Financial Services Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY CDS
CDS used Relativity Assisted Review to help a large financial services company with e-discovery for an investigation. The client needed to quickly produce documents for the federal government. CDS tr...ained Assisted Review with prior work product. The team manually reviewed less than 15% of the total documents. This reduced manual review by 85%.
Accounting Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY Mazars
RelativityOne helped Mazars cut costs and save over 300 hours. Mazars used Collect in RelativityOne to gather client data remotely for an international investigation. They avoided travel and shipping... costs by not needing to move physical storage devices. The team translated 1,500 documents and financial records from Arabic to English in minutes. RelativityOne also helped decode unknown aliases and identify files from other involved individuals.
Management Consulting Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY KordaMentha
Relativity helped KordaMentha find cultural issues in a client's organization. KordaMentha used Relativity's processing tools to review executive emails and identify misogynistic language. They built... custom visualizations and used AI to analyze data. Their findings showed key players and conversations. The client made changes to fix the problem.
FTI Consulting faced a big challenge with a second request during a merger. They had to manage 5 terabytes of data across 150 custodians. They chose RelativityOne to avoid building an on-premises sys...tem. This helped them move faster and handle the large data volume. They produced a one-million-page production in less than a week. The cloud solution gave them flexibility and speed.
RelativityOne helped KPMG respond to a major cyber incident for a large restaurant chain. KPMG quickly and securely transferred 1.5 TB of data to RelativityOne for processing and review. They reduced... the data set by 90%, narrowing it from 1 million to 100,000 documents. KPMG also cut 15 million breach records down to 150,000 for the final notification report. This enabled fast, secure, and efficient breach response and regulatory compliance.
Relativity Contracts helped PwC UK review 160,000 contracts for a property investment client. The tool reduced the document set to 43,000, cutting review volume by 73%. PwC blended technology with hu...man expertise to validate results. This saved time and improved quality. PwC used Relativity Contracts to turn unstructured contract data into actionable insights.
A&M Brazil used RelativityOne to collect and deliver data for clients. They needed a way to handle more data and remote work challenges. They adopted RelativityOne for remote collection and built a c...ustom ticketing system. In 20 months, they saved 492,070 BRL and 1,650 hours. This helped them lower costs and work more efficiently.
Relativity aiR for Review helped Teneo cut costs by 70% on a 1 million document review project. Teneo finished the project in just 18 days, instead of several months. The platform made review decisio...ns faster and more consistent. Teneo used one reviewer to look at all documents, reducing errors. Teneo is a global CEO advisory firm with over 1,600 employees.
KordaMentha used Relativity to help a client find cultural issues among employees. They found misogynistic language in the client's organization. KordaMentha used custom visualizations to show the pr...oblem and identify key people and conversations. They processed data in a custom workspace with Relativity's tools. Their findings helped the client make changes and fix the problem.
Relativity aiR for Review helped KordaMentha improve their legal discovery process. The team achieved more consistent and accurate results. They met a tight disclosure deadline, saving over 25 days a...nd cutting costs by 85%. Subject matter experts led the review and found new insights that led to organizational change. The solution also uncovered issues and strategic insights beyond the original project scope.
RelativityOne helped Control Risks convert 500GB of customer service ticket data to RSMF format. Control Risks used RelativityOne to export tickets in JSON and transform them for efficient review. Th...e RSMF format made it easy to analyze message direction, event history, and icons. This process helped a law firm client meet a U.S. government review deadline. Control Risks delivered a fast and cost-effective solution for large-scale data analysis.
Legal Services Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY elaw
Relativity Assisted Review helped elaw handle a high-stakes document review. elaw used the tool to review 80,000 documents in just 8 days. The team saved 861 hours of review time. They reduced costs ...by $258,000. The solution let them meet a tight deadline for their client, a large global law firm.
Relativity Assisted Review helped Cozen O'Connor in a trade secret case. They used analytics and review tools to sort through 2 million documents. Three people found 100 key documents in 10 days. The... opposing side raised their settlement offer by 10 times. The solution gave Cozen O'Connor a strong advantage in the case.
