In a complex business environment, where information spans countless formats, platforms and applications, companies need practical, cost-efficient strategies to cost effectively manage data, streamline discovery and reduce risk.

eDiscovery & Information Governance

Smart, scalable solutions drawing on deep legal insight, tested processes and cutting-edge technology.

eDiscovery & Information Governance

Overview

Munger, Tolles & Olson’s attorneys and in-house technology professionals have decades of experience guiding clients through their most difficult discovery challenges and advising them on information governance and litigation readiness.

We efficiently manage every phase of the eDiscovery process with a focus on our clients’ matter- and business-specific needs. We use our experience to anticipate and solve technical challenges our clients face in identifying, preserving and collecting from their most complex data systems. Our attorneys use their deep knowledge of eDiscovery case law to draft protective orders and electronically stored information (ESI) protocols that protect our clients’ interests. When review begins, we deploy defensible workflows and advanced review tools, including emerging artificial intelligence tools, to help clients meet their discovery obligations while minimizing disruption, cost and risk. We are platform-agnostic and have worked with every major discovery vendor, allowing us to make informed recommendations or work seamlessly with our clients’ preferred partners.

We also provide our clients with impactful training and policy guidance. Our attorneys and professionals are thought leaders on new technologies and developing legal issues, and frequently speak at external events and provide continuing legal education (CLE) presentations. We draw on this experience to help clients develop information governance policies that align their legal, operational and compliance goals, ensuring their internal teams are prepared for discovery demands before litigation.

In a business landscape where data volumes are growing exponentially and discovery approaches are increasingly scrutinized, the interplay between privacy, security and information governance complexity can be daunting. MTO’s sophisticated solutions help clients reduce discovery costs, protect their interests and advance their litigation strategies.

Featured achievement.

California Lawyers Association’s Law Practice Management and Technology Section Names MTO 2024 Law Firm of the Year

Munger, Tolles & Olson is honored to be recognized by the California Lawyers Association’s (CLA) Law Practice Management and Technology (LMPT) Section as the 2024 Law Firm of the Year. The LPMT’s annual awards recognize California attorneys and legal professionals who are advancing law practice management and technology adaption in the state’s innovative legal landscape.

Experience

Efficient Discovery Management

Managed multiple client matters with collection and search sets as large as 80 million records and review sets of up to several million records while meeting their goals for cost reduction and risk mitigation.
Completed accelerated fact discovery in a complex arbitration involving an exchange of over one million documents within a six-month period.
Oversaw all aspects of discovery for financial institution clients in multiple matters in overlapping federal, state and investigatory environments, including preservation, negotiation of search term protocols, collection of diverse data sources, document review and production.
Leveraged client’s existing information systems to create defensible and repeatable privilege screen updates.

Litigation Technology Consultation

Implemented defensible processes using multiple techniques and technologies to cull 27 million records to 500,000 records, reducing the client’s costs and improving workflows on document review.
Created an automated process for the distribution and acknowledgement of legal hold notices for hundreds of recipients for a client with no prior legal hold system.
Developed a custom workflow for processing and producing a client’s proprietary chat data in a format consistent with common messaging applications like Slack and iOS text messaging.
Used advanced AI image classification software to cut human reviews by 99%.

eDiscovery and Information Governance Policy Development

Advised on the development of eDiscovery best practices for a major client, including:
- Outside counsel guidelines for preservation, collection, review – including technology-assisted review (TAR) – and data disposition;
- Standardized forms and protocols for litigation counsel; and
- Produced gold-standard templates for protective orders and ESI protocols.
Built scalable eDiscovery processes aligned with regulatory and consumer privacy requirements, including FCPA, AML, SAR, SOX and GLBA.