This document summarizes the pros, cons, and ethical considerations of insourcing versus outsourcing e-discovery services. It discusses the risks of insourcing such as bandwidth limitations and lack of technical expertise. It also reviews factors to consider like case size and ability to evaluate changing technology. The document provides examples of the costs of document review using different platforms and methods. It highlights challenges like pricing models and keeping up with changing technology. Best practices for supervising outsourced work are also outlined.

1. Kelly Twigger, ESI Attorneys Karl Schieneman, Jurinnov August 18, 2010 E-Discovery Outsourcing and In-sourcing: Pros, Cons and Ethical Considerations

10. ESI Review Costs *Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at http://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 350 documents per hour Cost of Review = Number of Review Hours X Hourly Rate Average Review Rates: Using Concordance/Summation – 40-60 docs/hour Using online review platform with advanced features – 100-150 docs/hour Using concept clustering tools – 300 docs/hour 70% faster review rates with concept clustering, near de-duplication and email thread grouping

11. ESI Review Costs Examples: Cost for 2GB Review (31,562 documents*) Using Summation/Concordance *Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at http://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 50 documents per hour ^Assumes review rate of 110 documents per hour “ Assumes review rate of 300 documents per hour Using web-based review platform Using concept analytics, near de-duplication and email thread grouping 105 hours” X $200 = $21,000 631 hours ** X $200 = $ 126,200 287 hours ^ X $200 = $ 57,400

12. ESI Review Costs Examples: Cost for 57.7GB Review (911,140 documents*) Using Summation/Concordance *Based on median value of 15,791 for files per GB provided by EDRM benchmark at http://www.edrm.net **Assumes review rate of 50 documents per hour ^Assumes review rate of 110 documents per hour “ Assumes review rate of 300 documents per hour Using web-based review platform Using concept analytics, near de-duplication and email thread grouping 3037” X $200 = $607,426 22,778 hours ** X $200 = $ 4,555,703 8283 hours ^ X $200 = $1,656,618

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