Dorsey & Whitney Launches In-House Electronic Discovery Service

MINNEAPOLIS (August 13, 2008) – Today Dorsey & Whitney announced it has launched LegalMine™, a new electronic document review service to help alleviate discovery costs for clients. The new service is fully integrated with the Dorsey litigation team.

Dorsey is leveraging state-of-the-art technology to achieve greater productivity and review consistency at a competitive per document or per page pricing model for document review. This fee structure rolls review costs, quality control and certain vendor costs together for a single, predictable price to the client.

“Clients have already experienced the benefits of LegalMine, which utilizes industry leading software and professional document reviewers to thoughtfully select a limited number of documents to review, keeping the process efficient and the costs predictable, which leads to more effective management of litigation costs. We understand that management of document review costs is a critical concern for our clients,” said Mike Droke, Dorsey’s LegalMine Chair.

Dorsey conducted significant research to fully understand its clients’ needs. Old linear review systems (page-by-page review) can limit review rates, increasing costs. Clients also are concerned about security and oversight with fully outsourced or offshore vendors.

LegalMine is a Dorsey-managed document review facility in the firm’s Minneapolis headquarters office where clients and the legal team can immediately interact with and oversee the work of the review team.

The dedicated LegalMine team has implemented quality control and efficiency mechanisms to significantly increase the competitive advantage for clients. To help achieve this, LegalMine features:

• competitive concept mapping technology;
• dedicated review attorney staff;
• an in-house facility;
• and a standardized quality control and feedback processes.

Dorsey & Whitney’s technology platform ensures greater consistency and the review team is able to quickly hone in on the relevant documents in their review batch -- which results in cost savings for clients.