ also speeds up the review process while minimizing risks.’ [**Click here to read the full report**](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TL-NewsWire-Release-NearDup-Groupings+.pdf) and find out more about how NearDup Groupings+ services from Lexbe can help you win your case! ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e050083b89c18681cf2ab247f9ba7f053f7fa3c39a0deaacf4f3e996113ff50b?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Gene Albert [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/genealbert/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Lexbe's Erin Derby, Published in Paralegal Today](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbes-erin-derby-published-in-paralegal-today/) **Published:** July 6, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Erin Derby, Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS), and a member of the Lexbe technical services team was recently published in Paralegal Today. Her article, Finding the Needle in a Data Haystack, featured Erin's expertise on advanced search methodology and offers techniques on culling data, constructing quality search queries, uncovering personally identifiable information (PII) and provides instruction on how to keep records of search processes. **Content:** Erin Derby, Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS), and a member of the Lexbe technical services team was recently published in Paralegal Today. Her article, *Finding the Needle in a Data Haystack,* featured Erin’s expertise on advanced search methodology and offers techniques on culling data, constructing quality search queries, uncovering personally identifiable information (PII) and provides instruction on how to keep records of search processes. Erin has presented 2 webinars for Lexbe [Best Practices: eDiscovery Search](/resources/webinar/ediscovery-search-best-practices/) and [Best Practices to Avoid Missing Key Evidence in Large Doc Review (Uber Index)](/resources/webinar/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-doc-review-uber-index/). You can read Erin’s article [here](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Derby-Finding-the-Needle-in-a-Data-Haystack-Paralegal-Today.pdf). ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Lexbe is the Killer App for Small to Medium Sized Firms, Recorded Demo](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/lexbe-is-the-killer-app-for-small-to-medium-sized-firms-recorded-demo/) **Published:** July 11, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** A single attorney was recently able to load 2 Terabytes worth of data (millions of pages), perform a privilege review across the entire document set and export a production within 2 weeks, start to finish, in our platform. This solo-practitioner leverages the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the Lexbe platform to compete against better funded and fully staffed opposing counsel. **Content:** ### Customer Success Stories A single attorney was recently able to load 2 Terabytes worth of data (millions of pages), perform a privilege review across the entire document set and export a production within 2 weeks, start to finish, in our platform. This solo-practitioner leverages the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the Lexbe platform to compete against better funded and fully staffed opposing counsel. Another customer, a medium sized firm, recently realized the power of the Lexbe Uber Index℠ when opposing counsel, an AMLAW 100 Firm, was unable to view mountains of evidence contained in the production they sent over. Opposing counsel’s eDiscovery index was simply not able to dig into the data the way the Uber Index does, giving our client a significant advantage over an imposing adversary. ### Key Takeaways from the demo: **DIY**– Attorneys choose Lexbe because of the flexibility we offer in self-administering eDiscovery 100% in-house. The DIY capability frees our clients from the delays and costs many of our competitors impose on carrying out various functions. **Free Upload**– While our DIY model allows you to upload your own data without added cost, we also offer to upload your data for you as part of an annual plan. By allowing our experts to handle your standard upload at no additional charge your documents are loaded correctly and quickly using our full-speed servers. Moreover, out technical team will identify any deficient productions at that juncture, early in the eDiscovery process, and assist you in requesting the necessary repairs from opposing counsel. **Uber Index**– Only Lexbe offers the Uber Index. A concatenated index which includes an OCR index of uploaded files, a text-based native extraction of all text characters, meta-data and translations into a single, searchable database. **Enhanced Search Features**– Lexbe has built a number of search tools into the platform to help speed review. Combine saved search, filter results and deploy specialty tools to zero in on hot docs. For example, our Profanity Search Tool was built specifically to help firms engaged in employee or harassment disputes quickly find all instances where inappropriate language was used in a document or email across your entire data set. **Time Lining**– Code facts and issues as part of review, keep notes and annotate documents as you go. Our robust time lining tool allows you to reports to see, at a glance, how evidence is building to support your case. **Speed**– Lexbe offers a completely scalable solution, meaning that our servers respond with greater server speed when your caseload grows. **Cost**– Our price structure offers straightforward, low cost per GB rates. We provide flexible pay-per-month plans or offer discounted rates with an annual plan. You will not find hidden fees- no user fees, per case charges or download costs. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [eDiscovery Buyers Guide Interviews Lexbe CEO, Gene Albert](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/ediscovery-buyers-guide-interview/) **Published:** March 21, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Brett Burney interviews Gene Albert from Lexbe at Legaltech / LegalWeek 2019. They discuss how the Lexbe platform serves a variety of litigation scenarios for law firms of all sizes as well as in-house legal departments. **Content:** Brett Burney interviews Gene Albert from Lexbe at Legaltech / LegalWeek 2019. They discuss how the Lexbe platform serves a variety of litigation scenarios for law firms of all sizes as well as in-house legal departments. Gene and Brett also discuss the features found in Lexbe including Integrated Messaging+ and the Uber Index. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [eDiscovery Buyers Guide Reviews Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/blog/news-and-events/ediscovery-buyers-guide-reviews-lexbe/) **Published:** May 1, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Brett Burney (Burney Consultants LLC) and Chelsey Lambert (Lex Tech Review) have teamed up to publish the 2019 eDiscovery Buyers Guide to help solo, small and medium-sized firms find the best eDiscovery solutions to meet their needs. **Content:** Brett Burney (Burney Consultants LLC) and Chelsey Lambert (Lex Tech Review) have teamed up to publish the 2019 eDiscovery Buyers Guide to help solo, small and medium-sized firms find the best eDiscovery solutions to meet their needs. In this video, Brett reviews the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and explains how it’s unique combination of features and innovative tools help firms take on document-intensive cases. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, News and Events --- ### [Best Practices: Litigation Document Management](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) **Published:** September 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Increasing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation have created the need for highly specialized document management systems to organize and manage discovery review. Though litigation databases have existed for many years, there are more options than ever for legal professionals to choose from that can deliver faster and more cost effective document reviews. **Content:** Increasing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation have created the need for highly specialized document management systems to organize and manage discovery review. Though litigation databases have existed for many years, there are more options than ever for legal professionals to choose from that can deliver faster and more cost effective document reviews. All this while still including the most advanced eDiscovery and case management functionality available. ### Key Points - Why is litigation document management needed? - Identify 7 distinct stages of litigation document management - Planning and Collection - Culling and Early Case Analysis - ESI Processing - Document Review - Document Production - Depositions and Motion Practice - Trial and Appeal ### Webinar Resources [Best Practices Litigation Document Management – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Best-Practices-Litigation-Document-Management.pdf) ### About the Speaker Stu Van Dusen is an eDiscovery solutions consultant with Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology. He has his MS Technology Commercialization from UT Austin, and his BS in Business Administration & Management from Trinity University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [10 Mistakes to Avoid When Running Productions](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/10-mistakes-to-avoid-when-running-productions/) **Published:** October 10, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Whether producing in Native, TIFF, PDF, or a blended format, discovery productions are fraught with potential challenges and obstacles that can foil your ability to meet deadlines and satisfy discovery requirements. The webinar also explores different strategies you can use to avoid these common production problems before they unfold plus a variety methods that can be used to get back on track when unavoidable delays do occur. **Content:** Whether producing in Native, TIFF, PDF, or a blended format, discovery productions are fraught with potential challenges and obstacles that can foil your ability to meet deadlines and satisfy discovery requirements. The webinar also explores different strategies you can use to avoid these common production problems before they unfold plus a variety methods that can be used to get back on track when unavoidable delays do occur. ### Key Points - Being unaware of the rules (FRCP/state/local) - Neglecting to match review requests with your review approach - Not knowing the common file deliverables in productions - Missing the opportunity to use ‘Meet & Confer’ (Rule 26) to your advantage - Failing to Request specific file types & metadata as needed - No custodian tracking causing deduplication nightmares - Not Addressing placeholders, databases, and unusual file types - Negotiating incomplete discovery orders in complicated cases - Stepping into redactions traps - Decreasing privilege review accuracy by failing to apply Near dup checks ### Webinar Resources [Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Creating Productions – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/eDiscovery-Webinar-Series-Top-10-Mistakes-to-Avoid-When-Creating-Productions.pdf) ### About the Speaker Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology and eDiscovery topics. He is on the Planning Committee of the Texas State Bar eDiscovery Program. Gene has his JD from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Integrated Foreign Language Document Review](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/integrated-foreign-language-document-review/) **Published:** September 10, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** One of the more challenging consequences associated with growing ESI volumes in litigation is the increasing frequency and variety of foreign language documents. As business has become more international, so has litigation. **Content:** One of the more challenging consequences associated with growing ESI volumes in litigation is the increasing frequency and variety of foreign language documents. As business has become more international, so has litigation. From collection through to production, foreign language documents introduce vexing complexities that can confound existing workflows and spiral costs. However, litigation teams can leverage improved review technology to solve these important issues and reduce the time and expense of eDiscovery. ### Key Points - What is driving the need for foreign language review? - What is integrated foreign language review? - Importance of maintaining single document records - Benefits of a Multilingual Search Index - Effect of Scalability on integrated translation workflows ### Webinar Resources [Improved Foreign Language Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Webinar-Improved-Foreign-Language-Review.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Litigator's Guide to Negotiating eDiscovery Requirements](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-negotiating-ediscovery-requirements/) **Published:** November 11, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** With the explosion of electronic documents and electronic stored information in modern complex litigation, the how and why of eDiscovery processing has become increasingly important. When done effectively, large document collections can be defensibly reduced, made fully searchable, and normalized to an easily reviewable format to speed and ease document review. **Content:** With the explosion of electronic documents and electronic stored information in modern complex litigation, the how and why of eDiscovery processing has become increasingly important. When done effectively, large document collections can be defensibly reduced, made fully searchable, and normalized to an easily reviewable format to speed and ease document review. ### Key Points - What are ESI Agreements, etc. - Why Increasingly Important - Legal Requirements - Particular Points for Inclusion - ESI collection activities - Review procedures: linear, search, TAR - Production Format - Privileged information - Miscellaneous items - Reference Guide for Examples of Protocols, Requirements, etc. ### Webinar Resources [Negotiating eDiscovery ESI Orders Agreements – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-Webinar-Negotiating-e-discovery-ESI-orders-agreements.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Best Practices: Finding Holes in Productions](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-finding-holes-in-productions/) **Published:** December 11, 2015 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** As document productions have ballooned in size, determining if a production is adequate has become increasingly difficult. The days of judges and magistrates turning a blind eye to bad discovery are over. So plaintiffs and defendants increasingly need to know if productions are adequate and defensible, or instead are riddled with obvious data holes. **Content:** As document productions have ballooned in size, determining if a production is adequate has become increasingly difficult. The days of judges and magistrates turning a blind eye to bad discovery are over. So plaintiffs and defendants increasingly need to know if productions are adequate and defensible, or instead are riddled with obvious data holes. ### Key Points - Receiving Party’s Complaints About Productions - Increased Scrutiny of Productions - Bates Gaps - Areas for Examination - Causes for Inadvertent Exclusion of Material - Leveraging Metadata to Analyze Production - Email Mapping ### Webinar Resources [Finding Holes in Productions – Best Practices in Testing, Reporting – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2015-09-Webinar-Finding-Holes-in-Productions-Best-Practices-in-Testing-Reporting-on-ESI-Adequacy-Using-Modern-Analytics.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Top 10 Things a Litigator Needs to Know About Handling Email in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/top-10-things-a-litigator-needs-to-know-about-handling-email-in-edsicovery/) **Published:** February 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Emails and their attachments represent an increasingly significant portion of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) collections and for good reason, too. The hundreds of billions of emails that are sent daily paint a comprehensive picture of our personal and professional lives, so it is no wonder that litigators must thoroughly and effectively review these collections for relevant case material. **Content:** Emails and their attachments represent an increasingly significant portion of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) collections and for good reason, too. The hundreds of billions of emails that are sent daily paint a comprehensive picture of our personal and professional lives, so it is no wonder that litigators must thoroughly and effectively review these collections for relevant case material. All too often, the “smoking gun” is hiding in .msg files and their attachments, but the peculiarities of email format can make this key evidence difficult to find, process for review, search, and produce. ### Key Points - Email Volumes are Growing Rapidly - Email Can Exist in Many Places - Headers Include Critical Case Information - Email Senders Can Be Spoofed - Email Time Zones Should be Normalized - Email Deduplication Removes Unneeded Email - NearDup Groupings for Mass Coding & Threading - Metadata and Families Speed Review - Processing is Needed to Enable Searchability - Be Careful How You Produce Email ### Webinar Resources [Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Email – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-01-Webinar-Top-10-Things-You-Need-to-Know-About-Email-FINAL-DO-NOT-EDIT.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Litigator's Guide to Handling Cloud-Based eDiscovery and Documents](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-handling-cloud-based-ediscovery-and-documents/) **Published:** March 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Newer scalable cloud computing allows firms to access substantial processing and review capacity when needed, at a fraction of traditional costs. When properly addressed, security increases in a cloud environment. This is a result of dedicated security staff, locked down data centers, data center certifications, full data encryption, and overall best practices security and confidentiality. **Content:** Newer scalable cloud computing allows firms to access substantial processing and review capacity when needed, at a fraction of traditional costs. When properly addressed, security increases in a cloud environment. This is a result of dedicated security staff, locked down data centers, data center certifications, full data encryption, and overall best practices security and confidentiality. These improvements amazingly come at a lower cost than traditional approaches. ### Key Points - The Challenge of Big Data in Litigation - What is the Cloud? - How does Cloud Technology Apply to e-Discovery? - Cloud Best Practices & Advantages By Case Stage - Summary ### Webinar Resources [Cloud eDiscovery Document Review – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-Lexbe-Webinar-Cloud-eDiscovery-Document-Review-1.pdf) ### About the Speaker Christian DeTrude of Lexbe is an eDiscovery Senior Solutions Consultant. He is a certified eDiscovery Specialist from the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS). Mr. DeTrude specializes in working with firms and companies of all sizes involved in eDiscovery seeking to bring solutions in-house or partner with a provider who do not have an in-house solution. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Litigator's Guide to Faster Document Review and Production](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-faster-document-review-and-production/) **Published:** March 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Increasing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation have created the need for faster and more effective review procedures, software, and systems. Larger cases mean that 'eyes on' linear review of all documents just isn't possible sometimes. **Content:** Increasing volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation have created the need for faster and more effective review procedures, software, and systems. Larger cases mean that ‘eyes on’ linear review of all documents just isn’t possible sometimes. Document-intensive matters require consideration and adoption of technology-enhanced approaches to leverage attorney and staff time in an efficient and effective process. Modern technology-enhanced review tools maximize attorney review time of key evidence, accelerate production timelines, and better control discovery costs. ### Key Points - Increasingly Document-Intensive Cases and Linear Reviews - What are Technology Enhanced Reviews? - When Should Technology Enhanced Reviews be Considered? - Modern High-Speed Keyword Search - Grouping Similar Documents for Grouped Review - Uses and Applications of Predictive Coding ### Webinar Resources [Faster Document Processing – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/03-16-Lexbe-Webinar-Faster-Document-Processing.pdf) ### About the Speaker Stu Van Dusen is an eDiscovery solutions consultant with Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology. He has his MS Technology Commercialization from UT Austin, and his BS in Business Administration & Management from Trinity University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [A Litigator’s Guide to Mac eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-mac-ediscovery/) **Published:** August 11, 2016 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** The Apple Mac OS for desktops and laptops and iOS for portable devices were once relegated to the sidelines in corporate America and overlooked or ignored in eDiscovery and litigation. This approach is no longer viable as electronically stored information (ESI) from Apple computers, iPhone and iPads is part of many document intensive cases today. **Content:** The Apple Mac OS for desktops and laptops and iOS for portable devices were once relegated to the sidelines in corporate America and overlooked or ignored in eDiscovery and litigation. This approach is no longer viable as electronically stored information (ESI) from Apple computers, iPhone and iPads is part of many document intensive cases today. Most companies large and small support Apple computer usage by their employees and derived digital evidence is common. But that does not mean it is easy to collect, process, search, and review. In fact, it raises a host of complications that should be addressed. ### Key Points - The growth of the MAC OS and iOS in modern business usage - Issues in collecting and processing from MAC computers and devices - Complications processing and reviewing email with Apple Mail - Ensuring searchability of MAC-based files for eDiscovery - Conducting document reviews using MAC computers for MAC-centric law firms ### Webinar Resources [A Litigator’s Guide to Mac eDiscovery – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-Webinar-A-Litigator++-s-Guide-to-Mac-eDiscovery.pdf) ### About the Speaker Karsten Weber is CTO and Principal, Lexbe LC. Mr. Weber is an eDiscovery consultant and expert and leads the product development at Lexbe. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an M.S. Engineering, Danish Technical University. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [eDiscovery Planning for the Plaintiff Lawyer](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/ediscovery-planning-for-the-plaintiff-lawyer/) **Published:** January 11, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Leveraging hold notices, ESI protocols, meet and confer, and other opportunities obtain the evidence needed to successfully build a case. Trial lawyers often represent the primary requesting party for document-complex discovery and litigation. Increasingly, this can overwhelm how they traditionally have reviewed productions and marshalled potential evidence. **Content:** Leveraging hold notices, ESI protocols, meet and confer, and other opportunities obtain the evidence needed to successfully build a case. Trial lawyers often represent the primary requesting party for document-complex discovery and litigation. Increasingly, this can overwhelm how they traditionally have reviewed productions and marshalled potential evidence. Plaintiff lawyers, particularly if operating on a contingency basis, must carefully budget their time investment and client expenditures, while continually revaluing the case potential. Exploding electronically stored information (ESI) collection sizes in modern litigation makes this a difficult balancing act, requiring litigators to thoughtfully plan their document request, create reasonable agreements with opposing counsel and aggressively advocate for their eDiscovery rights. Craig Ball, a noted authority on eDiscovery and computer forensics, offers practical advice as to how trial lawyers can obtain the evidence they need to successfully build their case and effectively advocate for their clients. ### Key Points - Responsibilities of the requesting party in setting the eDiscovery agenda - Best practices for litigation holds - How strategic agreements with opposing counsel can advance effective discovery - Dealing with preservation and spoliation issues - Preparing for Rule 26 conferences - Closing advice and take-aways ### Webinar Resources [eDiscovery Planning for the Plaintiff Lawyer – PDF Download](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017-01-Webinar-eDiscovery-Planning-for-the-Plaintiff-Lawyer.pdf) ### About the Speaker Craig Ball is a Board Certified trial lawyer, certified computer forensic examiner, law professor and electronic evidence expert He’s dedicated his career to teaching the bench and bar about forensic technology and trial tactics. After decades trying lawsuits, Craig limits his practice to service as a court-appointed special master and consultant in computer forensics and e-discovery. A prolific contributor to educational programs worldwide – having delivered over 1,600 presentations and papers–Craig’s articles on forensic technology and electronic discovery frequently appear in the national media. For nine years, he wrote the award winning column on computer forensics and e-discovery for American Lawyer Media called “Ball in your Court.” Craig Ball has served as the Special Master or testifying expert on computer forensics and electronic discovery in some of the most challenging, front page cases in the U.S. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [The Seven Deadly Sins of Email](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-email-2/) **Published:** March 20, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Email communications continue to play a big role in eDiscovery and have contained critical evidence in support of malpractice claims. Join us for this informative session where you'll learn the seven deadly sins of email as well as best practices to help you avoid malpractice claims. You'll also learn how to use the seven deadly sins of email in discovery to help you identify evidence in document review. **Content:** ### As well as 10 Heavenly Steps to Stay Out of Email Hell Email communications continue to play a big role in eDiscovery and have contained critical evidence in support of malpractice claims. Join us for this informative session where you’ll learn the seven deadly sins of email as well as best practices to help you avoid malpractice claims. You’ll also learn how to use the seven deadly sins of email in discovery to help you identify evidence in document review. ### Agenda - Email communications that cause misunderstanding, exacerbate an issue or implicate the sender in a claim; - Real world examples; actual claims cases and disputes; - The tools to edit these cited emails, identifying inappropriate text and discussing alternative language or alternative methods of communication; - Best practices for writing well-drafted emails that are clear, concise and actionable; and - Litmus test questions to evaluate emails before sending, and to assess the need to send or further revise an email message with additional recommended preemptive actions. ### Webinar Resources [The Seven Deadly Sins of Email Presentation Deck – PDF Download](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Email-7-Deadly-Sins-2.11.19.pdf) [The Seven Deadly Sins of Email – MP3 Audio Download](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-Email.mp3?revision=1) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Planning and Managing Large Document Reviews In-House for Small to Medium-Sized Law Firms](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/planning-and-managing-large-document-reviews-in-house-for-small-to-medium-sized-law-firms-2/) **Published:** May 2, 2019 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Plaintiffs face unique challenges when conducting discovery. A central difference is asynchronous data; plaintiffs must focus on accessing often complex document collections in the hands of defendants and third parties. More data to review and more complicated data types increasingly can overwhelm how attorneys traditionally have requested and reviewed productions and marshaled evidence. **Content:** A boutique firm facing its first ESI intensive matter must have a plan for review at the outset or will inevitably be overwhelmed. There is no “playing catch-up” once data lands in your lap. From ensuring that an ESI order does not turn into a data dump, to coordinating staffing needs, attorneys need to have procedures in place, along with contingency plans, for managing in-house review. This webinar provides an overview of best practices to ensure that the eDiscovery portion of your case is a success. ### Agenda - Planning a Large Document Review - Determining Review Methodology - Staffing Considerations - Tracking and Reporting - Production Options and Timeline - Practical Tips and Take-Aways ### Webinar Resources - [Planning and Managing Large Document Reviews](/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Planning-and-Managing-Large-Doc-Review.pdf) (PDF) - [Planning and Managing Large Document Reviews](https://sites.google.com/a/lexbe.com/hp/webinar-mp3-podcasts/Planning%20and%20Managing%20Large%20Doc%20Review.mp3) (MP3 Audio) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Protecting Privilege in ESI](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/protecting-privilege-in-esi/) **Published:** August 3, 2020 **Author:** **Excerpt:** Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is increasingly challenging. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange that thoroughly document privileged communications. This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. **Content:** Preventing the inadvertent disclosure of privileged information in litigation is increasingly challenging. Technological advancements have ushered in varying mediums of information storage and exchange that thoroughly document privileged communications. This requires additional review resources to protect confidentiality and privilege. [Protecting Privilege in ESI](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/checklist-protecting-privilege-2023.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Requesting Productions in Native File Format](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/requesting-productions-in-native-file-format/) **Published:** January 28, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used by the fact witness or other custodian, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint or Outlook Email. **Content:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used by the fact witness or other custodian, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint or Outlook Email. Counsel increasingly request and courts grant, these production requests. This checklist for attorneys, litigation paralegals and legal technology professionals should help you sort out the complications and dangers in handling native file production requests. [Producing in Native File Format](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/eDiscovery-Checksheet-Requesting-Productions-in-Native-File-Format.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Producing in Native File Format](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/producing-in-native-file-format/) **Published:** January 28, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used by the fact witness or other custodian, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint or Outlook Email. **Content:** Native files refer to electronically stored information (ESI) stored in the format originally used by the fact witness or other custodian, without conversion to TIFF, PDF or other paginated formats for review. Examples are Word, Excel, and Powerpoint or Outlook Email. Counsel increasingly request and courts grant, these production requests. This checklist for attorneys, litigation paralegals and legal technology professionals should help you sort out the complications and dangers in handling native file production requests. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Document Review for Mac-Based Law Firms and Legal Departments](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/document-review-for-mac-based-law-firms-and-legal-departments/) **Published:** January 28, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Legal teams in law firms and in-house legal departments attempting to conduct sophisticated legal document review on the Mac face some considerable obstacles. Most popular electronic discovery and legal document management applications are Windows based requiring review on another platform. **Content:** Legal teams in law firms and in-house legal departments attempting to conduct sophisticated legal document review on the Mac face some considerable obstacles. Most popular electronic discovery and legal document management applications are Windows based requiring review on another platform. This “solution” is cumbersome at best, and reduces efficiency and usability for anyone trying to do a legal review with a Mac. This checklist for attorneys, litigation paralegals and other legal technology professionals should help ensure success. [Document Review for Mac-Based Law Firms and Legal Departments](/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-eDiscovery-Checklist-Mac-Document-Review.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Trial Attorney eDiscovery Planning](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/trial-attorney-ediscovery-planning/) **Published:** January 28, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** This checklist offers practical advice on how trial lawyers can obtain the evidence they need to successfully build their case and effectively advocate for their client. **Content:** This checklist offers practical advice on how trial lawyers can obtain the evidence they need to successfully build their case and effectively advocate for their client. [Trial Attorney eDiscovery Planning](/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Checklist-Trial-Attorney-eDiscovery-Planning.pdf) ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Checklists, eDiscovery Checklist --- ### [Model ESI Agreement Order](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/model-esi-agreement-order/) **Published:** October 12, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** Lexbe’s Model ESI Agreement Order is a 13-page sample eDiscovery protocol that stipulates the requirements and procedures for ESI preservation, collection and production in eDiscovery. This order includes the Model ESI Production Appendix. Download ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** Checklists, Sample ESI Order --- ### [Lexbe Launches Strategic Case Insights Report: A Groundbreaking Update to Lexbe Pilot Gen-AI for Litigation Teams Involved in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) **Published:** June 26, 2025 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## *New feature delivers a comprehensive eDiscovery case analysis in under five minutes* AUSTIN, TX — June 26, 2025 — Lexbe, a leader in GenAI-powered eDiscovery and digital forensics, is proud to announce a transformative update to its industry leading GenAI solution. Lexbe Pilot GenAI: the [Strategic Insights Report](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-pilot-gen-ai/ "Lexbe Pilot GenAI case analysis"), is a fully automated case intelligence feature that delivers comprehensive litigation analysis in under five minutes, with the simple click of a button. > “Lexbe Pilot helps us understand exactly what we have in the [case documents,](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/mastering-privilege-protection-in-document-intensive-cases/) the evidence, timeline, and entities, in a fraction of the time of our previous process,” said Paul Capua, Founding Attorney at Capua Law. “I can’t imagine litigating cases without it.” ![The Lexbe Pilot GenAI strategic case insights button delivers a comprehensive case analysis and summary in 5 minutes.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Lexbe-Pilot-GenAI-Strategic-Case-Insights.png "Lexbe Pilot GenAI Strategic Case Insights for Litigators in eDiscovery | Lexbe") Powered by an advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture, Lexbe Pilot AI enables legal professionals to ask case-specific questions and receive meaningful, grounded responses directly from the entire case repository. The new Strategic Insights button takes this a step further—generating a fully composed executive summary, timeline of key events, entity list, and fact-and-issue matrix, all with citations to the underlying evidence. > “Legal teams need more than just search, they need [practical and actionable understanding of the relevant evidence,”](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-in-use-authentication-and-admissibility-of-social-media-evidence/) said Gene Albert, Chief Executive Officer at Lexbe. “With our new Strategic Insights Report, attorneys can walk into meetings, hearings, or mediation with a complete command of the facts, generated automatically from all the documents in their case.” The Strategic Case Insights Report includes: • Executive Summary – A narrative briefing of key facts and causation • Event Timeline – Chronological mapping of relevant dates and decisions • Entity Index – Auto-identified people, organizations, and roles • Issues & Facts Matrix – Core factual disputes linked to source material • Rapid Output – Full report generated in under 5 minutes This innovation is ideal for [case assessment,](https://lexbe.com/early-case-assessment/) motion practice, trial preparation, and expert witness briefings. It dramatically reduces the time and cost of manual analysis, while increasing accuracy and strategic visibility. > “This is what GenAI was meant to do,” Albert added. “It’s like having a case analyst, a paralegal, and a litigation associate working for you 24/7 directly inside your eDiscovery platform.” To experience the future of litigation intelligence, request a personalized demo of Lexbe Pilot AI at [www.lexbe.com](https://lexbe.com/). Download a sample [Lexbe Pilot strategic insights report here](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Deepwater-Horizon-Generated-inside-Lexbe-platform.pdf). About Lexbe Founded in 2006, Lexbe provides cloud-based, GenAI-powered eDiscovery and digital [forensics solutions purpose-built for complex litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/). The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform offers industry-leading processing speed, scalability, and advanced AI features to help litigation teams uncover the truth faster. For more information visit www.lexbe.com. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, Press Releases --- ### [How to use gen AI in ediscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) **Published:** March 14, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Join us for an exclusive webinar tailored specifically for lawyers: "How to User GenAI in eDiscovery" In this advanced session, we will delve into the transformative real world applications of Generative AI technologies in the realm of eDiscovery, demonstrating how they can not only streamline the process but also enhance accuracy and efficiency in legal investigations. Discover how cutting-edge AI tools can sift through vast amounts of data to identify relevant information quickly and accurately, drastically reducing the time and resources traditionally required for legal research and document review. We'll cover practical applications, use cases, and strategies for integrating these technologies into your current legal practice, ensuring you stay ahead in the fast-evolving landscape of legal tech. This webinar is designed for legal professionals who are already well-versed in the basics of eDiscovery and are looking to deepen their understanding of how Generative AI can be employed to gain a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to refine your practice's approach to eDiscovery, curious about the latest developments in legal technology, or seeking to ensure compliance with evolving legal standards, this session will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies. **Content:** [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/)## [ Anatomy of a Forensic Collection from a Smartphone ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) Learn critical evidentiary insights into smartphones as utilization skyrocketed due to the pandemic and their role in eDiscovery continues to grow. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/)## [ A Litigator’s Guide to Social Media Forensics ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/) With billions of active users, file sharing, and multi-channel messaging capabilities, social media has rapidly ascended to the top of evidentiary electronically stored information (ESI) for many cases. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/)## [ A Lawyer’s Guide to Digital Forensics ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/) With the exponential increase in data sources and increasingly tech savvy custodians, digital forensics has quickly come to the forefront in order to identify and collect the evidence required for your cases. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/) ## How Can Mid-Sized Law Firms Safely Adopt Generative AI in eDiscovery? The best approach for mid-sized law firms to adopt generative AI is to utilize a purpose-built system that prioritizes data security, immediate usability, and verifiable accuracy. Unlike generic AI tools, a dedicated [eDiscovery platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) provides litigation boutiques and mid-sized practices with enterprise-level processing power at predictable, budget-friendly rates. Consequently, legal teams can rapidly accelerate document review and build stronger case strategies while maintaining strict compliance with their ethical obligations. To safeguard sensitive client information, law firms must demand rigorous security protocols before implementing any new artificial intelligence. For instance, our approach to [generative AI eDiscovery automation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/) operates entirely through strict zero data retention APIs. Furthermore, we execute comprehensive Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) and maintain a robust, bank-level security architecture. Because your litigation data is never stored or used to train public models, you can confidently leverage AI without risking attorney-client privilege. Implementing new technology often stalls due to steep learning curves, but the right platform eliminates this friction entirely. We equip our users with an exclusive library of pre-engineered prompts specifically tailored for complex litigation tasks. Therefore, lawyers and paralegals can instantly generate case summaries, identify key facts, and draft deposition questions without needing specialized prompt engineering skills. This out-of-the-box usability empowers legal teams to be successful and efficient from day one. Finally, mitigating AI hallucinations is absolutely critical for defensible and trustworthy litigation. Lexbe engineers its architecture so that Large Language Models (LLMs) operate strictly within the “four corners of the case” data. For example, advanced features like [Lexbe Autopilot](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/) automatically anchor every AI-generated insight with exact document citations. As a result, attorneys can instantly verify facts, completely eliminating the risk of fabricated evidence and ensuring total confidence during automated document review. How do law firms use generative AI for document review? Law firms use generative AI to rapidly analyze massive document sets, extract key facts, and identify critical evidence. The AI accelerates review speeds by generating summaries and organizing timelines, which allows attorneys to focus entirely on high-level case strategy. Lexbe’s AutoPilot also codes out the issues so you can comply with the RFP. Is generative AI safe for eDiscovery and client data? Yes, provided you use a secure, closed-system platform like Lexbe. Safe eDiscovery platforms utilize zero data retention APIs, meaning your sensitive client data is never stored or used to train public AI models, thereby protecting attorney-client privilege. What is the best eDiscovery platform for mid-sized law firms? Lexbe is the premier eDiscovery platform for mid-sized law firms. It delivers enterprise-grade processing capabilities, advanced generative AI automation, and highly competitive pricing. This allows mid-sized practices to efficiently litigate against much larger firms without exceeding client budgets. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe CoPilot GenAI Now Included with the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform at No Additional Cost](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) **Published:** March 27, 2025 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** **AUSTIN, TX — March, 24 2025** — [Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/), a leading provider of high-performance, cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces that Lexbe CoPilot, its Generative AI-powered document review assistant, is now included in all Lexbe eDiscovery Platform hosting plans at no additional cost. This game-changing enhancement ensures that law firms, corporate legal teams, and litigation professionals of all sizes can leverage GenAI-enhanced document review without additional expenses, significantly boosting efficiency, accuracy, and case strategy. Lexbe CoPilot equips attorneys and paralegals with the latest generation of GenAI large language models (ChatGPT and Claude), which automate several use cases in the eDiscovery workflow. This includes summarizing key documents and depositions, analyzing financial and medical records, identifying relevant case information, streamlining privilege and issue tagging, and enhancing search capabilities—all within Lexbe’s secure, cloud-based eDiscovery Platform. “By integrating Lexbe CoPilot at no additional cost, Lexbe is setting a new standard for accessibility in AI-powered legal technology,” said Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today. “This decision eliminates cost barriers that have historically prevented firms from leveraging GenAI in eDiscovery, allowing more legal teams to benefit from time-saving automation and improved document review accuracy.” Legal teams handling large-scale litigation can now take advantage of Lexbe CoPilot’s advanced AI capabilities to speed up the review process while maintaining the high level of accuracy required in legal proceedings. By automating routine tasks, attorneys can focus more on substantive case analysis and strategy development. “Lexbe CoPilot has revolutionized how we handle document review,” said Jessica Wehby, Director of E-Discovery Support at Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC. “The GenAI capabilities allow us to process and analyze case materials faster and more efficiently than ever before, making a profound impact on our eDiscovery workflow and case preparation.” With this latest announcement, Lexbe continues to lead the industry in providing powerful, cost-effective eDiscovery technology that enables law firms to compete effectively, regardless of size. The inclusion of Lexbe CoPilot in every platform plan ensures that all litigation teams, from boutique firms to large legal departments, can benefit from cutting-edge AI-powered legal technology without increasing their costs. To learn more about Lexbe CoPilot and the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, visit . **About Lexbe** Founded in 2006, Lexbe is a trusted provider of GenAI powered cloud-based eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions for law firms, corporate legal departments, and litigation support professionals. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform delivers industry-leading speed, scalability, and cost efficiency, empowering legal teams to manage complex cases with ease. To learn more, contact Lexbe at or visit [www.lexbe.com](http://www.lexbe.com/). **Media Contact:** Jeff Fugitt v. 512.653.8295 Lexbe, Inc. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog --- ### [Lexbe Unleashes eDiscovery Speed: Processes Over 1 Million Documents Per Hour with 10,000+ CPUs](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) **Published:** March 27, 2025 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** **AUSTIN, TX — March, 27 2025** — [Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/), a leader in cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces a groundbreaking leap in legal technology with its Advanced ESI Processing Engine. With over 10,000 CPUs delivering unparalleled speed, Lexbe can now process more than 1,000,000 documents per hour which empowers legal teams to dive into case review the same day they upload data. In a recent case, a legal team faced the daunting challenge of processing 1.6 terabytes of PST files in a short timeframe. Traditional eDiscovery solutions would have required days or even weeks or more, delaying critical casework and hampering productivity. By leveraging Lexbe’s unmatched processing power, the firm was able to upload and process the files and begin document review the same day, demonstrating the game-changing efficiency of Lexbe’s platform. “Time is money in the legal industry, and Lexbe is helping firms optimize both,” said Gene Albert, CEO of Lexbe. “Our hyper-scalable cloud infrastructure and proprietary processing engine allow attorneys to accelerate early case assessment and review, meet tight deadlines, and maximize billable hours—all without the bottlenecks of legacy systems.” Unlike traditional platforms, Lexbe’s cloud-native architecture ensures high-speed processing with instant scalability. Whether handling PSTs, native files, or complex productions, Lexbe delivers unparalleled speed and efficiency, setting a new standard for eDiscovery performance. With litigation moving faster than ever, Lexbe equips legal teams with the speed and agility needed to stay ahead. For more information or to request a demo, visit www.lexbe.com. **About Lexbe** Founded in 2006, Lexbe is a trusted provider of GenAI powered cloud-based eDiscovery and digital forensic solutions for law firms, corporate legal departments, and litigation support professionals. The Lexbe [eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) delivers industry-leading speed, scalability, and cost efficiency, empowering legal teams to manage complex cases with ease. To learn more, contact Lexbe at or visit [www.lexbe.com](http://www.lexbe.com/). **Media Contact:** Jeff Fugitt v. 512.653.8295 Lexbe, Inc. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog --- ### [Lexbe Announces a Platform Integration with Clio that Brings GenAI Powered eDiscovery and Document Management to Law Firms](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) **Published:** March 26, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** **AUSTIN, TX — March, 26, 2024** — [Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/), a leading provider of cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, is thrilled to announce a new integration partnership with [Clio](https://www.clio.com/) – the world’s most robust legal technology platform. Clio’s legal practice management, client intake, and legal CRM software streamlines law firm operations, improves productivity, and enables legal professionals to increase revenue from one centralized platform. Trusted by over 150,000 legal professionals in 100+ countries and approved by 90+ bar associations and legal societies, Clio provides industry-leading security, 24/5 customer support, and an unparalleled app ecosystem—integrating with many solutions, now including Lexbe. This collaboration is set to revolutionize the way law firms handle document management and eDiscovery by combining the benefits of Lexbe’s advanced generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) powered eDiscovery platform with Clio. “The integration of Lexbe’s [CoPilot](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/)GenAI eDiscovery features with the GenAI document management capabilities with Clio is a game-changer for our firm,” said Jordan Howlette, Founder and Managing Attorney, JD Howlette Law. “The synergy between these platforms allows us to leverage artificial intelligence in ways that dramatically enhance our efficiency and the accuracy of our document management and review processes. With this integration, we can sift through vast amounts of documents with unprecedented speed, while ensuring that no critical piece of information is overlooked. We’re now equipped to handle complex cases more effectively, making informed decisions based on comprehensive data analysis. This technological advancement represents a significant leap forward for the legal industry, and we’re proud to be at the forefront of this evolution.” **A Partnership Built on Innovation and Efficiency** The enhanced integration between Lexbe and Clio marks a significant advancement in legal technology, fostering effortless data exchange and workflow optimization. This collaboration empowers legal professionals to streamline their eDiscovery and document management endeavors with greater efficiency. This synergy allows for a diverse set of tools that enrich the technological landscape of legal practice management. Gene Albert, CEO of Lexbe, emphasized the strategic nature of this integration, “Our collaboration with Clio is a deliberate move towards achieving our vision of providing law firms with transformative technology that enhances their client outcomes. This integration merges the strengths of two platforms, offering our shared clientele a robust collection of GenAI tools. These tools are designed to refine their operational processes, elevate efficiency, and support their growth ambitions.” **Clio’s Support for the Legal Community** Clio continuously pursues its mission to revolutionize the legal experience for all, leveraging cutting-edge cloud-based technologies tailored for law firms. Hemant Kashyap, Chief Product Officer at Clio, notes that “the integration with Lexbe highlights Clio’s commitment to equipping the legal community with advanced AI-powered document management and eDiscovery solutions. This collaboration is instrumental in redefining industry standards, empowering law firms with unparalleled technological capabilities.” The integration of Lexbe with Clio is now accessible through the Clio App Directory, signifying a pivotal advancement in legal technology collaborations. This collaboration represents a significant leap forward in our joint endeavor to enhance the efficiency and capabilities of legal professionals worldwide. **About Lexbe** For more than 18 years, law firms, legal teams, and more than 8,795 eDiscovery professionals have come to rely on Lexbe for innovative, affordable, lightning fast, cloud-based eDiscovery solutions. [The Lexbe eDiscovery platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/)equips legal professionals with a state-of-the-art, end to end eDiscovery platform, including GenAI capabilities, high-speed document processing, industry leading hosting, advanced analytics, efficient document review features, and secure production capabilities. For more information about the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform with [Lexbe CoPilot GenAI](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/), please visit www.lexbe.com. Media Contact: Jeff Fugitt Chief Revenue Officer Lexbe, Inc. 512.653.8295 jfugitt@lexbe.com **About Clio** Clio is transforming the legal experience for all by creating the world’s leading cloud-based technologies for law firms—to keep lawyers and their clients better connected throughout the legal process. Firms of all sizes and practice areas use Clio products to manage firm operations, streamline billing and payments, automate legal documents, and improve client experiences. Following its US$250M Series D funding, led by TCV and JMI Equity, and its US$110M Series E investment, led by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and OMERS Growth Equity, Clio has made history by becoming the first legal practice management unicorn in the world, and the first legal practice management company to be recognized by all 50 state bar associations. Learn more at clio.com. Media Contact: Mesila Malltezi Communications Manager 1-800-347-8314 mesila.malltezi@clio.com ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog --- ### [Lexbe Unveils AutoPilot: Revolutionary GenAI-Powered Automated Document Review](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) **Published:** March 19, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GPT-4-GenAI-Document-Review-Automation-1-1024x539.png "Lexbe GPT-4 GenAI Document Review Automation | Lexbe | Lexbe") [Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/ "GenAI Powered eDiscovery"), a leading provider of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) powered eDiscovery solutions, is proud to announce the launch of [Lexbe AutoPilot](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/ "Lexbe AutoPilot GenAI Powered Automated Document Review"), an innovative GenAI-powered automated document review solution designed to revolutionize the document review processes for responsiveness, privilege, and other key legal classification and summarization. This groundbreaking technology delivers unprecedented precision, speed, and cost efficiency, and sets a new standard in the legal tech industry. Lexbe AutoPilot can be used as an effective ‘first pass review’ to make a matter ready for review by human reviewers within law firms or in contract managed review firms. Also, Lexbe AutoPilot can be combined with state-of-the-art statistical sampling to classify and produce responsive documents with manual human review limited to quality control. AutoPilot harnesses the power of Generative AI to transform how legal professionals handle document review. It eliminates the burdensome training process in traditional technology assisted review (TAR) and continuous active learning (CAL), while also delivering better precision and recall scores. Lexbe AutoPilot enables legal teams to quickly tame the rapidly growing set of electronically stored information (ESI) in cases for a fraction of the cost of legacy TAR/CAL and managed review options. “Generative AI is revolutionizing how document review is being conducted to support eDiscovery use cases”, said Doug Austin, Editor of eDiscovery Today. “The Lexbe team has been at the forefront of this revolution, releasing new capabilities like AutoPilot, which show tremendous promise to help automate eDiscovery review like never before.” ### Faster and More Accurate Than Traditional TAR/CAL Lexbe AutoPilot stands out from traditional TAR/CAL methods by offering a faster and more accurate solution for processing and reviewing large volumes of documents. The platform’s advanced GenAI algorithms are trained to understand legal context and nuances, allowing them to identify relevant documents with a higher degree of precision that includes a confidence score and rationale. This results in a more efficient review process, with fewer false positives and a better overall understanding of the case material. “After extensive research by our AI research and development team, we have seen levels of precision and recall that exceeded the abilities of humans in document review,” said Karsten Weber, Co-Founder, and Chief Technical Officer at Lexbe. “While law firms haven’t always been known to be on the cutting edge of technology adoption, we’ve experienced rapid adoption of Lexbe AutoPilot because of the unprecedented benefits.” ### A Cost-Effective Solution for Corporate Legal Departments Handling Third-Party Subpoenas By automating the document review process for responsiveness, Lexbe AutoPilot dramatically simplifies the task of responding to third-party subpoenas for documents. In addition, the Lexbe eDiscovery platform automates the process of identifying and redacting personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), attorney privileged and work-product documents, and confidential information. The platform’s automated workflows ensure that responses are both swift and compliant with legal requirements, minimizing the risk of sanctions or penalties for late or incomplete submissions. This automation not only saves time but also enhances the accuracy and reliability of responses, providing legal teams with peace of mind. ### About Lexbe Lexbe is at the forefront of legal technology innovation, specializing in developing advanced eDiscovery solutions that empower legal professionals to achieve better outcomes. With a focus on leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI, Lexbe is committed to enhancing the efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility of legal processes for law firms and corporate legal departments across the globe. For more information about Lexbe AutoPilot and how it can transform your document review process, please visit our [website](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/ "Lexbe AutoPilot GenAI Powered Automated Document Review"), or contact us directly. