Thanks to the drastic increase in ESI (electronically stored information) in recent years there have been radical changes in law processes and first level document review has been estimated to account for between 60% and 90% of all litigation costs. As a result, law firms are always on the lookout for ways and means of reducing these costs. That’s where legal process outsourcing (LPO) comes handy in a big way.

As the term suggests, documents must first be reviewed to establish whether they are “non-responsive” or “responsive” with regard to a particular case. First level document review is carried out after receiving and before producing any documents following any legal application for their production. It prepares the grounds for a more senior review.

The documents must be reviewed to determine whether they are applicable to the case in question, are confidential and protected and whether they are crucial or significant to the case in question. Besides litigation cases, documents are also reviewed for corporate due diligence and regulatory compliance.
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