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August 21, 2021
Baltimore partner Kali Book will speak at the DRI Product Liability Conference Seminar's Young Lawyers Breakout Session on "How to Address Ever-Expanding and Amorphous Product Liability Claims" on Aug. 21.
Product Liability Conference Seminar
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Integrated approach to defensible information management & discovery
Our Encompass team, a dedicated practice group of the Firm, provides clients and co-counsel with end-to-end e-discovery technology, document review, and integrated counsel and advocacy.
- Advocacy to address scope of discovery, negotiate discovery protocols, and help minimize business disruption and burdens.
- Deep experience partnering with clients and trusted matter counsel.
- Flexible and scalable teams experienced in large concurrent and small routine matters.
- Business-minded counsel on defensible disposal, preservation, records management, and other information governance matters.
We help our clients in some of the largest and most complex cases, government investigations, and transactions in the United States.
Enterprise-level relationships and deep partnerships bring consistency, efficiencies, defensibility
- National e-discovery Counsel for global pharmaceutical client, advising on integrated information governance, preservation and discovery
- Enterprise e-discovery Counsel for Fortune 50 company, providing integrated information governance and discovery counsel across the enterprise
- Discovery Counsel for 16 defendants in antitrust MDL, providing discovery and review counsel services
- Data and integrated Discovery Counsel in cyberattack MDL for 13 companies facing hundreds of putative class actions related to one of the largest cyberattacks in history
- Discovery Counsel for DOJ HSR Second Requests with services including negotiating discovery and production requirements, conducting custodian interviews and data collection, addressing privilege challenges and performing discovery-related reviews
An approach embraced by clients in heavily regulated industries
- Fortune 50 clients
- Heavily regulated companies
- A broad range of industry sectors, including automotive, energy, financial, health insurance, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology, tobacco
- Law firms serving as matter counsel who engage Encompass to provide focused and integrated e-discovery services
Depth of bench; capacity
- Partner-level oversight, dedicated discovery attorneys
- Project management lawyers and team leads, co-located in TN & SC review centers
- Veteran litigators, technologists, project managers, analytics professionals, litigation technology professionals
- Review centers in SC, TN, & DC and extended network with scalable capacity (300-1200+ seats, including in CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, MI, NC, NY)
- Data analytics team integration enables informed negotiation and advocacy
- Analytics and Technology professionals team certifications include: ACEDS, Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Certified Infrastructure Specialist, Content analytics Advanced Analytics Certification, Clearwell Certified Administrator, AccessData Certified Examiner, EnCase Certified Examiner, and CommVault Certified Administrator
Integrated information governance from records management to preservation to cybersecurity
Clients seek our counsel for help with records management and information governance policies, defensible disposal strategies, cyberattack matters (proactive programmatic and incident response), and preservation policies and strategies.
Our integrated approach to information governance and e-discovery and perspectives from the courtroom enable us to bring practical, business-focused perspectives designed to enhance defensibility and improve litigation readiness.
Scalability and technology providing flexibility and advanced analytics
Through the Firm’s EnCAP affiliate, Encompass provides data processing and hosting integrated with advanced analytics.