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** Lexbe Blog, Press Releases --- ### [The Fundamentals of eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery/) **Published:** December 13, 2022 **Author:** **Excerpt:** There are few industries that have evolved as rapidly as eDiscovery. With companies and people adopting new technology to deal with the pandemic, as well as digital transformation, the sources and scope of data in litigation has grown significantly. **Content:** There are few industries that have evolved as rapidly as eDiscovery. With companies and people adopting new technology to deal with the pandemic, as well as digital transformation, the sources and scope of data in litigation has grown significantly. In this highly informative webinar, you’ll learn the foundational building blocks of modern eDiscovery, and be on your way to developing the competency needed to build your best cases. ### Agenda - The Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Surge - Fundamentals of Data Identification, Preservation and Collection - Fundamentals of Data Processing and Culling - Fundamentals of Document Review and Production ### About the Speaker Bryan Doyle is a Senior eDiscovery Specialist at Lexbe. His legal career spans over 20 years working as an attorney, case manager, and litigation paralegal with experience in both plaintiff and defense law firms covering a variety of practice areas. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/?s=300&d=mm&r=g) [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Artificial Intelligence and Litigation: 7 Ways AI Has Transformed eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-litigation-7-ways-ai-has-transformed-ediscovery/) **Published:** May 16, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** By Karsten Weber, CTO at Lexbe With all the talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the media and how ChatGPT passed the Uniform Bar Examination at a level that exceeded the human average, I thought it would be timely to showcase how AI has equipped lawyers and paralegals with mission critical tools that address many of the challenges they face in modern eDiscovery. AI is transforming eDiscovery by revolutionizing how legal professionals approach data analysis and review. By leveraging deep learning neural networks and machine learning algorithms, eDiscovery teams can quickly identify and extract relevant information from vast quantities of documents, saving time and reducing costs. AI-powered tools can also improve accuracy and consistency in document review, while minimizing the risk of missing critical information. While AI technologies can enable eDiscovery to be more efficient, effective, and accessible than ever before, they’re supplemental and not a replacement for lawyers and paralegals. Here are some of the key applications of AI in eDiscovery: **1. Cross-Border Litigation and Handling Multiple Languages** AI-powered language translation is revolutionizing the way we litigate cases across borders. With sophisticated algorithms that can understand and interpret multiple languages, AI translation tools are rapidly advancing, becoming more accurate and fluent, making it easier for boutique law firms to handle multilingual document reviews. AI-powered translation tools enable firms to maintain control of cross-border cases, and are crucial for bridging language barriers, cross-cultural understanding, and not having to rely on costly human translators or counsel in other countries. **2. Automated Audio File Transcription** By converting audio data into text, machine learning algorithms can quickly analyze and categorize large volumes of recorded conversations, depositions, and other audio content. It can identify and differentiate between speakers, captures the date and timestamp of the dialogue on the recording and more. With the widespread adoption of web conferencing and Zoom calls due to the pandemic, AI-powered transcription has grown rapidly. This helps legal professionals to more efficiently manage audio data in eDiscovery. **3. Determining Naughty or Nice** Sentiment analysis is another AI application used in eDiscovery to help identify and categorize relevant documents based on their emotional tone. By analyzing the sentiment of emails, social media posts, and other text data, eDiscovery teams can gain valuable insights into the attitudes and behaviors of key individuals involved in a legal matter. This information can help legal professionals build a more complete picture of a case, quickly identify hot documents, and make more informed decisions throughout the eDiscovery process. **4. Answering Who, What, and Where** With the expanding sources and volume of ESI in eDiscovery, it is often difficult to get your arms around the key components of the dataset that’s ingested into your eDiscovery platform. AI-powered entity detection helps solve this issue by identifying key entities like people, organizations, and locations within large volumes of documents. AI entity detection helps quickly categorize and prioritizes documents based on their relevance to a legal matter. This helps to streamline the review process, reduce costs, and minimize the risk of missing important information. As AI technology continues to improve, entity detection is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for legal professionals managing complex eDiscovery projects. **5. Cataloging Photographs** Cognitive image recognition is an emerging AI technology that is transforming the way legal professionals approach photographs in eDiscovery. By analyzing visual content and identifying key features and patterns, AI algorithms quickly categorize and prioritize images based on the content of each photograph. For photo intensive matters, this helps to streamline the review process and reduce costs, while also uncovering valuable insights that might otherwise be missed. **6. Grouping Similar Documents** Near duplication groupings is another AI-powered technology that is helping to streamline the eDiscovery review process. By identifying documents that are similar in content, structure, or language, machine learning algorithms can group them together for review as a single unit, reducing the time and effort required to review each individual document. This helps legal professionals to more efficiently manage large volumes of data, helps eliminate privileged documents from slipping through the cracks, and facilitates more informed decisions. **6. Color-Coded Document Comparison** Automated document comparison is an AI technology that is becoming increasingly popular in eDiscovery. By analyzing two or more versions of a document and identifying differences between them, machine learning algorithms can quickly and accurately highlight areas of interest for review. This helps legal professionals to more efficiently manage document comparison tasks in eDiscovery and reduce the time and effort required to identify key information. This AI capability is particularly relevant when reviewing versions of contracts. **7. Tried and True Predictive Coding** As one of the initial applications of AI in eDiscovery, predictive coding continues to evolve. With the ability to learn from user behavior, AI algorithms can quickly and accurately categorize documents according to their relevance to a particular legal matter. This helps to streamline the review process, reduce costs, and minimize the risk of missing important information. As predictive coding continues to improve, it is quickly becoming a valuable tool for efficiently handling document intensive cases. **What’s in Store for the Future with Generative AI like ChatGPT?** As a language model trained on a vast amount of textual data, ChatGPT has the potential to transform the eDiscovery process in several ways. For example, it could be used to automate tasks like document categorization and analysis, reducing the time and effort required to review large volumes of data. ChatGPT could also be used to extract insights from unstructured data sources like chat logs and emails, providing valuable context and understanding of key individuals involved in a legal matter. As AI technology continues to evolve, ChatGPT is poised to become an increasingly valuable tool for eDiscovery professionals. #AI #ChatGPT #eDiscovery #LegalTech #LanguageTranslation #CrossBorderLitigation #SentimentAnalysis #AudioTranscription #EntityDetection #ImageRecognition #NearDuplicationGroupings #DocumentComparison #PredictiveCoding ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Best Practices, Industry Insights, Lexbe Blog, News and Events **Tags:** #AI, #AudioTranscription, #ChatGPT, #CrossBorderLitigation, #DocumentComparison, #EntityDetection, #ImageRecognition, #LanguageTranslation, #LegalTech, #NearDuplicationGroupings, #PredictiveCoding, #SentimentAnalysis, eDiscovery --- ### [How to Use the Wayback Machine in Litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-the-wayback-machine-in-litigation/) **Published:** September 28, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** With the exponential growth of data on the internet, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (IAWM) has emerged as a critical source of evidence in legal cases. During this session, you’ll hear from an expert witness on the IAWM and it’s use in litigation. You’ll learn about the background of the IAWM, examples of it’s use in specific cases, the interface and features, authentication and admissibility, temporal coherence, and timestamping of content changes. By viewing this session, you’ll learn how to utilize the IAWM for your cases. **Content:** ### Best Practices Securing the Evidence You Need to Win. With the exponential growth of data on the internet, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (IAWM) has emerged as a critical source of evidence in legal cases. During this session, you’ll hear from an expert witness on the IAWM and its use in litigation. You’ll learn about the background of the IAWM, examples of its use in specific cases, the interface and features, authentication and admissibility, temporal coherence, and timestamping of content changes. By viewing this session, you’ll learn how to utilize the IAWM for your cases. ### Agenda - The impact of temporal attributes of web content - The us of IAWM for identifying historical web data that is relevant to your case - How to assess the value of archived webpages - How web content is timestamped - Strategies for authentication of IAWM evidence - Support for evidence admission ### About the Speaker Nicholas Taylor is an expert on the use of web archives and the Wayback Machine in litigation. He has over 16 years’ experience working in research libraries and technology firms, including Stanford University, Library of Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Sun Microsystems, and Google. He has over 9 years’ experience specializing in the web archiving field and the evidentiary use of web archive data. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [How to Orchestrate a Successful Investigation to Gain an Advantage in Litigation](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/) **Published:** September 28, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** Gaining access to game-changing evidence can make or break your case. With all the available data sources you can now triangulate critical evidence and uncover the facts you need to build a winning case. In this session, you'll learn best practices for conducting investigations for your cases, as well as the potholes to avoid. You'll hear from a seasoned private investigator on how to orchestrate a successful investigation to gain an advantage in your matters. **Content:** Gaining access to shrouded evidence can be a game-changer for your case. With all the available data sources you can now triangulate critical evidence and uncover the facts you need to build a winning case. In this session, you’ll learn best practices for conducting investigations for your cases, as well as the potholes to avoid. You’ll hear from a seasoned private investigator on how to orchestrate a successful investigation to gain an advantage in your matters. ### Agenda - The role of a private investigator in litigation - What types of cases are best suited for private investigators - What types of evidence can be collected - Best practices working with private investigators - Limitations of private investigators ### About the Speaker Ryan Bittle is a licensed private investigator who specializes in providing investigative services to law firms. Ryan has a special interest in personal injury law, business litigation, and intellectual property. Prior to being a private investigator, Ryan was an investigator for a state regulatory agency in California where he investigated criminal, civil, and administrative cases. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Practical Applications of AI in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/) **Published:** September 28, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** With all the buzz around ChatGPT and how AI is going to eliminate legal jobs, we're going to dispel that sensational claim and show you how AI can help you future-proof your firm, increase your productivity, and enable you to handle more cases with limited resources. During this session you'll learn how to leverage AI to your advantage during eDiscovery and the practical applications that can help supercharge your performance and growth. **Content:** ### Seven Applications of Artificial Intelligence That Help You Win More Cases. With all the buzz around ChatGPT and how AI is going to eliminate legal jobs, we’re going to dispel that sensational claim and show you how AI can help you future-proof your firm, increase your productivity, and enable you to handle more cases with limited resources. During this session you’ll learn how to leverage AI to your advantage during eDiscovery and the practical applications that can help supercharge your performance and growth. ### Agenda - Language Detection and Translation - Automated Audio Transcription - Sentiment Analysis - Entity Detection - Cognitive Image Recognition - Near Duplication - Document Comparison - Predictive Coding - The Future of AI in eDiscovery ### About the Speaker Erin Derby is the Director of Professional Services at Lexbe. Erin specializes in eDiscovery for complex litigation matters requiring a high level of precision and expertise. She is an expert in eDiscovery platforms, document review workflows, and strategies for efficiently handling document intensive matters. The Lexbe [eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/ "Lexbe eDiscovery Platform") helps litigators at boutique law firms solve the big case challenges of quickly identifying case insights, testing arguments, and automating the document review process with advanced GenAI features. Lexbe’s cloud eDiscovery platform can be accessed from anywhere on virtually all types of devices. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Lexbe Unveils Revolutionary CoPilot: A Groundbreaking AI Integration with Gen AI Models, Like ChatGPT, Delivering Intelligent eDiscovery Automation](https://lexbe.com/blog/press-releases/lexbe-unveils-revolutionary-copilot-a-groundbreaking-ai-integration-with-genai-models-like-chatgpt-delivering-intelligent-ediscovery-automation/) **Published:** January 22, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** [ ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GPT-4-GenAI-Document-Review-Automation-1-1024x539.png "Lexbe GPT-4 GenAI Document Review Automation | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/) Lexbe Inc., a leading eDiscovery provider, is thrilled to announce the launch of Lexbe CoPilot, a pioneering integration between the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and generative AI large language models like ChatGPTSM and ClaudeSM. This innovative solution is set to redefine how lawyers and other legal professionals navigate the complexities of eDiscovery. **Empowering Legal Teams with Advanced AI Capabilities**Lexbe CoPilot equips lawyers with a virtual eDiscovery assistant that can automate a multitude of tasks including summarizing documents, creating document timelines, defining acronyms, locating personally identifiable information (PII), identifying trends in case data, and mapping people, documents, and events in each case. “We’ve engaged clients and industry thought leaders in the development of Lexbe CoPilot, and learned very quickly that making it simple to use would be a critical factor in driving adoption,” said Gene Albert, CEO of Lexbe. “Therefore, we pre-engineered useful prompts to ensure that customers in the legal industry would be productive from the start, while also enabling them to create their own custom prompts to generate their desired responses.” Lexbe CoPilot is highly flexible and allows each user to customize their workflow, utilize the GenAI model of their choice, and optimize their specific legal use-case. Lexbe CoPilot is also the first eDiscovery solution to have comprehensive prompt management, including the ability to save, share, and collaborate on prompts across a firm’s litigation team. Lexbe CoPilot is a force multiplier for increasing productivity, handling document intensive reviews, and resolving specific issues at the document and case levels. “Having the ability for documents to be automatically analyzed, with contextual insights, while building our case in our preferred workflow is a big advantage over traditional e-discovery practices,” said Jordan Howlette, Founder and Managing Attorney, JD Howlette Law. “We’re excited about how Lexbe CoPilot can help level the playing field against the largest, well-funded opposition.” In addition, Lexbe CoPilot supports integration with GenAI models that provide zero data retention APIs, which means there is no permanent storage of the case data by the GenAI model and case data will not be used for training. Lexbe CoPilot also delivers intelligent review automation which takes document review to the next level by eliminating the burdensome and error-prone linear training process required by legacy technology assisted review (TAR) and continuous active learning (CAL) automated document review processes while delivering faster results at reduced costs. “Our research and testing integrating large GenAI models into eDiscovery workflows has achieved astonishing results in terms of quality and speed” said Karsten Weber, CTO of Lexbe. “Not only are the GenAI models highly adept at identifying relevant documents because of their sophistication and having been trained on such a large corpus of data, but they give you the rationale for the responsiveness determination and a superior confidence score.” In the process of developing Lexbe CoPilot, the AI innovation team at Lexbe tested multiple GenAI models across six topics on a first pass document review for responsiveness, measuring precision and recall. OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude 2 performed well above the traditional industry standards for predictive coding. “The ability of Lexbe CoPilot to process and analyze large volumes of data with nuanced understanding is revolutionary. Having a large language model integrated into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in a way that optimizes our workflow is exceptional,” said Jessica Wehby, Ediscovery Project Manager at Lightfoot, Franklin & White. In addition to automating document review, Lexbe CoPilot automates many eDiscovery tasks, including: - Summarizing depositions and case documents - Identifying entities, key dates, and events - Defining acronyms - Translating documents - Comparing documents - Providing advanced search capabilities - Identifying personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) - Identifying trends through data pattern analysis - Creating timelines of case-relevant events - Mapping relationships between people, documents, and events - Achieving litigation readiness **About Lexbe**For more than 18 years, law firms, legal teams, and more than 8,795 eDiscovery professionals have come to rely on Lexbe for innovative, affordable, lightning fast, cloud-based eDiscovery solutions. The Lexbe eDiscovery platform equips legal professionals with a state-of-the-art, end to end eDiscovery platform, including GenAI capabilities, high-speed document processing, industry leading hosting, advanced analytics, efficient document review features, and secure production capabilities. For more information on Lexbe CoPilot, visit [www.lexbe.com ](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/ "Lexbe CoPilot Gen AI eDiscovery") ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** News and Events, Press Releases --- ### [Best Practices Crafting And Negotiating ESI Protocols](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) **Published:** April 14, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** Join us for an informative session on crafting and negotiating Electronically Stored Information (ESI) protocols for eDiscovery. This webinar promises to be an essential resource for legal professionals seeking to navigate the complexities of ESI protocols. You’ll learn from one of the foremost experts on ESI protocols, Craig Ball. The webinar aims to equip attendees with the best practices and insights required to craft a state-of-the-art ESI protocol while avoiding critical and determinative pitfalls. ### During this lively session with Craig Ball, you’ll learn: - How to structure ESI protocols - The core provisions - Negotiation insights and strategies - How to handle common objections - Are ESI protocols compulsory - Forms of production - Extracted Text & OCR - Redaction & Privilege Logging - Deduplication - De-NISTing - Email Threading - Non-Waiver and FRE Rule 502 - Metadata - GenAI and more ### Guest Speakers: #### Gene Albert Gene Albert is the CEO of Lexbe, and a frequent speaker and writer on litigation technology and eDiscovery topics. Gene has a JD from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. #### Craig Ball Craig Ball is a Texas trial attorney, certified computer forensic examiner and Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas teaching Electronic Evidence and Digital Discovery and at Tulane University Law School teaching Digital Evidence. Craig brings expertise in digital forensics, emerging technologies, visual persuasion, electronic discovery, and trial tactics, limiting his practice to service as a court-appointed Special Master and consultant in electronically stored information. ### Resources: #### [Craig Ball’s Annotated ESI Protocol](http://www.craigball.com/ESIProtocol.pdf "Craig Ball's Annotated ESI Protocol") #### [Lexbe’s Checklist on How to Use GenAI in eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf "Lexbe's Checklist on How to Use GenAI in eDiscovery") ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ### [Ten Tips for Better eDiscovery Project Management](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery-copy/) **Published:** September 28, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Excerpt:** During this highly informative session you’ll learn the top tips for improving your eDiscovery project management. You’ll hear examples of how not adopting these best practices has resulted in embarrassing eDiscovery failures. **Content:** During this highly informative session you’ll learn the top tips for improving your eDiscovery project management. You’ll hear examples of how not adopting these best practices has resulted in embarrassing eDiscovery failures. ### Agenda - eDiscovery Project Management Framework and Knowledge Areas - eDiscovery Governance - eDiscovery Project Management Constraints - The Belt & Suspenders Approach to Communication - The eDiscovery Rules that Project Managers Should Know - How to Engage and Manage Stakeholders - Testing Your Searches - Understanding the Evidence and How to Use It - Adopting and Understanding Technology - Quality Control Best Practices - Know What “Done” Looks Like ### About the Speaker Doug Austin is the editor for eDiscovery Today. He is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. ![author avatar](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a91e11c49b24b11a6dfaee42fa91448cedb261be8c10cc796718dbb27812ed0?s=300&d=mm&r=g) Jeff Fugitt [See Full Bio](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) [ ](https://lexbe.com/author/jfugitt/) **Categories:** eDiscovery Webinars, Webinars --- ## Pages ### [Lexbe eDiscovery and Digital Forensic Services (Home)](https://lexbe.com/) **Published:** September 1, 2022 **Author:** Elementor Temp **Content:** ### Gen-AI Powered Intelligent and automated eDiscovery helps you win more cases ## Lightning Fast The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform Processes over 1 Million Documents an Hour ## Easy to Use A DIY eDiscovery solution purpose-built for busy attorneys and paralegals ![Lexbe is an award winning eDiscovery platform for law firms.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lexbe-Badges-1024x419.jpg "Lexbe Badges | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Proven results We just got back our verdict of nearly $9 million in the case we tried against Greenberg Traurig and Hollingsworth Law Firm (voted #1 complex litigation firm in the world). There is no way our team of 3 lawyers could have competed with those heavy hitters without LEXBE. Thanks to your team! David Jones, Litigation PartnerLogan & Lowry LLP The attorneys and paralegals here like Lexbe because it is very easy to use. It was clearly the best solution for a midsize firm like ours. Lexbe has all the features we need without the high cost and overhead of some of the other solutions available. Manuel Garcia-Linares, Managing ShareholderRichman Greer I’m happy to give a very big thumbs up regarding Lexbe. We’re totally committed to using Lexbe as our cloud-based legal services vendor, and are very happy that we made that choice. Support has been very fast, responsive, courteous and helpful and in many ways this was one feature that influenced our decision to go with Lexbe. Susan R. Laporte, PartnerCurry & Friend, PLC We selected Lexbe because we liked their flexible pricing plans and intuitive interface. Using their cloud-based system we find our costs to be more predictable and affordable. Valdi Licul, PartnerVladeck, Raskin & Clark Lexbe’s solution, pricing and responsive support is beneficial to any small and mid-size law firm. I endorse it because it works – it’s fast, easy-to-use and works on both Mac and Windows. Richard Brodsky, PartnerThe Brodsky Law Firm Easy to use eDiscovery platform with affordable pricing and great customer support! Patrick BigginsHeslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti We have found Lexbe to be a very responsive and helpful e-Discovery partner. Lexbe’s review tool gives our internal staff and co-counsel a shared work environment to speed document review and productions in large document cases. Lexbe has been an excellent, cost-effective solution for our needs. Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Legal DirectorDisability Rights Ohio # GenAI-Powered eDiscovery and Digital Forensics for Law Firms [ ](/ediscovery-platform) ### [ Handle Document Intensive Cases ](/ediscovery-platform) We help legal teams successfully handle document intensive matters. [ ](/digital-forensics) ### [ GenAI Full Case Strategic Insights ](/digital-forensics) With the click of a button you get a comprehensive case report. [ ](/managed-services) ### [ Award Winning Support ](/managed-services) Our Professional Services and Customer Success Teams Help You Get the Most from Your Subscription [ eDiscovery Platform ](/ediscovery-platform/) [ Digital Forensics ](/digital-forensics) [ Managed Services ](/managed-services) #### Lexbe eDiscovery Webinar Series ## Upskill in eDiscovery Lexbe is committed to keeping you up to date on developing eDiscovery and digital forensic best practices. Our monthly eDiscovery webinar series features industry experts who break challenging topics in eDiscovery into digestible or “byte-sized” takeaways you can immediately put to practice. [ Explore All Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe")](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/)### [ Best Practices Crafting And Negotiating ESI Protocols ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) Join us for an informative session on crafting and negotiating Electronically Stored Information (ESI) protocols for eDiscovery. This webinar promises to be an essential resource for legal professionals seeking to navigate the complexities of ESI protocols. You’ll learn from one of the foremost experts on ESI protocols, Craig Ball. The webinar aims to equip attendees with the best practices and insights required to craft a state-of-the-art ESI protocol while avoiding critical and determinative pitfalls. During this lively session with Craig Ball, you’ll learn: How to structure ESI protocols The core provisions Negotiation insights and strategies How to handle common [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe")](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/)### [ How to use gen AI in ediscovery ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) Join us for an exclusive webinar tailored specifically for lawyers: “How to User GenAI in eDiscovery” In this advanced session, we will delve into the transformative real world applications of Generative AI technologies in the realm of eDiscovery, demonstrating how they can not only streamline the process but also enhance accuracy and efficiency in legal investigations. Discover how cutting-edge AI tools can sift through vast amounts of data to identify relevant information quickly and accurately, drastically reducing the time and resources traditionally required for legal research and document review. We’ll cover practical applications, use cases, and strategies for integrating [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) #### About Lexbe ## simplifying eDiscovery ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lexbe_logo_just_x_white_600px_v3_9_2_2022.png "Lexbe X Logo (White Transparent) | Lexbe | Lexbe") **Lexbe** is the brainchild of CEO Gene Albert (JD, MBA) and CTO Karsten Weber (MS, MBA). More than 13 years before the global pandemic forced companies and firms worldwide to migrate many of their core business operations to the cloud, the **Lexbe eDiscovery Platform** **(LEP)** offered a cost-effective and fully cloud-based ESI processing and litigation document review solution for lawyers, legal counsel and litigation support personnel. [ Learn More ](/about-lexbe) #### News and Updates ## Latest From the Lexbe Blog [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/)## [ Lexbe Launches Strategic Case Insights Report: A Groundbreaking Update to Lexbe Pilot Gen-AI for Litigation Teams Involved in eDiscovery ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) New feature delivers a comprehensive eDiscovery case analysis in under five minutes AUSTIN, TX — June 26, 2025 — Lexbe, a leader in GenAI-powered eDiscovery and digital forensics, is proud to announce [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/)## [ Lexbe Unleashes eDiscovery Speed: Processes Over 1 Million Documents Per Hour with 10,000+ CPUs ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) AUSTIN, TX — March, 27 2025 — Lexbe, a leader in cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces a groundbreaking leap in legal technology with its Advanced ESI Processing Engine. With over 10,000 CPUs delivering [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/)## [ Lexbe CoPilot GenAI Now Included with the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform at No Additional Cost ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) AUSTIN, TX — March, 24 2025 — Lexbe, a leading provider of high-performance, cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces that Lexbe CoPilot, its Generative AI-powered document review assistant, is now included in all Lexbe [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) Load More --- ### [Management](https://lexbe.com/about-lexbe/management/) **Published:** April 30, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Gene Albert ### Chief Executive Officer ![Gene Albert, CEO of Lexbe LC](/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/genealbert.jpg) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lexbe Inc., Gene Albert, is a frequent speaker and published writer on litigation technology and eDiscovery topics. Gene has a JD from Southern Methodist University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gene-albert/) ## Karsten Weber ### Chief Technology Officer ![Karsten Weber, CTO of Lexbe Inc.](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11-Karsten-Weber-Headshot-MGMT-Page.png) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Lexbe Inc., Karsten Weber, is an eDiscovery consultant and expert who leads product development and directs Lexbe’s Software Development team. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas and an MS in Engineering from Danish Technical University. [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-weber/) --- ### [Features](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/features/) **Published:** April 5, 2017 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Workflow-Accelerating Features at Every Stage of eDiscovery Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) offers a single, easy-to-access platform for end-to-end eDiscovery, from ingestion and processing, through coding and production. We’ve built out features every step of the way to support collaboration across litigation teams, automate manual tasks, accelerate results and ultimately enable you to build your strongest case. From artificial intelligence algorithms to simple and secure productions, you’ll find LEP gets you from document ingestion to document review faster and gets your productions out the door faster. Here’s an overview of the features you’ll find in LEP: - High-Speed Document Processing - Advanced Case Analytics - Document Search & Filter - Artificial Intelligence Insights - Document Review - Document Productions ![It's easy to load data into your case. Simply drag and drop into the data upload window in the web browser.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Uploader.gif "Uploader | Lexbe | Lexbe") The processing engine in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is engineered to get you from document ingestion to review in record time. Our goal is to enable you to gain critical insights into the relevant documents, early in the process, and have the time you need to build your strongest case. LEP’s processing engine supports thousands of file types and auto-scales based on the size of the incoming dataset. Unsupported file types generate a placeholder with a correspond report for ease of management. - ## DIY Upload Drag and Drop User Interface makes it easy to add documents to your case. - ## Native Document Character Extraction Extraction of native document characters for indexing. - ## Metadata Extraction Extraction of the native document metadata for indexing. - ## MD5 Hash Code Generation MD5 Hash generation for chain-of-custody and deduplication support. - ## Normalized PDF Generation Creation of a normalized PDF of the documents for ease of review and data reduction versus TIFF images. - ## Optical Character Recognition Optical Character Recognition (OCR) of all documents and images for indexing. - ## Indexing by the Lexbe Uber Index Concatenated indexing of all characters resulting in an optimized and searchable dataset. - ## Deduplication Horizontal and vertical deduplication are supported to eliminate exact duplicates and reduce your dataset. - ## DeNIST DeNIST to eliminate non-evidentiary system files and reduce your dataset. - ## Bates Stamping Bates stamping/embossing at the page level. - ## Electronic Endorsements Confidentiality, protective order, and AEO stamping are supported at the page-level. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") - ## Advanced Search Term Reporting Quickly reduce the document set to those that are meaningful to your case with the advanced search term report and multi-doc edit for responsiveness. - ## Facts & Issues A powerful and intuitive case timeline helps you visualize key events, facts, and associated documents. - ## Automated Document Comparison Quickly compare two documents, either side-by-side or line-by-line, with the differences highlighted in different colors. - ## Custodian Snapshot Easily manage custodians and their associations within your case. - ## Case Dashboard Get an instant view of the distribution of documents across the timeline associated with your case. - ## Case Assessment View 18 standard reports and access custom reporting capabilities that drill into the specifics of your case, including document counts, page counts, and GBs by custodian, document sources, file types and more. - ## Case Notes Collaboration Quickly search and view case notes across everyone working on the case. - ## Auto-Redaction Automatically redact personally identifiable information (PII), protected healthcare information (PHI), and confidential information that comes with presets for social security numbers, birth dates, bank account numbers and more. You can also create custom autoredaction rules. - ## Near Duplication Groupings Quickly generate a report of like documents that helps you quickly locate evidence, privileged documents, and more. Lexbe's powerful near duplication report has tremendous utility in streamlining the document review process. - ## Advanced Email Threading Optional visual or linear email threading give you instant visibility into missing emails, critical communication flow, and a snapshot view of email metadata without clicking into each email. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") Utilizing keyword searching and filters are two of the fastest and easiest ways to quickly cull-down the document set to those that are relevant to your case. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) utilizes advanced indexing and search algorithms to deliver lightning fast search results. - ## Basic to Advanced Search Intuitive and fast document search capabilities that utilize Boolean operators to prioritize or exclude keywords. Using a wildcard (\*) after a keyword expands the Boolean search capabilities to include different variations of that keyword. Other search capabilities include, proximity search, phrase search, date range search, and proximity with metadata search. - ## Basic to Advanced Document Filtering LEP enables you to quickly filter documents with a large number of filter options, including metadata, custodian, doc source, upload batch, date range, and much more. Advanced filtering enables you to select and exclude multiple fields. - ## Highlighted Search Terms Once you conduct a search, each instance of that search term in the document set is highlighted. In addition, there is a "Hits" view within the document viewer that showcases each instance wrapped in 25 words in order to help you quickly navigate to the relevant hits of the keyword. - ## Customize Your Search Results View The search results view within LEP is easily customizable by selecting the fields you want to view and dragging the columns to place them in order that you prefer. - ## Save, Share, Pin, and Collaborate You'll find that LEP enables you to easily save, share, and pin your searches so other members of your legal team can easily access the document sets that you've identified. In addition, not only are case annotations color coded for each user, but they're fully searchable within the platform as well. ![Lexbe utilizes a range of AI algorithms to streamline your document review process](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-Artificial-Intelligence-Features.jpg "| Lexbe | Lexbe") - ## Entity Detection & Reporting Gain rapid insight into large document sets by having Lexbe's natural language processing quickly identify and extract the entities. With Lexbe's entity detection you'll quickly identify people, places, items, companies, and locations contained in your documents. - ## Language Detection & Translation Utilizing a powerful neural network algorithm, Lexbe's language detection and translation delivers exceptional fluency. Supporting 75 different languages, Lexbe's language detection and translation AI algorithm helps you keep multi-lingual and cross-border matters in-house. When conducting a document review in LEP you'll be able to search in all languages represented in the document set. - ## Audio File Transcription Automatically convert speech to searchable text with Lexbe's advanced transcription algorithm. You'll be able to view the different speakers, date and timestamp of each entry from the audio track, as well as language identification. This feature works great for deposition recordings. - ## Sentiment Analysis Lexbe's AI powered sentiment analysis enables you to quickly identify and organize emails with positive or negative sentiment. This powerful capability can help you identify hot documents in your case. - ## Cognitive Image Recognition The proliferation of cameras has resulted in an exponential increase in photos being included in eDiscovery. Lexbe's Cognitive Recognition automatically categorizes and tags photos based on the context of each photo. - ## Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Powered by a fully transparent Bayesian AI algorithm, Lexbe's predictive coding eliminates the issues of dataset shifting and under specification that plague many black box TAR solutions. Engineered to speed the review of very large datasets, Lexbe's TAR solution dramatically reduces review time by automating responsive and nonresponsive coding. - ## Auto-Redaction Automatically redact personally identifiable information (PII), protected healthcare information (PHI), and confidential information that comes with presets for social security numbers, birth dates, bank account numbers and more. You can also create custom autoredaction rules. - ## Near Duplication Groupings Quickly generate a report of like documents that helps you quickly locate evidence, privileged documents, and more. Lexbe's powerful near duplication report has tremendous utility in streamlining the document review process. - ## Advanced Email Threading Optional visual or linear email threading give you instant visibility into missing emails, critical communication flow, and a snapshot view of email metadata without clicking into each email. ![Easily identify and tag documents on the fly. Customize the workflow for your case parameters.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-Document-Review.jpg "Lexbe Document Review | Lexbe | Lexbe") The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP), is easily customized to optimize your document review workflow for your team and case. - ## Multiple Document Views Within LEP you'll find multiple document views that can be utilized to increase the efficiency of your document review. The HITS tab provides highlighted keywords wrapped in 25 character segments for rapid contextual evaluation. Text, PDF, Paginated PDF, HTML, and Original view options are available for review. - ## Custom Tag Creation On-The-Fly With the ability to create custom tags within the document viewer, you'll be able to efficiently add coding tags to your document review without disrupting your workflow. - ## Near-Native Version of Microsoft O365 Documents Formulas and cells in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are easily reviewed in the Original document tab without requiring you to download the original file and open it in the native application. - ## Metadata Analysis Seamlessly review file metadata fields such as title, author, last modified by, date last modified and much more. - ## Manual & Auto Redaction Manage and execute manual and auto-redactions for privilege, confidentiality, or for other privacy reasons. Redacting a document in LEP not only obscures the image or text, but digitally removes sections of the file and reruns OCR on the associated text layer to completely eliminate the ability to view or search the redacted portions. - ## Color Highlighted Document Comparison Easily compare the text of two documents with auto-highlighting the differences. This can be extremely helpful when reviewing email chains and near duplicate documents. - ## Color Coded Annotations Quickly and seamlessly highlight document sections and create text notes to facilitate case collaboration. The text notes are fully searchable in the platform. - ## Translation View You'll have full visibility of translated documents in the translated tab of the document viewer. With 75 languages supported, Lexbe language translation helps firms maintain control of the case in-house and eliminates the need for costly human translation. - ## Dynamic Review Sets Dynamic document review sets make it easy to optimize the distribution of documents across review team members. Lexbe doesn't charge user fees so you can have as many doc reviewers on the platform as needed. - ## Create Facts & Issues Create facts from the associated documents that will dynamically build your case timeline. Facts may be associated with one or more issues. Each fact may link to one or more underlying documents which support the fact. ![Lexbe's Dynamic Facts & Issues Case Timeline helps you build a strong case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FactsIssuesTimeline.gif "FactsIssuesTimeline | Lexbe | Lexbe") ![Ensure your document production has met all criteria and doesn't include privileged documents.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ProductionValidation.gif "ProductionValidation | Lexbe | Lexbe") Productions are easy to create and manage within the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP). - ## Simple & Secure It's easy to setup a production within LEP. Simply navigate to the Production job page and click the + icon. You can create a password protected link and securely share the production with opposing counsel. - ## Optional Production Types You can select the standard PDF production that is lightweight and is easier to send because of the smaller size. You can also select the PDF+TIFF option which will create TIFF images of all the pages in the production. - ## Electronic Endorsements Easily configure your Bates number for new productions or a continuation of a previous production. Add a custom designation if needed, including highly confidential, protective order, AEO, and more. - ## Production Validation LEP helps ensure that your production is correct and will alert you to issues and errors prior to the production being completed. The validation step checks for the following: partial email families, missing redacted documents, document responsiveness, non-email responsiveness, email family responsiveness, email family Attorney-Client privilege, email family Attorney work product, and document page count. - ## Production Sharing You can enable production sharing from LEP by selecting the Shared box and then adding a password and expiration dat to be applied to the link that you'll provide to the recipient of the production. - ## Production Output The downloaded production will contain either four or five sub-folders depending on whether it is a Standard production or a Standard plus TIFF production. The production will contain files that can be loaded on a variety of platforms. This includes multiple versions of the load files. Specific ESI orders should address whether or not all the files are needed. Productions typically contain images, load files, originals, PDF, and text. If redactions have been made to documents, only the redacted versions of documents are included in productions. - ## Privilege Logs Once a production job is completed you can generate a privilege log and export it if needed. - ## Mange Productions & Produced Documents Within LEP you can easily access all productions and filter on documents that have been produced previously. ## Request a Demo or Estimate "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Telecommunications Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/telecomm-litigation/) **Published:** January 22, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best ediscovery software for telecommunications litigation](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/What-is-the-best-eDiscovery-software-for-telecommunications-litigation.jpg "What is the best eDiscovery software for telecommunications litigation | Lexbe | Lexbe") Telecommunications litigation poses unique challenges to the lawyers, law firms and organizations involved in these disputes. The dynamic local and Federal regulatory landscape combined with innovations in communications technologies and the interconnected parties involved in the delivery of communications often result in eDiscovery being performed across tens of millions of documents. Cases that involve customers’ proprietary network information (PNI) require advanced privacy safeguards in the eDiscovery process. Because telecommunication delivery typically crosses several interconnected networks owned by different entities, litigation frequently involves multiple custodians. In addition, multiple regulatory agencies, including Public Utility Commissions and the FCC, govern a wide range of matters such as privacy policies, billing practices, access for individuals with hearing and speech disabilities, public safety systems as well as marketing practices resulting in multiplier effect on documents included in eDiscovery. The complexity of telecommunications litigation, multiple custodians, large document sets and compressed or static court time frames places immense pressure on the eDiscovery process. > Affordability of an eDiscovery solution is an important issue for many of our clients. We found Lexbe to be an excellent value, providing the features our clients need at a good value. Lexbe is easy-to-use, requires little training, and because it is cloud-based it is accessible by all parties from any location. > > Jeff Mitchell, Of Counsel - Lukas, LaFuria, Gutierrez, and Sachs ## An Affordable and Effective eDiscovery Solution for Lawyers Specializing in Telecommunications Litigation The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform was engineered to handle the most demanding and complicated telecommunications litigation discovery. Purpose-built to leverage the power of cloud computing, Lexbe can instantly scale to near-unlimited computing capacity to process and expedite the review of millions of documents. Lexbe is the fastest eDiscovery platform, enabling your team of reviewers to search, review and code millions of documents before other platforms have finished their early case analysis. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is compatible with Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone and Android devices a browser and Internet access. In addition, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform enables the highly efficient utilization of document reviews with the intelligent and continuous allocation of documents which eliminates the burden of cumbersome batches. