Ad Litem Consulting, Inc.

Ad Litem Consulting, Inc.
Technical Standards
   Includes:
     - Load Files
     - Cost Codes
     - Quotes
     - For Vendors
     - For Firms

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Read about litigation tech strategies and best practices for the case and firm.
Litigation Support Department
Includes:
   - Budget Spreadsheet
   - Needs Assesment
   - Case Technology Plan
   - Task and Check Lists
   - Member's Area Access

    

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Intro
Acknowledgements
License
Preface
1.00 Introduction
1.01 For Vendors
1.02 For Firms
1.03 How to Use This Document
2.00 Business Standards
2.01 Outgoing Media Kit
2.02 Cost Codes for Litigation Support
2.03 Request for Quotes ("RFQs")
2.04 Quotes
2.05 Weekly Updates
2.06 Color Blindness
2.07 Quality Control
2.08 Required Test Load
3.00 Technical Standards
3.01 Media Labels
3.02 File, Folder and Volume Naming
3.03 CD Content and Organization
3.04 Organization of Sub-Folders
3.05 Bates Schemes
3.06 Data Files
3.07 Database Conventions
3.08 Native Files
3.09 Project Specifications Document
3.10 Bibliographical Coding Manual
3.11 Image Format
3.12 OCR
3.13 Slip-Sheets or Unitization Rules
3.14 Video
3.15 Synchronization
3.16 Transcripts
3.17 Delivery Media
4.00 Software Specific Requirements
4.01 Casesoft Suite
4.02 IPRO
4.03 Dataflight's Concordance and Opticon
4.04 Image Capture Engineering
4.05 Summation
4.06 iCONECT
4.07 inData TrialDirector
4.nn Additional Titles to Follow
5.00 Examples of What Not To Do
5.01 Media Labels
5.02 File / Folder / Volume Name Conventions
5.03 Database
5.04 Media Content
5.05 Load Files
5.06 OCR
5.07 Opticon Load Files
5.08 Image Format
5.09 Transcripts
5.10 General Errors / Issues
5.11 Real Experiences

1.00 Introduction - Technical Standards

Use this document to eliminate discrepancies between firm technical needs and vendor product. Litigation Support spends needless hours changing products in order to use it. The firm and client pay for product that, ultimately, is flawed. Litigation Support then faces a dilemma, fix it internally or have the vendor fix it. Expedience favors having Litigation Support do the work.

If the client specifies a preference, the vendor's technicians and business can meet firm expectations. The result is removal of those flaws and a lot of saved time and stress for everyone.
 
The document covers as many technical requirements as possible for as many types of discovery and software as possible.

To get a good idea of the reason for these explicit directions, please visit the final section of this document entitled, “Things not to do”. All of these examples are from real life. All of these examples caused headaches, delaying reviews, productions and more.

I hope that this document is helpful to you.

©2006 Ad Litem Consulting, Inc. - Litigation Support Services