- Customizable processing and culling technology available through Nuix with kCura’s Relativity document hosting and review platform
- Routine use of alternative review workflows including Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and other analytics
- Fully encrypted hosting infrastructure using certified hosting and processing environment
- Hundreds of terabytes in active data in processing and hosting environment
- Robust information security program aligned to stringent standards
- Dedicated technology team provides 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, processing, data analytics
Nelson Mullins Encompass advocacy and e-discovery capabilities
- E-Discovery & Review Counsel: Litigation
- E-Discovery & Review Counsel: Investigation
- Enterprise E-Discovery Counsel
- Cybersecurity & Data Breach Response
- Records & Information Governance
- Litigation Readiness
- Second Requests
- Enterprise Data & Mobile Device
- Strategic Advocacy
- Predictive Coding & Analytics
- Hosting & Migration
- Data Collection, Processing & Production
- Review
Our strengths include
Enterprise-level relationships and deep partnerships bring consistency, efficiencies, defensibility
- National e-discovery Counsel for global pharmaceutical client, advising on integrated information governance, preservation and discovery
- Enterprise e-discovery Counsel for Fortune 50 company, providing integrated information governance and discovery counsel across the enterprise
- Discovery Counsel for 16 defendants in antitrust MDL, providing discovery and review counsel services
- Data and integrated Discovery Counsel in cyberattack MDL for 13 companies facing hundreds of putative class actions related to one of the largest cyberattacks in history
- Discovery Counsel for DOJ HSR Second Requests with services including negotiating discovery and production requirements, conducting custodian interviews and data collection, addressing privilege challenges and performing discovery-related reviews
An approach embraced by clients in heavily regulated industries
- Fortune 50 clients
- Heavily regulated companies
- A broad range of industry sectors, including automotive, energy, financial, health insurance, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology, tobacco
- Law firms serving as matter counsel who engage Encompass to provide focused and integrated e-discovery services
Depth of bench; capacity
- Partner-level oversight, dedicated discovery attorneys
- Project management lawyers and team leads, co-located in TN & SC review centers
- Veteran litigators, technologists, project managers, analytics professionals, litigation technology professionals
- Review centers in SC, TN, & DC and extended network with scalable capacity (300-1200+ seats, including in CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, MI, NC, NY)
- Data analytics team integration enables informed negotiation and advocacy
- Analytics and Technology professionals team certifications include: ACEDS, Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Certified Infrastructure Specialist, Content analytics Advanced Analytics Certification, Clearwell Certified Administrator, AccessData Certified Examiner, EnCase Certified Examiner, and CommVault Certified Administrator
Integrated information governance from records management to preservation to cybersecurity
Clients seek our counsel for help with records management and information governance policies, defensible disposal strategies, cyberattack matters (proactive programmatic and incident response), and preservation policies and strategies.
Our integrated approach to information governance and e-discovery and perspectives from the courtroom enable us to bring practical, business-focused perspectives designed to enhance defensibility and improve litigation readiness.
Scalability and technology providing flexibility and advanced analytics
Through the Firm’s EnCAP affiliate, Encompass provides data processing and hosting integrated with advanced analytics.
- Customizable processing and culling technology available through Nuix with kCura’s Relativity document hosting and review platform
- Routine use of alternative review workflows including Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and other analytics
- Fully encrypted hosting infrastructure using certified hosting and processing environment
- Hundreds of terabytes in active data in processing and hosting environment
- Robust information security program aligned to stringent standards
- Dedicated technology team provides 24/7 infrastructure monitoring, processing, data analytics
Nelson Mullins Encompass advocacy and e-discovery capabilities
- E-Discovery & Review Counsel: Litigation
- E-Discovery & Review Counsel: Investigation
- Enterprise E-Discovery Counsel
- Cybersecurity & Data Breach Response
- Records & Information Governance
- Litigation Readiness
- Second Requests
- Enterprise Data & Mobile Device
- Strategic Advocacy
- Predictive Coding & Analytics
- Hosting & Migration
- Data Collection, Processing & Production
- Review
- Advocacy and accountability − attorneys leading strategy
- Intelligent review process, advanced analytics, technology, scalability
- E-discovery counsel experienced in high risk, large scale, time sensitive matters, working in an integrated manner with clients and co-counsel as part of the litigation and transaction team
- Sound budget management through predictable fee structures
- Experience − including antitrust, commercial, intellectual property, and product liability litigation, arbitrations, government investigations, subpoena responses, and multilingual reviews (including in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Russian)
Our team has a proven record of helping clients with volume reductions through analytics-enabled scope negotiations, courtroom advocacy, and tailored workflows.