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Request an Estimate Lexbe offers volume-based discounts on platform subscriptions. Compare pricing for 12-month, 24-month and flex subscription plans, or complete our request-for-quote form to receive a more precise cost estimate. [ View Pricing ](/ediscovery-platform/pricing) --- ### [Cloud eDiscovery Platforms & Software for Fast Litigation Review](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/) **Published:** April 2, 2014 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** # The Leading eDiscovery Platform & Software for GenAI Litigation Support The Lexbe **eDiscovery Platform** is a lightning-fast, **cloud-based eDiscovery** and **AI-powered eDiscovery platform** designed for lean litigation teams. With GenAI assistants (Lexbe Pilot & CoPilot), our **end-to-end eDiscovery platform** streamlines **document ingestion, review, analytics, and production**—delivering **fast eDiscovery processing times**, transparent pricing, and exceptional support. ## Why Choose Lexbe’s eDiscovery Platform - **GenAI eDiscovery** for **litigation document review with AI**—gain faster case insights and accuracy. - **DIY eDiscovery solution** with intuitive controls—no heavy IT lift or costly services required. - **AWS-hosted eDiscovery platform**—secure, scalable, and globally available. - **No hidden fee eDiscovery solutions**—simple, predictable pricing with discounts that scale with volume. ## End-to-End eDiscovery: Ingestion, Review, Analytics & Production ### Lightning Fast Document Ingestion & Processing Rapidly collect and process native files, emails, chats, and multimedia. Our **eDiscovery document ingestion and processing engine is powered by over 10,000 processors** and processes over 1 million documents an hour. ### Review Acceleration Boost reviewer productivity with **GenAI eDiscovery** summaries, entity extraction, and suggested tags. Ideal **eDiscovery software for law firms** seeking deep case insights in document intensive matters and a need for speed without sacrificing defensibility. ### Analytics & Case Insights Surface patterns, timelines, and key actors with **eDiscovery analytics and case insights**—gain strategic advantages early. With Lexbe Pilot GenAI, you can generate a strategic case insights report with a single click of a button. It is the industry’s most advanced early case assessment. ### Document Production Create defensible productions in standard formats with quality control baked in—true **eDiscovery review and production** end to end. ## AI-Powered eDiscovery Platform: Lexbe Pilot & CoPilot Apply **GenAI eDiscovery** to summarize documents, extract entities, draft chronologies, and generate strategy-ready reports. Lexbe Pilot and CoPilot generate deep case insights and accelerate **litigation document review with AI** while mitigating hallucinations and security risks. ## AWS-Hosted eDiscovery Platform: Secure, Scalable, Reliable Built on Amazon Web Services, our **cloud-based eDiscovery** architecture delivers elastic performance and enterprise-grade security, making it a perfect fit for **eDiscovery for litigation teams** that need speed, case intelligence, uptime, and compliance. ## Transparent Pricing: No Hidden Fees Lexbe offers **no hidden fee eDiscovery solutions**. Choose a plan that fits your matter size and budget—without surprise add-ons. Get predictable costs and measurable ROI from an **end-to-end eDiscovery platform**. ## Built for Law Firms and Litigation Departments - **eDiscovery software for law firms** handling high-volume ESI and document intensive cases. - **DIY eDiscovery solution** for teams that want full control over over their cases. - An ideal **eDiscovery solution for litigation teams** needing speed, deep case insights, accuracy, and defensibility. ## See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Experience a **GenAI-powered eDiscovery platform** that delivers faster processing, faster case insights, and better case outcomes. ## Why Legal Professionals Prefer Lexbe “Lexbe gives me the time I need to build a strong case and at a fraction of the cost of other ediscovery software.” ![Lexbe Man on Transparent Background Holding Tablet](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_man_on_transparent_background_holding_tablet.png "Lexbe Man on Transparent Background Holding Tablet | Lexbe | Lexbe") - ## CoPilot - Gen AI Powered eDiscovery LEP has integrations with leading generative artificial intelligence platforms, like ChatGPT, which provides you with an ever-present eDiscovery assistant to automate the analysis, review, and other critical eDiscovery tasks. - ## Modern and fully cloud-based LEP is cross-platform compatible and can be accessed using any modern web browser via laptop, computer or internet-enabled mobile device. No special hardware or on-premises software installation required. Infinitely scalable to meet case needs. - ## One platform for every stage of electronic discovery Use LEP for eDiscovery processing, imaging, translation, predictive coding, review, production, privilege logging and case building. No exporting and importing from one platform to another. No vendor dependency or time lag between EDRM stages. - ## No hidden fees Lexbe offers flexible, simple, and transparent pricing, that is not only affordable, but also streamlines the billing administration process with your clients. [Learn more about pricing.](/ediscovery-platform/pricing) - ## Get From Document Ingestion to Review Faster Lexbe's cloud-based architecture auto-scales to meet the demands of your case. With Lexbe you'll get from document ingestion to review in record time. - ## You’re in control LEP gives you complete flexibility to setup and manage cases, upload/ingest your own documents, and run productions. You can opt to run a vendor-free eDiscovery operation in-house, or tap [Lexbe’s Managed Services](/managed-services) team for expert technical support. - ## No headaches Customers consistently report that LEP is easy to learn and easy to use. Lexbe has been recognized for both "easiest administration" and "easiest to do business with" on legal software review platform G2. We provide user documentation, free webinars and additional resources to ensure success. ## Request a Demo or Estimate "\*" indicates required fields Facebook This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT ## Key Features and Benefits The Lexbe platform includes all the standard features lawyers, paralegals, and litigation professionals have come to expect from an advanced eDiscovery and litigation document management application—plus a few more that set LEP apart. - ## Production upload support for all standard load file formats - ## Metadata extraction - ## Self-upload emails and native files to the platform for same-day review - ## Keyword search, Boolean search, proximity search, stemming, fuzzy search and fielded search - ## Document tagging and NearDup Grouping for data reduction and accelerated review - ## File conversions from native file format to PDF - ## OCR (text extraction) for imaged files - ## Email threading (i.e., Email family or “chain” associations maintained) - ## Auto-redaction - ## Predictive coding a/k/a “technology assisted review” (TAR) - ## Data visualization and dynamic case timelines - ## Foreign language detection and auto-translation into searchable text - ## UberIndex℠, Lexbe’s proprietary multi-index search and the industry’s most comprehensive search index For a complete list of features, visit our [eDiscovery Platform Features](/ediscovery-platform/features) page. Lexbe software updates and feature releases are informed by user feedback, and we host [weekly Q&A sessions](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training/#weekly-ediscovery-platform-training) to learn what users want. ## Client Testimonial “Lexbe \[created\] a multi-firm solution allowing each firm to have their own set of documents, but share data and storage costs. Not only was it more efficient for all parties involved, but it was a considerable cost savings for the insurance carrier in the case.” **Angela Caffey, Senior Attorney** Thomson Coe ## [Case Study » Insurance Defense](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lexbe-Case-Study-Insurance-Defense.pdf) *To handle a construction liability case involving five defense firms, several subpoenaed third parties, and multiple properties with more than 40 office tenants, a national insurance litigation and coverage firm chooses LEP for its ease of use, multi-firm configurability and considerable cost savings.* [Read the Case Study »](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lexbe-Case-Study-Insurance-Defense.pdf) ## Client Testimonial “Lexbe’s translation feature helped with several of our intellectual property cases. This allowed our attorneys to quickly review and understand the documents without the need for additional and costly outsourced translation services.” **Kristine Kadlac, Litigation Paralegal** Richman Greer ## [Case Study » Intellectual Property](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Intellectual-Property-Litigation.pdf) *A relatively small firm with an international IP case involving multi-lingual review of documents from multiple countries turned to Lexbe for the platform’s automated foreign language detection and first-pass translation capabilities, which allowed attorneys to review documents more quickly and without accruing costly outsourced translation services.* [Read the Case Study »](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Intellectual-Property-Litigation.pdf) ## Client Testimonial “Lexbe’s review tool gives our internal staff and co-counsel a shared work environment to speed document review and productions in large document cases. Lexbe has been an excellent, cost-effective solution for our needs.” **Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Legal Director** Disability Rights Ohio ## [Case Study » Non-Profit Organization](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Ohio-.pdf) *Civil rights advocacy group Disability Rights Ohio filed a discrimination suit against a major state university on behalf of visually impaired students. With outside counsel out of state, the non-profit organization wanted an intuitive, cloud-based platform for eDiscovery processing and hosted review that afforded them full control of productions. They chose Lexbe.* [Read the Case Study »](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Ohio-.pdf) ## Client Testimonial “The amount of documentation we had in just one case was the size of a rail car. We quickly realized that we needed a strong eDiscovery system to review documents and stay organized.” **Ruby Wolford, Paralegal** Logan & Lowry ## [Case Study » Boutique Law Firm](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-Boutique-Law-Firm.pdf) *A relatively small law firm in Oklahoma handling a document-intensive construction litigation case for a large metal fabrication and performance welding company evaluated multiple eDiscovery platforms before selecting Lexbe. With limited staff and resources, the firm needed an affordable and easily accessible software solution that supported Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone systems.* [Read Case Study »](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-Boutique-Law-Firm.pdf) Is Lexbe effective for law firms needing a cloud eDiscovery platform for large document volumes without enterprise-tier infrastructure costs? Yes. Lexbe is a cloud-native platform specifically engineered to process massive, multi-custodian document collections. Because it leverages scalable cloud architecture in Amazon Web Services, boutique and mid-sized law firms get the power to handle extensive litigation datasets without the burden of investing in expensive on-premise servers or prohibitive enterprise hardware. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform processes over 1 million documents an hour. Does Lexbe provide AI-assisted document review and de-duplication at an accessible price point? Yes. Lexbe has Lexbe Pilot and Lexbe CoPilot which are GenAI assistants that are included with every Lexbe subscription. Lexbe Pilot provides full case queries and analytics. This means you can quickly find the relevant facts and build a stronger case. Lexbe CoPilot is an inline document review assistant that has a multitude of use cases. In addition, Lexbe offers Lexbe AutoPilot which is automated document review for responsiveness and privilege. AutoPilot performs better than legacy predictive coding in terms of precision and recall and is a fraction of the cost. It is also significantly less expensive than managed review. Are Lexbe's keyword search and review workflows powerful enough for complex, multi-custodian matters? Absolutely. Because Lexbe compiles text-based and OCR indexes into a single searchable database, complex keyword and Boolean searches instantly pull all responsive data across all custodians. This includes hidden spreadsheet columns, tracked changes, and presentation notes, ensuring litigation support teams experience no blind spots during review. In addition, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform has a retrieval augmented generation vector database which means you can use Lexbe Pilot, which is included with your subscription, to analyze your case with GenAI at scale. How does Lexbe compare to Relativity for cloud-based document review? While both provide powerful cloud-based processing, Lexbe is intentionally designed to deliver premium features, such as dual-index searching and integrated foreign language translation, without the complex pricing structures often associated with enterprise platforms. Lexbe focuses on intuitive workflows and cost predictability, making it an ideal choice for fast-moving litigation teams. In addition, Lexbe is a cloud-native eDiscovery platform meaning it has been cloud-based longer than Relativity which has delivered strong performance gains versus legacy providers. --- ### [Solutions by Practice Area](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## We help legal teams successfully handle document intensive matters with limited resources. Exponential growth in case evidence from digital sources is rapidly outstripping legal team resources. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that gives you more time, costs less, and enables your team to manage all stages of electronic discovery in your matter and helps you tackle the burden of digital evidence. Litigators across all legal practice areas rely on Lexbe for secure data collection and preservation, lightning-fast processing, advanced culling features, highly accurate search capabilities, as well as comprehensive document review and production capabilities. Browse case studies by legal practice area below. If you have any questions or would like to [request a demo](#click-here-to-schedule) tailored to address the specific concerns of your case, contact Lexbe Sales at [1-800-401-7809 x22](tel:+18004017809). ### [Construction Litigation](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/construction-litigation/) Construction law and defects cases involve a multitude of parties with interconnecting relationships. The expansive nature of construction lawsuits often leads to iterative collections, vast volumes of ESI, a large number of custodians, many layers of coding complexity, and limited time for review. LEP provides an affordable cloud-based system complete with multi-index search capabilities and dynamic case timelines for managing document-heavy construction litigation cases. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Construction-Litigation.pdf) ### [Insurance Defense](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/insurance-litigation/) Insurance defense lawyers represent companies, individuals and insurance providers in a broad range of cases involving insured claims, including almost every conceivable type of tort or contract claim. Attorneys and co-counsel managing complex, document-intensive insurance defense cases rely on LEP’s advanced culling features and search-centric review to streamline eDiscovery, and to keep costs under control and within carrier guidelines. [ Read Case Study ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lexbe-Case-Study-Insurance-Defense.pdf) ### [Environmental Litigation](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/environmental-litigation/) Environmental attorneys frequently find themselves taking on data-intensive cases that run the risk of overwhelming existing document review and production capabilities. This can feel like an insurmountable task, especially if you’re up against a resource-rich private firm—but it doesn’t have to. With LEP, you can scale your computing resources *in minutes* to handle data-intensive cases on an as-needed basis, facilitating and accelerating document review without exhausting internal resources. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Environmental-Litigation.pdf) ### [Intellectual Property Litigation](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/intellectual-property-litigation/) Intellectual property lawsuits can involve patent, copyright and trademark law, as well as complex contract, joint venture, development and entity issues. Many are international in scope, and all share a high level of data complexity, with document counts frequently in the millions. With features that include automatic foreign language detection and translation, LEP is engineered to handle even the most complex IP litigation document management and review tasks with precision and speed. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Intellectual-Property-Litigation.pdf) ### [Securities Litigation](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/securities-litigation/) Securities litigation is a complex and multi-faceted practice area. Securities fraud cases can be preceded by or progress in parallel with regulatory investigations, government enforcement and/or derivative actions. The volume of discovery in complex securities cases can be in excess of tens of millions of pages. LEP’s high-speed processing throughput, cost-effective hosting rates, and predictive coding technology are key for accelerating review and controlling the cost of discovery. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Securities-Litigation.pdf) ### [Telecommunications Litigation](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/telecomm-litigation/) Technological innovations are continuously redefining the telecom industry, giving rise to new issues and novel legal disputes that make for a dynamic and complex regulatory landscape. Telecommunication delivery typically crosses several interconnected networks owned by different entities, so telecom cases frequently involve a higher number of custodians. The Lexbe platform delivers a fast and affordable eDiscovery solution for telecom litigators facing voluminous ESI collections and tight deadlines. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lexbe-Case-Study-Telecom-Litigation.pdf) ### [Labor and Employment](/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/labor-and-employment) Employment litigation includes wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour issues, and injury claims. These matters tend to be complex, fact-intensive and rife with confidentiality and privilege issues. High volumes of ESI are to be expected, especially where BYOD (“bring your own device”) and work from home policies apply. LEP is a powerful, search-centric review platform designed to handle even the most data-intensive labor and employment-related cases. [ Read Case Study ](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-Labor-and-Employment-Law.pdf) ## How Lexbe Helps You Build Your Best Case Built on Amazon’s industry-leading AWS cloud-based infrastructure, LEP makes it easy for legal teams, co-counsel and third party vendors to communicate and access always-up-to-date case data from anywhere, at any time, with any internet-connected device. With the Lexbe platform, you get a fully-featured eDiscovery solution enhanced by the myriad benefits of cloud computing: We just got back our verdict of nearly $9 million in the case we tried against Greenberg Traurig and Hollingsworth Law Firm (voted #1 complex litigation firm in the world). There is no way our team of 3 lawyers could have competed with those heavy hitters without LEXBE. Thanks to your team! David Jones, Litigation PartnerLogan & Lowry LLP The attorneys and paralegals here like Lexbe because it is very easy to use. It was clearly the best solution for a midsize firm like ours. Lexbe has all the features we need without the high cost and overhead of some of the other solutions available. Manuel Garcia-Linares, Managing ShareholderRichman Greer I’m happy to give a very big thumbs up regarding Lexbe. We’re totally committed to using Lexbe as our cloud-based legal services vendor, and are very happy that we made that choice. Support has been very fast, responsive, courteous and helpful and in many ways this was one feature that influenced our decision to go with Lexbe. Susan R. Laporte, PartnerCurry & Friend, PLC We selected Lexbe because we liked their flexible pricing plans and intuitive interface. Using their cloud-based system we find our costs to be more predictable and affordable. Valdi Licul, PartnerVladeck, Raskin & Clark Lexbe’s solution, pricing and responsive support is beneficial to any small and mid-size law firm. I endorse it because it works – it’s fast, easy-to-use and works on both Mac and Windows. Richard Brodsky, PartnerThe Brodsky Law Firm Easy to use eDiscovery platform with affordable pricing and great customer support! Patrick BigginsHeslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti We have found Lexbe to be a very responsive and helpful e-Discovery partner. Lexbe’s review tool gives our internal staff and co-counsel a shared work environment to speed document review and productions in large document cases. Lexbe has been an excellent, cost-effective solution for our needs. Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Legal DirectorDisability Rights Ohio ## Get a 10-Minute Platform Demo Submit Lexbe’s demo request form to schedule a 10-minute walkthrough of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) with one of our representatives. Include your firm’s primary practice area(s) on the form if you’d like your representative to focus the demo on platform features and use cases tailored to your practice. [ Click Here to Schedule ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Construction Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/construction-litigation/) **Published:** November 27, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best eDiscovery solution for construction litigation because it helps the lawyers gain an understanding of the relevant documents faster.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/What-is-the-best-eDiscovery-software-for-construction-litigation.jpg "What is the best eDiscovery software for construction litigation | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Build a Stronger Case by Gaining a Detailed Understanding of the Relevant Documents Faster Construction litigation cases often involve many interconnected parties, including owners, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, experts, sureties, insurance companies, lessors, lessees, and others. Further, construction cases may encompass a multitude of industry-specific issues such as construction defects, bonding, and indemnity, surety, subrogation, and insurance claims, good faith coverage determinations, workmanship, design, mechanics liens, Daubert challenges, multi-party mediations and arbitrations. The large number of custodians, distributed nature of the electronically stored information (ESI), and large volumes of data in construction matters can make it difficult for the lawyers to gain rapid insight into the critical evidence. Therefore, it’s imperative to move lightning fast, from document ingestion, to analytics, and review in order to have the time required to build the strongest case. Not only does your ESI processing engine need to be highly robust and scale to meet the demand of the incoming datasets, but the analytics and search functionality needs equip you with the valuable evidentiary insight early in the process. Lexbe delivers early case insights, lightning fast and equips you to build a stronger case. - ## High Speed ESI Processing Hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) gets you from document ingestion to early case insights and document review at lightning speeds. LEP auto-scales to handle TBs of data with ease. In addition, Lexbe has engineered the ESI processing to be highly efficient, including native character extraction, metadata extraction, optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, normalized PDF generation, deNIST, and deduplication. Because our processing is so efficient, we pass the cost savings onto clients and don't charge for ESI processing for subscription accounts; in large construction cases this saves clients tens of thousands of dollars. - ## Process Thousands of Document Types, Including .DWG The ESI processing engine within LEP handles thousands of document types, including AutoCAD files. Our vast processing library enables us to maximize the percentage of reviewable documents at the onset of the case. - ## Advanced Analytics LEP provides you with rapid insight into the key documents. Our advanced search term report gives you instant access to relevant documents. The Lexbe Near Duplication algorithm helps you quickly prioritize similar evidentiary documents which can facilitate populating the facts and issues while generating a dynamic case timeline. If you've got millions of documents then our Bayesian predictive coding algorithm can efficiently help you cull down the document set to those relevant to the case. - ## Got Photos? Many construction cases have a large number of photographs. Lexbe's cognitive image recognition AI algorithm quickly categorizes photographs based on the content of each photo. This helps you quickly determine which photos are relevant to your case. - ## Color Coded Document Comparison Quickly analyze contracts and work orders on a side-by-side or line-by-line basis with color coding that highlights the differences between versions of the same document or similar documents. - ## Drone Data Drones are being used more often in the construction process to help analyze and report on the status of projects as well as documenting compliance. Lexbe's digital forensic team can perform ESI extractions from drones to help ensure you have the largest searchable dataset for your case. - ## AI Language Translation Lexbe's AI language translation helps you maintain control of cases that have cross border custodians. Construction litigation firms have come to rely on Lexbe for AI powered language translation to address challenges like documents that originated with a German engineering firm that were used for a construction project in Los Angeles. ### Lexbe's Advanced Search Term Report ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Industry Leading eDiscovery Affordability Document intensive matters, like construction defect cases, require an eDiscovery solution that is highly cost effective. We engineered LEP with this in mind, so we are able to pass the cost savings, from our technology innovations, onto clients. - ## No ESI Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient ESI processing engine enables us to offer this for free. This saves clients tens of thousands of dollars in upfront processing costs. - ## Lightweight & Agile Unlike legacy eDiscovery software that utilizes bloated TIFF images, LEP generates a normalized PDF which is lightweight, requires less processing resources and dramatically reduces the hosting size of your cases. - ## No Data Promotion Fees LEP is an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that doesn't require you to move data from one point solution to another. Not only does this eliminate data promotion fees but it also means that you gain insight into your case much faster. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users as you need to get the job done. There are no user license fees for using LEP. - ## No Case Fees Lexbe doesn't charge a monthly case fee or limit you to the number of cases hosted in LEP. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a platform demonstration with a Lexbe eDiscovery Solutions Director. Demos can be as short as 10 minutes, or up to 30 minutes long if you want the demo tailored to your practice. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Labor and Employment Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/employment-litigation/) **Published:** February 1, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![Lexbe is rated as the best eDiscovery platform for labor and employment cases.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/What-is-the-best-eDiscovery-software-for-labor-and-employment-cases.jpg "What is the best eDiscovery software for labor and employment cases | Lexbe | Lexbe") Employment law encompasses as broad a span of types of law as any legal practice and this reflects on the requirements for eDiscovery and complex document management software and services. Employment attorneys’ practices may include generally plaintiff-side, defense-side, or a mix of both. Employment discrimination litigation (race, sex, age, and disability) is a primary practice area, as are wage and hour issues, and may include defending employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or similar state agencies in state and federal court proceedings. These cases may involve a multitude of plaintiffs, class actions, or arbitrations, and tight eDiscovery and document management review and production deadlines. Labor and employment matters often have unique requirements for handling electronically stored information (ESI). Large volumes of ESI from employee emails, personnel files, and HR records not only need to be processed efficiently but typically require advanced redaction capabilities to safeguard the privacy of clients. Lexbe helps solve these issues with eDiscovery solutions tailored for Labor and Employment Lawyers. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) equips labor and employment lawyers with a powerful end-to-end solution that helps them quickly process the ESI for the case, identify the key facts and issues early in the process, and build their strongest case. Key features include: - ## Industry Leading Affordability Lexbe's highly efficient cloud-based eDiscovery platform delivers cost savings that we pass onto clients. - ## High Speed ESI Processing Hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) gets you from document ingestion to early case insights and document review at lightning speeds. LEP auto-scales to handle TBs of data with ease. In addition, Lexbe has engineered the ESI processing to be highly efficient, including native character extraction, metadata extraction, optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, normalized PDF generation, deNIST, and deduplication. Because our processing is so efficient, we pass the cost savings onto clients and don't charge for ESI processing for subscription accounts; this saves clients tens of thousands of dollars. - ## Advanced Redaction Features Auto-redaction enables you to automatically redact all social security numbers and other forms of personally identifiable information in order to safeguard your clients' privacy and comply with regulations. - ## A Simple User Interface Not only is LEP simple to learn and use, but we provide complimentary onboarding training, weekly training sessions, and comprehensive help pages and training videos. - ## Comprehensive Analytics LEP provides you with rapid insight into the key documents. Our advanced search term report gives you instant access to relevant documents. The Lexbe Near Duplication algorithm helps you quickly prioritize similar evidentiary documents which can facilitate populating the facts and issues while generating a dynamic case timeline. If you've got millions of documents then our Bayesian predictive coding algorithm can efficiently help you cull down the document set to those relevant to the case. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Instant Messages](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/instant-messages/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Instant Messages for Litigation With billions of monthly active users, the growth of instant messaging apps has had a profound impact on litigation. Many demographic segments prefer instant messaging over email and rely on it as a primary mode of communication. Instant messages deliver instant gratification, are often less formal, contain emojis, and have greater sentiment variability than email. Due to this combination of factors, we’re seeing strong growth in forensic collections of instant messages for client cases. While WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Snapchat are frequent sources of evidence in consumer-focused matters, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Cisco Jabber, and Google Hangouts are frequently collected for business focused litigation. However, with bring your own device (BYOD) programs, we often find that corporate and personal domains have been commingled, with relevant messages appearing across messaging apps. There are hundreds of apps that have instant messaging capabilities, including social media platforms, customer support platforms, and the native messaging apps on mobile devices like Android Messages and Apple’s iMessage. Utilizing a data map during custodian interviews is instrumental in identifying the instant messaging apps that need to be targeted for forensic collections, so you don’t miss critical evidence. At Lexbe, we’ll work with you to assess the specific requirements of the forensic collection needed to obtain the evidence that’s relevant to your case. There are important variables that need to be considered when collecting instant messages. Depending on the device and the instant messaging app, some messages can be collected remotely from a backup of the device or directly from the cloud. Other instances require a physical collection from the device. Smartphones typically have robust encryption and therefore we utilize tools like Cellebrite and Magnet Forensics to decrypt the message data so it can be extracted and reviewed in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform. ![Example of Google Hangout instant messages in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_google_hangouts_instant_messages_digital_forensics_collection_example.jpg "Lexbe Google Hangouts Digital Forensics Data Collection Example | Lexbe | Lexbe") Example of Google Hangout instant messages in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a digital forensic expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Recovering Deleted Instant Messages We frequently get questions about the ability to recover deleted messages. Depending on the instant messaging app, duration of time since the deletion, and the state of the device, deleted messages can be recovered. The unallocated space on Smartphones is the area of the flash memory that is no longer tracked by the file system and often contains the targeted deleted files. ### Voice Memos, Voice Notes, and Voice Messages via Instant Messaging Several instant messaging and chat platforms include the capability to send voice messages. These are recorded messages that are usually stored in a designated folder. According to WhatsApp, users send billions of voice messages on their platform each day. Our forensic investigators can quickly identify and collect the voice memos, voice notes, and voice messages that are relevant to your case. Once collected, these recordings can easily be transcribed, indexed, and searchable within the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform. ### Instant Message Metadata Our forensic investigators also collect the metadata associated with each instant message. This includes the original message type such as SMS, MMS, iMessage, or other Messaging App, sender, recipient(s), group(s), date, and time of the message. If photos or other files are included in the instant message, they will also be forensically collected as well as the metadata embedded in those files. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about collecting instant messages and chat files or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [ESI Culling](https://lexbe.com/esi-culling/) **Published:** January 25, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Eliminate Irrelevant Data from Your Case The Lexbe Professional Services Team can help you get to document review quickly by culling out the irrelevant data in your case. Lexbe’s electronically stored information (ESI) culling service is one of the most effective ways to reduce the cost and time to get to document review for your case. With the drastic increase in the size and scope of discovery orders, litigation professionals need tools that can enhance the efficiency of document review. ESI Culling can accomplish this by reducing a large collection of data to a more manageable and relevant set of documents. It is often suggested that the majority of collected electronic material is not pertinent to the case and leaving the unneeded documents in with important evidence results in unnecessary time spent reviewing documents and excess IT costs to store completely irrelevant data. Culling can be used to identify and eliminate exact document duplicates, DeNIST data, and identify near-duplicate versions of a document. Also, culling can be applied to eliminate unneeded documents based on a set of keywords, date range filters, and/or custodian filters applied to the data set. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### The Features of Lexbe’s ESI Culling Service - **Dedicated ESI Specialist** – Your case will be assigned an expert eDiscovery Specialist that will orchestrate the culling process for your case. This includes collaboration on the culling parameters with your team. - **DeNIST** – The DeNIST process removes unnecessary systems files from your case. - **Deduplication** – Deduplication removes unnecessary or duplicative files from your dataset. - **Keyword Culling** – If you have an agreed upon set of keywords, they will be applied to the dataset and coded as relevant with the remaining documents being hibernated. - **ESI Filtering** – Your Lexbe eDiscovery Specialist can also filter by custodian, date range, and other fields in order to isolate the relevant documents for your case. ### The Benefits of Lexbe’s ESI Culling Service While the cost savings from Lexbe’s ESI Culling service helps reduce the litigation costs for you and your clients, the benefit of getting to document review faster enables you to build a stronger case by engaging the relevant documents earlier in the process. The benefits of utilizing Lexbe’s managed culling service, include: - ## Reduced Hosting Costs - ## Reduced Datasets - ## Get to Document Review Faster - ## Identify the Hot Documents Faster - ## Spend More Time Building a Strong Case - ## Get Productions Out the Door Faster ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about culling ESI or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Facebook This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Client Solutions](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/client-solutions/) **Published:** March 28, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## For over 17 years our team has delivered an eDiscovery solution that is the pinnacle of innovation, ease-of-use, and affordability to our customers. Exponential growth in case evidence from digital sources is rapidly outstripping legal team resources. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that gives you more time, costs less, and enables your team to manage all stages of electronic discovery in your matter and helps you tackle the burden of digital evidence. Nearly 9,000 litigators across all legal practice areas rely on Lexbe for secure data collection and preservation, lightning-fast processing, advanced culling features, highly accurate search capabilities, as well as comprehensive document review, and production capabilities. Browse case studies by client type below. If you have any questions or would like to [request a demo](#click-here-to-schedule) tailored to address the specific concerns of your case, contact Lexbe Sales at [1-800-401-7809 x22](tel:+18004017809). We just got back our verdict of nearly $9 million in the case we tried against Greenberg Traurig and Hollingsworth Law Firm (voted #1 complex litigation firm in the world). There is no way our team of 3 lawyers could have competed with those heavy hitters without LEXBE. Thanks to your team! David Jones, Litigation PartnerLogan & Lowry LLP The attorneys and paralegals here like Lexbe because it is very easy to use. It was clearly the best solution for a midsize firm like ours. Lexbe has all the features we need without the high cost and overhead of some of the other solutions available. Manuel Garcia-Linares, Managing ShareholderRichman Greer I’m happy to give a very big thumbs up regarding Lexbe. We’re totally committed to using Lexbe as our cloud-based legal services vendor, and are very happy that we made that choice. Support has been very fast, responsive, courteous and helpful and in many ways this was one feature that influenced our decision to go with Lexbe. Susan R. Laporte, PartnerCurry & Friend, PLC We selected Lexbe because we liked their flexible pricing plans and intuitive interface. Using their cloud-based system we find our costs to be more predictable and affordable. Valdi Licul, PartnerVladeck, Raskin & Clark Lexbe’s solution, pricing and responsive support is beneficial to any small and mid-size law firm. I endorse it because it works – it’s fast, easy-to-use and works on both Mac and Windows. Richard Brodsky, PartnerThe Brodsky Law Firm Easy to use eDiscovery platform with affordable pricing and great customer support! Patrick BigginsHeslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti We have found Lexbe to be a very responsive and helpful e-Discovery partner. Lexbe’s review tool gives our internal staff and co-counsel a shared work environment to speed document review and productions in large document cases. Lexbe has been an excellent, cost-effective solution for our needs. Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Legal DirectorDisability Rights Ohio ### [Boutique Law Firms](/ediscovery-platform/small-and-medium-law-firms/) Boutique law firms dealing with document-intensive cases have specific requirements when it comes to eDiscovery solutions. Here are some of the most important features and capabilities that are purpose-built in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) to help litigators with limited resources (budget, human resources, technology, expertise) build stronger cases: Speed, Affordability, and a Simple User Interface. [ Learn More ](/ediscovery-platform/small-and-medium-law-firms/) ### [Corporate Counsel](/ediscovery-platform/corporate-counsel/) Modern legal teams mitigate unexpected discovery cost overruns by utilizing the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to cull data and conduct document review prior to engaging outside counsel. By leveraging Lexbe’s simple user interface, advanced tools, and low cost, legal teams can easily collaborate on cases, reduce the burden on corporate IT, locate the relevant documents, and engage outside counsel in a process that reduces the cost of litigation. [ Learn More ](/ediscovery-platform/corporate-counsel/) ### [Managed Review Providers](/ediscovery-platform/managed-review-providers/) The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is a powerful solution designed to help managed review providers handle document intensive cases and optimize their document reviewers performance. This comprehensive platform provides a wide range of features and tools that can help managed review providers streamline their workflows, manage large volumes of data, and quickly identify relevant information for review. In addition, Lexbe doesn’t charge user fees so you can assign as many reviewers to the case as needed. [ Learn More ](/ediscovery-platform/managed-review-providers/) ### [Disability Rights Organizations](/ediscovery-platform/disability-rights-advocacy-organizations/) The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is an essential tool for disability rights organizations involved in litigation. This powerful platform provides a wide range of features and tools that can help these organizations efficiently manage large volumes of data, quickly identify relevant information, and achieve successful outcomes in their legal proceedings. Lexbe engineered LEP to be the most cost effective, cloud-based, eDiscovery platform which enables disability rights organizations to handle more cases on a limited budget. [ Learn More ](/ediscovery-platform/disability-rights-advocacy-organizations/) ### [Mac Lawyers](/ediscovery-platform/mac-os-users/) Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) runs natively on both Mac and Windows computers, and supports the latest versions of the most commonly used modern web browsers, including Chrome, Safari and Firefox. No dual-boot or emulation VM software required. This means that if you want to review case documents in LEP from your MacBook or Macintosh desktop computer, or even your iPad or iPhone, you can–and you won’t need help from your firm’s IT department. [ Learn More ](/ediscovery-platform/mac-os-users/) ## Request a Demo or Estimate "\*" indicates required fields Instagram This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT ## How Lexbe Helps You Build Your Best Case Built on Amazon’s industry-leading AWS cloud-based infrastructure, LEP makes it easy for legal teams, co-counsel and third party vendors to communicate and access always-up-to-date case data from anywhere, at any time, with any internet-connected device. With the Lexbe platform, you get a fully-featured eDiscovery solution enhanced by the myriad benefits of cloud computing: - ## Infinite scalability If you take on one or multiple massive, document-intensive cases and need to move fast, we’ll provision additional AWS resources to accommodate the needs of your case(s) so you can be up and running in a matter of hours. - ## Pay-per-use affordability LEP accounts are billed monthly for the volume of data in GB that was stored during that 30-day period. We’ve kept our pricing as simple as can be. - ## Enterprise-level data security Your data is protected by a redundant infrastructure (99.99% uptime guarantee) with multi-level application controls and AES-256 SSL encryption. - ## Low-cost to no-cost IT System updates and feature additions are immediately available for users upon login. No local software installations or maintenance needed. - ## Mobile access LEP is cross-platform compatible, meaning it runs natively on both Mac and Windows PC devices. You can login to LEP from desktop computers, personal laptops, tablets, or even your smartphone. - ## Enhanced collaboration Document coding decisions and other LEP admin or user actions are made in real time, so team members no longer run the risk of working from an outdated “version” or file. ## Get a 10-Minute Platform Demo Submit Lexbe’s demo request form to schedule a 10-minute walkthrough of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) with one of our representatives. Include your firm’s primary practice area(s) on the form if you’d like your representative to focus the demo on platform features and use cases tailored to your practice. [ Click Here to Schedule ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Early Case Analysis Consulting](https://lexbe.com/early-case-analysis-consulting/) **Published:** January 17, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Gain Visibility Into the Facts and Evidence Early in the Process The legal team that best understands the case facts and evidence has a tremendous advantage. Early case analysis with Lexbe enables you to go beyond the documents to the critically important organization of key facts, case participants, issues, and research in your cases. The combination of Lexbe early case analysis tools with our eDiscovery Specialists makes it easy for litigators to evaluate case strengths and weaknesses early in the litigation process. Early case analysis is more important than ever with document intensive cases because of the increased litigation costs that these cases often involve. Mistakes can be made, and favorable settlement windows may be squandered if your case understanding lags case progress. Lexbe will identify your dispute’s ‘cast of characters’ with our case participant review as well as specify legal issues potentially implicated in the dispute with our facts and issues assessment. The result is that you can effectively organize early legal research around case issues identified and therefore saving you valuable time, money, and resources. ### Benefits of Early Case Consulting - Gain and understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of your case early in the litigation process - Prevent mistakes by understanding your case earlier and identifying gaps in the data and timeline - Save valuable time and money before beginning the document review ### Lexbe Early Case Analysis Includes: - ESI reports and analysis showing ESI by custodian, file type, and date - Culling by date, custodian, keyword and more to reduce data at an early stage - Charting of case participants (parties, deponents, witnesses) and links to case facts - Key case fact identification and timelining of alleged facts from client interviews and correspondence - Dynamic timeline updating as new case facts are discovered ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Rely on the Experts for Early Case Analysis Our Professional Services Team consists of CEDS certified litigation paralegals and lawyers that are experienced in organizing the data and leveraging the analytics in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to help set you up for success. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about early case analysis or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Company This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Custodian Interviews](https://lexbe.com/custodian-interviews/) **Published:** January 22, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Capture Critical Information to Build a Strong Case The Lexbe Professional Services Team is skilled in assisting with custodian interviews in order to establish the foundation for a strong case and effective discovery. The custodian interview process is critical for issuing litigation holds, preserving data, identifying other custodians, and data repositories needed for forensic collection. ### Identifying Custodians Prior to conducting the interviews, the organization, counsel and the IT and/or eDiscovery specialist should confer to prepare a list of individuals to interview. **Key Custodians** – Key custodians are individuals who may be called as a witness due to their direct involvement in and knowledge of the events related to the case. These custodians should receive litigation hold notices early to ensure preservation of data, and should be asked about others within the organization who may also need to be interviewed. **Departmental Custodians** – These custodians are responsible for materials specific to a department within the organization, and have direct access to materials and systems which hold relevant information. This can include employee files, customer records, invoices and other related file materials, as well as access to the storage systems, databases, software, contractors or programs that manage the data. **Representative Custodians** – Large organizations may identify one or more custodians for data collection to act as a representative sampling of a department or large group within the organization, as opposed to interviewing and collecting data from all members of the group/department. This can minimize the time and costs associated with interview and collection efforts while still providing representative data for the case. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Custodian Interview Preparation is Essential At Lexbe, our Professional Services Team has a rigorous process for ensuring that custodian interviews are successful. This not only means identifying relevant data and locations to facilitate preservation, but also helping to minimize the time and costs associated with interview and collection efforts. Depending on the quality and character of the custodians, the interview method will vary from conversational to formal, in order to optimize the results. Our Professional Services Team will work with you to prepare a list of questions to be asked during the interviews. The questions will be crafted to help identify the following: - ## Who is the custodian and which department do they belong to? - ## What is their role within the organization? - ## How long have they been with the organization, and where were they before? - ## What are their areas of responsibility? - ## What kind of related materials do they maintain for the organization? - ## What hardware and software are used to perform their work? - ## Where do they store their files? - ## Are the Organization’s usage policies being followed? - ## Who do they regularly communicate with as a part of their work for the organization? - ## Do they communicate with other key custodians in the case? - ## Who else should be interviewed? ### The Lexbe Team will Tailor the Process and Best Practices for Your Case In assisting you with the custodian interview process, the Lexbe professional services team will customize the approach in order to achieve the best outcomes. This includes: 1. Preparing a list of specific questions in advance of the interview, and reviewing those questions with the custodian prior to the interview. 2. Identifying the key issues in the case and tailoring the interview questions to elicit information relevant to those issues. 3. Identifying any potential document or information production issues that may arise during the interview, and discussing those issues with the custodian. 4. Identifying any potential privilege or work product issues that may arise during the interview, and discussing those issues with the custodian. 5. Identifying any potential issues with the custodian’s availability or willingness to participate in the interview, and discussing those issues with the custodian. 6. Identifying any potential language or communication issues that may arise during the interview, and making appropriate arrangements to address those issues. 7. Identifying any potential issues with the location or timing of the interview, and making appropriate arrangements to address those issues. 8. Identifying any potential issues with the format of the interview, and making appropriate arrangements to address those issues. 9. Identifying any potential issues with the use or presentation of evidence during the interview, and making appropriate arrangements to address those issues. 10. Following up after the interview with any necessary documents, information or clarification that may be required by the court or the other parties. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have an upcoming matter or have questions about custodian interviews, then drop us a line. We’d be happy to schedule a complimentary call and discuss the matter with you and answer any questions that you have. "\*" indicates required fields X/Twitter This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [ESI Processing Service](https://lexbe.com/esi-processing-service/) **Published:** January 26, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## High Speed Native ESI Processing Lexbe offers a variety of eDiscovery processing and litigation support services to assist law firms and organizations involved in litigation with the challenges of quickly and accurately preparing email, office and other native files and other electronically stored information (ESI) for legal review and delivery for discovery production requests. With Lexbe’s high speed eDiscovery processing and litigation support services you will never miss a discovery deadline again. Lexbe’s powerful ESI processing engine, hosted in the Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud, auto-scales to deliver TBs of processing power to get your job done in record time. In addition, Lexbe can deliver this eDiscovery processing power with industry-leading affordability. ### Lexbe’s ESI Processing Supports Thousands of File Types The Lexbe ESI processing engine supports over 8000 file types and performs several processing steps simultaneously, in order to get your files processed in record time. Lexbe’s ESI processing including: - ## Native Character File Extraction - ## Optical Character Recognition - ## Full Text Indexing - ## DeNIST (System File Elimination) - ## Metadata Extraction - ## MD-5 Hash Code Generation - ## Email Attachment Extraction with Parent Email Association - ## Deduplication - ## File Extension Repair and Encoding - ## PDF Creation - ## Bates Numbering - ## Load File Creation ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Preserve the Relevant Data for Your Case Our eDiscovery Specialists will draft the litigation hold notice to clearly set forth all types of data that should be retained including electronically stored information (“ESI”), hard copy documents, software, hardware, etc. It is important to list examples of the various data types that fall within these categories, such as email servers, mobile devices, CDs, DVDs, flash drives, external hard drives, voicemails, databases, backup tapes, file servers, and other various data sources. The notice will be tailored to the recipient whether it be your client’s custodians, opposing counsel, or a third party with potentially relevant material. Be clear and specific about the types of materials to preserve and the various ways in which data should be retained. In addition to clearly stating the types of data that should be preserved, we’ll also be specific when describing the types of routine deletion or destruction methods, that are often in place due to data governance programs, that should be immediately halted to avoid spoliation of relevant information. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about crafting litigation hold notices or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Boutique Law Firms](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/small-and-medium-law-firms/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Small and medium law firms use the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to build stronger cases with lower costs](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-helps-boutique-law-firms-successfully-handle-eDiscovery-in-litigation.jpg "Lexbe helps boutique law firms successfully handle eDiscovery in litigation | Lexbe | Lexbe") Boutique law firms dealing with document-intensive cases have specific requirements when it comes to cloud [eDiscovery platforms](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/ "eDiscovery Platforms"). Here are some of the most important features and capabilities that are purpose-built in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) to help litigators with limited resources (budget, human resources, technology, expertise) build stronger cases. **Affordability:** Lexbe equips boutique firms with an eDiscovery solution that is highly affordable. Cloud-based, high-speed, and accessible from virtually any internet-connected device, LEP doesn’t require IT resources or on-site servers. Lexbe offers affordable, flat-rate hosting subscriptions plans for all types of cases. - ## No Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient cloud infrastructure enables us to offer free ESI processing. - ## No Case Fees You can have as many cases in LEP as you need without monthly per case fees. - ## No Data Promotion Fees Lexbe is an end-to-end eDiscovery platform which doesn't require you to move your data from one platform to the next. - ## No Electronic Endorsement Fees Bates stamping and other electronic endorsements won't cost you extra with Lexbe. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users in your LEP account as you need without additional costs. **User-friendly interface:** Boutique law firms need an eDiscovery platform with a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate and use. LEP enables lawyers and their paralegals to quickly and easily access relevant information, search and analyze documents, and collaborate with other team members. It is easy to drag and drop documents to add them to your case. **Flexibility and scalability:** Small and medium sized law firms need an eDiscovery platform that is flexible and scalable, capable of handling small or large document sets, as well as cases of varying complexity. LEP scales to meet the exact needs of your case, including the size of the dataset, amount of documents, number of users, and more. ![It's easy to load data into your case. Simply drag and drop into the data upload window in the web browser.