Relativity aiR for Review helped JND review 650,000 documents in one week for a government agency. JND used RelativityOne to select documents and aiR for Review to find 66,000 related to nine issues.... They identified 122 documents as very relevant, which shaped case strategy. The review took only 20% of the time compared to traditional methods. JND needed just three attorneys for subject matter expertise.
Foley & Lardner faced a government investigation that grew from 8 million to 117 million documents. They needed to review a huge amount of data and could not miss any important documents. They used a... unique active learning workflow in RelativityOne to find 3 million likely responsive records. They used a prioritized review queue to identify 23,000 documents for immediate review and production. They finished the investigation ten times faster than expected and saved $10 million.
Sunstein LLP is a law firm in Boston. They had problems with server upgrades taking too much time and causing stress. They switched from Relativity Server to RelativityOne in November 2020. They used... ARM to archive 80% of their case data and used dashboards to monitor spending. They also increased the use of AI and analytics. As a result, they cut their annual spend in half and saved a lot of time.
Cimplifi needed to review 14,000 documents for a law firm client with minimal manual review. They used aiR for Review's generative AI technology to speed up the process. A subject matter expert attor...ney helped set up the review criteria and guided the AI. This approach saved over 250 hours of review time. An elusion test showed the AI missed zero responsive documents in the sample checked by the expert.
Ballard Spahr used Relativity to compare 15,000 pages for a client. The client needed to ensure new software generated documents matched originals. Manual review was slow and costly. Relativity autom...ated the comparison, helping reviewers find errors fast. The project finished in 23 days and cost the client $18,000. Ballard Spahr saved their client over $125,000 on the document quality control project.
RelativityOne helped Altlaw spend more time with clients. Before, project managers spent 60% of their time on client work and 40% on managing technology. After moving to RelativityOne, they now spend... 80% of their time on client work and only 20% on tech. This shift let Altlaw build a happier company culture. The team focused less on tech and more on relationships.
Relativity Assisted Review helped Steptoe handle a DOJ second request. The team used analytics to review 2.6 million documents in four weeks. They categorized 486,000 documents as responsive. This sa...ved their client 25,400 review hours. The project drove analytics adoption across the firm. Steptoe saved their client $2.7 million.
Relativity helped Special Counsel solve a complex embezzlement case. The team used keyword expansion in Analytics to find a key clue: a Chinese character used as a code word. This led to uncovering f...ake accounts and fraudulent billing. The solution made it easier to organize data and discover the truth. Special Counsel has been a customer since 2008.
Relativity Analytics helped Stradley Ronon review 7,900 documents for an insurance case. An associate used clustering to group similar documents. All key documents were found in one cluster. The revi...ew finished in a few hours. They eliminated 94% of documents from manual review. This saved time and effort for the legal team.
Relativity Analytics helped Ballard Spahr handle a contract dispute for a government agency. The e-discovery team faced 2.8 million documents, most of which were irrelevant. They used a heat map in A...nalytics to find overlaps between search terms and custodians. This let them remove 2.5 million irrelevant documents. The reviewable set dropped to 277,180 documents, making early case assessment much faster and easier.
RelativityOne helped Allen & Overy manage global e-discovery needs. The firm adopted RelativityOne in the US, EMEA, and Asia. This move streamlined their work on multi-jurisdictional matters. Since 2...018, Allen & Overy scaled operations worldwide and used the platform for innovation. Over 60% of their cases are multijurisdictional, and RelativityOne gave them near-infinite scalability.
RelativityOne helped JND eDiscovery process 3 TB of Microsoft Office 365 data for a client. JND built a custom early case assessment dashboard to analyze key players and search terms. They used a hyb...rid workflow with Assisted Review and search terms to focus on important data. JND filtered out 95% of the review set, saving their client $500,000. The process took less than seven days.
RelativityOne helped Addario Law Group LLP, a boutique law firm in Canada, move to a modern e-discovery platform. PLUSnxt set up ALG in RelativityOne within days and provided training and support. AL...G used RelativityOne to handle a complex, data-heavy case. The firm saved money and improved efficiency with the new solution.
RelativityOne helped Bird & Bird, an international law firm, manage rising data volumes and complex legal matters. The firm moved from on-premises servers to the cloud. Their forensics team now uses ...advanced analytics tools. Document review is faster and can happen in many locations. RelativityOne improved upload speeds and made work more efficient.
