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This is a sample policy showing how to develop a comprehensive strategy for when to settle and when to litigate

Waiting for litigation to occur can be both risky and expensive – especially for companies with high litigation profiles. Because of their urgency, responding to discovery and placing legal holds can disrupt business operations and consume available resources, making it hard for a company to get out of the reactive discovery mindset. Instead of waiting for discovery requests to appear, organizations in the Untied States need to anticipate and prepare for future litigation requirements.

This is a sample of class action basics regarding Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.

This is a sample litigation hold memo.

This article shows how you, as a member of the in-house legal department, can determine and implement the best records/information retention and litigation hold policy for your company, so that it can efficiently and properly respond to any inevitable e-discovery request?

This is a sample litigation hold & document preservation policy.

This is a sample wage-hour litigation intake checklist related to the Wage and Hour InfoPak.

This is a sample litigation hold policy regarding worker's compensation.

This is a sample procurement contract review process map.

Why do corporations lose in high-stakes litigation before juries? A number of factors may be to blame—including plaintiffs portraying corporations as uncaring monsters long before any parties set foot in the courtroom. For many years now, the Plaintiffs’ Bar has used litigation tactics consistent with the “Reptile Theory” to gain an advantage in the litigation and influence the ultimate outcome in the courtroom. In this presentation, we will address ways to combat these tactics by transforming the perception of the company from the inception of the case in the United States.

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This is a sample document retention schedule.

This sample memorandum represents outside counsel memorializing certain actions taken by a client party in meeting any continuing preservation obligations it has under three legal holds, as well as documenting a new matter that potentially gives rise to further preservation obligations.

This sample addresses how when conducting internal investigations the steps that should be taken to ensure the investigation is properly concluded and that the investigation file is in order.

In addition to the professional requirements, and the risks of sanctions or adverse decisions, corporate counsel must avoid the high costs of excessive collection and processing by outside vendors -- and the resulting increases in review costs as well.

This is a sample contract between an advertising agency and advertiser.

This is a sample litigation hold policy.

Sample job description for responsibities for interpreting data, analyzing results and providing on-going reports and metrics to execute our primary goal to reduce legal spend, while improving quality, value, and forecasting.

Employees' use of cell phone while driving is a potential source of liability for the employer. In this short article, learn tips to train the business on banning the use of cell phones while driving.

This Checklist sets out a comprehensive list of information that should be requested regarding due diligence.

This is a sample Single Plaintiff Exposure analysis related to the Wage and Hour InfoPak.

Internal kick-off meeting agenda template for new eDiscovery case.

This document is a document verification template, in which an officer or person with knowledge verifies that the statements in a pleading (such as a complaint or answer) is true based on their knowledge, or information gleaned from the books and records of the company. This type of form is also sometimes used in discovery.

This article outlines the benefits of replacing a reactive, ad-hoc discovery process with a proactive litigation readiness program that can substantially reduce the risks and costs of implementing legal holds, collecting relevant electronically stored information (ESI), and otherwise responding to eDiscovery requests for companies based in the United States.

This is a sample employment and labor due diligence document checklist.

This template sets up procedure for preservation and collection of records and data for litigation purposes.

This sample memorandum represents outside counsel memorializing certain actions taken by a client party in meeting any continuing preservation obligations it has under three legal holds, as well as documenting a new matter that potentially gives rise to further preservation obligations.