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Uploader.gif "Uploader | Lexbe | Lexbe") ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) **Collaborative features:** The ability to collaborate with team members and share insights and feedback is essential for boutique law firms dealing with document intensive cases. LEP has several collaboration features, including facilitate collaboration, such as shared searches and filters, color-coded and searchable case annotations, dynamic document review sets, facts and issues case timeline, and document review history. ![Lexbe's Dynamic Facts & Issues Case Timeline helps you build a strong case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FactsIssuesTimeline.gif "FactsIssuesTimeline | Lexbe | Lexbe") **Advanced search and analytics:** A powerful search and analytics tool is crucial for boutique law firms. LEP allows lawyers to easily find the information they need, quickly identify key documents, and extract relevant data for use in their cases. With Lexbe, lawyers are able to gain insight into the documents early in the process so they can build strong cases. ## What is the Best Cloud eDiscovery Platform for Small Law Firms? You’ve found it. Every practice is unique, but most who choose to partner with Lexbe have the following goals in common: - ## Maximize billable hours and build stronger cases by keeping eDiscovery in-house and gaining access and insight earlier in the process Lexbe gets you from document ingestion to review faster and gives you more time to build a stronger case. Lexbe is consistently recognized by end users as easy to do business with and easy to administer. We provide free platform training, and ongoing educational webinars to ensure that every admin and user at your firm is proficient in the tool, no matter their role. - ## Reduce ediscovery spend without limiting your firm’s potential to take on more cases or data-heavy, document-intensive cases when opportunity arises Lexbe is consistently the lowest cost, cloud-based, DIY eDiscovery solution. Multiple subscription plans are available (month to month, 12-month or 24-month), all with per-gigabyte pricing. In other words, you’re paying for the volume of GBs of data hosted in the Lexbe cloud month over month. Our cloud infrastructure is rapidly scalable and provides virtually unlimited computing power, allowing you to increase your storage capacity instantly. - ## Maintain control of your clients’ data without taking on IT infrastructure costs Lexbe allows users to self-upload case documents and supports full, end-to-end case management and process administration through all stages of discovery. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is continuously improving with new features and cost saving enhancements which increase the value of your subscription. - ## Access expert consulting and advanced technical services on-demand so you can readily respond to novel data source collection requests and unique case requirements on an as-needed basis Some months are stacked taller than others. And if you’re running a smaller operation, a single unexpected leave has the potential to disrupt project workflows and case timelines. Stay nimble and lean by leveraging Lexbe’s on-demand professional services if and when you need a trusted outside party (who knows your software inside and out) to step in. Our experts are CEDS certified and stay abreast of legal tech developments and eDiscovery trends. --- ### [Legal Holds](https://lexbe.com/legal-holds/) **Published:** January 15, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## The Role of Litigation Hold Notices The duty to preserve electronically stored information (“ESI”) and hard copy documents begins as soon as litigation is reasonably anticipated. Preservation requires immediate attention to protect relevant information that could otherwise be deleted or purged and to prevent the loss of additional data because of routine deletion or destruction policies in place. Litigation Hold Notices, or Preservation Letters as they are often referred to, should be sent to custodians involved in the lawsuit at hand, as well as to opposing counsel and/or third parties that are or may become involved in the suit or that possess potentially relevant information. ### Why Send Litigation Hold Notices? Although it is not required by law that Litigation Hold Notices be sent, it behooves you to do so for several reasons. First, the Litigation Hold Notice can set the agenda for the Rule 26(f) Conference as it provides the groundwork for discussions involving issues retaining data from certain sources or not reasonably accessible data. A Litigation Hold Notice should clearly spell out various data sources and types of ESI to be preserved which opposing counsel may not have otherwise thought to maintain, thereby avoiding spoliation of such data. Additionally, if the Litigation Hold Notice clearly spells out what types of data should be retained and provides instructions on how to do so, you will be in a much better position to make a claim for spoliation in the event the evidence is later destroyed by your opponent. ### Rely on the Experts for Drafting Litigation Hold Notices Our Professional Services Team consists of CEDS certified litigation paralegals and lawyers that are experienced at drafting legal hold notices for custodians, opposition, and third parties involved in all types of matters. Litigation Hold Notices are frequently sent before a formal complaint is served. Therefore, the letter should provide enough information about the facts of the case that opposing counsel will be able to determine what information is considered relevant and should be preserved. Lexbe eDiscovery Specialists will collaborate with you on the development of all the critical components and details needed for the litigation hold notice, including: - ## Key Individuals & Custodians - ## Relevant Dates - ## Major Events - ## Locations - ## Products at Issue - ## Pertinent Case Information ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Preserve the Relevant Data for Your Case Our eDiscovery Specialists will draft the litigation hold notice to clearly set forth all types of data that should be retained including electronically stored information (“ESI”), hard copy documents, software, hardware, etc. It is important to list examples of the various data types that fall within these categories, such as email servers, mobile devices, CDs, DVDs, flash drives, external hard drives, voicemails, databases, backup tapes, file servers, and other various data sources. The notice will be tailored to the recipient whether it be your client’s custodians, opposing counsel, or a third party with potentially relevant material. Be clear and specific about the types of materials to preserve and the various ways in which data should be retained. In addition to clearly stating the types of data that should be preserved, we’ll also be specific when describing the types of routine deletion or destruction methods, that are often in place due to data governance programs, that should be immediately halted to avoid spoliation of relevant information. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about crafting litigation hold notices or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields X/Twitter This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Cloud Accounts](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/cloud-accounts/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Data from Cloud Accounts The combination of cost efficiencies and virtually unlimited storage and computing resources have quickly established the cloud as the primary destination for electronically stored information (ESI) for corporations and individuals. Instant access to cloud resources from Smartphones and computers means that data has become highly portable and can be transferred from devices to clouds and from cloud to cloud. Our forensic team is expert at analyzing cloud access by devices as well as quickly finding important evidence, including from deleted and unallocated spaces. ### Cloud Accounts Span All Categories of Applications We routinely collect evidentiary ESI from a plethora of cloud accounts. Because cloud accounts span virtually all categories of applications used by individuals and corporations, the cloud has become a primary source of evidence used in litigation. Examples of Cloud Accounts Include: - ## Email Accounts Such as Microsoft 365, Gmail, and Apple iCloud Mail - ## Social Media Accounts Such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram - ## Document Storage Such as Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive - ## Collaboration Apps Such as Slack and Microsoft Teams - ## Productivity Suites Such as Microsoft 365 and Google Suite - ## Customer Relationship Management Apps Such as Salesforce.com - ## Medical Record Apps Such as MyChart ### Work From Home and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Programs Insider threat investigations often stem from the commingling of individual and corporate data sources. BYOD programs and working from home have limited some of the controls over data that are established on corporate premises. As a result, the cloud has made it increasingly simple to transfer data from one repository to another when a bad actor is working from home and/or by using their personal device. Our forensic investigators efficiently collect the artifacts that track the data movement across devices and clouds so you can build your case. If data is transferred locally across USB ports or transferred from a corporate email account to a personal cloud storage account, Lexbe investigators will find the evidence. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic ESI collections, from the cloud, or any other data source, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields URL This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Intellectual Property Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/intellectual-property-litigation/) **Published:** November 3, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![The best eDiscovery platform for IP litigation.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/intellectual-property-hero-1280x400-1.png "intellectual-property-hero-1280x400 | Lexbe | Lexbe") Intellectual Property litigation presents several unique discovery and review challenges for the involved attorneys, law firms, in-house counsel, and review teams. Legal issues can involve not only of patent, copyright, and trademark law, but complex contract, joint venture, development, and entity issues. In addition, data portability, work-from-home, bring your own device (BYOD) programs, and data governance policies typically require the assistance of digital forensic investigators in order to effectively collect the evidence needed for IP cases. IP matters often involve large amounts of electronically stored information (ESI) that can account for millions of pages of documents. Modern IP cases are often international in scope. The subject matter being disputed in IP cases can be highly variable, with litigation spanning industries like biotechnology and pharmaceuticals to electronics manufacturing and advanced software algorithms. What most IP cases do have in common is a high level of data complexity, usually involving multiple parties, custodians, experts, document sources, and data formats. Federal courts handling a large amount of IP cases may include compliance with local rules concerning specific eDiscovery or production requirements that must be met. ## We help IP legal teams successfully handle document intensive matters with limited resources. From a state-of-the-art digital forensics lab to our end-to-end eDiscovery platform, Lexbe equips you with everything you need to successfully build your strongest case. - ## Digital Forensic Investigators IP matters often involve the exfiltration of data. With the use of smartphones, data has never been more portable. Our digital forensic investigators are Cellebrite certified and have advanced capabilities for collecting from smartphones, corporate IT systems, and common IP evidentiary sources, like CRM systems (Salesforce) and collaboration platforms (Slack, Microsoft Teams). - ## High Speed ESI Processing Hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) gets you from document ingestion to early case insights and document review at lightning speeds. LEP auto-scales to handle TBs of data with ease. In addition, Lexbe has engineered the ESI processing to be highly efficient, including native character extraction, metadata extraction, optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, normalized PDF generation, deNIST, and deduplication. Because our processing is so efficient, we pass the cost savings onto clients and don't charge for ESI processing for subscription accounts; this typically saves clients tens of thousands of dollars. - ## Advanced Analytics LEP provides you with rapid insight into the key documents. Our advanced search term report gives you instant access to relevant documents. The Lexbe Near Duplication algorithm helps you quickly prioritize similar evidentiary documents which can facilitate populating the facts and issues while generating a dynamic case timeline. If you've got millions of documents then our Bayesian predictive coding algorithm can efficiently help you cull down the document set to those relevant to the case. - ## Language Detection & Translation LEP utilizes an advanced artificial intelligence algorithm to detect and translate foreign language documents with a high degree of fluency and fidelity. For IP matters that cross borders, this is an invaluable tool to help maintain control of the case and keep it in-house. Lexbe's machine translation supports 75 different languages. ### An End-to-End eDiscovery Platform that Helps You Identify the Facts and Issues Early in the Process so You can Build a Stronger Case ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") This is an example of how Lexbe’s advanced search term analytics helps lawyers instantly access critical case documents. --- ### [Insurance Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/insurance-litigation/) **Published:** August 3, 2018 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best eDiscovery solution for Insurance defense litigation because of the high performance and industry leading affordability. Lexbe also has additional discounts for joint defense groups.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/insurance-hero-1280-x400.png "insurance-hero-1280-x400 | Lexbe | Lexbe") Insurance defense cases are often complex and involve a multitude of custodians and several parties that increase the complexity of eDiscovery. Frequently there are joint defense groups that need to access the same documents and collaborate, while still maintaining their own interests and objectives. These cases require an eDiscovery solution that enables the efficient administration and collaboration of shared documents while keeping work product confidential and secure. In addition, the solution has to be highly cost effective and comply with the insurance companies’ requirements for cost, invoice review, and billing processes. ## The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform - Highly Affordable and Flexible eDiscovery for Complex Insurance Defense Cases Lexbe has engineered specific features into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) to help solve for the biggest eDiscovery challenges of insurance defense matters. By working with some of the largest insurance companies as well as boutique law firms focused on insurance defense matters, Lexbe has been able to slash the eDiscovery costs, provide early critical insight into the facts and issues of the case, and streamline the administration and billing. - ## Joint Document Repository For joint defense groups, Lexbe's joint document repository means that the data costs for each defendant will be slashed dramatically because they will be shared across the number of defendants in the case. Each defendant will still maintain their own dedicated work environment to keep their own work product confidential. - ## High Speed Document Processing Hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the LEP gets you from document ingestion to early case insights and document review lightning fast. LEP auto-scales to handle TBs of data with ease. In addition, Lexbe has engineered the ESI processing to be highly efficient, including native character extraction, metadata extraction, optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, normalized PDF generation, deNIST, and deduplication. Because our processing is so efficient, we pass the cost savings onto clients and don't charge for ESI processing for subscription accounts; in large insurance defense cases this saves clients tens of thousands of dollars. - ## Advanced Analytics LEP provides you with rapid insight into the key documents. Our advanced search term report gives you instant access to relevant documents. The Lexbe Near Duplication algorithm helps you quickly prioritize similar evidentiary documents which can facilitate populating the facts and issues while generating a dynamic case timeline. If you've got millions of documents then our Bayesian predictive coding algorithm can efficiently help you cull down the document set to those relevant to the case. - ## Customizable Billing Insurance companies have unique requirements for how eDiscovery invoices need to be processed. Lexbe has the ability to customize the invoice to reflect the needs of each insurance company involved in the matter. This includes the cost breakdown, application of claims numbers, and invoice distribution. - ## Case Visibility for Setting Reserves Insurance claims counsel often requires visibility into the case in order to set accurate reserve levels. With LEP's facts and issues module and dynamic case timeline, the defense teams can collaborate to help set appropriate reserve levels. ### Industry Leading eDiscovery Technology that Delivers the Lowest Cost ## Case Study » Insurance Defense To handle a construction liability case involving five defense firms, several subpoenaed third parties, and multiple properties with more than 40 office tenants, a national insurance litigation and coverage firm chooses LEP for its ease of use, multi-firm configurability and considerable cost savings. [ More Case Studies ](#) - ## No Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient cloud infrastructure enables us to offer free ESI processing. This eliminates the large upfront expense that legacy eDiscovery charge their clients. - ## No Data Promotion Fees LEP is an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that doesn't require moving data from one point solution to another. Therefore, the cost of moving data is eliminated and there are significant time savings which enables lawyers to gain critical case insights earlier in the process. - ## No Case Fees You can have as many cases in LEP as you need without monthly per case fees. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users in your case as needed with no additional charge. This generates significant cost savings for joint defense group matters. - ## No OCR Fees Optical character recognition (OCR) is one of the steps in LEP's document processing which helps make files fully searchable. Because of our highly efficient cloud infrastructure, we offer this for free for subscription accounts. - ## No Electronic Endorsement Fees Bates stamping and other electronic endorsements won't cost you extra with Lexbe. - ## Volume Discounts Volume discounts are available based on the number of defendants, the amount of data hosted, and the subscription term. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) As a provider of eDiscovery software and services for more than 17 years, Lexbe understands the challenges that insurance defense lawyers face when it comes to managing electronic information in litigation. Here are some ways that Lexbe can help insurance defense lawyers achieve successful eDiscovery: **A Comprehensive eDiscovery platform:** Lexbe provides a comprehensive eDiscovery platform that includes high-speed document processing, advanced search and filtering tools, AI algorithms, and other features designed to streamline the eDiscovery process. This helps insurance defense lawyers quickly and efficiently identify the key facts and issues earlier in the process which helps build a stronger case. **Protection of Confidential Information:** Lexbe takes the protection of confidential and sensitive information seriously. Our platform includes robust security features and encryption, as well as advanced manual and auto-redaction capabilities to ensure the safeguarding of confidential information. **Digital Forensic Services:**Lexbe has an advanced digital forensic lab staffed with Cellebrite certified forensic investigators. We can assist with the defensible collection of electronically stored information (ESI) from the custodians involved in your cases. ![Lexbe's Dynamic Facts & Issues Case Timeline helps you build a strong case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FactsIssuesTimeline.gif "FactsIssuesTimeline | Lexbe | Lexbe") --- ### [Computers](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/computers/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensic Collection from Computers Our forensic investigators are experts at acquiring forensic images from Windows and Mac computers to obtain the evidence needed for your legal matter. With advanced forensic imaging software, the Lexbe Forensic Team performs thorough and systematic, whole drive and targeted data collections, and creates forensic images to support your cases. By utilizing advanced forensic tools and best practices, our forensic investigators can stitch together the artifacts collected from the computers, including incident data, hidden data, event data, and other artifacts to create a complete picture of what transpired with the computer. With computer forensic collections, there is often a plethora of data that is analyzed by our forensic examiners. In addition to locally stored files, like email or office documents that are relevant to your case, the Lexbe forensic team can collect internet history, downloads, recent searches, top sites, locations, media, messages, recycle bin files, USB connections, data transfer artifacts, and more. ### Microsoft Windows Computers The Lexbe forensic team is expertly equipped to conduct a thorough forensic collection and analysis of Microsoft Windows computers. The Microsoft Windows operating system allows for the collection and analysis of: - ## Account Information - ## Device History - ## Downloads - ## Memory - ## Network Activity - ## Recent Documents - ## Recycle Bin - ## Registry - ## Timeline Activity - ## USB Connections - ## User Activity - ## And More ### Apple Mac Computers The advanced forensic tools in the Lexbe forensic lab, enable our forensic team to perform advanced collections and analysis of Apple Mac computers. The Mac operating system allows for the collection and analysis of: - ## Apple's Fusion Drive - ## APFS - ## APFS Snapshots - ## Device History - ## Display and Search Unified Log - ## Downloads - ## Encrypted Devices - ## KnowledgeC Data - ## Recent Documents - ## Spotlight Data - ## Time Machine Backups - ## User Activity - ## Wi-Fi Connections ### Linux Computers Linux computers are often used in technical and high performance computing environments. The Lexbe forensic team can perform comprehensive forensic collections from Linux computers to support your case or investigation. The Linux operating systems allow for the collection and analysis of: - ## Recent Files - ## Startup Items - ## User Activity - ## Operating System - ## Hardware & Software - ## Accounts & Users - ## Network - ## Shared & Mapped Devices - ## USB Devices - ## Syslog - ## SSH Activity - ## Trash - ## Bash History ### Revealing the True Story Depending on the scope of your forensic requirements, our forensic investigators can build a comprehensive report of what took place with the computers involved in your case. Lexbe forensic reports are built from the insights gleaned from the data in the physical images, logical images, or targeted images from the computers. ### Remote Forensic Collection Convenience If the custodians in your case are unable to ship their computers to the Lexbe forensic lab, our forensic investigators can perform a remote forensic collection. Our remote collection process enables a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of the activities that took place on the device as well as the associated files and metadata. Remote forensic collections, for Windows and MAC computers, are convenient for the custodians but can take longer to complete due to the data transfer process. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic collections from Windows and Mac computers, or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Facebook This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Early Case Assessment (ECA)](https://lexbe.com/early-case-assessment/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** The legal team that best understands the case facts and evidence has a tremendous advantage. Early case analysis with Lexbe enables you to go beyond the documents to the critically important organization of key facts, case participants, issues, and research in your cases. Lexbe Early Case Assessment tools allow litigators to evaluate case strengths and weaknesses early in the litigation process. Early case assessment is more important than ever with document intensive cases because of the increased litigation costs that these cases often involve. Mistakes can be made and favorable settlement windows may be squandered if your case understanding lags behind case progress. Lexbe will identify your dispute’s ‘cast of characters’ with our Case Participant [review as well as specify legal](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/document-review-for-mac-based-law-firms-and-legal-departments/) issues potentially implicated in the dispute with our Facts and Issues assessment. The result is that you can effectively [organize early legal research around case](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/organizing-deponents-custodians-and-other-case-participants/) issues identified saving you valuable time, money and resources. ### Benefits - Understand case strengths and weaknesses early in the litigation process - Prevent mistakes by understanding your case earlier and identifying gaps in timeline and data - Save valuable time and money before beginning the eDiscovery process ### Lexbe Early Case Analysis includes - Early Case Archive+ to store case data and ESI safely and inexpensively in our secure archive (over 1 TB of accessible storage). - ESI reports and Analysis showing ESI by Custodian Filetype and Date. - Culling by Date, Custodian, Keyword and more to reduce data at an early stage. - Charting of case participants (parties, deponents, witnesses) and links to case facts. - Key case fact identification and timelining of alleged facts from client interviews and correspondence. - Dynamic timeline updating as new case facts are discovered. - Free storage for the first three months! --- ### [Corporate Counsel](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/corporate-counsel/) **Published:** October 30, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Corporate legal departments need an eDiscovery solution that is easy to use for paralegals and helps drive down the total case costs. Lexbe is the leading eDiscovery solution for corporate legal teams.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/eDiscovery-for-corporate-legal-departments-Lexbe.jpg "eDiscovery for corporate legal departments - Lexbe | Lexbe | Lexbe") Modern legal teams mitigate unexpected discovery cost overruns by utilizing the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to cull data and conduct document review prior to engaging outside counsel. By leveraging Lexbe’s simple user interface, advanced tools, and low cost, legal teams can easily collaborate on cases, reduce the burden on corporate IT, locate the relevant documents, and engage outside counsel in a process that reduces the cost of litigation. When corporate litigation readiness is dependent upon multiple parties working in concert, collaboration features, ease of use, unlimited users, and low cost are essential aspects of an effective eDiscovery solution for corporations. As document volumes continue to increase exponentially, and employees work from varied locations, corporate legal departments are under increasing pressure to find solutions that help contain the spiraling legal spend. ## The Best eDiscovery Platform for Corporate Legal Departments The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is the ideal cloud-based eDiscovery solution for legal teams looking to reduce their eDiscovery costs while maintaining control over sensitive documents, and collaborating with outside legal counsel. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") Every business is unique, and your legal team may even engage different technology partners and service providers depending on the type and scope of the case. With that being said, many corporate legal teams who choose the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) to cull case data, review documents and prepare for litigation do so with the following business objectives in mind: ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) - ## Eliminate third-party dependencies and reduce legal spend by bringing some or all stages of eDiscovery in-house Reduce your eDiscovery spend by deploying LEP to effectively manage your eDiscovery practice in-house. As an end-to-end solution, the Lexbe platform supports every stage of eDiscovery, so you won’t lose time exporting and importing case data across multiple platforms. From upload, preservation and early case assessment (ECA) on through hosted review and production, case data remains in one accessible and secure location. Lexbe is a true DIY eDiscovery solution. Corporate counsel can quickly add or remove users, drag-and-drop case files for upload, automate eDiscovery processes, rapidly cull data, gain case-critical insights firsthand, and run productions. All our platform subscription plans feature value-priced, per-gigabyte rates that make it easy for legal departments to predict and manage eDiscovery spend month over month. - ## Retain flexibility and avoid staff burnout without sacrificing your ability to scale at a moment’s notice General counsel may opt to utilize Lexbe managed services either routinely or on a case by case basis for larger matters. Our on-demand professional services offering enables corporate legal departments to create a shared services agreement and rapidly scale up to meet case demands without adding staff. Lexbe does not charge case fees or user fees, so you can onboard outside counsel or service providers if needed at no additional cost to your organization. - ## Rapidly reduce the number of documents to review with early case assessment tools, advanced data culling techniques and technology assisted review Litigation readiness means understanding case strengths and weaknesses early on. Store case data securely and inexpensively in the Lexbe cloud and cull your document population by date, custodian, keyword and more to reduce the number of docs requiring outside review. Use LEP to generate dynamic case timelines linked to case facts and issues. - ## Develop core competencies that compound the value you and/or your department bring to the company Adopting new technology with a demonstrable return on investment that streamlines the functions of your department makes you an indispensable asset to the company. Lexbe customers routinely cite ease of use as a primary reason they prefer LEP over other cloud eDiscovery solutions. You’ll have access to free platform training, as well as Lexbe’s sponsored eDiscovery webinar series, available live and on-demand for at-your-own-pace learning, to ensure proficiency in the platform. --- ### [Environmental Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/environmental-litigation/) **Published:** October 28, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best eDiscovery platform for environmental litigation firms.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/environmental-hero-1280x400-1.png "environmental-hero-1280x400 | Lexbe | Lexbe") Environmental litigation involves complex scientific and technical issues, making eDiscovery particularly challenging. Those practicing environmental law face unique litigation obstacles in advocating on behalf of their clients. Rapidly growing collections of electronically stored information (ESI) present an increasingly difficult challenge when taking on resource-rich private firms. Environmental attorneys can frequently find themselves taking on data-intensive cases that overwhelm existing document review and production capabilities. Because of the nature of environmental litigation, attorneys often face obstacles in efficiently communicating and collaborating with outside counsel and partner firms. On top of all of this, environmental lawyers need to work with technology partners that understand their organizations’ resource constraints and the need for predictable, discounted pricing, and cost-effective services. **Affordability:** Lexbe equips environmental lawyers with an eDiscovery solution that is highly affordable. Cloud-based, high-speed, and accessible from virtually any internet-connected device, LEP doesn’t require IT resources or on-site servers. Lexbe offers affordable, flat-rate hosting subscriptions plans for all sizes of cases. - ## No Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient cloud infrastructure enables us to offer free ESI processing. - ## No Case Fees You can have as many cases in LEP as you need without monthly per case fees. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users as you need for no additional charge. - ## No Data Promotion Fees Lexbe is an end-to-end eDiscovery platform which doesn't require you to move your data from one platform to the next. - ## No Electronic Endorsement Fees Bates stamping and other electronic endorsements won't cost you extra with Lexbe. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a platform demonstration with a Lexbe eDiscovery Solutions Director. Demos can be as short as 10 minutes, or up to 30 minutes long if you want the demo tailored to your practice. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) **User-friendly interface:** Boutique law firms need an eDiscovery solution with a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate and use. LEP enables lawyers and their paralegals to quickly and easily access relevant information, search and analyze documents, and collaborate with other team members. It is easy to drag and drop documents to add them to your case. **Flexibility and scalability:** Boutique environmental law firms need an eDiscovery solution that is flexible and scalable, capable of handling small or large document sets, as well as cases of varying complexity. LEP scales to meet the exact needs of your case, including the size of the dataset, amount of documents, number of users, and more. ![It's easy to load data into your case. Simply drag and drop into the data upload window in the web browser.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Uploader.gif "Uploader | Lexbe | Lexbe") --- ### [Securities Litigation](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/case-management-solutions/securities-litigation/) **Published:** October 27, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best eDiscovery software for SEC matters](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/What-is-the-best-eDiscovery-software-for-SEC-cases.jpg "What is the best eDiscovery software for SEC cases | Lexbe | Lexbe") Lawyers, law firms, and companies engaged in securities litigation or securities fraud cases face a number of unique challenges. First, these cases typically involve many parties, custodians and documents — page counts can often be in the tens of millions. But these cases must still be prosecuted in standard court timeframes, so often a lot needs to be done in a short timeframe. With heightened government enforcement and the expanding scope of cases, litigation is becoming increasingly complex. SEC or state securities authority involvement may be active or prospective. The SEC may have issued a subpoena or have an active investigation ongoing. Parties subject to a subpoena or investigation may be regulated entities – broker-dealers, accounting firms, public companies, investment companies – and subject to special requirements that further complicate a civil or criminal case. All these requirements may put additional time pressure on critical discovery and case management obligations. Finance-based cases of any type can be very complicated, with many inter-related individuals and organizations. The ‘key’/’hot’ documents in a case — the real smoking guns — may be less obvious here than in other cases to most document reviewers. ## Lexbe Helps You Find the Hot Documents Faster and Build a Stronger Case ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is purpose-built to get you from document ingestion to review faster. Our advanced cloud-based infrastructure means you have the required horsepower to process millions of documents because we auto-scale based on the size of the incoming document set. Getting to the hot documents faster gives you an advantage, especially in securities litigation. - ## High Speed ESI Processing Hosted in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) gets you from document ingestion to early case insights and document review at lightning speeds. LEP auto-scales to handle TBs of data with ease. In addition, Lexbe has engineered the ESI processing to be highly efficient, including native character extraction, metadata extraction, optical character recognition (OCR), indexing, normalized PDF generation, deNIST, and deduplication. Because our processing is so efficient, we pass the cost savings onto clients and don't charge for ESI processing for subscription accounts; this saves clients tens of thousands of dollars. - ## Near Native Review of Spreadsheets With LEP you'll be able to review spreadsheets and formulas in the natural flow of the document review. Therefore, you won't have to download the spreadsheet and open in the native application in order to analyze formulas. - ## Color Coded Document Comparisons Quickly analyze documents on a side-by-side or line-by-line basis with color coding that highlights the differences between versions of the same document or similar documents involved in financial transactions or including complex financial data. - ## Secure Briefcase Exports for Engaging Experts, Confidential Witnesses, Certified Fraud Examiners, and Forensic Accountants Equipping witnesses with key documents is easy with LEP. You can create a secure briefcase and send it via a password protected link. They can annotate the documents and then have them reuploaded for inclusion in the facts and issues case timeline. - ## Advanced Analytics LEP provides you with rapid insight into the key documents. Our advanced search term report gives you instant access to relevant documents. The Lexbe Near Duplication algorithm helps you quickly prioritize similar evidentiary documents which can facilitate populating the facts and issues while generating a dynamic case timeline. If you've got millions of documents then our Bayesian predictive coding algorithm can efficiently help you cull down the document set to those relevant to the case. - ## Auto-Redaction When producing large document sets that contain confidential and personally identifiable information (PII), it is critical that redactions can be efficiently implemented. With LEP you can automatically redact all social security numbers, bank account numbers, and numerous other PII. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Request an Estimate Lexbe offers volume-based discounts on platform subscriptions. Compare pricing for 12-month, 24-month and flex subscription plans, or complete our request-for-quote form to receive a more precise cost estimate. [ View Pricing ](/ediscovery-platform/pricing) ## Industry Leading eDiscovery Affordability Not only did we engineer LEP to get you from document ingestion to review faster, but we also made it highly efficient and pass the cost savings onto customers. - ## No Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient cloud infrastructure enables us to offer free ESI processing. This eliminates the large upfront expense that legacy eDiscovery charge their clients. - ## No Data Promotion Fees LEP is an end-to-end eDiscovery solution that doesn't require moving data from one point solution to another. Therefore, the cost of moving data is eliminated and there are significant time savings which enables lawyers to gain critical case insights earlier in the process. - ## No Case Fees You can have as many cases in LEP as you need without monthly per case fees. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users in your case as needed with no additional charge. This generates significant cost savings for complex securities matters. - ## No OCR Fees Optical character recognition (OCR) is one of the steps in LEP's document processing which helps make files fully searchable. Because of our highly efficient cloud infrastructure, we offer this for free for subscription accounts. - ## No Electronic Endorsement Fees Bates stamping and other electronic endorsements won't cost you extra with Lexbe. - ## Volume Discounts Volume discounts are available based on the number of defendants, the amount of data hosted, and the subscription term. --- ### [Pricing](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/pricing/) **Published:** May 7, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ### Join the More Than 8,795 Legal Professionals That Have Come to Rely on Lexbe to Build Their Best Cases We just got back our verdict of nearly $9 million in the case we tried against Greenberg Traurig and Hollingsworth Law Firm (voted #1 complex litigation firm in the world). There is no way our team of 3 lawyers could have competed with those heavy hitters without LEXBE. Thanks to your team! David Jones, Litigation PartnerLogan & Lowry LLP The attorneys and paralegals here like Lexbe because it is very easy to use. It was clearly the best solution for a midsize firm like ours. Lexbe has all the features we need without the high cost and overhead of some of the other solutions available. Manuel Garcia-Linares, Managing ShareholderRichman Greer I’m happy to give a very big thumbs up regarding Lexbe. We’re totally committed to using Lexbe as our cloud-based legal services vendor, and are very happy that we made that choice. Support has been very fast, responsive, courteous and helpful and in many ways this was one feature that influenced our decision to go with Lexbe. Susan R. Laporte, PartnerCurry & Friend, PLC We selected Lexbe because we liked their flexible pricing plans and intuitive interface. Using their cloud-based system we find our costs to be more predictable and affordable. Valdi Licul, PartnerVladeck, Raskin & Clark Lexbe’s solution, pricing and responsive support is beneficial to any small and mid-size law firm. I endorse it because it works – it’s fast, easy-to-use and works on both Mac and Windows. Richard Brodsky, PartnerThe Brodsky Law Firm Easy to use eDiscovery platform with affordable pricing and great customer support! Patrick BigginsHeslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti We have found Lexbe to be a very responsive and helpful e-Discovery partner. Lexbe’s review tool gives our internal staff and co-counsel a shared work environment to speed document review and productions in large document cases. Lexbe has been an excellent, cost-effective solution for our needs. Kerstin Sjoberg-Witt, Legal DirectorDisability Rights Ohio ## **Simple, Affordable, and Predictable Pricing:** Lexbe offers flexible, usage-based pricing designed to deliver maximum value and control for law firms and legal teams managing document-intensive litigation. Whether you’re handling a small internal investigation or a massive, multi-terabyte case, Lexbe’s transparent pricing model ensures you only pay for what you need. - Our core pricing is based on: Data Volume (GBs uploaded and hosted) - Lexbe also offers **no-commitment pay-as-you-go plans, flat rate per month plans**, as well as **volume and subscription discounts** for larger matters or ongoing litigation support. - Lexbe plans allow you to have **unlimited users at no additional cost.** - Every Lexbe pricing plan also includes **Lexbe CoPilot, our GenAI document review assistant, at no additional cost.** - Lexbe plans include **complimentary technical support** and **award winning customer service.** [ Contact Us for an estimate ](#custom-quote-form) LEP has a simple user interface and is easy to learn. When you put your case in LEP, you’ll receive affordable onboarding training options as well as the ability to participate in [free weekly training sessions](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training/) to build LEP platform proficiency. In addition, you and your team can attend our ongoing educational [eDiscovery Webinar Series](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/) for sharpening your eDiscovery skills so you can build your best case. Finally a great way to DIY e-discovery! Being able to control my own database! I can upload my documents when I need them and don’t have to wait on a vendor. Lexbe is very easy to use and is much quicker than other databases I have used. It has the exact right amount of options and not a bunch of extras I don’t need. The price is great too! Rebecca JohnsonJohnston, Allison and Hord To supplement and/or fast-track your in-house capabilities, Lexbe offers on-demand [managed services](/managed-services/) performed by our professional services team of CEDS-certified eDiscovery administrators. In addition, Lexbe has a [digital forensics](/digital-forensics/) lab to assist you with evidence acquisition in order to defensibly acquire the electronically stored information (ESI) required for your cases. ## Request an Estimate "\*" indicates required fields Instagram This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT --- ### [Smartphones](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/smartphones/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Smartphone Data for Litigation Lexbe’s forensic team is staffed with Cellebrite certified forensic experts that are highly adept at collecting evidence from Smartphones and other mobile devices. Smartphones have become primary sources of evidence across all types of matters in litigation. As personal and professional productivity tools, Smartphones are often hubs of connectivity for access to cloud storage, social media, messaging, collaboration, email, data portability channels, and much more. Here’s an example of the breadth of the data that can be forensically collected from a Smartphone. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_smartphone_digital_forensics_data_collection_breadth-768x397.jpg "Lexbe Smartphone Digital Forensics Collection Breadth | Lexbe | Lexbe") ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a digital forensic expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ## Forensic Extraction Methods for Smartphones At Lexbe, we utilize several extraction methods to collect the electronically stored information (ESI) from smartphones. The extraction method that is utilized is typically based on the collection parameters, including the availability of the device, credentials, and the scope of the investigation. - ## Physical Data Extraction Extracts a physical bit-for-bit image of the flash memory of a device, including the unallocated space using advanced methods. Unallocated space is the area of the flash memory that is no longer tracked by the file system, which may contain deleted images, videos, files, and more. - ## Logical Data Extraction Extracts user data from a mobile device (SMS, call logs, pictures, phonebook, videos, audio, certain application data, and more). This is the quickest extraction method but yields the least amount of data. - ## File System Extraction Extracts files embedded in the memory of a mobile device. This method retrieves the artifacts within a logical extraction. In addition, this approach captures hidden system files, databases and other files which were not visible within a logical extraction. - ## Advanced Logical Data Extraction Combines both the logical and file system extractions into a single extraction method for iOS and Android devices. - ## SIM Card Data Extraction Extracts data from a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) or Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card. This approach limits the scope of data that can be accessed. - ## Manual Data Collection This process is very time consuming and requires a manual screen capture of the data and artifacts resident on the device. - ## Remote Data Collection from iPhones Lexbe's forensic team utilizes the industry's most advanced tools to perform remote iPhone collections. This approach helps mitigate the inconvenience associated with custodians having to ship their phones for forensic collections. ### State-of-the-Art Forensic Tools Help Make Sense of the Evidence on Smartphones Lexbe’s forensic lab is equipped with the latest forensic tools that not only extract the data from smartphones but also help organize the data, including a timeline of activity that helps pinpoint activity on critical dates relevant to the case. ![Lexbe Digital Forensics Smartphones Cellebrite Example](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_digital_forensics_smartphones_cellebrite_example-1024x507.jpg "Lexbe Digital Forensics Smartphones Cellebrite Example | Lexbe | Lexbe") The forensic team at Lexbe is Cellebrite certified. Cellebrite is an industry leading smartphone forensic tool. In addition, the Lexbe forensic team utilizes industry best practices to ensure that each forensic collection is defensible and admissible in court. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have an upcoming matter or have questions about the identification and acquisition of evidence, then drop us a line. We’d be happy to schedule a complimentary call and discuss the matter with you and answer any questions that you have. "\*" indicates required fields Company This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request ## Learn More About Smartphone Forensic Collections [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/)## [ Anatomy of a Forensic Collection from a Smartphone ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) Learn critical evidentiary insights into smartphones as utilization skyrocketed due to the pandemic and their role in eDiscovery continues to grow. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) [ Explore All Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ediscovery-webinars-archive) --- ### [ESI Agreements](https://lexbe.com/esi-agreements/) **Published:** January 17, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Agreements, Orders, and Protocols in eDiscovery Formalized eDiscovery agreements or orders/protocols are highly advisable in document intensive cases. Our process for ESI agreement/order development covers all the critical details to stay ahead of the curve and avoid potential pitfalls. A properly planned and negotiated eDiscovery ESI agreement can streamline electronic discovery and avoid unnecessary disputes, eliminate case delays, and reduce ediscovery costs. Failure to handle these sometimes technical but important issues can lead to frustration, higher costs, embarrassment, and ultimately the inability to obtain key evidence in your case. ESI Agreements can sometimes be negotiated as part of the Rule 26 (f) ‘Meet and Confer’ process in federal court. In such cases, having a model agreement can help focus the Rule 26 (f) discussions. Even outside of the Rule 26 framework, such an agreement can be helpful in any complex case. Our CEDS certified eDiscovery Specialists are available to assist in drafting and reviewing ESI agreements, orders, protocols, and specific production requirements. ### What Should be Included in an ESI Agreement Our Professional Services Team has developed industry leading best practices for use in drafting ESI Agreements. Here is a list of topics that are covered in the development of ESI Agreements for clients: - ## ESI Preservation - ## ESI Collection - ## Culling - ## Not Reasonably Accessible ESI - ## Search Terms for Document Review - ## Metadata Production Requirements - ## Duplicates - ## Redaction - ## Databases - ## Form of Production - ## Native Files - ## Parent-Child Relationships - ## Bates Number - ## File Naming Conventions - ## Load Files - ## eDiscovery Liaison - ## Extracted Text - ## OCR Text - ## Exception Files - ## Translation of Produced Materials - ## Privileged Information - ## Privilege Log - ## In-Camera Review (Subject to Privilege Claim) - ## Receipt of Privileged Information ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Rely on the Experts for ESI Agreements Our Professional Services Team consists of CEDS certified litigation paralegals and lawyers that are experienced at drafting ESI Agreements for complex matters. Lexbe eDiscovery Specialists will collaborate with you on the development of all the critical components and details needed for the ESI Agreement. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about crafting ESI agreements or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [eDiscovery Platform Training](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscovery-platform-training/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** Lexbe provides ongoing live and on-demand learning opportunities for Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) customers in a variety of formats, including: - [Weekly platform training](#weekly-ediscovery-platform-training) with Q&A - [Lexbe’s Paralegal Advantage Training Program](#paralegal-advantage-training-program) - Lexbe-sponsored [eDiscovery Webinar Series](#lexbe-ediscovery-webinar-series "eDiscovery Training") - [An archive of past webinar recordings](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ "eDiscovery Training") We also maintain a dedicated [LEP Help Site](https://sites.google.com/a/ediscoveryplatform.com/help/home) with step-by-step instructions for technical questions, and a [LEP user documentation library](/resources/platform-documentation/ "LEP user documentation library"). ## Weekly eDiscovery Platform Training Weekly training sessions led by our [CEDS-certified](https://aceds.org/) eDiscovery specialists take place every Thursday at 12:00 PM CT. Live Q&A is always available, or users can submit questions or request topics in advance. Register for as many as you like—this is your weekly opportunity to ask questions in a platform demo format and receive step-by-step instructions from an eDiscovery expert for improving processes and workflows in LEP. [### Register Here](https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/4782445013981068630) ## Paralegal Advantage Training Program This multi-track, multi-session eDiscovery training program delivers a concentrated, in-depth eDiscovery curriculum developed for paralegals who want to add value at their firm or organization and expand their skill set. Lexbe offers the program four times per year for paralegals employed by current and prospective Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) customers. Advance your team’s eDiscovery knowledge and proficiency from basic to advanced with this one-of-a-kind program. Attendees receive a certificate of participation upon program completion and qualify for follow-on sessions. If you are interested in or have questions about Lexbe’s Paralegal Advantage Training Program, please contact your eDiscovery Solutions representative or call [1-800-401-7809 x22](tel:+18004017809). "\*" indicates required fields Facebook This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Organization\* Email\* SUBMIT ## Lexbe eDiscovery Webinar Series Lexbe sponsors an ongoing eDiscovery Webinar Series that covers emerging issues, special topics, best practices and strategies in eDiscovery and digital forensics. Webinars are held at least once per month and sometimes weekly. Past topics have included: - A Lawyer’s Guide to In-House eDiscovery - Gain Leverage from Custodian Interviews Using ESI Data Mapping - Mastering Privilege Protection in Document Intensive Cases - Best Practices to Avoid Missing Key Evidence in Large Document Reviews - A Lawyer’s Guide to the Role of Digital Forensics in eDiscovery This series is popular and limited seats are available. To guarantee a spot, we recommend signing up for eDiscovery Webinar Series email notifications, which are sent before the webinar is opened to the general public. Sign up below! "\*" indicates required fields Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Organization\* Email\* SUBMIT ## At-Your-Own-Pace Training Lexbe maintains an archive of past recorded webinars (and webinar briefs!) from its ongoing eDiscovery Webinar Series, mentioned above. Recorded webinars typically run 60 minutes and can be paused and resumed as your schedule permits. [ Explore Past Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ediscovery-webinars-archive/) ## Additional eDiscovery Resources Explore Lexbe’s other resources: - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Training ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Documentation ](/resources/platform-documentation/) - [ The Lexbe Blog ](/resources/blog) --- ### [Social Media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) **Published:** December 13, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Social Media Files for Litigation The viral proliferation and ubiquitous usage of social media platforms has resulted in social media data becoming commonplace in litigation. The Lexbe forensic team consists of experts that are certified in the forensic collection of data from a plethora of sources, including social media platforms. Our forensic investigators are adept at performing fully defensible data collections from the top social media platforms, including: - Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn - Snapchat - TikTok - Twitter - WhatsApp - Others Many social media platforms have evolved to include enhanced features like messaging capabilities, file transfers, content creation, location-based services, live streaming events, collaboration, and more, resulting in files that are often evidentiary in litigation. ### Where is the Social Media Data Stored for Your Case? While social media apps reside on mobile devices, many are simply interfaces to the cloud where most of the social media data is stored. Some social media apps also store data in encrypted databases that are resident on mobile devices. Depending on the custodians and the landscape of relevant electronically stored information (ESI), our forensic investigators will perform collections from the cloud and mobile devices to support your case. ### The Scope of Social Media in Your Case While the primary social media networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn are frequent sources of evidentiary ESI in cases, other sources like online message boards, forums, and blogs are also categorized as social media and can be collected as evidence if needed. Our forensic team is equipped with state-of-the-art forensic tools, like Cellebrite and Magnet Axiom, to provide the broadest scope of capabilities when it comes to social media collections. ![Cellebrite Logo](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cellebrite_logo.png "Cellebrite Logo | Lexbe") ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/X1-logo-e1695325140653.png "X1 logo | Lexbe") ![Magnet Forensics Logo](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/magnet_forensics_logo.png "Magnet Forensics Logo | Lexbe") ![Lexbe Cellebrite Computer Forensics Example](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_cellebrite_computer_forensics_example-1024x375.jpg "Lexbe Cellebrite Computer Forensics Example | Lexbe | Lexbe") The forensic tools utilized by our forensic investigators help organize social media data into a timeline which can be beneficial in understanding the social media activity associated with the custodians in your case. Our forensic investigators can conduct a comprehensive examination of the artifacts in the account, including: - ## Posts - ## Time of Posts - ## Participants - ## Export to Load File with Natives - ## Reactions and Comments - ## Source Information - ## Private Messages - ## Unitizes Messages - ## Conversations - ## Attachments - ## Activity Timeline ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a digital forensic expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Public vs. Private Social Media Collections When the custodian’s credentials are not available, you’ll likely have to conduct a public collection from the social media account. A public collection will acquire the publicly visible data associated with a user profile. Public social media collections include friends, timeline posts, and profile data. When an account’s security settings are set to “private” then the collection will be very limited because only friends and followers will have visibility to the account. Private social media collections are more comprehensive and include all activity associated with a user’s account. Private social media collections include posts, comments, reactions, private messages, biographical data, location data, account information, and everything that’s included in the public view of the account. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about social media forensic collections or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Rule 26(f) Meet & Confer Consulting](https://lexbe.com/rule-26f-meet-confer-consulting/) **Published:** January 17, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Preparation is Critical for a Successful Rule 26(f) Conference The Lexbe Professional Services Team can help you establish an effective game plan for your Rule 26(f) Conference. With an in depth understanding of the data landscape, our team will work with you to identify the potential sources of relevant electronically stored information (ESI) for your case and help equip you with the questions you’ll need to ensure the responsive data will be preserved and accessible. In addition, we’ll assist with reviewing the pleadings and any additional case information, identifying and logging the key issues and corresponding documents or information associated with the issues, preparing a discovery plan, anticipating what the opposing party will request, anticipating and preparing for the disputes and organizing evidence to support your position, and documenting everything for follow-up. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Setting the Stage for a Successful Rule 26(f) Outcome By working with the Lexbe Professional Services, you’ll be equipped with a plan and resources to help orchestrate a successful Rule 26(f) conference. The Lexbe Team will start with a comprehensive preparation session that will include: 1. Reviewing the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the local rules of the court where the case is pending to ensure that you are familiar with the requirements of Rule 26(f) and any additional requirements of the court. 2. Identifying the key issues in the case and the documents and information that will be necessary to resolve those issues. 3. Identifying any potential disputes or disagreements that may arise during the conference, and preparing arguments or evidence to support your position. 4. Identifying any discovery or other case management issues that may need to be addressed during the conference. 5. Preparing a proposed discovery plan and scheduling order that addresses the key issues in the case and that complies with the requirements of Rule 26(f) and the local rules of the court. 6. Identifying any experts or other witnesses that may be necessary for the case, and discussing their role and availability with the other party. 7. Preparing any necessary pleadings, motions, or other documents that may be required for the conference. 8. Reviewing the other party’s pleadings and any other available information about the case to anticipate their arguments and positions. 9. Preparing to discuss the possibility of settlement or alternative dispute resolution, if appropriate. ### Rely on the Experts to Help Orchestrate a Successful Rule 26(f) Conference Our Professional Services Team consists of CEDS certified litigation paralegals and lawyers that are experienced in all types of matters. Lexbe eDiscovery Specialists will collaborate with you on the development and execution of a plan to deliver a successful Rile 26(f) conference. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about crafting litigation hold notices or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Support](https://lexbe.com/support/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Submit a Support Ticket Lexbe’s technical support ticketing system operates 24/7. Tickets are triaged based on the urgency of the issue, and date and time of receipt. All tickets are guaranteed a response within 24 hours of submission. If you require immediate assistance, please contact our Technical Services Team directly at [+1 (800) 401-4710](tel:+18004014710). ### Tips for Speedy Issue Resolution - ## Provide as much information as possible to speed issue resolution - ## Reference specific documents by copying and pasting the URL from the document viewer - ## Include Bates number if applicable, as well as OS and web browser used **Complete the form below to initiate a technical support ticket with Lexbe.** "\*" indicates required fields X/Twitter This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Your Name\* First Last Contact Email\* Contact Phone Lexbe Account Name\* Lexbe Case Name (if applicable) Bates Number (if applicable) Computer Operating System (OS)\* Windows Mac Other Web Browser\* Chrome Firefox Edge Safari Other Issue Priority\* Low Medium High Critical Description of Issue\* Submit Ticket Contact Technical Support ![Lexbe Submit a Support Ticket Happy Tech with Headset](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_submit_a_support_ticket_happy_tech_with_headset.jpg "Lexbe Submit a Support Ticket Happy Tech with Headset | Lexbe | Lexbe") - [ +1 (800) 401-4710 ](tel:18004014710) - [ support@lexbe.zohodesk.com ](mailto:support@lexbe.zohodesk.com) ### Lexbe Help Site The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Help Site includes load file specifications, supported file types and other technical notes, as well as step-by-step instructions for completing various tasks in the platform. [ Go To LEP Help Site ](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/home) ### Managed Services Data exceptions, data handling issues, and matters involving services offered through Lexbe Managed Services should be directed to our Professional Services Team. Professional Services are available on-demand and performed by Lexbe’s CEDS-certified eDiscovery Experts. Hourly rates apply. [ Managed Services ](/managed-services) --- ### [Platform Documentation](https://lexbe.com/resources/platform-documentation/) **Published:** August 14, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Online Resources and Technical Support The LEP Help Site includes load file specifications, supported file types and other technical notes, as well as step-by-step instructions for completing various tasks in the platform. Improvements made to the Lexbe platform are prioritized based on user feedback. Check the Release Notes for the latest platform updates. If you have an urgent request, contact Lexbe’s CEDS-certified Professional Services team for advanced support and/or technical assistance. We are always ready to help! [ Go to LEP Help Site ](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/home) [ View Release Notes ](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/whats-new/release-notes) [ Submit a Support Ticket ](/support/) ## Additional eDiscovery Resources Explore Lexbe’s other resources: - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Training ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Documentation ](/resources/platform-documentation/) - [ The Lexbe Blog ](/resources/blog) --- ### [Lexbe eDiscovery and Digital Forensics Blog](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** The Lexbe Blog is a hub for eDiscovery best practices, industry insights, and company news and events. By default, blog posts display by publish date in order of most to least recent. If you’d like to filter by category or by content tag(s), you may do so using the selectors below. [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-300x164.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/)### [ Lexbe Launches Strategic Case Insights Report: A Groundbreaking Update to Lexbe Pilot Gen-AI for Litigation Teams Involved in eDiscovery ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) New feature delivers a comprehensive eDiscovery case analysis in under five minutes AUSTIN, TX — June 26, 2025 — Lexbe, a leader in GenAI-powered eDiscovery [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-300x164.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/)### [ Lexbe Unleashes eDiscovery Speed: Processes Over 1 Million Documents Per Hour with 10,000+ CPUs ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) AUSTIN, TX — March, 27 2025 — Lexbe, a leader in cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces a groundbreaking leap in legal technology with its Advanced ESI [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unleashes-ediscovery-speed-processes-over-1-million-documents-per-hour-with-10000-cpus/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-300x164.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/)### [ Lexbe CoPilot GenAI Now Included with the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform at No Additional Cost ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) AUSTIN, TX — March, 24 2025 — Lexbe, a leading provider of high-performance, cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, announces that Lexbe CoPilot, its Generative AI-powered document review [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-copilot-genai-now-included-with-the-lexbe-ediscovery-platform-at-no-additional-cost/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-300x164.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/)### [ Lexbe Announces a Platform Integration with Clio that Brings GenAI Powered eDiscovery and Document Management to Law Firms ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) AUSTIN, TX — March, 26, 2024 — Lexbe, a leading provider of cloud-based eDiscovery solutions, is thrilled to announce a new integration partnership with Clio [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-announces-a-platform-integration-with-clio-that-brings-genai-powered-ediscovery-and-document-management-to-law-firms/) [![News and Events](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/news_and_events_blog_category_featured_image-300x164.jpg "News and Events Blog Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/)### [ Lexbe Unveils AutoPilot: Revolutionary GenAI-Powered Automated Document Review ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) Lexbe, a leading provider of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) powered eDiscovery solutions, is proud to announce the launch of Lexbe AutoPilot, an innovative GenAI-powered automated [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-unveils-autopilot-revolutionary-genai-powered-automated-document-review/) ### [ Lexbe Unveils Revolutionary CoPilot: A Groundbreaking AI Integration with Gen AI Models, Like ChatGPT, Delivering Intelligent eDiscovery Automation ](https://lexbe.com/blog/press-releases/lexbe-unveils-revolutionary-copilot-a-groundbreaking-ai-integration-with-genai-models-like-chatgpt-delivering-intelligent-ediscovery-automation/) Lexbe Inc., a leading eDiscovery provider, is thrilled to announce the launch of Lexbe CoPilot, a pioneering integration between the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and generative [ Read More » ](https://lexbe.com/blog/press-releases/lexbe-unveils-revolutionary-copilot-a-groundbreaking-ai-integration-with-genai-models-like-chatgpt-delivering-intelligent-ediscovery-automation/) « PreviousPage1[Page2](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/2/?doing_wp_cron)[Page3](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/3/?doing_wp_cron)[Page4](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/4/?doing_wp_cron)[Page5](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/5/?doing_wp_cron)[Next »](https://lexbe.com/resources/blog/2/) ## Additional eDiscovery Resources Explore Lexbe’s other resources: - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Training ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Documentation ](/resources/platform-documentation/) - [ The Lexbe Blog ](/resources/blog) --- ### [Managed Services](https://lexbe.com/managed-services/) **Published:** March 17, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![Lexbe's professional services team is staffed by CEDS certified litigation paralegals and lawyers.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-Managed-Services-Team-of-CEDS-Certified-Legal-Professionals.jpg "Lexbe Managed Services Team of CEDS Certified Legal Professionals | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## When Your Case in on the Line, You Need the eDiscovery Experts at Lexbe. At Lexbe, our CEDS certified professional services team is ready to assist you with all aspects of eDiscovery. With over 80 years of experience with both plaintiff and defense cases, the Lexbe Professional Services Team is standing by to help you build your strongest case. Data Uploading to the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform Assisting with Analytics, Early Case Analysis, Search Strategy, ESI Data Mapping, Culling, Predictive Coding, Production Requests, and other applications of AI We'll Train Your Team to Become Certified Experts on the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform ### Attention to Detail that Delivers Results At Lexbe, we understand how the nuances of a case can make or break the outcome. Our attention to detail combined with a deep understanding of eDiscovery processes enable us to delivery the results that our clients demand. The Lexbe Professional Services Team uses industry-leading best practices to help customers upskill in eDiscovery competency and platform capabilities. We provide consulting services on the following: - ## Legal Holds - ## Rule 26(f) Meet & Confer - ## ESI Agreements - ## Custodian Interviews - ## ESI Data Mapping - ## Early Case Analysis - ## ESI Culling - ## In-and-Out Processing - ## Requests for Productions - ## Predictive Coding - ## Production Assistance - ## Deposition Preparation ## Get a Complimentary Professional Services Consult If you have an upcoming matter or have questions about eDiscovery for your case, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary call. "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [eDiscovery Webinars Archive](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ediscovery-webinars-archive/) **Published:** November 21, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/)### [ Best Practices Crafting And Negotiating ESI Protocols ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) Join us for an informative session on crafting and negotiating Electronically Stored Information (ESI) protocols for eDiscovery. This webinar promises to be an essential resource for legal professionals seeking to navigate the complexities of ESI protocols. You’ll learn from one of the foremost experts on ESI protocols, Craig Ball. The webinar aims to equip attendees with the best practices and insights required to craft a state-of-the-art ESI protocol while avoiding critical and determinative pitfalls. During this lively session with Craig Ball, you’ll learn: How to structure ESI protocols The core provisions Negotiation insights and strategies How to handle common [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/)### [ How to use gen AI in ediscovery ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) Join us for an exclusive webinar tailored specifically for lawyers: “How to User GenAI in eDiscovery” In this advanced session, we will delve into the transformative real world applications of Generative AI technologies in the realm of eDiscovery, demonstrating how they can not only streamline the process but also enhance accuracy and efficiency in legal investigations. Discover how cutting-edge AI tools can sift through vast amounts of data to identify relevant information quickly and accurately, drastically reducing the time and resources traditionally required for legal research and document review. We’ll cover practical applications, use cases, and strategies for integrating these technologies into your current legal practice, ensuring you stay ahead in the fast-evolving landscape of legal tech. This webinar is designed for legal professionals who are already well-versed in the basics of eDiscovery and are looking to deepen their understanding of how Generative AI can be employed to gain a competitive edge. Whether you’re looking to refine your practice’s approach to eDiscovery, curious about the latest developments in legal technology, or seeking to ensure compliance with evolving legal standards, this session will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/)### [ Practical Applications of AI in eDiscovery ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/) With all the buzz around ChatGPT and how AI is going to eliminate legal jobs, we’re going to dispel that sensational claim and show you how AI can help you future-proof your firm, increase your productivity, and enable you to handle more cases with limited resources. During this session you’ll learn how to leverage AI to your advantage during eDiscovery and the practical applications that can help supercharge your performance and growth. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/)### [ How to Orchestrate a Successful Investigation to Gain an Advantage in Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/) Gaining access to game-changing evidence can make or break your case. With all the available data sources you can now triangulate critical evidence and uncover the facts you need to build a winning case. In this session, you’ll learn best practices for conducting investigations for your cases, as well as the potholes to avoid. You’ll hear from a seasoned private investigator on how to orchestrate a successful investigation to gain an advantage in your matters. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-orchestrate-a-successful-investigation-to-gain-an-advantage-in-litigation/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-the-wayback-machine-in-litigation/)### [ How to Use the Wayback Machine in Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-the-wayback-machine-in-litigation/) With the exponential growth of data on the internet, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (IAWM) has emerged as a critical source of evidence in legal cases. During this session, you’ll hear from an expert witness on the IAWM and it’s use in litigation. You’ll learn about the background of the IAWM, examples of it’s use in specific cases, the interface and features, authentication and admissibility, temporal coherence, and timestamping of content changes. By viewing this session, you’ll learn how to utilize the IAWM for your cases. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-the-wayback-machine-in-litigation/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery-copy/)### [ Ten Tips for Better eDiscovery Project Management ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery-copy/) During this highly informative session you’ll learn the top tips for improving your eDiscovery project management. You’ll hear examples of how not adopting these best practices has resulted in embarrassing eDiscovery failures. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/the-fundamentals-of-ediscovery-copy/) --- ### [Lexbe Partner Program](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-partner-program/) **Published:** October 4, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Referral Partner Program Overview Litigation support companies, court reporters, forensic companies, paralegal services companies, IT service companies, managed service providers, and managed review providers all benefit from recurring revenue from Lexbe’s referral partner program. Not only does Lexbe deliver the best value to legal teams but we also enhance the value of organizations that serve the legal industry. Partner with us to monetize our industry leading eDiscovery platform while seamlessly complimenting your service offering. With **Lexbe’s Referral Partner** program, you’ll be able to participate in the high-growth and recession resistant eDiscovery market. ### Partner Levels There are two partner levels in Lexbe’s program that are tailored to help grow your business. Our most popular partner level is the **Lexbe Premier Partner** program. Lexbe Premier Partners are equipped with the resources they need to create an eDiscovery Center of Excellence within their organization and maximize their earnings. For organizations that want to supplement their current line of business with additional revenue from the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, with limited involvement, then the **Lexbe Certified Partner** level is the best option. Lexbe Premier Partner *Most Popular* Lexbe Certified Partner Recurring Commission for the Lifetime of the Customer Dedicated Account Manager Support Dedicated Client Success Manager Support Sales Enablement Program Lexbe eDiscovery Platform Training Complimentary Customer Onboarding Training Participation on Lexbe’s Partner Advisory Board Higher Commission Level Lexbe Certified Partner Marketing Resources Advanced eDiscovery Training Co-Selling Resources ## Lexbe Partner Request Form "\*" indicates required fields Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*Court ReporterAttorneyeDiscovery ConsultantParalegalForensic ServicesExpert WitnessLitigation SupportExecutiveITProject ManagerOther Additional Details Regarding Your Interest in Partnering with Lexbe SUBMIT ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Learn More About the Lexbe Partner Program If you’re interested in joining the Lexbe Partner Program, please schedule a time for a brief call. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscovery-webinars/) **Published:** January 7, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** Modern eDiscovery is a far cry from what it was in the early aughts. The practice continues to evolve to accommodate the emerging technologies, communication networks and economic factors shaping the data footprints of today’s corporate bodies and individual custodians. In essence, the proliferation of data in both volume and scope has made electronic discovery increasingly difficult. Lexbe sponsors its complimentary eDiscovery Webinar Series to provide attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, litigation support professionals and eDiscovery practitioners with the context and educational materials they need to stay abreast of change and build their best cases in this increasingly complex area of litigation. Explore our archive of recorded webinars below, and sign up for email notifications to be informed of upcoming presentations in Lexbe’s eDiscovery Webinar series. ## Recent Webinars [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/)## [ Best Practices Crafting And Negotiating ESI Protocols ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) Join us for an informative session on crafting and negotiating Electronically Stored Information (ESI) protocols for eDiscovery. This webinar promises to be an essential resource for legal professionals seeking to navigate the complexities of ESI protocols. You’ll learn from one of the foremost experts on ESI protocols, Craig Ball. The webinar aims to equip attendees with the best practices and insights required to craft a state-of-the-art ESI protocol while avoiding critical and determinative pitfalls. During this lively session with Craig Ball, you’ll learn: How to structure ESI protocols The core provisions Negotiation insights and strategies How to handle common [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-crafting-and-negotiating-esi-protocols/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/)## [ How to use gen AI in ediscovery ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) Join us for an exclusive webinar tailored specifically for lawyers: “How to User GenAI in eDiscovery” In this advanced session, we will delve into the transformative real world applications of Generative AI technologies in the realm of eDiscovery, demonstrating how they can not only streamline the process but also enhance accuracy and efficiency in legal investigations. Discover how cutting-edge AI tools can sift through vast amounts of data to identify relevant information quickly and accurately, drastically reducing the time and resources traditionally required for legal research and document review. We’ll cover practical applications, use cases, and strategies for integrating these technologies into your current legal practice, ensuring you stay ahead in the fast-evolving landscape of legal tech. This webinar is designed for legal professionals who are already well-versed in the basics of eDiscovery and are looking to deepen their understanding of how Generative AI can be employed to gain a competitive edge. Whether you’re looking to refine your practice’s approach to eDiscovery, curious about the latest developments in legal technology, or seeking to ensure compliance with evolving legal standards, this session will provide valuable insights and actionable strategies. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-use-gen-ai-in-ediscovery/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/)## [ Practical Applications of AI in eDiscovery ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/) With all the buzz around ChatGPT and how AI is going to eliminate legal jobs, we’re going to dispel that sensational claim and show you how AI can help you future-proof your firm, increase your productivity, and enable you to handle more cases with limited resources. During this session you’ll learn how to leverage AI to your advantage during eDiscovery and the practical applications that can help supercharge your performance and growth. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/practical-applications-of-ai-in-ediscovery/) [ Explore All Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ediscovery-webinars-archive) ## Upcoming Webinar ## Webinar Notification Signup Sign up below to receive notifications for upcoming eDiscovery webinars. "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Organization\* Email\* SUBMIT ## Additional eDiscovery Resources Explore Lexbe’s other resources: - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Training ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Documentation ](/resources/platform-documentation/) - [ The Lexbe Blog ](/resources/blog) --- ### [Drones](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/drones/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Drone Data for Litigation The rapid ascent of drones for consumer, commercial, and government applications has seen them become critical sources of electronically stored information (ESI) for use in litigation. Drone usage in construction, agriculture, insurance, energy, real estate, and law enforcement has seen strong growth because of the increased capabilities, including thermal imaging, high resolution video and photography, range, speed, cost efficiencies, and safety. ### Extraction and Analysis of Drone Data The forensic investigators at Lexbe will forensically collect and analyze the data from many of the most popular drone models. There is a plethora of data that can be collected from drones to support your cases, including: - ## Data that was auto-deleted by the drone - ## Deleted journeys - ## Deleted home points - ## Device information - ## Drone identifiers - ## Elevation - ## Home points - ## Journeys - ## Locations and timestamps - ## Log entries - ## Log files - ## Media files - ## Metadata ### Use of Drone Data in Your Case With Lexbe’s advance forensic capabilities, the drone data can be efficiently extracted, analyzed, and uploaded to the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform for review and production. ![Lexbe Digital Forensics Drone Data Extraction Example](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_digital_forensics_drone_data_extraction_example-768x556.jpg "Lexbe Digital Forensics Drone Data Extraction Example | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic collections from drones or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [External Storage Devices](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/external-storage-devices/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Evidence from External Storage Devices Analyzing external mass storage device activity on systems can provide an excellent source of evidence when our certified forensic investigators are assessing how storage devices were used and for what purpose. Depending on the type of system, Lexbe forensic investigators can often uncover the following data points regarding external storage devices: - ## Associated User Account - ## Brand of Storage Device - ## Device Class ID - ## Device Volume - ## Model Number - ## Serial Number - ## Usage Date and Time ### Behavioral Correlation Lexbe’s forensic investigators will often utilize external storage device artifacts combined with other forensic artifacts, like cloud platform download data, to correlate behavioral data during an investigation. For example, a login and download from a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that was subsequently transferred to the external storage device can be uncovered. This technique is highly effective in identifying data exfiltration via external storage device. ### External Storage Device Variety There are all types and sizes of external storage devices. As an example, Smartphones with TBs of storage can easily be connected to computers and provide external storage. Therefore, the Lexbe forensic team is equipped with the tools necessary to identify and collect external storage device activity. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about digital forensic investigations involving external storage devices, or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields X/Twitter This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [ESI Data Mapping](https://lexbe.com/esi-data-mapping/) **Published:** January 17, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## The Benefits of ESI Data Mapping As an extension of Lexbe-hosted Custodian Interviews, Lexbe offers an ESI Data Mapping Service that will create a snapshot of collected data and future data to be collected within a given case. With the increase in multiple communication tools used to conduct normal course of business, the margins of data to be collected is expanding. A clear, organized map of the potentially relevant data sources minimizes the risk of omitting an important collection opportunity. Having access to snapshot graphs and reports allows for the opportunity to appropriately pre-plan costs and establish a collection and hosting budget. ### How It Works The collection specifics will be associated with each individual custodian and each individual source of data and will be recorded during the custodian interview. The collection specifics include: - ## Custodian - ## Organization - ## Department - ## Title - ## Email Address - ## Phone Number - ## Data Location (City, State) - ## Interview Date - ## Data Source - ## Number of GBs - ## Collection Date - ## Collection Status This information is maintained in a case specific ESI analytics engine where reports and graphs are automatically generated. The default reports are below, however, custom reports can be generated upon request: - Total Confirmed GB’s per Custodian - Total Confirmed GB’s per Data Source - Unconfirmed Data Records per Custodian - Unconfirmed Data Records per Data Source ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ### Integration into Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) The ESI Data Mapping log can be uploaded into an LEP database for automatic creation of custodian records. ## Get a Complimentary Consult If you have questions about ESI data mapping or any other litigation related issue, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Company This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Collaboration Accounts](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/collaboration-accounts/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Evidence from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and More Collaboration platforms have risen to prominence as mobile connected teams continued to work remotely through the pandemic. The collaboration capabilities including video, instant messaging, voice, file transfer, file editing, knowledge sharing, and screen sharing make these cloud-based platforms rich sources of evidentiary data for all types of cases. Our forensic investigators forensically collect and analyze files from these platforms for use in litigation. These platforms tend to facilitate informal communications as the users can feel like they’re communicating at the water cooler. ### Collection and Analysis of Collaboration Data The forensic investigators at Lexbe will collect and analyze the data from many of the most popular collaboration platforms. These platforms are often rich sources of evidence. Some of the more popular collaboration platforms include: - Microsoft Teams - Zoom - Slack - Skype - Google Chat - And More ### Remote and Targeted Collections Drive Efficiencies With Lexbe’s advance forensic capabilities, cloud-based collaboration platforms can be accessed remotely, collected, analyzed, and uploaded to the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform for review and production. This process makes it highly efficient and cost effective. Our forensic investigators can also perform a targeted collection based on date range or other parameters to help streamline the process and focus on the relevant data for your case. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic collections from collaboration platforms or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields URL This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Email](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/email/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Forensically Collecting Email Accounts for Litigation Email has been a primary source of electronically stored information (ESI) for use in litigation for decades. At Lexbe, our forensic team has helped law firms of all sizes build their best cases by collecting relevant email files for review. When a custodian deletes an email, it is extremely difficult to fully eliminate the email given how it is distributed and how the email server architecture functions. Therefore, email is often a reliable source of evidence for use in matters, regardless of the data governance and email storage policies implemented by corporations and individuals. ### Cloud-Based Email Accounts The vast majority of email platforms reside in the cloud. This helps facilitate the collection process by enabling our forensic investigators to perform remote forensic collections from email accounts. Microsoft 365, Google Gmail, Apple iCloud Mail, Yahoo Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, and dozens of other email providers host their platforms in the cloud making it easy and efficient to forensically collect for your case. ### Targeted and Full Email Account Collections Some custodians will retain years and years of email in their email accounts. Therefore, email can balloon into terabytes of data with only a fraction being relevant to your case. Our forensic team will work with you to identify date ranges, keywords, and other parameters to help reduce the dataset to deliver time and cost savings in eDiscovery. ### Email Threading and Color-Coded Comparison Once our forensic team collects the emails, they are seamlessly loaded into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform for analysis and review. The email thread visualization makes it very easy to identify gaps in opposing counsel’s productions or a missing custodian because the emails will render as “Not Available.” In the email thread visualization view you can select emails and analyze their metadata without having to click into each one. ![Lexbe Platform Email Thread Visualization Example](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_platform_email_thread_visualization_example-1024x493.jpg "Lexbe Platform Email Thread Visualization Example | Lexbe | Lexbe") In addition to email thread visualization, the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform enables you to compare emails side-by-side or line-by-line with color coding that signifies the differences between the two emails. Other tools like near duplication groupings help to prevent privileged emails from slipping through the cracks and streamline the review process. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lexbe-Document-Comparison-1024x514.png "Lexbe Document Comparison | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic email collections or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields URL This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Manual Conversions for Rare File Types](https://lexbe.com/manual-conversions-rare-files/) **Published:** October 4, 2022 **Author:** --- ### [Monthly Live Demo](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/monthly-live-demo/) **Published:** October 5, 2016 **Author:** **Content:** ## Join us for an introduction to the Lexbe platform Reconsider what you expect from an eDiscovery provider. The Lexbe platform offers next-level solutions including dynamic search tools, instant scalability to match case fluctuations, and our innovative [Uber Index℠](/ediscovery-software/uber-index/). We invite you to take 45 minutes and join us for a live demo of our product to learn more. ### What You’ll Learn - Lexbe offers a complete DIY eDiscovery solution; self-administer your entire eDiscovery project from upload through production for maximum cost control. - Only Lexbe offers an advanced multi-index search, our [Uber Index℠](/ediscovery-software/uber-index/). - Lexbe’s scalable lightning fast processing buys you extra days of review on both ends of the review cycle with “fast in – fast out” upload and production. - Our flexible pricing structure is ideal for boutique firms with complex practices --- ### [DEFUNCT - Contact](https://lexbe.com/contact-old/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** **Phone:** [+1 800-401-7809](tel:+18004017809) **Fax:** [+1 888-836-2427](tel:+18888362427) ### Office 8303 North MoPac Expressway Suite B-225 Austin, TX 78759 ### Sales To learn more about Lexbe services and solutions, request a sales consultation, or receive a demo please [click here](/ediscovery-software/get-a-demo/) or call us at [+1 800-401-7809](tel:+18004017809). You can also email us directly at ### Support [Click here](/support/submit-a-support-ticket/) to contact support. --- ### [Contact Us](https://lexbe.com/contact/) **Published:** September 1, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** # Contact Us To learn more about Lexbe services and solutions, request a sales consultation, or receive a demo please [click here](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/get-a-demo/) or call us at [+1 800-401-7809](tel:+18004017809). You can also email us directly at . [Click here](/support/) to contact support. ## Get in Touch. 8303 North MoPac Expressway Suite B-225 Austin, TX 78759 - [ sales@lexbe.com ](mailto:sales@lexbe.com) - [ +1-800-401-7809 x22 ](tel:+18004017809) - [ +1-888-836-2427 ](tel:+18888362427) Full Name Email Phone Subject Tell Us More Send --- ### [About Lexbe](https://lexbe.com/about-lexbe/) **Published:** January 7, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe is rated as the best eDiscovery Platform for law firms and has award winning customer service.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/About-Lexbe-Hero-Image-1-1024x559.jpg "About Lexbe Hero Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Win the first week of discovery, not the last month of review. ### Lexbe is the GenAI-powered eDiscovery platform engineered for mid-sized law firms that demand elite speed, total defensibility, and predictable costs. ![Lexbe is an award winning eDiscovery platform for law firms.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Lexbe-Badges-1024x419.jpg "Lexbe Badges | Lexbe | Lexbe") For more than 20 years we’ve been helping legal teams successfully handle document intensive matters with limited resources. We purpose built the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to be the fastest and most affordable cloud-based, DIY eDiscovery solution. - Case Intelligence First: Integrated GenAI with Lexbe Pilot and CoPilot for instant analysis. - Industrial Velocity: Process over 1,000,000 documents per hour to start review today. - Court-Ready Security: Defensible AWS infrastructure with enterprise grade security. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) ## Why Lexbe for Law Firms Large-scale litigation does not care about your firm’s overhead. Mid-sized teams succeed by moving faster than the opposition, uncovering facts while they are still actionable, and maintaining defensibility without exhausting the litigation budget. Lexbe provides a DIY environment designed for document-intensive matters. We eliminate the friction between data ingestion and legal insight, allowing lean teams to outperform much larger adversaries. ## GenAI-First eDiscovery: Lexbe Pilot & CoPilot Lexbe integrates Generative AI directly into the workflow to move you from “data” to “deposition-ready” in record time. ## Lexbe Pilot: Strategic Case Intelligence Lexbe Pilot functions as your digital lead investigator. It answers complex questions about your dataset and generates structured insights, including, timelines, entity maps, and fact matrices, all linked directly to source material. The Strategic Case Insights Report delivers a comprehensive matter overview in under five minutes. ## Lexbe CoPilot: Review Acceleration Lexbe CoPilot automates the heavy lifting of document review. Use natural language prompts to summarize documents, extract key entities, detect PII/PHI, and translate foreign language materials. Unlike “black box” AI, every CoPilot output is grounded in the case documents and keeps the human-in-the-loop, ensuring you remain in control of every defensibility decision. ## eDiscovery Speed at Scale: Process Over 1 Million Documents Per Hour In litigation, processing delays are a tactical liability. Every hour spent waiting for data ingestion is an hour lost on case strategy. Lexbe leverages over 10,000 CPUs to process more than 1,000,000 documents per hour. This enables your team to begin review the same day you upload data, turning a common bottleneck into a competitive advantage. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) ## Generating Outcomes That Win Cases - **Early Case Assessment:** Identify "hot" documents in minutes to shape early settlement or motion strategy. - **Instant Summarization:** Distill voluminous depositions and transcripts into actionable summaries. - **Fact-Grounded Timelines:** Automatically build chronologies rooted in source evidence. - **Entity Mapping:** Uncover hidden relationships between key actors and events. - **Pressure Testing Arguments:** Use GenAI insights to validate or challenge case themes before trial. - **Privacy Protection:** Automated detection of PII and PHI to mitigate data exposure. - **Cross-Border Review:** Inline translation of foreign documents during the review phase keeps you in control. - **Collaborative QC:** Real-time sharing with co-counsel to maintain consistency across productions. What is Lexbe and who is it best for? Lexbe is a cloud-based eDiscovery platform optimized for litigation teams handling document-intensive matters with limited resources. It is specifically designed for mid-sized law firms that require an end-to-end DIY workflow, high-speed processing, and integrated GenAI capabilities to compete with larger firms. How does Lexbe use GenAI for eDiscovery? Lexbe has engineered three primary GenAI tools: Pilot, CoPilot, and AutoPilot. Pilot is used for early case assessment and strategic analysis, answering questions about the dataset, providing full case analytics, and pressure testing arguments. CoPilot accelerates the review process through document summarization, entity extraction, and PII detection, always providing results grounded in the document set to prevent hallucinations. AutoPilot is GenAI-powered document review for responsiveness. It codes out the issue for RFP compliance and is a fraction of the cost of legacy TAR and managed review. Is Lexbe’s use of AI defensible in court? Yes. Lexbe’s “Responsible AI” framework keeps the attorney in control. All AI-generated outputs in Pilot and CoPilot are grounded and linked to the source documents, allowing for immediate verification. This human-in-the-loop approach ensures that AI assists in the heavy lifting while legal professionals make the final calls. How fast is Lexbe’s document processing? Lexbe is built for extreme scale, capable of processing over 1,000,000 documents per hour. This speed is powered by a high-performance AWS infrastructure utilizing over 10,000 CPUs, allowing litigation teams to move from data upload to active review within the same business day. What are the key differences between Lexbe Pilot and Lexbe CoPilot? Lexbe Pilot is a strategic tool used to analyze the entire case, generate timelines, and produce Strategic Case Insights Reports. Lexbe CoPilot is a review-level tool used to automate specific tasks within the document viewer, such as summarizing text, detecting sensitive information (PII/PHI), and translating documents. Both Lexbe Pilot and CoPilot are included at no additional cost in Lexbe subscriptions. Does Lexbe provide end-to-end eDiscovery? Yes. Lexbe is a comprehensive platform that handles the entire eDiscovery lifecycle, including data ingestion, processing, advanced search, GenAI analytics, document review, and final production. This eliminates the need for multiple vendors or expensive external services. How does Lexbe protect sensitive legal data? Lexbe utilizes enterprise-grade security on AWS infrastructure. This includes advanced encryption in transit and at rest as well as data access controls. Lexbe actively manages the environment to mitigate threats. Can Lexbe help with foreign language document review? Yes. Lexbe offers the ability to automatically translate all documents in the case. In addition, Lexbe CoPilot includes inline translation capabilities. This allows reviewers to translate foreign language documents instantly within the platform, significantly reducing the cost and time associated with third-party translation services in cross-border litigation. How is Lexbe priced for mid-sized firms? Lexbe delivers predictable pricing and eliminates common “user fees” that inflate costs in other platforms. Notably, Lexbe Pilot and CoPilot are included in all Lexbe eDiscovery Platform hosting plans at no additional cost, making advanced GenAI accessible without budget surprises. What is a Strategic Case Insights Report? This is a high-level analysis generated by Lexbe Pilot in under five minutes. It provides an executive summary of the matter, a timeline of events, an entity index, and an issues-and-facts matrix, all designed to give the litigation team a head start on case strategy. Is Lexbe a DIY platform or a managed service? Lexbe is a DIY platform designed to give law firms full control over their discovery process. While the platform is simple enough for firms to manage independently, Lexbe provides responsive, award winning support to ensure teams can maximize the platform’s speed and GenAI features. How do I start using Lexbe for an upcoming matter? The most effective way to start is by requesting a 10-minute platform demo. This walkthrough is tailored to your specific practice area and data profile, demonstrating how Lexbe’s processing speed and GenAI tools will benefit your specific case. ## Lexbe in 30 Seconds - Full-Spectrum eDiscovery: Cloud-based platform covering ingestion through production. - Native GenAI: Integrated Pilot and CoPilot tools for case analysis and review automation. - Unmatched Velocity: Industry-leading processing of 1,000,000+ documents per hour. - Built for Law Firms: Engineered for teams needing elite performance without firm-wide overhead. - Tier-1 Security: Secure AWS infrastructure with AES-256 encryption and human-in-the-loop defensibility. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [ESI Preservation](https://lexbe.com/esi-preservation/) **Published:** May 9, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Securely Store eDiscovery Data Collections Offline ESI Preservation + delivers nearline Storage of ESI. With this service we can securely store and maintain a variety of discovery data: large volume collections that haven’t yet been culled, data culled from a case, or files from a processing job. Your data is kept in a highly secure offline environment, in case it is needed for later processing or review. ### Benefits of ESI Preservation+ - **Secure:** Store bulk ESI in a highly secure, offline environment. - **Low Price:** In addition to being highly scalable, our storage architecture’s efficient design allows us to pass cost savings on to our customers in the form of low per GB rates. - **Simple & Fast Transmission:** Transmit your ESI files to us by secure internet upload, via secure FTP or send them to us direct via courier on flash or USB drives for storage. If and when you need to process any stored data, let us know and we can make it available quickly. ### Security Security is critically important to us. We specialize in eDiscovery processing, [litigation support and online litigation database and document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) hosting. We are located in Austin, TX and all of our operations are conducted in the United States. We keep data on limited access servers in locked-down data centers. Files and information are stored and transmitted with 256 bit encryption. Find more information about our data security standards and security certifications [**here**](/about/technology/security/). ### Related Services and Software You may also be interested in these related eDiscovery services and software: - **[ESI Culling+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-culling/):** Reduce ESI stores to manageable sizes. Apply DeNIST, deduplication, date culling and keyword culling to defensibly reduce data collections and speed review. - **[Privilege Secure+](/ediscovery-services/privilege-secure/):** Prevent the inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents. - **[Native Processing+ (to TIFF)](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-processing-tiff/):** Convert native documents, including Outlook Email and Microsoft Office files, into TIFF format for searchability, bates stamping, and preparation for online review. - **[Native Extraction+](< https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-extraction/>):** Flatten and extract native file attachments and metadata to create loadfile in preparation for native or near native review. - **[eDiscovery OCR+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/ediscovery-ocr/):** Increase searchability of PDFs, TIFFs, or document-formatted JPGs or PNGs, in connection with litigation document review and searching, using our optical character recognition technology. - **[Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lexbe-ediscovery-platform):** Our cloud-based eDiscovery platform is purpose-built for DIY eDiscovery, allowing you to drag and drop files onto the platform for lightning fast processing, review and production. ### Download these Overviews to Learn More [Lexbe Rapid eDiscovery Services](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Services-Overview.pdf) [Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Platform-Overview-.pdf) [Lexbe eDiscovery Services Security Overview](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-Security-Overview.pdf) --- ### [ESI Collection+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-collection/) **Published:** February 12, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Defensible Collection of Web-Based Email Lexbe’s ESI (electronically stored information) Email Collection+ service defensibly collects web-based email archives in preparation for eDiscovery processing, review, and production. Email collections can represent a significant portion of the ESI in a case today, and web-based corporate, business, and consumer email services are becoming increasingly popular for personal and professional communication. The challenge presented by this trend is in defensibly collecting custodian (email user) web-based email files and preparing them for eDiscovery review. With ESI Email Collection+, we securely collect web-based custodian IMAP (web email storage folder) email archives and process them into standard Outlook PST format in preparation for further eDiscovery processing and review. Also included with this service are detailed collection and chain of custody reports that fully [document our procedures and support evidence](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-document-reviews/) admissibility. Avoid the perils of email collection and let us apply our electronic discovery and forensic expertise to deliver precisely what you need to quickly and accurately [review email evidence](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-to-avoid-missing-key-evidence-in-large-document-reviews/). ### Features of ESI Email Collection+ - **eDiscovery Expertise:** Our technical experts’ experience allows you to avoid the wide range of complications that can arise in email evidence collection. - **High Speed:**We can collect any sized archives of web-based emails fast to ensure you are ready to meet even the tightest discovery deadlines. - **Broad Email Format Support:** We can collect, process, and convert a wide variety of email services including Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, Applemail, Outlook.com, Outlook 365, and other popular consumer and business email. - **Defensible Collection Procedures:** We fully document collection procedures and prepare detailed chain of custody reports of the processes applied to collect identified custodians’ email files. - **Multiple Output and Processing Options Available:** We can deliver converted web-based email collections in several output formats, including standard Outlook PST, PDF, and TIFF with associated text and load files. We can also apply additional processing services, such as ESI Culling+, NearDup Groupings+, and eDiscovery OCR+ (optical character recognition) to further accelerate your data towards a fast, effective, and cost-efficient review. ### Chain of Custody Report Included with ESI Email Collection+ is a detailed chain of custody report for each custodian account: (Click image to view full report) [![Chain of Custody Report](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Chain-of-Custody-Report.png "| Lexbe")](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/LexbeChainofCustodyESIEmailCollection.pdf) ### Security Security is critically important to us. We specialize in eDiscovery processing, [litigation support, and online litigation database and document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) hosting. We are located in Austin, TX and all of our operations are conducted in the United States. We keep data on limited access servers in locked-down data centers. Files and information are stored and transmitted with 256 bit encryption. Find more information about our data security standards and security certifications [**here**](/about/technology/security/). ### Related Services and Software You may also be interested in these related eDiscovery services and software: - **[Privilege Secure+](/ediscovery-services/privilege-secure/):** Prevent the inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents. - **[Native Processing+ (to TIFF)](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-processing-tiff/):** Convert native documents, including Outlook Email and Microsoft Office files, into TIFF format for searchability, bates stamping, and preparation for online review. - **[Native Processing+ (to PDF)](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-processing-pdf/):** Convert native documents, including Outlook Email and Microsoft Office files, into PDF format for searchability, bates stamping, and preparation for online review. - **[Native Extraction+](< https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-extraction/>):** Flatten and extract native file attachments and metadata to create loadfile in preparation for native or near native review. - **[eDiscovery OCR+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/ediscovery-ocr/):** Increase searchability of PDFs, TIFFs, or document-formatted JPGs or PNGs, in connection with litigation document review and searching, using our optical character recognition technology. - **[ESI Preservation+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-preservation/):** Early case nearline storage of pre-processed data collections. - **[Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lexbe-ediscovery-platform/):** Our cloud-based eDiscovery platform is purpose-built for DIY eDiscovery, allowing you to drag and drop files onto the platform for lightning fast processing, review and production. ### To learn more, download these Overviews: [ESI Email Collection+ \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ESI-Email-Collection-Plus-Info.pdf) [Lexbe Rapid eDiscovery Services \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Services-Overview.pdf) [Lexbe eDiscovery Platform \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Platform-Overview-.pdf) [Lexbe eDiscovery Services Security Overview \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-Security-Overview.pdf) --- ### [In-and-Out Processing](https://lexbe.com/in-and-out-processing/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![If you need to simply produce documents then Lexbe can process them and produce a load file for you to send to the other party](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/In-and-out-processing-to-a-load-file-for-producing-documents-in-litigation.jpg "In and out processing to a load file for producing documents in litigation | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Get Your Electronically Stored Information Processed to a Load File Lexbe offers a variety of eDiscovery processing and litigation support services to assist law firms and organizations involved in litigation with the challenges of quickly and accurately preparing email, Office 365 documents, Slack messages, instant messages and thousands of other file types, referred to as electronically stored information (ESI), for legal review and for discovery production requests. With Lexbe’s rapid in-and-out ESI processing for eDiscovery production requests, you’ll be able to comply with the ESI order and fulfill your obligation. Leveraging Amazon’s industry leading AWS cloud architecture, Lexbe auto-scales to TBs of processing power per day in order to deliver lightning fast results. More importantly Lexbe can deliver this eDiscovery processing power at an affordable price. Whether you are one of the largest firms or the smallest, Lexbe’s eDiscovery processing services will help meet your production deadlines and help solve your eDiscovery challenges reliably and affordably. ## Lexbe's High Speed ESI Processing Engine - ## The Industry's Fastest ESI Processing Hosted in the AWS cloud, the Lexbe ESI Processing Engine auto-scales to maximize the speed and get your production out the door faster. - ## Virtually Unlimited Cloud-Based Processing Power Lexbe's high speed cloud-based ESI processing is engineered to auto-scale based on the size of the incoming documents. Therefore, more resources are automatically applied to larger jobs which expedites the process. - ## Supports Thousands of File Types From email and Office 365 documents, to Slack messages and AutoCAD files, the Lexbe ESI processing engine will help you get your production out the door. - ## Myriad of Production Options If you have to comply with a specific ESI order, Lexbe can help. From PDFs to TIFFs we can ensure that the load files in compliance with the ESI order. - ## Flexible Processing Offerings to Meet Your Needs Lexbe will help you comply with your ESI order. There are several options for in-and-out processing jobs, including data culling, native document processing to native and PDF load file, native document processing to a TIFF load file, OCR options, language translation options, and more. ![It's easy to load data into your case. Simply drag and drop into the data upload window in the web browser.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Uploader.gif "Uploader | Lexbe | Lexbe") Lexbe’s Professional Services team is highly experienced in managing in-and-out ESI processing jobs and can help law firms streamline the process and reduce the risk of errors or data loss. They use advanced eDiscovery technology and workflows to efficiently collect, process, and analyze ESI, ensuring that all relevant data is identified and preserved in a defensible manner. One of the key benefits of working with Lexbe’s Professional Services team is their deep understanding of eDiscovery technology and their ability to leverage the full capabilities of Lexbe’s powerful eDiscovery software platform. They can help law firms optimize their workflows and processes, ensuring that in-and-out ESI processing jobs are completed quickly and accurately. Throughout the in-and-out ESI processing process, Lexbe’s Professional Services team provides ongoing communication and support to law firms. They keep law firms informed of the status of their ESI processing job and provide regular updates on progress and any issues that may arise. They are also available to answer any questions that law firms may have and provide guidance and support throughout the process. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ## The Role of the Load File A load file is a type of electronic document that contains information about the documents or data that are being produced or received in the context of a legal matter, such as a lawsuit or an investigation. The load file provides a standardized way of organizing and identifying the documents or data, and can be used to facilitate the transfer of information between parties, as well as to manage the information within a document review platform. Load files typically include metadata about each document or data file, such as the file name, file type, date created, date modified, author, recipient, and other relevant information. They may also include coding information, such as tags or labels that describe the content or relevance of the document, or notes that indicate any privileged or confidential information that should be protected. Load files are often used in eDiscovery, which is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing, and producing electronic documents and data in the context of a legal matter. The use of load files helps to ensure that the information is organized and managed effectively, and can be easily searched and reviewed by legal teams. --- ### [Add Lexbe CoPilot to Your Account](https://lexbe.com/add-lexbe-copilot-to-your-account/) **Published:** June 4, 2025 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** Lexbe CoPilot is included, at no additional charge, with all Lexbe hosting accounts. Current Lexbe customers can simply complete the form below and we’ll enable Lexbe CoPilot on the accounts. If you have questions, give us a call at [+1 (800) 401-4710](tel:+18004014710). "\*" indicates required fields Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Your Name\* First Last Contact Email\* Contact Phone Lexbe Account Name\* Lexbe Case Name (if applicable) Bates Number (if applicable) Computer Operating System (OS)\* Windows Mac Other Web Browser\* Chrome Firefox Edge Safari Other Issue Priority\* Low Medium High Critical Description of Issue\* Submit Ticket - ## Lexbe CoPilot is secured with zero data retention APIs which means your case data is secure and is NOT used as a training resource for the large language models. - ## Lexbe CoPilot mitigates hallucinations by grounding the large language model with the specific documents that are being analyzed. The real-world data and context provides verifiable information versus statistical patterns. - ## Lexbe CoPilot includes pre-engineered prompts and innovative prompt management, including pinning, sharing, and saving prompts for use in your cases. ## Lexbe CoPilot has Hundreds of Use Cases for Helping You with Your Matters Contact Technical Support ![Lexbe Submit a Support Ticket Happy Tech with Headset](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_submit_a_support_ticket_happy_tech_with_headset.jpg "Lexbe Submit a Support Ticket Happy Tech with Headset | Lexbe | Lexbe") - [ +1 (800) 401-4710 ](tel:18004014710) - [ support@lexbe.zohodesk.com ](mailto:support@lexbe.zohodesk.com) ### Lexbe Help Site The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Help Site includes load file specifications, supported file types and other technical notes, as well as step-by-step instructions for completing various tasks in the platform. [ Go To LEP Help Site ](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/home) ### Managed Services Data exceptions, data handling issues, and matters involving services offered through Lexbe Managed Services should be directed to our Professional Services Team. Professional Services are available on-demand and performed by Lexbe’s CEDS-certified eDiscovery Experts. Hourly rates apply. [ Managed Services ](/managed-services) --- ### [Lexbe CoPilot GenAI eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/) **Published:** January 18, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Lexbe CoPilot: GenAI eDiscovery Automation for Faster, Smarter Legal Review **Lexbe CoPilot** brings **GenAI-powered eDiscovery** directly into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, combining advanced large language models with secure, cloud-based legal technology. Designed for litigation teams managing high volumes of electronically stored information (ESI), CoPilot streamlines **legal document review**, accelerates case analysis, and delivers actionable insights—without compromising defensibility. ### eDiscovery Prompt Management Using **pre-engineered prompts** or your own custom queries, you can ask CoPilot to summarize single documents, synthesize multiple sources, extract entities, build timelines, detect PII/PHI, and translate materials for cross-border discovery. Every result is citation-linked to the original source, making validation simple and reliable. The integrated **Prompt Management Console** allows teams to save, share, and collaborate on prompt templates, ensuring consistent workflows across matters. ### AI-Powered eDiscovery with Human Oversight While CoPilot automates repetitive discovery tasks, it’s built on a **human-in-the-loop** (HITL) model, ensuring attorneys maintain control over review decisions and accuracy checks. Whether your firm handles complex commercial disputes, regulatory matters, or multi-jurisdictional cases, Lexbe CoPilot helps you complete discovery faster, reduce costs, and gain a strategic edge with GenAI **eDiscovery**. - Summarize Documents - Define Acronyms - Translate Foreign Languages - Locate Confidential Information - Generate Case Insights - Intelligent Review Automation ![Use ChatGPT and other GenAI models to quickly and easily summarize the documents in your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/KeyDatesEntitiesSummary_Screen.png "KeyDatesEntitiesSummary_Screen | Lexbe | Lexbe") With Lexbe CoPilot you can easily summarize a single document or multiple documents to quickly gain an understanding of the evidence in your case. Pre-engineered summarize prompts enable you to ask for entities, key dates, and a summary of the document(s). - ## Summarize Depositions - ## Summarize Case Documents or a Single Document - ## Automatically Identify the Entities in Your Documents - ## Automatically Identify Key Dates - ## Automatically Identify Key Events - ## Accelerate Your Understanding of the Evidence in the Case ![Use ChatGPT and other GenAI models to quickly define acronyms in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Acronyms3.gif "Acronyms3 | Lexbe | Lexbe") With the click of a prompt, Lexbe CoPilot will define all the acronyms in a document thanks to the advanced comprehensive learning and contextual accuracy of GenAI models. - ## Prioritizes Definitions Included in Documents - ## Trained on a Massive Corpus of Cross-Industry Data - ## Deep Learning Enables Contextual Accuracy ![Easily translate case documents that are in foreign languages to the language of your choice using ChatGPT and other GenAI models in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Translation_Screen.png "Translation_Screen | Lexbe | Lexbe") When you encounter documents with multiple languages, Lexbe CoPilot will quickly translate them into the language that you prefer. The accuracy and fluency of the translation is outstanding. - ## Easily Translate Documents In-Line During Document Review - ## Handle Cross Border Matters with Autonomy - ## Eliminates Document Review Language Barriers ![Automatically identify PII and PHI for redaction in your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PII_Screen.png "PII_Screen | Lexbe | Lexbe") The advanced neural networks of GenAI models enable them to be highly proficient at identifying PII, PHI, and other confidential information in your case documents to streamline the redaction process or comply with regulations on privacy and data breach response. - ## Automatically Locate Personally Identifiable Information - ## Automatically Locate Protected Health Information - ## Automatically Locate Other Confidential Information Like Proprietary Network Information - ## Automatically Identify Custodians Impacted by a Data Breach - ## Use Custom Prompts to Identify Other Confidential Data Types in Your Case ![Lexbe makes it easy to generate case insights and build a better case strategy by using generative AI to analyze your documents.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Case-Insights-with-GenAI-Hero-Image.png "Case Insights with GenAI Hero Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") Lexbe CoPilot enables you to leverage the power of deep learning generative AI models to analyze your documents and help you gain insights for building your case strategy - ## Data Pattern Analysis Simply ask GenAI models to perform data pattern analysis to reveal trends in your case data to help formulate effective strategies. - ## Document Timeline Creation Automatically generate timelines based on document data, providing a chronological view of case-relevant events. - ## Relationship Mapping Generate critical case insights by visualizing the connections between people, documents, and events in your case. - ## Advanced Search Queries Ask ChatGPT and other GenAI models to create Boolean searches for you to identify the key issues and corresponding evidence in the case. - ## Find Holes in Case Data Gen AI models can quickly help identify holes in data based on neural network analysis. ![Generative Artificial Intelligence models can be highly effective in performing a first pass review for responsiveness.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GPT-4-GenAI-Document-Review-Automation.png "Lexbe GPT-4 GenAI Document Review Automation | Lexbe | Lexbe") Lexbe CoPilot takes technology assisted review (TAR) to the next level by eliminating the training steps and delivering results in a fraction of the time and cost. With Lexbe you can create virtual automated document reviewers, review tens-of-thousands of documents an hour, and complete a review for responsiveness or privilege. Lexbe CoPilot quickly processes and analyzes large volumes of data and significantly reduces the time required for document review. In addition, the pretrained GenAI models have advanced deep learning capabilities and are exceptional for pattern recognition and contextual accuracy which reduces the likelihood of overlooking crucial information or misinterpreting data. - ## Generates a Confidence Score You'll be able to see on a scale of 1 to 10 the confidence per document in the decision which helps streamline the quality assurance process. - ## Generates the Rationale for the Responsiveness or Privilege Decision This is like having a TAR system that talks to you about why each document is responsive or privileged. - ## Automates Litigation Readiness Lexbe CoPilot is beneficial for organizations that are organizing documents in preparation for litigation. - ## Augments Legal Teams with Advanced Virtual Capabilities With Lexbe CoPilot, legal teams will be adding advanced intelligent automation that will enhance their ability to handle document intensive matters. ![F1 scores for legal document review for responsiveness based precision and recall.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GenAI-LLMs-for-document-review.jpg "GenAI LLMs for document review | Lexbe | Lexbe") Generative Artificial Intelligence Large Language Models have demonstrated advanced capabilities in performing document review for responsiveness. OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude-2 have performed will in our tests for precision and recall. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Checklist-1-768x1024.png "Lexbe GenAI in eDiscovery Checklist | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## [Learn How to Use ChatGPT and other Gen AI models in eDiscovery Workflows Click Here to Download our checklist as a practical step-by-step guide to help you incorporate Gen AI models into your eDiscovery process and workflows.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf) ## Request a Demo or Estimate "\*" indicates required fields Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) ## Lexbe CoPilot – GenAI eDiscovery FAQs ### What is eDiscovery GenAI and how does Lexbe CoPilot use it? eDiscovery GenAI applies large language models to your case corpus to accelerate legal document review. CoPilot summarizes documents, extracts entities, builds timelines, translates materials, and surfaces insights—with citations back to source files. ### How do I use CoPilot to analyze legal documents in discovery? Load ESI into the Lexbe Platform, open CoPilot, and use pre-engineered or custom prompts (plain English) to ask about issues, people, dates, or topics. Review the citation-linked results, refine if needed, and export your findings or timeline. ### How does CoPilot maintain accuracy and defensibility? Results include citations to the original documents so attorneys can validate quickly. Workflows follow a human-in-the-loop model—reviewers remain in control of coding decisions and quality checks. ### Can CoPilot help identify sensitive information like PII/PHI? Yes. CoPilot supports PII/PHI detection workflows to flag sensitive data early and streamline downstream redaction and production. ### Does CoPilot support cross-border discovery and multilingual content? Yes. CoPilot can translate documents and help normalize multilingual evidence so teams can review consistently across jurisdictions. ### Can my team reuse prompts and maintain consistency? Yes. The Prompt Management Console lets you save, share, and govern prompt templates so reviewers follow consistent, auditable workflows. ### Will GenAI replace human reviewers? No. CoPilot automates repetitive tasks and surfaces facts faster, but attorneys and review managers remain responsible for legal judgments and final decisions. ### How quickly can we get value from CoPilot? Most teams see time savings immediately on summaries, timelines, and entity extraction. The learning curve is minimal thanks to pre-engineered prompts and citation-linked outputs. --- ### [Generative AI eDiscovery Resource Center](https://lexbe.com/resources/genai-ediscovery-resource-center/) **Published:** May 2, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** [Home](https://lexbe.com "Home")› [Resources](https://lexbe.com/resources/ "Resources") # Generative AI eDiscovery Resource Center ![Lexbe is on the forefront of bringing GenAI technology to market to automate and revolutionize eDiscovery processes. We are equipping litigators with advanced capabilities that result in winning cases.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AdobeStock_687497442-scaled.jpeg "Generative AI in eDiscovery Resource Center | Lexbe | Lexbe") Learn How to Harness the Power of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in eDiscovery # Generative AI eDiscovery Resource Center The Lexbe **Generative AI eDiscovery Resource Center** is your hub for checklists, guides, workflows, and best practices on using **GenAI in legal discovery**. Whether you’re adopting AI-powered document review, building AI-assisted timelines, detecting PII/PHI, or integrating **large language models** into litigation workflows, you’ll find expert insights here. Explore our practical resources to help law firms, corporate legal teams, and litigation support professionals implement **Generative AI in eDiscovery** efficiently, defensibly, and with measurable ROI. The Lexbe [eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/ "eDiscovery Platforms") incorporates advanced GenAI features that help you identify the evidence faster, test your arguments, structure your strategy versus opposing counsel, and streamlines your document review. ## Checklists: How To Use ChatGPT and GenAI in eDiscovery We developed these checklists to help guide you through the process of assessing and utilizing GenAI in your organization. The technology continues to improve at a rapid pace and it can be of high utility for augmenting your current technology and capabilities. [![A Guide to Engineering GenAI Prompts for Use in Document Review in eDiscovery.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/How-to-Engineer-Prompts-for-Document-Review-in-eDiscovery.png "How to Engineer Prompts for Document Review in eDiscovery | Lexbe | Lexbe")](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lexbe-Checklist_-How-to-Engineer-Prompts-for-GenAI-Document-Review-in-eDiscovery.pdf)### [How to Engineer Prompts for GenAI Document Review](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lexbe-Checklist_-How-to-Engineer-Prompts-for-GenAI-Document-Review-in-eDiscovery.pdf) [![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/How-to-Use-ChatGPT-and-other-Generative-AI-in-eDiscovery-Workflows.png "How to Use ChatGPT and other Generative AI in eDiscovery Workflows | Lexbe | Lexbe")](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf)### [How to Incorporate ChatGPT and Other GenAI in eDiscovery Workflows](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf) ## GenAI Use Cases GenAI can help augment the capabilities of your team as well as automate several eDiscovery tasks. Here are some of the use cases where GenAI can be highly valuable: **Generative AI eDiscovery for Automated Document Review** GenAI can improve your document review process because it can quickly analyze and categorize vast amounts of data while also providing a confidence score and the rationale for responsiveness or privilege. Our testing has shown that it can perform better than traditional technology assisted review (TAR) and continuous active learning (CAL). With [Lexbe AutoPilot](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/) we engineer the prompts, measure precision and recall, and help quality control the productions. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GPT-4-GenAI-Document-Review-Automation-1-1024x539.png "Lexbe GPT-4 GenAI Document Review Automation | Lexbe | Lexbe") **Summarize Documents** Effortlessly summarize single or multiple documents to capture essential information, enabling quick decision-making and improved case strategy. In the example below we utilized our secure integration with ChatGPT 4 to summarize multiple medical records and identify the dates of treatment, medical providers, purpose of the visits, diagnosed conditions, treatment summaries and much more. In addition to summarizing medical records, a primary summarization use case is leveraging GenAI’s robust capabilities to summarize depositions. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Automatically-Summarizing-Medical-Records-with-ChatGPT-in-the-Lexbe-eDiscovery-Platform.png "Automatically Summarizing Medical Records with ChatGPT in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform | Lexbe | Lexbe") **Event and Entity Identification** Identify key events and entities within your documents. GenAI large language models are trained on a massive corpus of documents and therefore are highly proficient at identifying events and entities. Gaining insight into the events and entities early in your case can be instrumental in crafting a better strategy. **Issue Identification** Similar to identifying key events and entities in your case, GenAI is a powerful assistant for pinpointing and highlight relevant issues automatically. This feature is crucial for managing complex cases efficiently. **Timeline Creation** Automatically generate timelines from your case files, providing a chronological sequence of events that are easy to understand and present. **Deciphering Acronyms** GenAI can define acronyms within the context of your documents, saving time and clarifying communications. This is of particular utility when reviewing documents related to industries, like telecommunications, that extensively utilizes acronyms. **PII/PHI Identification** Ensure compliance and protect sensitive information with GenAI detecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) in your documents. This is fast and helps you mitigate unwanted disclosures. **Multilingual eDiscovery** If you’re involved with cross-border litigation, then GenAI can easily assist by translating documents on the fly as you’re conducting your review. **Early Case Assessment** By utilizing GenAI you can rapidly gain insights into your case and establish the foundation for your arguments. Because these large language models are trained on a massive corpus of data, they’re highly effective at identifying the key issues, nuances, and entities in your case documents. **You Can Ask It Anything** If you have specific questions about your case, simply ask and you can usually get your questions answered with a high level of precision. ## Webinars and Videos on How to Utilize GenAI in eDiscovery Lexbe is on the forefront of GenAI in eDiscovery. We produce a lot of educational videos and webinars on how this rapidly emerging technology will have a landscape changing impact on eDiscovery. Check back often for new videos and follow-us on YouTube and LinkedIn to stay on top of the latest GenAI eDiscovery best practices, trends, and use cases. ## Security of GenAI for Use in eDiscovery To maximize security when using GenAI tools for eDiscovery without disclosing or compromising case data, it’s crucial to employ several best practices. It is important to configure the AI models to operate in a zero-knowledge or data privacy mode, where the model processes data without storing or having continued access to it. Legal and eDiscovery use cases qualify for the zero-knowledge and zero data retention accounts. Make sure you sign-up for the correct account type that will secure your case data. Implement robust access controls and encryption both for data at rest and in transit. Regularly audit and update security protocols to guard against evolving cyber threats. Finally, provide comprehensive training to users on the importance of data security and the correct use of AI tools to prevent accidental data leaks. At Lexbe, we utilize zero data retention integrations and advanced data security safeguards to mitigate the risk of accidental data leaks. It is also important to review the privacy policies of the large language models that you’ll be using for your cases. Here is a list for you to reference when you’re ready to get started. - [ChatGPT Enterprise Account Security](https://openai.com/enterprise-privacy) - [Claude 3 Privacy & Security](https://claude3.pro/how-does-claude-3-ensure-the-privacy-and-security-of-my-data/) - [Harvey.ai Privacy Policy](https://www.harvey.ai/legal/privacy-policy) ## The Role of GenAI Prompts in eDiscovery Generative artificial intelligence (“GenAI”) models, aka Large Language Models or ChatBots, have generated significant interest in the legal and eDiscovery field since released in 2023. These models improve the quality and utility of using AI tools in connection with legal document review. Interacting with GenAI models occurs when users prompt it by asking a question or providing instructions. These questions and/or instructions are referred to as ‘prompts.’ Prompts are text or other inputs sent to the GenAI models, which are utilized to generate textual responses and/or other content. Within the [Lexbe CoPilot GenAI](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/) capabilities, users can submit a prompt that queries the content of a single specific document, or they can submit a prompt that queries the collective content of multiple documents. Both implementations have their place and utility, and use cases and examples for each are addressed below along with drafting tips. Drafting Tips As GenAI models work in textual ‘chat mode’, users need to understand how to draft, evaluate, modify, and test prompts to maximize the benefits and utility of these new tools. GenAI responses are dependent on the specific wording and context of the prompts. As a result, ‘prompt engineering’ involves the process of optimizing the wording of prompts to more effectively guide the models and produce useful responses. Chatting with these AI engines is designed to be no different than corresponding with a human. Generally, the more specific the request, and the more context provided, the more accurate the response is likely to be. While some requests may not require much particularity (e.g. “Translate this document into English”), more complex requests will benefit from additional context and specificity. ## How to Get Started with GenAI in eDiscovery Getting started with **Generative AI (GenAI) in eDiscovery** begins with a clear understanding of your case objectives, data volume, and the types of documents you need to review. Begin by selecting a trusted, secure GenAI-powered eDiscovery platform—like Lexbe—that offers integrations with leading large language models (LLMs). Next, identify high-impact use cases, such as automated document summarization, privilege review, or deposition prep. Develop internal guidelines to ensure your AI-assisted review process remains defensible in court, and conduct pilot projects with smaller data sets before scaling up to full case workloads. By combining legal expertise with GenAI-powered automation, legal teams can dramatically reduce review time while maintaining accuracy and compliance. ## How to Use ChatGPT and Claude in eDiscovery **ChatGPT** (by OpenAI) and **Claude** (by Anthropic) are two of the most widely used LLMs for **AI-assisted eDiscovery**. ChatGPT excels at generating concise summaries, drafting discovery responses, and answering questions about document content. Claude offers strong contextual reasoning and can handle longer context windows, making it ideal for analyzing large legal documents or entire case files. When integrated into a secure eDiscovery environment, both models can be used to identify relevant facts, flag privileged content, and create deposition outlines. The key is to provide well-crafted prompts—either pre-engineered or custom—to guide the AI toward accurate, case-specific results. ## What is a RAG and Why Is It Important for eDiscovery A **RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)** is an AI architecture that improves the accuracy of large language models by first retrieving relevant documents or data from a trusted source before generating an answer. In **eDiscovery**, RAG is critical because it ensures that AI-generated outputs are grounded in your actual case evidence—not general internet knowledge. By pairing GenAI with RAG, legal teams can produce defensible results, reduce the risk of “hallucinations,” and maintain a clear audit trail. This approach aligns AI responses directly with the case record, making them more reliable and admissible in litigation. ## Best Practices Using ChatGPT in eDiscovery To get the most from **ChatGPT in eDiscovery**, legal teams should follow a set of best practices: - **Use secure, legal-grade integrations** to protect confidentiality. - **Craft precise prompts** that clearly state the task, context, and desired output. - **Leverage pre-approved templates** for recurring tasks like summarization, privilege review, and deposition prep. - **Keep humans in the loop** (HITL) to validate AI outputs for accuracy and defensibility. - **Document your AI workflow** so you can demonstrate process integrity in court. By combining ChatGPT’s speed and natural language capabilities with strong legal oversight, firms can accelerate discovery while maintaining professional standards. ## Generative AI in eDiscovery – Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Generative AI in eDiscovery? Generative AI in eDiscovery uses large language models (LLMs) to analyze, summarize, and extract insights from electronically stored information (ESI) during legal discovery. It can automate document summaries, timelines, entity extraction, and more while maintaining defensibility through citation-linked outputs. ### How does Generative AI help in document review? Generative AI speeds up document review by automating repetitive tasks such as summarization, entity identification, and PII/PHI detection. This reduces review time, improves accuracy, and allows legal teams to focus on higher-value case strategy. ### Is AI-powered eDiscovery defensible in court? Yes—when used with proper safeguards. Lexbe’s GenAI workflows include human-in-the-loop review and source citations for each AI-generated output, ensuring results can be verified and defended in court. ### Can Generative AI handle multilingual eDiscovery? Yes. Generative AI can translate documents and help normalize multilingual evidence so teams can review materials consistently across jurisdictions. ### What are the risks of using Generative AI in eDiscovery? Risks include potential AI hallucinations, misinterpretations, and confidentiality concerns. These can be mitigated with human oversight, citation-linked outputs, and secure, compliant hosting environments like the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform. ### Which Generative AI models are commonly used in eDiscovery? Several large language models can be integrated into eDiscovery workflows: - **ChatGPT** – Developed by OpenAI, known for conversational analysis, summarization, and drafting. - **Claude** – Developed by Anthropic, focused on helpful, honest, and harmless outputs with strong safety guardrails. - **Grok** – Developed by xAI, designed for conversational search, rapid Q&A, and integrated information retrieval. - **Gemini** – Developed by Google DeepMind, optimized for multimodal tasks, including text, code, and image analysis. Each model has different strengths; in legal contexts, selection depends on accuracy, auditability, and compliance requirements. ### Where can I learn more about applying Generative AI in eDiscovery? You can explore in-depth checklists, workflows, and best practices in the [Generative AI in eDiscovery Resource Center](/resources/genai-in-ediscovery-resource-center/), as well as detailed feature pages for [Lexbe CoPilot](/ediscovery-platform/generative-ai-ediscovery-automation/), [Lexbe Pilot](/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-pilot-gen-ai/) and [Lexbe AutoPilot](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/). --- ### [Get a Demo](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/demo/) **Published:** July 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## Schedule a Personal Demo to See How Lexbe CoPilot’s GenAI Can Enhance Your eDiscovery Workflow To schedule a personal demo, get a price quote, or free consultation, please complete this form below and one of our expert sales professionals will contact you. If you prefer, you can contact us directly at [1-800-401-7809 x22](tel:+18004017809) or at . All contact information is kept confidential. View our [privacy policy](/privacy-policy/). --- ### [eDiscovery Tools](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscoverytools-2/) **Published:** July 14, 2016 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** Lexbe’s eDiscovery checklists and sample ESI protocol are excellent resources for establishing and/or validating eDiscovery processes and procedures at your firm, and for advocating for your clients’ interests. Our eDiscovery checklists offer practical advice on relevant topics in eDiscovery and litigation preparedness to ensure an affordable, defensible, and repeatable practice. Our sample ESI order (also referred to as an eDiscovery Protocol) can be immediately put to use on your next case to guide negotiations with opposing and help you to avoid unnecessary disputes, delays and pitfalls in litigation. ## eDiscovery Checklists Our eDiscovery Checklists are designed to offer attorneys, paralegals and other litigation professionals tips for litigation success for all areas of eDiscovery. Topics range from native productions, Mac review and production, document processing, TAR and predictive coding, cloud computing, email issues, ECA, privilege issues, hosting and more. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/thumbnail-sample-checklist-300x300.png "thumbnail-sample-checklist | Lexbe | Lexbe") eDiscovery Checklist ### eDiscovery Planning for Trial Attorneys As a plaintiff lawyer, you must carefully and continually evaluate your case, budget your time investment and manage client expenditures. This eDiscovery planning checklist for trial lawyers offers practical advice for obtaining evidence to build your best case and effectively advocate for your client. Download ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/thumbnail-sample-checklist-3-300x300.png "thumbnail-sample-checklist-3 | Lexbe | Lexbe") eDiscovery Checklist ### Requesting Productions in Native File Format Requesting native file formats ensures that metadata is preserved and that no data is lost during the conversion process. This checklist outlines everything you as the requesting party should consider to increase the likelihood that the request is granted and that you receive the data you are looking for. Download ## Sample ESI Orders The following electronically stored information (ESI) order/agreement/protocol is a form created as a courtesy by Lexbe to be used by experienced litigation attorneys as a sample or example in their eDiscovery negotiations. This order should be customized by the user for the particular jurisdiction, case, court and circumstances. For additional context, see [Negotiating a State of the Art eDiscovery Protocol](https://www.lexbe.com/resources/ediscovery-webinars/negotiating-a-state-of-the-art-ediscovery-protocol/), a Lexbe eDiscovery Webinar Series presentation that covers in-depth how a properly negotiated agreement can speed collection, review, search, and production; reduce unnecessary eDiscovery expenses; and reduce the risk of sanctions. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sample-esi-protocol-thumb-300x300.png "sample-esi-protocol-thumb | Lexbe | Lexbe") Sample ESI Order ### Model ESI Agreement Order​ Lexbe’s Model ESI Agreement Order is a 13-page sample eDiscovery protocol that stipulates the requirements and procedures for ESI preservation, collection and production in eDiscovery. This order includes the Model ESI Production Appendix. Download ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sample-esi-appendix-thumb-300x300.png "sample-esi-appendix-thumb | Lexbe | Lexbe") Sample ESI Order ### Model ESI Production Appendix This ESI Production Appendix—part of Lexbe’s Model ESI Agreement Order—dictates load file specifications and governs the production of electronically stored information in a case. Download ## Additional eDiscovery Resources Explore Lexbe’s other resources: - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Training ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training) - [ Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) Documentation ](/resources/platform-documentation/) - [ The Lexbe Blog ](/resources/blog) --- ### [Digital Forensics](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/) **Published:** September 4, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** # Digital Forensics Experts Helping Law Firms Uncover the Truth, Fast, Defensible, and Court-Ready #### At Lexbe, our certified digital forensic examiners provide expert digital forensic services, by collecting, recovering, analyzing, and investigating the critical data for your cases. ### Over 17 Years of Experience in Digital Forensics for Litigation With over 17 years of digital forensic experience across thousands of forensic collections, Lexbe forensic investigators support all stages of litigation with expert forensic services. Our team develops a specific plan for efficient, thorough, and defensible forensic collections that help you build your best case. You’ll find that our forensic team is expertly equipped to handle all aspects of digital forensics, including, forensic acquisition, early case file inventories, forensic analysis, examinations, preservation, reporting, and testimony. Forensic collections can also be seamlessly loaded into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform for review. More than **25,000 Devices** Supported More than **3 Million Apps** Analyzed Advanced **Cloud Collections** from Dropbox, box, Azure, Office 365, G-Suite, AWS, and more **Social Media** Account Collections Windows PCs and Macs, Supported with **Comprehensive Analytics** for Data Access, Downloads, Transfers **Forensic Collections** from Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Sharepoint, Google Meet, Google Hangouts, Skype, and More **Remote, Targeted, Physical, and Logical** Forensic Collections for Affordable and Accurate Evidence Acquisition Advanced **Timeline Features** for Rapid Case Building and Evidence Presentation ## Digital Forensics for Law Firms At Lexbe, we utilize advanced forensic tools to ensure we’re able to support your cases and provide in depth forensic investigations. This includes collecting evidence from the broadest set of sources. Some of the tools that we utilize are from the following partners: ![Cellebrite Logo](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cellebrite_logo-300x125.png "Cellebrite Logo | Lexbe") ![EnCase Logo](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/encase_logo-300x125.png "EnCase Logo | Lexbe") ![Magnet Axiom Stacked Logo](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/magnet_axiom_stacked_logo-300x125.png "Magnet Axiom Stacked Logo | Lexbe") ![Lexbe Digital Forensics Utilize Metaspike for collecting modern attachments](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Metaspike-modern-attachment-document-links-forensic-collections-300x48.png "Metaspike - modern attachment document links forensic collections | Lexbe") ![Webpage digital forensic collections](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Pagefreezer-Logo-2019-Social-300x68.webp "Pagefreezer-Logo-2019-Social | Lexbe") ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Rocket-Remote-Forensic-Collections-300x83.png "Rocket Remote Forensic Collections | Lexbe") Lexbe also utilizes industry best practices to make sure that the forensic collection is fully defensible. This includes the steps required to preserve metadata as well as a fully documented chain of custody. Lexbe supports your cases by performing remote and in-person digital forensic collections from a myriad of sources, including: - ### Smartphones - ### Mobile Apps - ### Messaging Apps - ### Cloud Storage Accounts - ### Social Media - ### Messaging Accounts - ### Laptops - ### Desktops - ### Servers - ### External Storage Devices - ### Drones - ### Microsoft 365 Accounts - ### Google Accounts - ### iCloud Accounts - ### Cloud-Based Email Accounts - ### Collaboration Accounts (Ex. Slack, Microsoft Teams) - ## Tablets - ## SIM Cards - ## SD Cards - ## GPS Devices - ## Remote iPhone Collections - ## Live Systems (Internet, Chat, and Multimedia Files) - ## Websites & Webpages - ## And Many More Data Sources ## Digital Forensics Expert Witness ### Expert Testimony to Support Your Case Our forensic investigators not only have the credentials and expertise to qualify as experts in the eyes of the jury, but they’re effective in presenting the facts in a relatable way. Lexbe’s team is proven with over 15 years of experience in digital forensic investigations and reporting that helps simplify trial preparation. ## Forensic Consultation Request Used to sign up for a free forensic consultation. "\*" indicates required fields Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request ### Lexbe Digital Forensic Investigators are Cellebrite Certified Our forensic investigators are experts at assembling the digital artifacts, collected from all the relevant sources, and presenting a clear picture of what transpired. The team of certified forensic investigators at Lexbe utilize digital forensic best practices which enable them to confidently present the facts and handle difficult questions with the utmost integrity. [ ![Lexbe Forensic Investigators are Cellebrite Certified Operators](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CCO_shield-q4qmjqvk9kfqg8rko3hqgg1o1uevii1afnoj33gv0g.png "Lexbe Digital Forensics Cellebrite Certified Operator Shield") ](https://cellebrite.com/en/home/) [ ![Lexbe Forensic Investigators are Cellebrite Certified Physical Analysts](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CCPA_shield-q4qmjrtegeh0ruq7ilwd0xt4n8a8q750rsc0kdfgu8.png "Lexbe Digital Forensics Cellebrite Certified Physical Analyst Shield") ](https://cellebrite.com/en/home/) ### Trial and Deposition Expert Testimony Our forensic investigators are experts at assembling the digital artifacts, collected from all the relevant sources, and presenting a clear picture of what transpired. The team of certified forensic investigators at Lexbe utilize digital forensic best practices which enable them to confidently present the facts and handle difficult questions with the utmost integrity. ## Digital Forensic Investigations ### Digital Forensic Investigations that Support Your Case Our forensic investigators are certified digital forensic experts that operate a lab that is equipped with the latest in digital forensic tools that facilitate highly efficient and thorough investigations resulting in a clear understanding of the available evidence for your case. Lexbe’s team is proven with over 15 years of experience in digital forensic investigations and eDiscovery in support of legal matters. From evidence acquisition, preservation, examination, and presentation to document review, case timelining, and productions, the Lexbe team is expertly equipped to perform defensible forensic investigations that seamlessly support the eDiscovery process and help you build your case. ### Lexbe’s Digital Forensic Investigative Stages Step 1 Evidentiary Resource Identification Step 2 Data Collection Step 3 Data Preservation Step 4 Data Analysis Step 6 Investigative Process Documentation Step 7 Reporting The team of certified forensic investigators at Lexbe utilize digital forensic best practices to ensure a fully defensible investigation in support of your case. Our best practices include: - ## Proper evidence handling - ## Complete documentation, including chain-of-custody, photographs, and the condition of each device - ## Write blockers that prevent the evidence from being modified during preservation - ## Coordination and strategy development between the requestor and forensic examiners - ## Examinations of forensic images - ## Detailed reporting – delivering all relevant and pertinent information in a clear and concise manner - ## Safe return of the devices - ## Load file creation and loading into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform You’ll find that the Lexbe forensic team is expert at stitching together the digital artifacts, collected from all the relevant locations, into a clear picture of what transpired. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have an upcoming matter or have questions about the identification and acquisition of evidence, then drop us a line. We’d be happy to schedule a complimentary call and discuss the matter with you and answer any questions that you have. "\*" indicates required fields Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request ## Learn More About Digital Forensics [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/)## [ Anatomy of a Forensic Collection from a Smartphone ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) Learn critical evidentiary insights into smartphones as utilization skyrocketed due to the pandemic and their role in eDiscovery continues to grow. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/anatomy-of-a-forensic-collection-from-a-smartphone/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/)## [ A Litigator’s Guide to Social Media Forensics ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/) With billions of active users, file sharing, and multi-channel messaging capabilities, social media has rapidly ascended to the top of evidentiary electronically stored information (ESI) for many cases. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-litigators-guide-to-social-media-forensics/) [![eDiscovery Webinars](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ediscovery_webinars_webinar_category_featured_image-768x420.jpg "eDiscovery Webinars Webinar Category Featured Image | Lexbe | Lexbe") ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/)## [ A Lawyer’s Guide to Digital Forensics ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/) With the exponential increase in data sources and increasingly tech savvy custodians, digital forensics has quickly come to the forefront in order to identify and collect the evidence required for your cases. [ Watch Now » ](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/a-lawyers-guide-to-digital-forensics/) [ Explore All Webinars ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars/ediscovery-webinars-archive) Q1) What makes a forensic collection “court-ready”? A) A court-ready acquisition preserves original data + metadata with a validated tool, creates a bit-for-bit image or export, and documents an unbroken chain of custody (hash values, timestamps, examiner identity, tools/versions, settings). These align to widely recognized guidance like NIST mobile forensics principles and ISO/IEC 27037 (identify → collect → acquire → preserve). Q2) Can you do remote collections, or must devices be collected in person? A) Both. Remote collections are often faster and less disruptive to the custodian, but require explicit consent/authority, defensible scope control, bandwidth planning, coordination with the custodian, and a tamper-evident audit trail. Professional bodies (e.g., SWGDE) publish remote acquisition best practices we follow. To perform full file system forensic collections to retrieve deleted text messages or files then the Lexbe forensic investigators must have possession of the device. Q3) How do you collect from iPhones and Androids without altering evidence? A) We use industry leading forensic tools and validated methods proportionate to the matter (selective logical, full file-system when appropriate), capture rich artifacts (messages, attachments, app data, location, keychain where authorized), metadata, preserve hashes, and maintain read-only workflows per NIST SP 800-101 guidance for mobile device forensics. Q4) What “modern attachments” do you preserve from mobile and messaging apps? HEIC/Live Photos (with motion/photo pair), high-res videos, voice notes, stickers, reactions, inline links, contact cards, shared locations, and linked-cloud attachments (e.g., iCloud/Google Drive URLs with permissions). We capture the file, its source app, and metadata (sender, sent time, message/thread IDs). Q5) Can you forensically collect WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, and RCS chats? Yes—subject to approved access. We preserve chats, media, and metadata, then produce review-ready formats (e.g., load files/CSV/PDF with hashes). Admissibility hinges on relevance, authenticity, and reliability; proper collection and expert testimony are key. Q6) How do you handle Slack and Microsoft Teams data? For Slack and Microsoft Teams we perform digital forensic collections utilizing state-of-the-art enterprise forensic tools. We collect channels, DMs, threads, files, modern attachments (linked documents/files), and edits/deletions when available. Q7) Can you preserve ephemeral and edited/deleted messages? Where a platform retains compliance copies or maintains event histories (e.g., Slack Enterprise, M365 retention), yes. Otherwise, speedy legal holds and platform-native retention settings are essential. In some cases artifacts and deleted messages can be located on mobile devices when the unallocated space has yet to be overwritten. Q8) Can you collect social media (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, Snapchat)? Yes, using credentialed access, platform exports, public profiles, or targeted web capture. We preserve posts, comments, DMs, media, and key metadata. Scope and consent are critical for defensibility. Q9) Do you perform “Internet Archive / Wayback Machine” collections that stand up in court? Yes. We forensically capture archived pages (and live versions), preserve page resources (HTML/CSS/JS/media), timestamps, URLs, and hashes, and document the collection methodology for authentication. Courts have accepted Wayback Machine evidence when properly authenticated; we apply best-evidence practices and expert declarations as needed. Q10) What about email collections (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, on-prem Exchange/IMAP)? We defensibly collect mailboxes, shared mail, and journaled content with headers, MIME bodies, and attachments, preserving Message-IDs, Received paths, DKIM/ARC where present, and produce PST/EML/MSG plus load files upon request. Cloud-based email accounts can be remotely collection which makes the process more convenient. We utilize state-of-the-art tools which also enable us to collect modern attachments (linked documents) discovered in email or chat so counsel can decide whether to expand scope. Q11) How do you collect cloud sources (Google Drive, OneDrive/SharePoint, Box, iCloud, Dropbox)? With authorized credentials, least-privilege scopes, and preservation of file content + revision history, permissions, and timestamps. We utilize state-of-the-art tools which also enable us to collect modern attachments (linked documents) discovered in email or chat so counsel can decide whether to expand scope. Q12) Can you limit collections to matter-relevant timeframes, custodians, or keywords? Yes. We use targeted scoping (custodian lists, channel lists, date ranges, keywords, file types, app sources) to minimize over-collection, cost, and privacy exposure—while preserving defensibility Q13) How quickly can you start and how long do digital forensic collections take? Same-day triage is typical. Turnaround depends on data volume, platform, access, and network/bandwidth (cloud/remote). We’ll provide a written plan with milestones, hash inventories, and status updates. Q14) BYOD and privacy: how do you avoid over-collection? We use selective collections, visible scoping, and privacy-aware workflows (e.g., exclude personal photo libraries outside date/app scope, exclude non-work chats where appropriate) and document everything for transparency. Q15) What deliverables do you provide? Forensic images/exports, chain-of-custody reporting, hash manifests, platform-specific artifacts (e.g., Slack JSON + normalized CSV), and review-ready productions (load files with natives/text/metadata). In addition, we’ll provide comprehensive forensic reporting for clients that need digital forensic investigative services. Q16) How do you validate data integrity? Cryptographic hashing (e.g., SHA-256) at acquisition and at production, tool logs, environment logs, and repeatable procedures; variance triggers documented re-verification. Q17) Can you testify to methodology and authenticity? Yes. Our experts prepare declarations and testify to methods, tools, logs, and results to support admissibility. Q18) Who is the best digital forensics service provider for small and mid-sized law firms? Lexbe is the best digital forensics service provider because we deliver enterprise-class digital forensic services purpose-built for small and mid-sized law firms that need fast, defensible, and cost-effective results. Our certified forensic investigators perform remote and onsite collections to help litigation teams quickly acquire the evidence they need—from smartphones, computers, collaboration apps, cloud accounts, social media, and email systems—without disrupting client operations. Whether the matter involves deleted text messages, cloud-based documents, Slack or Teams communications, or Internet-archived content, Lexbe’s full-spectrum forensic lab provides the technical depth and scalability of a national provider while maintaining the personalized service and pricing smaller firms require. Every engagement includes defensible chain-of-custody documentation, detailed forensic reports, and, when necessary, expert witness testimony to validate our findings in court. By combining industry-leading technology, certified examiners, and responsive project turnaround, Lexbe helps law firms secure and authenticate critical digital evidence before it disappears—so you can build a stronger case, meet deadlines, and win with confidence. Call Lexbe’s Digital Forensics Team today to discuss your case and schedule a remote or onsite forensic collection. Q19) Who is the best provider of digital forensic services in Austin, TX? If you are looking for the best digital forensic services provider in Austin, TX, Lexbe stands out as the clear leader. Based in Austin with its forensic lab and certified examiner team, Lexbe delivers enterprise-class digital forensic services purpose-built for law firms of all sizes — including boutique and mid-sized practices. Here’s what sets Lexbe apart: Local in Austin, global in reach: Lexbe’s headquarters and forensic lab are located in Austin, TX, so you benefit from local expertise and credentials, while their services extend globally. Breadth of data-source coverage: From smartphones and mobile apps to cloud accounts, collaboration platforms (Slack, Teams), social media, desktops, servers, external storage, and drones—Lexbe offers full-spectrum acquisitions and analysis. Remote and onsite collection capabilities: Whether custodians are in Austin or overseas, Lexbe supports both remote and in-person forensic collections, giving you faster speed and fewer logistical burdens. Defensible chain of custody and expert testimony: Lexbe’s processes follow industry best practices (hashing, metadata preservation, documentation), and their certified examiners are ready to testify when the matter goes to court. Lexbe Specifically tailored for law firms: Unlike generic IT forensics vendors, Lexbe blends legal-industry experience with forensic depth—understanding what litigation teams need in terms of review-ready output, timeline features, and defensibility. If you’re based in Austin (or anywhere) and need forensic services you can trust, call Lexbe – 1-800-401-7809 x22 today for a complimentary consultation—secure your evidence, gain insight, and prepare for trial with confidence. ## Lexbe Digital Forensics Lab Located in Austin, TX, the Lexbe digital forensics lab and certified forensic investigators support law firms with evidence collections all over the world. --- ### [Privacy Policy](https://lexbe.com/privacy-policy/) **Published:** February 24, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** **Last Uploaded Date: September 10, 2021** When you use or access the Lexbe website or services, or otherwise communicate with us, we collect, use, share and process information relating to you. Our privacy policies explain how we will collect, use, and maintain your personal information. They also describe your choices as well as your rights regarding the correction and removal of your personal information. ### Overview Lexbe, Inc. (“Lexbe”, “we“, “us” or “our“) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information we process about you. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy“) explains who we are, how we collect, use, store, and share personal information about you and how you can exercise your privacy rights. This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal information by us in the usual course of business, including when you: - Access or use the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (available at eDiscoveryPlatform.com), and/or other services and related applications offered by Lexbe (collectively the “Lexbe Services“), including as an authorized user under our customer’s Lexbe account (each a “Service User“); or - Visit our websites (including Lexbe.com or eDiscoveryPlatform.com) that display a link to this Privacy Policy (our “Sites“); visit our social media pages; visit our offices; receive communications from us, including emails, texts, chats, and phone calls; subscribe or contribute to our blog posts, or interact with, register for, attend and/or otherwise take part in our events, tutorials or webinars (including demonstrations of the Lexbe Services) (we collectively refer to all of these activities as our “Marketing Activities” and each person as a “Visitor“). ### Changing Our Privacy Policy We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any changes, we will notify you by revising the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to the Lexbe Services or sending you an email notification). We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access Lexbe Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways that you can help protect your privacy. ### Lexbe Service Users If you are a customer or User of Lexbe Services, the account and services agreements of applicable Lexbe Services will supersede any inconsistencies in this Privacy Policy. If you are a Lexbe Services User, and do not wish your information to be subject to a revised Privacy Policy (above), you may deactivate your account with us by contacting privacy@Lexbe.com and stop using the Lexbe Services. For further information about the privacy rights available to you, review the section titled “*Your Privacy Rights*”, below. ### Who We Are Lexbe is headquartered in Austin, TX, United States. We provide cloud-based eDiscovery software and related eDiscovery, [document management,](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/how-to-manage-a-successful-document-review/) and related litigation support services. ### What Information We Collect The information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with Lexbe and the choices you make (including your privacy settings), the services and features you use, your location, and applicable law. *Information We Collect Via Lexbe Services*– In general, we provide Lexbe Services to our customers and Users and collect personal information on their behalf. As a result, for much of the personal information we collect and process through the Lexbe Services – such as the electronically stored information our customers upload to the Lexbe Services – we act as a processor or service provider. This means it is primarily our customers and users who control what personal information we collect and process through the Lexbe Services and how we use it. If you have any privacy-related questions about the practices or choices that the relevant Lexbe customer has made to share your information with us or any other third-party, you should contact the relevant customer or review their privacy policy. *Information You Provide To Us-* If you are a Service User you (or your organization’s administrator) may provide certain personal information to us through the Lexbe Services – for example, when you sign up for a Lexbe account to access and use the Lexbe Services, create or modify your profile and account, participate in any interactive features of the Lexbe Services or Sites, consult with customer support or send us an email or communicate with us in any way. The personal information we collect may include: - Business contact information (such as your name, job title, email address, mailing address, and phone number). - Professional information (such as your employer’s name, company address, and phone number). - Marketing information (such as your contact preferences). - Account credentials (such as your email or username and password when you sign-up for an account with us). - Transactional information (including Lexbe Services purchased or subscribed to and billing address). - Troubleshooting and support data (such as information about your account preferences or data you provide when you contact Lexbe for help, such as the service you use, and other details that help us provide support. For example, contact or authentication data, the content of chats and other communications with Lexbe, and the service you use related to your help inquiry). *Information We Collect Automatically–* When you use or interact with the Lexbe Services or Sites, we automatically collect or receive certain information through the Lexbe Services (e.g., log files) and other technologies (such as cookies) about your device and usage of the Lexbe Services and Sites (“Platform Data“). In the European Economic Area (“EEA“) and some other countries, this information is considered “personal data” under data protection laws. For further information please review the section “*Cookies and Similar Technologies” below*. Platform Data may include: - Log data, which is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use the Lexbe Services and which we record in log files. This log data may include Internet Protocol (IP) address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity in the Lexbe Services and Sites (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take for example, which features you use, information about the content you upload, download, share, or access while using the Lexbe Services or Sites, and any actions taken in connection with the access and use of your content in the Lexbe Services), device event information such as system activity and hardware settings. - Device data, such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other devices you use to access the Lexbe Services or Sites. This device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information. Some of the data automatically collected within the Lexbe Services or Sites, whether alone or in conjunction with other data, could be used to personally identify you. Please note that this data is primarily used for the purposes of identifying the uniqueness of a Service User logging on (as opposed to specific individuals), apart from where it is strictly required to identify an individual for security purposes or as required as part of our provision of the Lexbe Services to our customers (where we act as a data processor). *Marketing Activities-Information You Provide To Us*– Our Sites offers various ways to contact us, such as through form submissions, email, chat, or phone, to inquire about our company and Lexbe Services. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about Lexbe or the Lexbe Services, subscribing to receive marketing communications, or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you (such as business contact information you provide to us). We may also collect information from you when you participate in a survey, or interact with us in person at a tradeshow or event, or via a phone call, chat, text, email, or other communications with one of our sales representatives or other Lexbe staff, or if you visit our offices (where you may be required to register as a Visitor and provide us with certain information). The personal information we collect may include: - Business contact information (such as your name, phone number, email address, and country). - Professional information (such as your job title, institution, or company). - Nature of your communication. - Marketing information (such as your contact preferences). - Any information you choose to provide to us when completing any “free text” boxes in our forms. Personal information may also be provided to us on your behalf by another Service User (such as the ultimate customer). If you ever communicate directly with us, we may maintain a record of those communications and responses. *Marketing Activities-Information We Collect Automatically–* When you visit our Sites or interact with our emails, like most websites, we use cookies and similar technologies such as web beacons, tags, and JavaScript, and similar technology, alone or in conjunction with cookies, to automatically collect certain technical information from your browser or device. In some countries, including countries in the EEA, this information is considered “personal data” under data protection laws. The information we collect may include: - Device data, such as your IP address, operating system, browser, device information, unique device identifiers, mobile network information, request information (speed, frequency, the site from which you linked to us (aka referring page), the name of the website you choose to visit immediately after ours (aka exit page), information about other websites you have recently visited and the web browser used (software used to browse the internet) including its type and language). - Usage data, such as information about how you interact with our emails, the Sites, and other websites (such as the pages and files viewed, searches, operating system, and system configuration information, and date/time stamps associated with your usage). This information is used to analyze overall trends, to help us provide and improve our Marketing Activities, and to support their security and continued proper functioning. For further information about our use of cookies and similar tracking technologies in connection with our Marketing Activities please see the section “*Cookies and Similar Technologies”* below. *Marketing Activities-Information We Collect From Other Sources*– In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing communications, offers, and the Lexbe Services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as publicly available databases, services, joint marketing partners, social media platforms, as well as from other third parties. This information may include names, mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, user behavior data, IP addresses, [social media profiles, social media](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/social-media/) URLs, custom profiles, and similar data, for purposes of targeted advertising, event promotion, and optimizing our Sites, the Lexbe Services and the Marketing Activities. ### Social Media Features Our Sites may use social media features, such as the LinkedIn or Facebook “Like” buttons, the “Tweet” button, and other sharing agents, widgets, or similar web interactions (“Social Media Features”). You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on a website to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third-party social media plug-in in order to share with others within your network. Social Media Features are either hosted by the respective social media network or hosted directly on our website. To the extent the Social Media Features are hosted by the respective social media networks and you click through to these from our website, the latter may receive information showing that you have visited our website. If you are logged in to your social media account, it is possible that the respective social media network can link your visit to our websites with your social media profile. Your interactions with Social Media Features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies providing the relevant Social Media Features. ### Cookies and Similar Technologies Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie. In connection with the Lexbe Services and Websites, we may make use of first or third-party cookies (whether session or persistent cookies) and similar technologies, for such things as session management, account access/authentication, to recognize returning Service Users, for storing and honoring Service User’s preferences and settings, combating fraud, maintaining and monitoring the infrastructure of the Lexbe Services, ensuring security protections, analyzing how our Websites and the Lexbe Services perform and other analytic purposes, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes as further described in this Privacy Policy (such as fixing issues with and improving the Lexbe Services and related Service User experience). We also use analytic cookies to better understand how our Websites and the Lexbe Services are being used by tracking how you interact with our Websites and the Lexbe Services and where you click. We also use third parties to serve advertisements on other websites that may be of interest to you, based on information collected about your use of our Websites and other websites. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie or something similar on your browser. They may also employ technology that is used to measure and track the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by the use of cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to our Websites and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and the Lexbe Services that could potentially interest you. You can use controls in your internet browser to limit how the websites you visit are able to use cookies and to withdraw your consent by clearing or blocking cookies. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Lexbe Services and Websites may operate as intended. We use cookies provided by analytic service providers (e.g. Google Analytics) to collect limited data directly from Service User browsers to enable us to better understand your use of the Lexbe Services, including making use of demographics and interest report services of such service providers. Some browsers offer a “do not track” option. As no common industry or legal standard for this has been adopted by industry groups, technology companies, or regulators, we do not respond to do not track signals. ### How We Use Information Collected We use and [process personal information we collect](https://lexbe.com/tools/checklists/collecting-processing-and-producing-mac-os-and-ios-evidence/) or receive, alone or in combination, for the following purposes and if you are resident in the EEA or Switzerland, on the legal bases identified below: - Providing our Sites and the Lexbe Services– In seeking support for our legitimate interests, we process your personal information to operate and administer our Websites, and to provide, operate, monitor, and maintain the Lexbe Services. - Communicating with you about the Lexbe Services– We process your personal information to enable you to access and use the Lexbe Services that you request, including sending you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support along with administrative messages, in seeking support for our legitimate interests in administering the Lexbe Services and providing certain features. - Providing necessary functionality– We process your personal information in seeking support for our legitimate interest to provide you with the necessary functionality required during your use of our Websites and the Lexbe Services. To provide and deliver the Lexbe Services and features you request and process. - Transactional considerations– We process your personal information to complete transactions, and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices, to perform our contract with you and to the extent necessary in seeking support for our legitimate interest. - Handling contact and support requests– To perform our contract with you, or to the extent necessary for our legitimate interests in fulfilling your requests and communicating with you, we process your personal information to respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service and support. - Developing and improving our Marketing Activities and the Lexbe Services– We process your personal information to review and analyze trends, usage, and interactions with the Lexbe Services, Sites and other Marketing Activities so that we can personalize and improve our Marketing Activities and the Lexbe Services, and provide content and/or features that match your interests and preferences or otherwise customize our Marketing Activities and your experience on the Lexbe Services. We do so to the extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in developing and improving our Marketing Activities and the Lexbe Services and providing our Visitors and Service Users with more relevant content and service offerings, or where we seek your valid consent. - Sending marketing communications– We will process your personal information for marketing purposes in accordance with your preferences, such as to communicate with you via email, text, or phone about services, features, surveys, newsletters, promotions, trainings, or events we think may be of interest to you and/or to provide other news or information about Lexbe and/or our select partners. In each case, we are seeking support for our legitimate interest in conducting direct marketing only with your consent. Please see the “*Your Privacy Rights”* section below, to learn how you can control the processing of your personal information by Lexbe for marketing purposes. - Promoting the security of our Sites and the Lexbe Services– To the extent necessary for our legitimate interests in promoting the safety and security of our Marketing Activities and the Lexbe Services, we use your personal information to investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access to the Lexbe Services, and other illegal activities. - Compliance purposes– We will process your personal information for purposes of compliance with laws or regulations and to review compliance with applicable usage terms. - Other purposes– We will process your personal information for other purposes about which we notify you in advance, or for which we receive your consent. ### What Information We Share or Disclose to Others We will not share your personal information with any third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy and if you are a Service User, as defined in an agreement with us in connection with the Lexbe Services (including a Data Processing Addendum, as applicable). Parties with whom we may share your personal information, pursuant to any applicable agreements, include: Third-Party Service Providers– We may share your information with third-party service providers who are working on our behalf and require access to your information to carry out that work. Examples include; billing and payment service providers (to authorize, record, settle, and clear transactions); cloud hosting providers (to provide data storage and processing services); [communications providers (to process new queries and to manage](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/managing-non-email-communications-in-ediscovery/) our emails); corporate services (to facilitate business operations and communications) and analytics companies to perform analysis on our Marketing Activities and the Lexbe Services. These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide services to Lexbe. Compliance with Laws– We may disclose your information to a third-party: (a) if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulation; (b) if we are required by law to comply with a legal process, or government request; (c) to enforce our agreements and policies; (d) to protect the security or integrity of our Websites and the Lexbe Services; (e) to protect Lexbe, our customers, or the public from possible harm or illegal activities; (f) to respond to an emergency which we believe in good faith requires us to disclose information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person; or (g) as otherwise directed by you. Business Transfers– We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. Your personal information may be part of the transferred assets. Data processing for this purpose is a legitimate business interest. You may be notified thereafter of any such change in ownership or control. In these instances, we will inform the buyer to use your information only as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. Advertising Partners– We may partner with third-party advertising networks, exchanges and social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn) to display advertising on our Websites or to manage and service advertising on other sites and we may share personal information with them for this purpose. Please see the “*Cookies and Similar Technologies”* section above, including information about how you can turn off tracking technologies. Anonymized Statistical Data– We may also share aggregated, anonymized statistical information that does not identify you with third parties. For example, in an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Lexbe Services and Marketing Activities, we may conduct research on customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the personal information, interviews, and other data provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregated and anonymized basis, and we may share this data with our agents and business partners. This aggregated and anonymized information does not identify you personally. We may also disclose aggregated, anonymized user statistics in order to describe the Lexbe Services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes. Consent– We may share your information with any other person or entity with your consent to the disclosure. ### Links To Third-Party Websites We may place links on the Lexbe Services or on our Websites. When you click on a link from our Websites to a third-party website, your activity and use are governed by that website’s policies; not by those of Lexbe. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy and user policies. ### How We Secure Information We have adopted reasonable physical, technical and organizational safeguards against accidental, unauthorized or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, access, use or processing of information we collect. You may access your Lexbe Services account information and our Lexbe Services only through the use of an individual account via either a Lexbe user ID and password or an authorized single sign-on provider (“Account Credentials”). To protect the confidentiality of personal information and information, you must keep your Account Credentials confidential and not disclose it to any other person. Please advise us immediately if you believe your Account Credentials have been compromised in any way. In addition, always log out and close your browser when you finish your session. Please note that we will never ask you to disclose your password to us. ### Data Transfers Lexbe is headquartered in the United States but has clients and users around the world. Lexbe stores all electronically stored information for customers in secure, encrypted, servers located in the United States. As a global business, Lexbe processes, hosts, and transfers personal information in and between different countries, including in the United States. Any personal data uploaded or downloaded from or to a Lexbe Service from outside the United States will necessarily involve a transfer of information between those countries. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of the United States. As many of Lexbe Services are DIY/self-service by Lexbe Service Users, we may not have notice of cross border transfers of personal information from one jurisdiction to another. Lexbe will assess the circumstances involving cross-border data transfers of which we have advance notice on request and endeavors to ensure that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. For EU and Swiss Account Users, Lexbe uses the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses as the basis for privacy protection. These Standard Contractual Clauses provide appropriate safeguards with respect to the protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and the exercise of the corresponding rights. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request by EU and Swiss residents. If you are a Lexbe Account User and have questions or concerns about privacy laws in a cross-border transfer, please contact us at . ### Your Privacy Rights Where we are acting as a data controller under applicable law, and depending on your location and subject to applicable law, you may have the rights below with regard to the personal information we control about you. For all requests surrounding your personal information or questions about your rights per this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@Lexbe.com, and we will respond promptly. You can access, correct, update, and delete your personal information by emailing us at privacy@Lexbe.com, If you are a Service User, you can also update, correct, or modify your account information at any time by logging into your Lexbe account or contacting us at . If you are a resident or a Visitor from the EEA, or Switzerland, you can object to the processing of your personal information and ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information or request the portability of your personal information. To exercise these rights, please send an email to privacy@Lexbe.com. ### Receiving Promotional and Other Communications You may opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by either checking the relevant box on a communication consent form, by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in an email, or by emailing us with your specific request. If you are a Service User and opt-out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as security alerts and notices related to your access to or use of the Lexbe Services, or those about your account or our ongoing business relations, or other non-marketing purposes. ### Withdrawing Your Consent If we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you may withdraw your consent at any time. As required by applicable law, we will apply your preferences going forward within a reasonable period of time. Even when you withdraw your consent, we may still process your personal information for limited purposes, for example, to give effect to your request, to safeguard our business, or for other legally permissible purposes. In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to our use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that you potentially cannot use the Lexbe Services. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to our receipt of and implementation of your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in seeking support for our interests on lawful processing grounds other than consent. ### Lodging a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority If you are a resident of the European Union (“EU”) or Switzerland, you have the right to submit a complaint to an EU supervisory authority if you believe that your personal information has been processed in a manner that is not compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). You also have the right to submit a complaint to an EU supervisory authority if Lexbe is unable to comply with your right of data portability or does not respond to your request in a timely manner. ### How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information? We retain your personal information when we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so and for a period of time consistent with the original purpose as described in this Privacy Policy. We determine the appropriate retention period for personal information on the basis of the amount, nature, and sensitivity of your personal information processed, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, and whether we can achieve the purposes of the processing through other means, as well as on the basis of applicable legal requirements (such as applicable statutes of limitation). After expiration of the applicable retention periods, we will either delete or anonymize your personal information or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will retain your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We will retain your personal information for as long as your Lexbe Services account is active or as needed to provide you with the Lexbe Services, but no longer than the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. ### California Residents Under California law, California residents who have an established business relationship with Lexbe may choose to opt-out of Lexbe’s disclosure of personal information about them to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you choose to opt-out at any time after granting approval, email . In accordance with California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California resident users are entitled to know that they may file grievances and complaints with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, STE 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at [(916) 445-1254](tel:+19164451254) or [(800) 952-5210](tel:+18009525210); or by email to . The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires businesses to disclose whether they sell Personal Data (as defined in the CCPA). As a business covered by the CCPA, we do not sell Personal Data. We may share Personal Data with third parties or allow them to collect Personal Data from our Websites or Lexbe Services if those third parties are authorized service providers or business partners who have agreed to our contractual limitations as to their retention, use, and disclosure of such Personal Data, or if you use the Lexbe Services to interact with third parties or direct us to disclose your Personal Data to third parties. California law requires that we detail the categories of Personal Data that we share or disclose for certain “business purposes,” such as disclosures to service providers that assist us with securing or supporting the Lexbe Services or marketing our service. We may disclose the following categories of Personal Data for our business purposes: - Customer records information - Commercial information - Email addresses - Identifiers - Internet activity information - Online identifiers - Postal addresses - Professional and employment-related information - Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories. ### Our Privacy Policy Toward Children In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Lexbe Services are not directed to individuals under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@Lexbe.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. Please note, if you are under the age of 13, you may not use our Websites or the Lexbe Services. ### Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact or: Lexbe, Inc. Attn: Privacy Officer 8303 N. Mopac Expy, Suite B-225 Austin, TX 78759 [1-800-401-7809](tel:+18004017809) --- ### [Resources](https://lexbe.com/resources/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** Lexbe maintains a library of educational resources in a variety of formats to help keep modern litigators and litigation support personnel up to date on trends and best practices in eDiscovery. Today’s custodians produce an enormous amount of data, with the vast majority of that information being generated, exchanged and stored electronically. Since it was introduced, the field of eDiscovery has been in near-constant flux as courts, litigators and legal technology and services providers co-evolve their proceedings, legal practice and products to accommodate data proliferation in the 21st century. Whether you’re a paralegal just getting started in eDiscovery or you’re an eDiscovery expert who has been using the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) for years, the resources listed here will help you increase your platform proficiency and build your best case as you prepare for litigation. ## Need Technical Support? Our technical support team monitors tickets 24/7. [Click here](/support) to file a new support ticket. Tickets are responded to in the order that they are received. For immediate help, please call our technical services specialists at [+1 (800) 401-4710](tel:+18004014710). - [ ](/resources/genai-in-ediscovery-resource-center/) ## [GenAI in eDiscovery Resource Center](/resources/genai-in-ediscovery-resource-center/) Lexbe's GenAI in eDiscovery Resource Center offers a comprehensive guide for lawyers and paralegals to leverage Generative AI (GenAI) in their eDiscovery processes. The center features resources on using GenAI for automated document review, summarizing documents, identifying key events and entities, and ensuring compliance by detecting sensitive information. Additionally, it provides webinars, checklists, and best practices to enhance efficiency and precision in litigation tasks through advanced AI capabilities. - [ ](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) ## [eDiscovery Webinars](/resources/ediscovery-webinars) Lexbe presents complimentary webinars on a variety of eDiscovery and digital forensics topics. Live sessions are recorded and made available both on this website and on Lexbe’s YouTube channel for you to access at your convenience. - [ ](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscoverytools/) ## [eDiscovery Tools](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscoverytools/) Learn how organizations have utilized the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform to successfully handle their cases. In addition, you'll find printable checklists and a sample ESI protocol to help you and your team prepare for litigation. - [ ](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training/) ## [eDiscovery Platform Training](/resources/ediscovery-platform-training/) The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is a DIY (“do-it-yourself”) platform. We provide free platform training to ensure that all Lexbe customers and LEP users feel confident in all areas of execution, from uploading case files to tagging documents, keeping a privilege log and running productions. - [ ](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/home) ## [Lexbe Platform Documentation](https://help.ediscoveryplatform.com/home) Visit this page to request a LEP Quick Reference Card to keep at your desk and we’ll mail you your own laminated copy. This page also contains links to our Online Help Site and Software Release Notes, where you’ll find additional platform documentation. - [ ](/resources/blog/) ## [The Lexbe Blog](/resources/blog/) Visit our blog or subscribe to LexNotes for legal document management and review tips, eDiscovery best practices and industry insights, as well as press releases, media coverage and other company news from Lexbe. --- ### [eDiscovery Services](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/) **Published:** December 18, 2013 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ### Rapid eDiscovery Processing Services Lexbe offers a variety of eDiscovery services to assist law firms and organizations involved in litigation with the challenges of quickly and accurately preparing email, office and other native files and other electronic stored information (ESI) for legal review and delivery for discovery production requests. We distinguish ourselves with proprietary scalable eDiscovery back-end processing power that allows us to handle even the largest jobs quickly and cost-effectively. Our eDiscovery services are available to help litigation professionals conduct [**early case analysis,**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/early-case-analysis/) perform [**eDiscovery Processing,**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/ediscovery-processing/) and assist [**eDiscovery Review.**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/hosting-and-review/) Lexbe also offers technology [**expert consulting services**](https://lexbe.com/services/consulting/) to help you deliver your eDiscovery projects on time and on budget. Below find descriptions of our specific electronic discovery processing services offered, details of our security protocols, and how to get additional information or a [custom price quote](https://lexbe.com/?elementor_library=custom-quote-form). We also offer [**Lexbe eDiscovery Platform**](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lexbe-ediscovery-platform/) – our web based document review platform with processing, case management, and advanced search functionality. ### eDiscovery Services - **[ESI Email Collection+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-collection/):** Defensibly collect web-based email archives in preparation for eDiscovery processing, review, and production. - **[ESI Culling+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-culling/):** Reduce ESI stores to manageable sizes with DeNIST, deduplication, date culling and keyword culling. Metadata extractions and PST reconstitution is available as well. - **[Privilege Secure+](/ediscovery-services/privilege-secure/):** Prevent the inadvertent disclosure of privileged documents. - **[Native Processing+ (to PDF)](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-processing-pdf/):** Convert native documents, including Outlook Email and Microsoft Office files, into PDF format for searchability, bates stamping, and preparation for online review. - **[Native Processing+ (to TIFF)](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-processing-tiff/):** Convert native documents, including Outlook Email and Microsoft Office files, into TIFF format for searchability, bates stamping, and preparation for online review. - **[Native Extraction+](< https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/native-extraction/>):** Flatten and extract native file attachments and metadata to create loadfiles in preparation for native or near native review. - **[eDiscovery OCR+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/ediscovery-ocr/):** Increase searchability of PDFs, TIFFs, or document-formatted JPGs or PNGs, in connection with litigation document review and searching, using our optical character recognition technology. - **[NearDup Groupings+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/neardup-groupings/):** Identify key documents, group similar documents, ensure consistency in privilege coding, and enable email threading. - **[ESI Preservation+](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-services/esi-preservation/):** Early case nearline storage of pre-processed data collections. ### Free eDiscovery Processing **Free Processing is available** when you commit to host your data in [Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-software/lexbe-ediscovery-platform) for 6 months. Take advantage of Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and the major cost savings experienced when you eliminate processing expenses. ### Security Security is critically important to us. We specialize in eDiscovery, [litigation support and online litigation database and document](https://lexbe.com/tools/webinars/best-practices-litigation-document-management/) hosting. We are located in Austin, TX and all of our operations are conducted in the United States. We keep data on limited access servers in locked-down data centers. Files and information are transmitted with 256-bit encryption. Find more information about our data security standards [here](https://lexbe.com/about/technology/security/). ##### To learn more, download these Overviews: [Lexbe Rapid eDiscovery Services \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Services-Overview.pdf) [Lexbe eDiscovery Services Security Overview \[PDF\]](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Lexbe-Security-Overview.pdf) --- ### [Lexbe Pilot GenAI Legal Case Analysis](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-pilot-genai-legal-case-analysis/) **Published:** November 4, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ![Lexbe Pilot - GenAI legal case analysis for use in eDiscovery and other legal applications.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Lexbe-Pilot-Hero-Image-qwks7x1zuuvlfpqzk6zv8bdetbc3heu2ys0np53vsw.png "Lexbe Pilot Hero Image") ## Optimize Case Preparation with GenAI Legal Case Analysis for Faster, Smarter Legal Insights ### Faster Case Insights and Strategy Development Uncovering the story of a case is no longer a manual, time-consuming task. With Lexbe Pilot you can start developing your case strategy from day one. Lexbe Pilot’s GenAI legal case analysis goes to work for you as soon as your documents are loaded into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform. Simply start asking it any question about the case and it will analyze the documents and deliver answers that will help you and your team quickly build a stronger case narrative. Designed specifically for attorneys and litigation paralegals, Lexbe Pilot empowers you to strategize effectively and prepares you for depositions and trial, efficiently and with more precision. If you don’t know what to ask about the documents in your case you can simply press the strategic case insights button. The [Strategic Case Insights Report](https://lexbe.com/blog/lexbe-launches-strategic-case-insights-report-a-groundbreaking-update-to-lexbe-pilot-gen-ai-for-litigation-teams-involved-in-ediscovery/) includes: • Executive Summary – A narrative briefing of key facts and causation • Event Timeline – Chronological mapping of relevant dates and decisions • Entity Index – Auto-identified people, organizations, and roles • Issues & Facts Matrix – Core factual disputes linked to source material • Rapid Output – Full report generated in under 5 minutes This innovation is ideal for case assessment, motion practice, trial preparation, and expert witness briefings. It dramatically reduces the time and cost of manual analysis, while increasing accuracy and strategic visibility. ### Develop a Stronger Case Narrative with GenAI Legal Case Analysis Your case deserves a streamlined approach that keeps the momentum moving from document review to strategic planning. Lexbe Pilot provides instant GenAI legal case analysis and generates key insights based on essential case details—such as facts, people, and legal issues—directly within the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform. The result? A smoother transition to crafting arguments and an enhanced capacity to uncover insights that resonate with your case’s core issues. ### GenAI Legal Case Analysis, Seamlessly Built into the Lexbe eDiscovery Cloud Lexbe Pilot offers a robust solution that helps you work smarter, not harder. The platform’s GenAI-powered early case assessment and full case query enables you to quickly sift through mountains of data to pinpoint the most relevant documents and uncover the facts of your case in near real-time. This means you will gain a rapid understanding of the case earlier in the process resulting in more efficient workflows as you move directly from document review to strategy development. Having it seamlessly engineered into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform means that there are no limitations to the number of documents that you can analyze with Lexbe Pilot. ### Lexbe Pilot Makes GenAI Simple and Efficient Legal tech shouldn’t be complex. With natural language processing, Lexbe Pilot makes it easy to get exactly what you need, when you need it. Simply ask Lexbe Pilot questions about your case—whether it’s identifying key documents, analyzing witness connections, or confirming factual timelines—and receive clear, fast results. No coding, no steep learning curve—just straightforward, actionable insights. Elevate Your Case Strategy with Lexbe Pilot – Equip yourself with a tool that enhances collaboration, simplifies case building, and delivers insights at your fingertips. Powered by generative AI, Lexbe Pilot offers legal teams an invaluable resource to elevate case preparation and secure favorable outcomes. ## Demo Request "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther How Did You Hear About Us?\* Areas of Interest SUBMIT ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Predictive Coding](https://lexbe.com/predictive-coding/) **Published:** April 10, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** When it comes to eDiscovery, technology-assisted review (TAR) and predictive coding algorithms have revolutionized the way that legal teams handle document-intensive cases. These tools help legal teams quickly and efficiently sort through vast amounts of data, reducing the time and costs associated with manual document review. However, not all TAR and predictive coding algorithms are created equal. Lexbe’s Bayesian Predictive Coding Algorithm is a superior solution that provides legal teams with a powerful tool to optimize their eDiscovery workflows and achieve successful outcomes in litigation. **Assisted Review+** is Lexbe’s Predictive Coding application, available within Lexbe eDiscovery Platform that supports fast, accurate, and defensible review of large ESI collections for production. For document intensive cases, Lexbe’s predictive coding can help expedite the initial document review by automatically determining responsiveness. The algorithm analyzes the document reviewer’s assessment of what is responsive and non-responsive and can then determine the responsiveness of the remaining document set. One of the key advantages of Lexbe’s Bayesian Predictive Coding Algorithm is its accuracy. The algorithm is based on advanced statistical models and deep learning that enable it to accurately predict which documents are most relevant to a particular case. This can significantly reduce the time and costs associated with manual document review, while also improving the accuracy of the review process. Lexbe’s Assisted Review+ in combination with the complete analytics suite in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) also provides advanced reporting and analytics tools that provide legal teams with valuable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of their case. This can help them make informed decisions about how to proceed with litigation, and identify areas where further investigation may be needed. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) ## Benefits of Lexbe's Assisted Review+ Lexbe’s predictive coding enables massive collections of ESI to be reviewed quickly, accurately, and without the need to bear the significant cost of a manual, linear review. Moreover, the underlying logic and sub-processes of Assisted Review+ are entirely disclosed to deliver a transparent and defensible predictive coding methodology in contrast to the “black box” approach of other predictive coding offerings. - ## Faster Review Assisted Review+ lets you automatically code even the largest ESI collections. This helps the legal team identify the critical evidence earlier in the process so they can build a stronger case. - ## Reduces Review Costs Eliminate the high costs and risk associated with staffing a large managed review project. - ## Improved Review Quality As stated by both The Sedona Conference and the Text Retrieval Conference, predictive coding technology can support improved review consistency and accuracy when compared to manual review. - ## Flexible Delivery Lexbe's Assisted Review+ can be applied directly to cases hosted within Lexbe eDiscovery Platform or other leading review tools and litigation support databases. Upload your data via secure FTP and we return an overlay load file for easy and fast database updating. ## A Complete Suite of Analytics ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") - ## Speed Lexbe's predictive coding algorithm scales to handle millions of documents and achieve results in a fraction of the time of linear review. - ## Transparency Unlike black box AI, Lexbe's algorithm is fully transparent and built to mitigate dataset shift errors and under-specification errors that plague other AI algorithms. - ## Dedicated Support The Lexbe Professional Services team will help manage the process and address any questions that you have. --- ### [Mac OS Users](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/mac-os-users/) **Published:** October 9, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe is the best eDiscovery software for lawyers and paralegals that use Apple Mac computers and iPhones](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/eDiscovery-software-for-Mac-computers-and-iPhones.jpg "eDiscovery software for Mac computers and iPhones | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Ditch the IT Workarounds and Get More Done on Your Mac Even with the rise of OS-agnostoic, web-based review platforms, many modern e-discovery review applications require you or your network administrator to install Internet Explorer on your device. Lawyers using Apple computers are often told by IT departments to run their Mac in what’s called “dual-boot mode”, utilizing more than one operation system, or to run Windows emulation software like CrossOver, Wine or Lutris on their computer. These solutions are cumbersome, resource-depleting, and difficult to learn. Worst of all, they make it difficult for lawyers on Macs to be as productive as they otherwise would be. Further, installing a dual-boot partition requires more computer processing power and unnecessarily takes up a lot of hard disk space. Transferring files between partitions is difficult, and Mac programs are unavailable while in the Windows partition. Similarly, emulation software or “VMware” has a steep learning curve, is expensive to install and maintain, and chews up disk space, effectively slowing down the computer. You already know it, but we’ll come out and say it: these IT workarounds aren’t worth the trouble, and they inhibit your ability to do your job effectively. ## Cloud-Based eDiscovery Software for MacOS and PCs Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) runs natively on both Mac and Windows computers, and supports the latest versions of the most commonly used modern web browsers, including Chrome, Safari and Firefox. No dual-boot or emulation VM software required. This means that if you want to review case documents in LEP from your MacBook or Macintosh desktop computer, or even your iPad or iPhone, you can–and you won’t need help from your firm’s network administrator. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) ## Lightning-Fast and Affordable eDiscovery for Mac Litigators Litigation attorneys should not be inconvenienced by incompatible software or inefficient workarounds. Lexbe provides an OS-agnostic, web-based e-discovery solution with broad browser support that lets you manage legal documents and conduct eDiscovery in your preferred environment – without sacrificing any features or capabilities. Features of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) include: - ## High Speed Document Processing - ## Advanced Search Capabilities - ## Flexible and Customizable Document Review Workflow - ## Document Tagging, Annotations, and Dynamic Review Sets - ## Comprehensive Analytics and Reporting - ## AI Algorithms and Tools - ## Secure Productions - ## Electronic Endorsements Thanks to web-based solutions like Lexbe, the all-Mac law office isn’t as far-fetched as it was 10 years ago. Today’s litigator can manage eDiscovery and review legal documents on any internet-enabled device. Not only is this doable, it’s actually more cost-effective than using on-prem e-discovery software. --- ### [Lexbe AutoPilot Gen AI Automated Document Review](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/lexbe-autopilot-gen-ai-automated-document-review/) **Published:** March 18, 2024 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Lexbe AutoPilot Delivers Intelligent Document Review Automation ### The Next Evolution in Legal Document Review In the dynamic world of legal technology, where precision, speed, and efficiency define success, Lexbe proudly introduces AutoPilot – a groundbreaking generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)-powered automated document review solution. Designed to set a new standard in the legal tech industry, AutoPilot is your answer to revolutionizing the document review process. This innovative solution is engineered for responsiveness, privilege, key legal classification, and summarization, delivering unprecedented results. ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GPT-4-GenAI-Document-Review-Automation-1-1024x539.png "Lexbe GPT-4 GenAI Document Review Automation | Lexbe | Lexbe") ### Unparalleled Precision and Speed At the heart of Lexbe AutoPilot is its cutting-edge GenAI technology that is tuned to the specific requirements of your document review. It understands the nuances of legal documentation, enabling it to identify, classify, and summarize with astonishing speed and accuracy. It doesn’t get tired like human reviewers and it doesn’t require the same rigorous training process of legacy technology assisted review (TAR) with continuous active learning (CAL). Whether you’re sifting through thousands of documents for litigation, compliance, or during due diligence, Lexbe AutoPilot ensures that no detail is overlooked, significantly reducing the risk of human error. ### Transformative Cost Efficiency In today’s cost-conscious legal environment, Lexbe AutoPilot emerges as a pivotal tool. By automating the most time-consuming aspects of document review, it substantially lowers the cost while delivering a tremendous speed advantage over human reviewers and TAR. Lexbe AutoPilot can be used as an effective ‘first pass review’ to make a matter ready for review by human reviewers within law firms or in contract managed review firms. Also, Lexbe AutoPilot can be combined with state-of-the-art statistical sampling to classify and produce responsive documents with manual human review limited to quality control. In today’s cost-conscious legal environment, Lexbe AutoPilot emerges as a pivotal tool. By automating the most time-consuming aspects of document review, it substantially lowers the cost while delivering a tremendous speed advantage over human reviewers and TAR. Designed for litigators who demand the best, Lexbe AutoPilot is not just another tool—it’s a strategic advantage. Its application extends beyond traditional litigation document review to include handling third-party subpoenas, internal investigations, and compliance reviews. Corporate legal departments will find AutoPilot invaluable in managing the ever-increasing volume of documents with efficiency and accuracy. ### Advanced Prompt Engineering that Delivers Exceptional Precision and Recall Scores The Lexbe Professional Services Team and the AI Research and Development Team have collaborated to develop and rigorously test a prompt engineering methodology for directing GenAI models to perform automated document reviews. The results of this project exceed the industry benchmark for legacy TAR/CAL precision and recall. ## Request a Demo or Estimate "\*" indicates required fields LinkedIn This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email\* Phone Organization\* Role\*AttorneyeDiscoveryExecutiveGeneral CounselITLitigation SupportOffice AdministrativeParalegal - Legal AsstSecretaryStudentOther Case Size Project Details SUBMIT ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) --- ### [Managed Review Providers](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/managed-review-providers/) **Published:** October 29, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is a powerful solution designed to help managed review providers handle document intensive cases and optimize their contract document reviewers. This comprehensive platform provides a wide range of features and tools that can help managed review providers streamline their workflows, manage large volumes of data, and quickly identify relevant information for review. One of the key benefits of LEP for managed review providers is its advanced analytics and reporting capabilities. These tools can help managed review providers optimize their review teams by providing detailed metrics and insights into reviewer performance. This can be especially important for managed review providers, which may be working with large numbers of contract document reviewers. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) The platform also provides advanced search and filtering capabilities, which can help managed review providers quickly identify relevant information in large data sets. This can be especially important in document intensive cases, where the volume of data can be overwhelming. The platform’s sophisticated search algorithms can quickly pinpoint key information, saving managed review providers significant time and resources. --- ### [Webinar Registration](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscovery-webinars/webinar-registration/) **Published:** November 1, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ## May 2024 Webinar Registration Form Lexbe's educational webinar series on best practices in eDiscovery, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Forensics. "\*" indicates required fields Name\* First Last Email\* Organization\* Select the Webinars You'd Like to Attend\* How to Use GenAI in eDiscovery (May3rd, Noon CDT) Bringing eDiscovery In-House: Considerations, Advantages, Best Practices & Getting Started (May 8th, 1 PM CDT) Register Today ### How to Use ChatGPT and GenAI in eDiscovery ### Bringing eDiscovery In-House ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Karsten-Weber.png "Karsten Weber | Lexbe | Lexbe")##### Guest Speaker: Karsten Weber CTO of Lexbe ![](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Doug-Austin-1.png "Doug Austin | Lexbe | Lexbe")##### Guest Speaker: Doug Austin Editor of eDiscovery Today ###### **May 3rd at Noon CDT** ###### **May 8th at 1 PM CDT** ##### A Demonstration of How to Leverage GenAI Large Language Models in eDiscovery Join us for an informative session on how to use GenAI in eDiscovery. This is a demonstration of how to utilize the strengths of large language models, like ChatGPT and Claude, for specific eDiscovery use cases. GenAI is poised to revolutionize eDiscovery and equip firms with advanced capabilities that will drive unprecedented efficiencies and the ability to handle more document intensive cases. During this session you’ll see, first hand, results generated by specific prompts. Come equipped with your questions and we’ll answer them at the end of the session. We’ll also provide attendees with a guide to drafting GenAI prompts for use in eDiscovery document review. Session Agenda: – Automated document review for responsiveness – Summarizing a single document, multiple documents, or an entire case – Identifying key entities – Creating a chronology or timeline of events – Identifying key events – Defining acronyms – Translating documents – Advanced early case analysis – And much more ##### Critical Considerations, Advantages, Best Practices & Getting Started Join us for an insightful webinar where we delve into the intricacies of bringing eDiscovery in-house. From defining what “in-house” eDiscovery entails to exploring the criteria and advantages of this approach, we will equip you with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions. Discover how aligning eDiscovery practices with your legal operations can help you compete against the opposition. Learn about extending the use cases for eDiscovery and gain valuable insights into selecting the right technology for your organization. Whether you’re considering making the transition or seeking to optimize your current setup, this session will provide best practices and actionable steps for getting started effectively. Session Agenda: – Defining “In-House” eDiscovery – Criteria for Bringing eDiscovery In-House – Advantages of Bringing eDiscovery In-House – Alignment with Information Governance & Legal Operations – Extending the Use Cases for eDiscovery – Selecting the Right eDiscovery Technology For You – Best Practices & Steps for Getting Started --- ### [Websites](https://lexbe.com/digital-forensics/websites/) **Published:** September 21, 2023 **Author:** Jeff Fugitt **Content:** ## Forensic Collections of Webpages and Websites Websites and specific webpages can be important sources of ESI for your case. Advertising claims, patent disclosures, use of marks or copyrighted materials, terms of service, business partnerships, business customer relationships, social media postings, and more can often be found on websites. By utilizing advanced forensic tools and best practices, our forensic investigators can crawl and entire website or take a single page snapshot and capture the ESI for use in discovery. In addition, there can be highly valuable evidence collected from web archive data and the Wayback Machine. ### Best Practices Collecting Web Archive Data To learn more about best practices in collecting and utilizing temporal web archive data, watch our webinar below: The advanced forensic tools in the Lexbe forensic lab, enable our forensic team to perform comprehensive ESI collections and analysis of webpage and website ESI for your cases. ### Ready for Review in Record Time Webpage and website ESI can be seamlessly ingested into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform so you can get fast access to the critical documents you need to build your case. By utilizing Lexbe’s advanced forensic lab and eDiscovery Platform, you’ll have more time to build a stronger case. ## Get a Complimentary Forensic Consult If you have questions about forensic collections from Windows and Mac computers, or any other electronically stored information, we’d be happy to schedule a complimentary consult call. "\*" indicates required fields Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Full Name\* First Last Email Address\* Phone Organization\* How Did You Hear About Us?\* Project Details Submit Request --- ### [Requests for Production](https://lexbe.com/requests-for-production/) **Published:** October 7, 2022 **Author:** **Content:** ![If you've received a request for a production or need assistance with a production, the Lexbe professional services team can help.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-provides-expert-assistance-with-productions-and-requests-for-productions-in-litigation.jpg "Lexbe provides expert assistance with productions and requests for productions in litigation | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## For More than 17 Years Our Team has Delivered Exceptional Production Support to Customers Resulting in Successful Outcomes. > "We just got back our verdict of nearly $9 million in the case we tried against Greenberg Traurig and Hollingsworth Law Firm (voted #1 complex litigation firm in the world). There is no way our team of 3 lawyers could have competed with those heavy hitters without Lexbe. Thanks to your team!" > > David Jones Litigation Partner Logan & Lowry LLP Lexbe’s professional services team can play a crucial role in helping clients with their eDiscovery productions. With years of experience in eDiscovery and an in-depth understanding of the technology and processes involved, Lexbe’s team provides expert guidance and support throughout the production process. The eDiscovery production process is one of the final stages in the eDiscovery process, and involves the preparation of documents and data for delivery to opposing counsel or other parties. This stage is critical, as it can impact the outcome of a case and potentially lead to costly mistakes if not done properly. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") Get a Complimentary Consult Discuss the scope of your matter with a professional services expert today, commitment-free! [ Schedule Now ](#get-a-forensic-consult) Lexbe’s professional services team helps clients navigate the complexities of the production process by providing end-to-end support and guidance. They work closely with clients to understand their specific needs and requirements and develop a customized production plan that meets those needs. - ## Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Protocol Review A comprehensive review of the ESI order to assess the specific production requirements to ensure compliance. - ## Government Agency Production Requirements A review of the government agency's production requirements to ensure compliance. - ## Create a Privilege Log for Redacted Documents The redaction privilege log will show what information was redacted and why. This can be incorporated into a custom privilege log to accompany the production. - ## Create a Custom Privilege Log If the ESI order requires additional fields then the Lexbe Professional Services Team can add the custom fields for explanation of privilege. - ## Run and Validate the Production Lexbe Professional Services can assist in the running and validation steps of productions within the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP). The Lexbe eDiscovery Specialist will provide quality control over the entire process. - ## Assessment of Opposing Counsel's Productions If you're concerned about the productions that you're receiving from opposing counsel, we can help. Not only can we compare the production to the ESI order requirements, but we can also run analytics on the production and identify potential holes and missing ESI. --- ### [Careers](https://lexbe.com/about-lexbe/careers/) **Published:** May 29, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ### Lexbe is a legal technology company focused on delivering a secure, dependable eDiscovery platform that helps teams manage complex matters efficiently. We welcome introductions from candidates who are passionate about building high-quality software, delivering excellent customer experiences, and operating with integrity. If you’re interested in future opportunities with Lexbe, please submit your resume and a brief cover note outlining the type of position you’re targeting and relevant experience. Please submit a cover letter and resume via email to --- ### [eDiscovery Tools](https://lexbe.com/resources/ediscoverytools/) **Published:** August 18, 2023 **Author:** Jeremy Hixon **Content:** [Home](https://lexbe.com "Home")› [Resources](https://lexbe.com/resources/ "Resources") # eDiscovery Tools ![The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is an end-to-end solution that helps legal teams handle document intensive matters with limited resources.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lexbe-eDiscovery-Platform-Features-1536x477.jpg "Lexbe eDiscovery Platform Features | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Case Studies [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lexbe-Case-Study-IP-Litigation-1.pdf) ### [ Intellectual Property Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lexbe-Case-Study-IP-Litigation-1.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lexbe-Case-Study-Contract-Dispute-Litigation.pdf) ### [ Contract Dispute Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Lexbe-Case-Study-Contract-Dispute-Litigation.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lexbe-Case-Study-Insurance-Defense.pdf) ### [ Insurance Defense ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Lexbe-Case-Study-Insurance-Defense.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Lexbe-Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Organizations-.pdf) ### [ Disability Rights Organizations ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Lexbe-Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Organizations-.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-Boutique-Law-Firm.pdf) ### [ eDiscovery Boutique Law Firm ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-Boutique-Law-Firm.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Securities-Litigation.pdf) ### [ eDiscovery for Securities Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Securities-Litigation.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Telecommunications-Litigation.pdf) ### [ eDiscovery for Telecommunications Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Telecommunications-Litigation.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Environmental-Litigation.pdf) ### [ eDiscovery for Environmental Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Environmental-Litigation.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Class-Action-Litigation.pdf) ### [ eDiscovery for Class Action Litigation ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-eDiscovery-for-Class-Action-Litigation.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Ohio-.pdf) ### [ Disability Rights Ohio ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Case-Study-Disability-Rights-Ohio-.pdf) Case Study [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-Labor-and-Employment-Law.pdf) ### [ Labor and Employment Law ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexbe-Case-Study-Labor-and-Employment-Law.pdf) Case Study ## Checklists [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/checklist-protecting-privilege-2023.pdf) ### [ Protecting Privilege ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/checklist-protecting-privilege-2023.pdf) Checklist [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lexbe_eDiscovery-Checklist_Mastering-Document-Intensive-Cases_2023.pdf) ### [ Mastering Document Intensive Cases ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Lexbe_eDiscovery-Checklist_Mastering-Document-Intensive-Cases_2023.pdf) Checklist [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Checklist-Trial-Attorney-eDiscovery-Planning.pdf) ### [ Trial Attorney eDiscovery Planning ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Checklist-Trial-Attorney-eDiscovery-Planning.pdf) Checklist [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf) ### [ GenAI in eDiscovery Basics ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Lexbe-GenAI-in-eDiscovery-Basics-Checklist.pdf) Checklist [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lexbe-Checklist_-How-to-Engineer-Prompts-for-GenAI-Document-Review-in-eDiscovery.pdf) ### [ How to Engineer Prompts for GenAI Document Review in eDiscovery ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lexbe-Checklist_-How-to-Engineer-Prompts-for-GenAI-Document-Review-in-eDiscovery.pdf) Checklist ## Sample ESI Protocol [ ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2019-12-Lexbe-Sample-ESI-Agreement-Order.pdf) ### [ ESI Agreement Order ](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2019-12-Lexbe-Sample-ESI-Agreement-Order.pdf) Sample --- ### [Disability Rights Advocacy Organizations](https://lexbe.com/ediscovery-platform/disability-rights-advocacy-organizations/) **Published:** October 6, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ![Lexbe helps disability rights organizations handle document intensive cases with limited resources.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/eDiscovery-for-Disability-Rights-Organizations.jpg "eDiscovery for Disability Rights Organizations | Lexbe | Lexbe") ## Cost Effective eDiscovery and Case Management Solutions for Disability Rights Organizations The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform (LEP) is an essential tool for disability rights organizations involved in litigation. This powerful platform provides a wide range of features and tools that can help these organizations efficiently manage large volumes of data, quickly identify relevant information, and achieve successful outcomes in their legal proceedings. Lexbe engineered LEP to be the most cost effective, cloud-based, eDiscovery platform which enables disability rights organizations to handle more cases on a limited budget. - ## No Processing Fees Lexbe's highly efficient and high-speed ESI processing engine enables us to offer free ESI processing. - ## No User Fees You can have as many users as you need in your case for no additional charge. - ## No Case Fees With Lexbe you won't be charged a monthly fee per case. - ## No Electronic Endorsement Fees With Lexbe you won't be charged for Bates stamping, or other electronic endorsements. - ## No Data Promotion Fees Lexbe is an end-to-end eDiscovery platform which means you don't have to pay to move your data from one platform to another. - ## Transparent Flat Rate Hosting Lexbe provides a range of subscription options with low flat rate hosting fees. ![Lexbe eDiscovery Platform](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/lexbe_logo_just_x_300px_72dpi_v3_9_2_2022_no_sm-150x150.png "Lexbe X | Lexbe | Lexbe") See the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform in Action Schedule a personal demo, price quote, or expert consultation now. [ Schedule Now ](#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIzMTQ2IiwidG9nZ2xlIjpmYWxzZX0%3D) One of the key benefits of LEP for disability rights organizations is its advanced search and filtering capabilities. These tools can help these organizations quickly identify relevant information in large data sets, including emails, documents, and other types of electronic evidence. This can be especially important in disability rights cases, where the volume of data can be overwhelming. ![Filter your documents by search term report hits to locate the relevant documents for your case.](https://lexbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SearchTermReport.gif "SearchTermReport | Lexbe | Lexbe") The platform also provides robust document review tools, allowing disability rights organizations to efficiently review and analyze documents, identify key information, and prepare for litigation. The platform provides a wide range of review options, including coding, tagging, and redaction, allowing these organizations to tailor their review workflows to meet their specific needs. In addition to these features, LEP also offers advanced analytics and reporting capabilities. These tools can help disability rights organizations optimize their legal strategies by providing detailed metrics and insights into the strengths and weaknesses of their case. This can be especially important in disability rights cases, where legal arguments may hinge on specific facts or evidence. LEP also has advanced auto-redaction and manual redaction features to help ensure the privacy of your clients. In addition to these platform features, Lexbe also offers a range of professional services to help disability rights organizations optimize their workflows and achieve successful outcomes in litigation. This includes expert consulting, data processing and analysis, and document culling services. These services can be especially valuable for disability rights organizations, which may not have the in-house resources or expertise to manage these tasks themselves. --- ### [Culling](https://lexbe.com/culling/) **Published:** April 24, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Eliminate Irrelevant Data from Your ESI Collection Lexbe’s ESI Culling+ service eliminates irrelevant data up front to reduce both the time and expense of eDiscovery. With the drastic increase in the size and scope of discovery orders, litigation professionals need tools that can enhance the efficiency of document review. ESI Culling+ can accomplish this by reducing a large collection of data to a more manageable and relevant set of documents. It is often suggested that the majority of collected electronic material is not pertinent to the case and leaving the unneeded documents in with important evidence results in unnecessary time spent reviewing documents and excess IT costs to store completely irrelevant data. Culling can be used to identify and eliminate exact document duplicates, DeNIST data, and identify near-duplicate versions of a document. Also, culling can be applied to eliminate unneeded documents based on a set of keywords applied to the data set. ### Features of ESI Culling+ - **deNIST data:** DeNIST and system file identification removes unnecessary files. - **Deduplication:** Deduplication is available to remove unnecessary or duplicative files to speed review. - **Identify Near Duplicates:** We identify near duplicates of privilege and work product documents so you can determine if they should be consistently coded. - **Hash Code Generation:** Files are ‘digitally fingerprinted’ with MD5 Hash Codes to maintain chain of custody, data defensibility and support file deduplication. - **Metadata Extraction:** Metadata fields from email and other files are extracted, including Email sender, receivers, date and time sent and received, subject, date created/last modified, etc. - **OCR:** We run optical character recognition on image-based files to improve searchability. - **Bates Stamping:** Bates file naming and endorsing is supported at the page level. - **Confidentiality and Special Designations:** Page-level Confidentiality and other special designations (e.g., ‘Attorneys Eyes Only’, ‘Subject to Protective Order’) are supported as well. - **Load File Generation:** We include loadfiles into most litigation database platforms, including Excel .XLSX (Lexbe load file format), .DAT/.OPT (Concordance) and .DII (Summation) loadfile formats. ### Benefits of ESI Culling+ - **Reduce Hosting and Review Costs:** Eliminating duplicates and deNisting document collections means less data to host and fewer documents to review. - **High Speed:** We can cull any sized document collection FAST. Our proprietary ESI architecture allows us to cull even the largest ESI collections. - **Low Price:** In addition to being highly scalable, our culling architecture’s efficient design allows us to pass cost savings on to our customers in the form of low per GB rates that decline at volume.. - **Simple and Fast Transmission:** Transmit your ESI files to us by secure internet upload, via secure FTP or send them to us direct via courier on flash or USB drives for processing. When your job has been completed, we will return them to you by your preferred method. --- ### [Production Assistance](https://lexbe.com/production-assistance/) **Published:** October 4, 2022 **Author:** --- ### [Nonstandard Load File Requests](https://lexbe.com/nonstandard-load-file-requests/) **Published:** October 4, 2022 **Author:** --- ### [Terms of Use and Legal Restrictions](https://lexbe.com/terms-of-use/) **Published:** February 24, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** *Effective Date: May 24, 2018* Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. Using this site indicates that you accept these terms and conditions. ### Use of this Site Unless otherwise indicated, all content on this site is the property of Lexbe Inc. (“Lexbe”), its subsidiaries or affiliates. Lexbe reserves all rights with respect to the content on this site, including without limitation, all rights to display, select, coordinate, arrange, enhance, modify, remove, alter, copy, create derivative works from, transmit and distribute it, whether in whole or in part. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any content of this site without our prior written consent. All copyright notices must be retained on copied materials. Lexbe is a service mark of Lexbe Inc.. All rights reserved. All other trademarks, product names, company names, and logos appearing on this site are the property of their respective owners. You must obtain permission from those owners before copying or using those trademarks, product names, company names or logos. You agree to not use the Lexbe icon, site address or other means to hyperlink other Internet sites with any page in this site (other than the home page: http://www.Lexbe.com) without prior written permission to hyperlink to this site from Lexbe. ### Links to Other Sites If you use the links to third-party sites, you will leave this site. Lexbe does not control the linked sites, nor is it responsible for the content of any third party-linked site or of any other links contained in such third-party site. Lexbe provides links to you solely for your convenience, and the inclusion of any link is not an endorsement by Lexbe of the site or its contents. Lexbe assumes no responsibility for any other party’s linking to this site or in which any part of this site has been hyperlinked. Your linking to any site from this site is at your own risk. ### Copyright Notice All contents of the this site are copyright Lexbe Inc., 8303 North MoPac Expressway, Suite B-225, Austin, TX 78759. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: 1. An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest; 2. A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed; 3. A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Website; 4. Your address, telephone number, and email address; 5. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and 6. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf. Lexbe’s Copyright Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows: Attn: DMCA Notices Lexbe Inc. 8303 North MoPac Expressway Suite B-225 Austin, TX 78759 ### Disclaimer The material on this site is provided for informational purposes only. Lexbe makes no representation as to the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the information contained in this site. This information may be incomplete, may contain errors or may be or become out of date. Lexbe may make changes at any time. THIS SITE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIAL ON THE SITE, THIS PUBLICATION AND ANY REFERENCES TO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. ### Limitation of Liability YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT LEXBE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO DOWNLOADING OF, OR USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED AT THE SITE OR ANY LINKED SITES. IN PARTICULAR, LEXBE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, WHETHER AN ACTION ALLEGING SUCH DAMAGES IS BROUGHT IN CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, TORT OR OTHERWISE. ### United States Only UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, THIS SITE AND MATERIAL PROVIDED ON THIS SITE ARE SOLELY FOR LEXBE’S BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED STATES RESIDENTS. ### Governing Law; Venue Any dispute arising out of or relating to your access to materials and information on, use of, and these terms and conditions will be governed and be interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Federal and state courts in the State of Texas, United States of America shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all claims and venue is in the state of Texas, County of Travis. By accessing or using this site, you consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of these courts. ### WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY CLAIMS, COUNTERCLAIMS, CROSS-CLAIMS, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIMS) ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OR AGENT OF EITHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF SUCH LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL PROVISION. EACH OF THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS SECTION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE OTHER PARTY ENTERING INTO THE TERMS. ### Sole Remedy IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THIS WEBSITE OR IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR YOU HAVE ANY OTHER DISPUTE OR CLAIM WITH OR AGAINST LEXBE OR ANY RELATED PARTY WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THIS SITE, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THIS SITE. ### Termination Lexbe may terminate or suspend your access to this site at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice. Upon such termination or suspension, your right to use this site will immediately cease. ### No Unlawful or Prohibited Use As a condition of use, you will not access or use this site for any purpose that is prohibited by laws or regulation, facilitates the violation of any law or regulation, or is otherwise prohibited by these terms and conditions and any other notices on this site. You will not access or use this site in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair this site or any asset or property of Lexbe or its subsidiaries or affiliates, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment. You may not access, attempt to access to, interfere with, monitor, copy, change or acquire any information, data, web pages, accounts, computer systems or networks through use of any “deep-link,” “scraper,” “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “hacking,” “data mining,” “password mining,” “computer code” or any other device, program, tool, algorithm, process, methodology or means, unless you are duly authorized. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain or send or attempt to send any materials or information by any means other than as intentionally permitted and made available through this site. ### Changes to These Terms of Use Lexbe will occasionally update this agreement. When we do, we will also revise the “effective date” at the top of this terms of use statement. Prior terms of use statements will be available upon request. ### Master Services Agreement If you use Lexbe’s eDiscovery services, you are subject to Lexbe’s Master Services Agreement, available at http://hp.ediscoveryplatform.com/services-agreement, and the terms of the Master Services Agreement will control over the terms of these Terms of Use. ### General If any part of these terms and conditions is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. Possible evidence of use of this site for illegal purposes will be provided to law enforcement authorities. Lexbe may revise these terms and conditions at any time without notice. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current terms because they are binding on you. Lexbe may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of this site, including the availability of any features of the site, at any time. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter ### Privacy Policy Please also see our [privacy policy](/privacy-policy). --- ### [EU/Swiss Data Processing Addendum](https://lexbe.com/eu-swiss-data-processing-addendum/) **Published:** December 13, 2019 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** *Revision Date: 11/1/2019* This EU/Swiss Data Processing Addendum (“EU/SW-DPA”), has an effective date of the Revision Date above (“Effective Date”), and forms part of the master services agreement between Customer and Lexbe (the “Agreement”), located at https://lexbe.com/master-services-agreement/, and may also be part of an Incorporating Agreement, and reflects the parties’ agreement regarding EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data and EU/Swiss-U.S. Data Transfers, as applicable. This EU/SW-DPA is intended to apply to instances in which Customer or Customer End-Clients utilize the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform or other Lexbe Software and Services in connection with EU/Swiss Personal Data. References to the Agreement will be construed as including without limitation this EU/SW-DPA. Any capitalized terms not defined in this EU/SW-DPA shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Agreement. 1\. Definitions. The following terms shall have the respective meanings given to them in the EU/SW-DPA: “Customer End-Clients” means organizations or individuals who are clients of Customer, including employees and agents for organizational clients of Customer, in connection with legal representation of such organizations or individuals by Customer in a Legal Matter, or for other authorized use of Lexbe Software and Services by Customer. “Data Breach” means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, EU/Swiss Personal Data. “EEA” means the European Economic Area and including, for purposes herein, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. “EU/Swiss Controller” means the entity which determines the purposes and means of the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data. “EU/Swiss-U.S. Data Transfer(s)” means the transfer(s) of EU/Swiss Personal Data outside of the EEA to the United States in Lexbe’s care and control, in connection with the provision and use of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, and other use by Customer or Customer End-Clients of Lexbe Software and Services under the Agreement. “EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations” means all laws and regulations of the European Union, the European Economic Area and their member states, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, applicable to the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data under the Agreement, including the GDPR. “EU/Swiss Data Subject(s)” means an individual(s) who is or are the subject of EU/Swiss Personal Data. “EU/Swiss Data Subject Request” means a request from an EU/Swiss Data Subject for access to, correction, amendment or deletion of such EU/Swiss Data Subject’s EU/Swiss Personal Data. “EU/Swiss Personal Data” means any data in connection with a Legal Matter involving Customer or Customer’s End-User relating to an identified or identifiable individual that is within the scope of protection as “personal data” under the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations, and that is EU/Swiss Processed by Lexbe in connection with the provision of the Lexbe Software and Services. “EU/Swiss Process”, “EU/Swiss Processed”, or “EU/Swiss Processing” means any operation or set of operations performed upon EU/Swiss Personal Data or sets of EU/Swiss Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction. “EU/Swiss Processor” means the entity which processes EU/Swiss Personal Data on behalf of an EU/Swiss Controller. “EU/Swiss Sub-Processors” means any EU/Swiss Processor engaged by Lexbe under Section 3 of this EU/SW-DPA. “GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU/Swiss) 2016/679). “Incorporating Agreement” means any written agreement between Lexbe (which is signed by an executive officer of Lexbe) and the Customer or any related person that incorporates by reference this EU/SW-DPA. “Legal Matter” means an actual or anticipated lawsuit, arbitration, mediation, or administrative proceeding in a court of law or before an administrative body or arbitration or mediation organization, in which a legal remedy or outcome is sought, or related investigation. “Lexbe” means Lexbe Inc., a Texas Corporation, and may also be referred to as “we” or “us”. “Lexbe eDiscovery Platform” means Lexbe’s web-based eDiscovery hosted review application available as SaaS, developed, operated, and maintained by Lexbe, accessible via www.Lexbe.com and www.eDiscoveryPlatform.com, and as further defined in the Agreement. The Lexbe eDiscovery Platform is a DIY eDiscovery tool intended to assist in the prosecution and defense of Legal Matters. Authorized users in a Customer account in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform can create and delete cases within an account, and upload electronically stored information to an account, including as applicable EU/Swiss Personal Data. “Lexbe Software and Services” means Lexbe’s provision of software and services as defined in the Agreement, including without limitation Customer access to and use of the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, hosted from the United States. “Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data” means a notice that Customer provides to Lexbe of the specific Legal Matter in the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform that Customer believes include or may include EU/Swiss Personal Data, and to which the provisions of the EU/SW-DPA do or may apply. This notice should include the Customer’s account name and the case or cases within the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform that include or may include EU/Swiss Personal Data, as well as notice when any case or cases in the Customer’s account that Customer believes include or may include EU/Swiss Personal Data are deleted or closed by Customer or any authorized user of Customer. If Customer sends Lexbe Customer Data that includes or may include EU/Swiss Personal Data, including by hard disc drive, flash drive, FTP, DropBox, hard copy, or any other means of transfer, Customer will specifically advise Lexbe with the same procedures above. 2\. EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data. a. Roles of the Parties. The parties agree that Customer is the EU/Swiss Controller solely responsible for determining the purposes and means of the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data, and Lexbe is Customer’s EU/Swiss Processor responsible for EU/Swiss Processing EU/Swiss Personal Data on behalf of the EU/Swiss Controller. Lexbe may engage EU/Swiss Sub-Processors to Process EU/Swiss Personal Data pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 3 “EU/Swiss Sub-Processors” below. b. Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data. Prior to or contemporaneous with uploading EU/Swiss Personal Data into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, or sending or granting access to EU/Swiss Personal Data to Lexbe personnel for the purpose of uploading into the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform, or otherwise requesting Lexbe Software and Services, Customer shall provide Lexbe with Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data, to assist Lexbe in identifying specific data to apply procedures and safeguards as provided in this EU/SW-DPA. c. Customer’s EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data. Customer shall, in its use of Lexbe Software and Services, Process EU/Swiss Personal Data in accordance with, and in compliance with, all applicable laws, including the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. Customer’s instructions provided to Lexbe with respect to the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data shall at all times comply with EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. Customer shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, quantity, and legality of EU/Swiss Personal Data and the means by which Customer acquired EU/Swiss Personal Data, including, without limitation, receiving the consent of each EU/Swiss Data Subject to the extent it may be required under applicable law. Customer or its agents shall maintain as required any EU/Swiss Processing registers or overview as required by the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations or other applicable law. d. Instructions. Lexbe shall only Process EU/Swiss Personal Data in accordance with Customer’s instructions unless Lexbe is otherwise required to process the EU/Swiss Personal Data for other reasons under the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. Customer’s initial instructions for the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data, if applicable, are defined by the Agreement, and any other applicable order form or statement of work regarding the Lexbe Software and Services, including those specified in an Incorporating Agreement. With the mutual agreement of the parties and subject to this EU/SW-DPA and the Agreement, Customer may issue additional written instructions concerning the type, extent, and procedure of EU/Swiss Processing. e. Details of EU/Swiss Processing. The initial nature and purpose of the EU/Swiss Processing, duration of EU/Swiss Processing, categories of EU/Swiss Data Subjects, and types of EU/Swiss Personal Data are as follows: (1) Nature and Purpose. Provision of the Lexbe Software and Services for Customer and Customer’s Customer End-Clients, in connection with Legal Matters of Customer. (2) Duration. Lexbe will process EU/Swiss Personal Data for the duration of the Agreement, or individual Legal Matter(s) involving EU/Swiss Personal Data if shorter, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties. Lexbe will retain EU/Swiss Personal Data as set forth in the Agreement and this EU/SW-DPA. (3) Categories of EU/Swiss Data Subjects. Customer may submit EU/Swiss Personal Data to and utilize the Lexbe Software and Services, as determined and controlled by Customer in its sole discretion. This includes EU/Swiss Personal Data relating to the following categories of EU/Swiss Data Subjects: Employees of Customer, End-clients of Customer, Consultants or expert witnesses retained by Customer or Customer’s Customer End-Clients, Customer’s authorized users of the Lexbe Software and Services, other data related to Customer Legal Matters. (4) Types of EU/Swiss Personal Data. Customer may submit in Customer’s discretion EU/Swiss Personal Data in connection with Customer Legal Matters, including the following categories of EU/Swiss Personal Data: Application usage data (e.g. log-files), User identification data (which may include title, name, address, telephone number, fax number, company address, email address), Cookies and session information, Internet protocol (IP) address and other computer identifiers, Contact details (e.g. telephone, email), Billing and payment data, User-provided content, EU/Swiss Personal Data contained in data received from Customer’s Customer End-Clients. Customer may specify further types of EU/Swiss Personal Data or categories of EU/Swiss Data Subjects in the Agreement, or notify Lexbe of any additional types or categories from time to time. (5) Impact Assessments and Consultations. Upon Customer’s reasonable request, Lexbe shall provide reasonable assistance at Customer’s expense, including by providing any relevant information, as Customer reasonably requires in order for Customer to prepare any data protection impact assessments or undertake any necessary data protection consultation required by the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. (6) Return or Deletion of Customer EU/Swiss Personal Data. With respect to EU/Swiss Personal Data submitted through Lexbe Software and Services, Lexbe will, as required by and in compliance with EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations, return EU/Swiss Personal Data to Customer and/or, to the extent permitted, may delete such EU/Swiss Personal Data in accordance with the procedures and timeframes set forth in the Agreement. To the extent any EU/Swiss Personal Data is retained by Lexbe longer than the timeframes set forth in Lexbe’s retention and deletion policy, such EU/Swiss Personal Data will be rendered anonymous in such a manner that the EU/Swiss Data Subject is no longer identifiable. 3\. EU/Swiss Sub-Processors. Customer agrees that Lexbe may engage EU/Swiss Sub-Processors to Process EU/Swiss Personal Data in accordance with this EU/SW-DPA. A list of EU/Swiss Sub-Processors including their addresses current as of the Effective Date is available to Customer on request, after providing Lexbe with a Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data in a pending Legal Matter. When engaging EU/Swiss Sub-Processors, Lexbe shall enter into agreements with the EU/Swiss Sub-Processors to bind them to obligations that are substantially similar to those set out in this EU/SW-DPA. Lexbe may sign such agreements directly with the EU/Swiss Sub-Processors. Lexbe shall remain fully liable for the acts or omissions of EU/Swiss Sub-Processors that impact EU/Swiss Personal Data under this EU/SW-DPA. Lexbe will notify Customer in advance of any changes to EU/Swiss Sub-Processors using regular communication means such as email, websites, and communications portals. If Customer reasonably objects to the addition of a new EU/Swiss Sub-Processor (e.g., such change causes Customer to be non-compliant with applicable EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations) with respect to a pending Legal Matter with EU/Swiss Personal Data, Customer shall notify Lexbe in writing of its specific objections within ten (10) days of receiving such notification. If such Customer does not object within such period, the addition of the new Sub-EU/Swiss Processor and, if applicable, the accession to this EU/SW-DPA shall be considered accepted. If such Customer does object to the addition of a new Sub-EU/Swiss Processor and Customer is using the Lexbe Software and Services for a current Legal Matter involving EU/Swiss Personal Data, and Lexbe cannot reasonably accommodate such Customer’s objection, such Customer may terminate the Lexbe Software and Services with respect to cases in which Lexbe has previously received Notice(s) of EU/Swiss Personal Data from Customer, with such notice of termination to be provided in writing within sixty (60) days of receiving Lexbe’s notification that Lexbe cannot reasonably accommodate Customer’s objection. 4\. Customer Agreements. Customer agrees on behalf of Customer and the Customer End-Clients that: a. The EU/Swiss Personal Data has been collected and transferred to Lexbe for use in Lexbe Software and Services in accordance with the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. b. Prior to its transfer to Lexbe, the EU/Swiss Personal Data has been maintained, retained, secured and protected in accordance with the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. c. Customer will respond to inquiries from EU/Swiss Data Subjects and from applicable regulatory authorities concerning the EU/Swiss Processing of the EU/Swiss Personal Data, and will alert Lexbe of any inquiries from EU/Swiss Data Subjects or from applicable regulatory authorities that relate to Lexbe’s EU/Swiss Processing of the EU/Swiss Personal Data. d. Customer has a valid, lawful basis for the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data under this EU/SW-DPA. e. Customer will utilize the Lexbe eDiscovery Platform and other Lexbe Software and Services for EU/Swiss Personal Data only in connection with the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, on behalf of Customer or Customer’s Customer End-Clients, only for the minimum necessary data for adequate prosecution or defense of legal claims. f. Customer will make available a copy of this Agreement to any EU/Swiss Data Subject or regulatory authorities as required by the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations or upon the reasonable request of an EU/Swiss Data Subject or a regulatory authority. g. Customer will provide Lexbe with applicable Notice(s) of EU/Swiss Personal Data on a timely basis, as required by Section 2(b) of this EU/SW-DPA. 5\. Rights of EU/Swiss Data Subjects. Lexbe will promptly notify Customer if it receives an EU/Swiss Data Subject Request, so long as legally permitted by applicable legal authorities and applicable laws. Taking into account the nature of the EU/Swiss Processing, Lexbe will assist Customer by appropriate technical and organizational measures, for the fulfillment of Customer’s obligation to respond to an EU/Swiss Data Subject Request under EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations, as legally required and commercially reasonable. In addition, to the extent Customer, in its use of Lexbe Software and Services, does not have the ability to address a EU/Swiss Data Subject Request, Lexbe shall, upon Customer’s request, use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Customer in responding to such EU/Swiss Data Subject Request, to the extent Lexbe is legally permitted to do so and the response to such EU/Swiss Data Subject Request is required under EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. Customer shall be responsible for any costs arising from Lexbe’s provision of such assistance. 6\. Lexbe Personnel. Lexbe will ensure that its personnel engaged in EU/Swiss Processing are informed of the confidential nature of any EU/Swiss Personal Data, and have executed written confidentiality agreements. Lexbe will ensure that such confidentiality obligations survive the termination of the personnel engagement. Lexbe will use commercially reasonable efforts to take the necessary steps to ensure the reliability of any Lexbe personnel engaged in the EU/Swiss Processing of EU/Swiss Personal Data. Lexbe will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that Lexbe’s access to EU/Swiss Personal Data is limited to those Lexbe personnel performing Lexbe Software and Services to Customer pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise supporting the Lexbe Software and Services. Lexbe has appointed a data protection officer who may be reached at privacy@Lexbe.com. 7\. Security. Lexbe warrants that it maintains appropriate technical and organizational measures for the protection of the security, including protection against Data Breaches. Lexbe regularly monitors compliance with these measures. Lexbe maintains an industry-standard security incident management policy and shall notify Customer without undue delay after becoming aware of any Data Breach. Lexbe shall use reasonable commercial efforts to identify the cause of any such Data Breach and take reasonable steps necessary to remediate the cause of such Data Breach, to the extent remediation is within Lexbe’s reasonable control. The obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any Data Breach or incident or breach caused by Customer or Customer’s users. 8\. Recordkeeping and Audit. Lexbe will maintain such records with respect to EU/Swiss Processing and EU/Swiss Personal Data in connection with Lexbe Software and Services as necessary to comply with its obligations under GDPR. Upon Customer’s written request, and subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement, Lexbe will certify this with respect to any specific EU/Swiss Personal Data provided to Lexbe by Customer, as provided in applicable Notices of EU/Swiss Personal Data. To the extent it is not possible to otherwise satisfy an audit obligation mandated by applicable EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations, only the legally mandated entity (such as a governmental regulatory agency having oversight of Customer’s operations) may conduct an onsite visit of the facilities used to provide the Lexbe Software and Services. Unless expressly and specifically mandated by EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations, no audits are allowed within a data center for security and compliance reasons. 9\. EU/Swiss-U.S. Data Transfers. Customer authorizes Lexbe to engage in EU/Swiss-U.S. Data Transfers, provided that Lexbe shall implement appropriate safeguards for any such Data Transfer, as required by the EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. Customer agrees to provide Lexbe with a prior or contemporaneous Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data, as provided in Section 2(b) of the EU/SW-DPA. Customer acknowledges that Lexbe has applied for self-certification with the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks, as administered by the US Department of Commerce, but has not yet been approved. Also once approved, Lexbe may at any time cease to maintain such self-certifications, or the self-certifications may be terminated or suspended, and in such circumstances Lexbe may instead implement alternative appropriate safeguards for any EU/Swiss-U.S. Data Transfer. 10\. Lexbe Notice Requirements. With respect to a Customer that has provided Lexbe with a Notice of EU/Swiss Personal Data in a pending Legal Matter, Lexbe agrees that it will notify Customer if it determines that it cannot or will no longer meet the obligations set forth in this EU/SW-DPA or the GDPR with respect to performing Lexbe Software and Services for such Customer; and upon such notice, Lexbe will take reasonable and necessary steps, without undue delay, to stop EU/Swiss Processing such EU/Swiss Personal Data. All such notices shall be sent to the email address associated with a Customer’s Lexbe Account. In notices required to be delivered by Customer to Lexbe shall be sent to privacy@Lexbe.com. 11\. General. This EU/SW-DPA and the Agreement, located at https://lexbe.com/master-services-agreement/, comprise the entire agreement between Customer and Lexbe regarding the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties. With respect to matters addressed in the EU/SW-DPA regarding Customer, this EU/SW-DPA applies rather than Lexbe’s general privacy policy provisions related to the GDPA. The parties agree that governing law of this EU/SW-DPA, and the forum for all disputes in respect of this EU/SW-DPA, shall be the same as set out in the Agreement, unless otherwise specifically required by applicable EU/Swiss Data Protection Laws and Regulations. --- ### [Security](https://lexbe.com/about-lexbe/security/) **Published:** January 7, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** Lexbe maintains state-of-the-art security to ensure that customer documents are never compromised. Data security is our top priority and our redundant infrastructure, multi-level application controls, and strong 256-bit SSL encryption deliver the highest levels of protection for your legal electronic stored information (ESI). ### World Class Data Center Infrastructure Lexbe operates within the Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud environment and incorporates Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), and Elastic Block Store (EBS) technology. Amazon is a leading service provider for the infrastructure, network, and physical security layers of a cloud- based network environment. Servers are maintained in secure, limited access, physically isolated data centers, and monitored from network operating centers 24×365. AWS data center personnel do not have logical access to Lexbe applications or to the data of any Lexbe customers hosted online. ### Document & Data Encryption Lexbe only uses the strongest security when managing your case data. We transmit and store your ESI using strong 256-bit (AES-256) encryption, the same technology used by leading financial institutions. ### Reliability and Backup We configure all servers and networking components in a redundant configuration for persistent reliability. Our uptime over the last 5 years exceeds 99.995% and we provide customers a 99.99% uptime guarantee. All customer data is stored redundantly in multiple separate data centers and synching downloads occur daily. In a disaster, we are configured to be able restore client data from remotely stored back-ups. Clients additionally can periodically download their own files and data for an additional level of redundancy, if desired. ### You Own the Data; Confidentiality Our Terms of Service disclaim any ownership interest in your and your client’s documents and data. We acknowledge that we hold subject to your attorney-client and work-product privileges. ### Audits and Certifications Our data center provide Service Organization Controls 1 & 2 reports published under SSAE 16 and ISAE 3402 professional standards (formerly SAS70 Type II audits). We enable HIPAA covered entities to leverage our secure environment to process, maintain, and store protected health information. Additionally, our data center has achieved ISO 27001 certification, and has been successfully validated as a Level 1 service provider under the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS). --- ### [Submit Credit Card Information](https://lexbe.com/support/submit-credit-card-information/) **Published:** February 13, 2015 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** ## Secure Credit Card Submission Please use this form to submit credit card information securely to us for billing on your account. All information (except your log-in email) should be as used for your billing credit card. Alternatively, please feel free to call us with your information at [+1 800-401-7809](tel:+18004017809). We can also set up invoice billing for approved accounts. To set up please [contact support](/support/submit-a-support-ticket). \[lexbe-submit-credit-card\] --- ### [How It Works](https://lexbe.com/about-lexbe/how-it-works/) **Published:** January 7, 2014 **Author:** Gene Albert **Content:** Lexbe processing and review systems are designed to use the Amazon Web Services back end. Amazon is the leading provider of cloud based web services and provides the infrastructure for high-demand enterprise applications from SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and Adobe. The fact is, many of the websites or online applications you are using today are being delivered via Amazon Web Services. Lexbe has developed proprietary technology that allows us to leverage computing services as we need them. In other words, we can dynamically scale to meet the specific needs for your case. If you have an immediate deadline and need faster processing, we can immediately scale to meet those needs. If you are leveraging internal resources today for eDiscovery processing, we can also act as a compliment to your existing resources to help you meet your case deadlines. In effect we can deliver eDiscovery services whenever you need them, on-demand. --- ## Tags ### [Digital Forensics](https://lexbe.com/tag/digital-forensics/) --- ### [eDiscovery](https://lexbe.com/tag/ediscovery/) --- ### [Smartphones](https://lexbe.com/tag/smartphones/) --- ### [#AI](https://lexbe.com/tag/ai/) --- ### [#ChatGPT](https://lexbe.com/tag/chatgpt/) --- ### [#LegalTech](https://lexbe.com/tag/legaltech/) --- ### [#LanguageTranslation](https://lexbe.com/tag/languagetranslation/) --- ### [#CrossBorderLitigation](https://lexbe.com/tag/crossborderlitigation/) --- ### [#SentimentAnalysis](https://lexbe.com/tag/sentimentanalysis/) --- ### [#AudioTranscription](https://lexbe.com/tag/audiotranscription/) --- ### [#EntityDetection](https://lexbe.com/tag/entitydetection/) --- ### [#ImageRecognition](https://lexbe.com/tag/imagerecognition/) --- ### [#NearDuplicationGroupings](https://lexbe.com/tag/nearduplicationgroupings/) --- ### [#DocumentComparison](https://lexbe.com/tag/documentcomparison/) --- ### [#PredictiveCoding](https://lexbe.com/tag/predictivecoding/) ---