ProSearch used RelativityOne to solve a big project backlog in just 10 days. They improved review accuracy and efficiency with custom workflows, automation, and analytics. ProSearch gave their client... better insight into cases with custom reports and views. Paralegals could focus more on attorney support instead of technology. RelativityOne helped them manage high volumes of legal data and reduce costs.
RelativityOne Automated Workflows helped Jackson Walker, an Am Law 200 firm, save time and effort. In 2022, they automated 5,014 actions. This saved 19,247 clicks and 13,493 navigation steps. They sa...ved 40,453 minutes, which is 674 hours or 84 working days. The manager of e-Discovery praised the tool for saving time, steps, and clicks.
Relativity aiR for Review helped Morae review nearly 20,000 documents for a client. They achieved 98% recall using only one associate attorney. Morae finished an issues review of 4,000 documents in s...ix hours, cutting review time to one-third of traditional methods. The solution let them meet a one-week deadline and cut client costs by 75%. Morae used insights from the review to speed up future work.
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell used Relativity Processing to handle 123 GB of data with full metadata in one weekend. The firm needed to process and produce up to 25 Microsoft Outlook PST files for... a government client. Relativity automated the mapping of metadata fields, removing manual work. The job finished by Saturday morning, and the data was ready for review by Monday. This saved significant time and effort for the litigation support team.
Relativity aiR for Review helped Gilbert + Tobin improve legal operations. The firm adopted the tool quickly because of its easy prompts and guidance. Lawyers now spend less time on manual tasks and ...do legal reviews faster and more accurately. The solution keeps data secure in Microsoft Azure, which builds trust with clients. Continuous updates help the firm meet changing legal needs.
Relativity Analytics helped DLS Discovery save 1,150 hours of review time. DLS Discovery used Analytics to remove over 500,000 out of one million documents from review. The project involved organizin...g and de-duplicating more than 600,000 records for a class-action lawsuit. The solution reduced manual review and improved efficiency for the legal team. DLS Discovery has been a customer since 2015.
RelativityOne helped Nexsen Pruet save time and money on legal data work. The firm used Collect in RelativityOne to gather Slack data, cutting out third-party vendors. They used Relativity Short Mess...age Format to organize and review data themselves. This saved them at least one week on a recent case. They also used Redact to make redaction faster and easier.
Legility used Relativity's analytics and Early Case Assessment tools to help a client facing ERISA violation allegations. They collected 1.9 million documents from 17 custodians. Using Relativity, th...ey reduced the data set by 99%. This saved their client nearly 8,000 review hours and $350,000. Legility's approach made the review process faster and more cost-effective.
Relativity helped Reed Smith organize and analyze tens of thousands of global, multi-language contracts for a major sale. The firm used Relativity Analytics to group contracts and assign them to revi...ewers by content and language. Reed Smith cleared all contracts and finalized the deal in just one month. This solution supported a multi-billion dollar opportunity for the international law firm.
Relativity helped Sheehan Phinney cut down 8.9 million documents to just 40,000 using Processing and Analytics. The law firm used email thread visualization to find hidden assets after a $12 million ...judgment. Their review team of four managed a much smaller data set. They uncovered key conversations and new revenue streams. Relativity made it easier to organize and investigate complex email threads.
Ashurst used RelativityOne and Epiq to improve global e-discovery operations. The law firm needed to scale e-discovery across many countries and handle complex data. Their old tools could not keep up... with new data types and legal needs. RelativityOne gave Ashurst advanced AI tools and support for modern data. This helped them manage disputes and investigations more easily.
Array used RelativityOne with the Aero UI to win 11 new e-discovery projects. They joined the Aero Advance Access program for early access to the new user interface. Array demoed Aero to 99 people at... 45 law firms and organizations in just 46 days. The new UI helped Array connect with more customers and stand out in the e-discovery market. This led to more business and stronger client engagement.
Troutman Pepper wanted to save time when collecting data for legal cases. They used Collect in RelativityOne to pull data from Box, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365. They also collected conversati...ons from Google Chat and Slack and converted them into Relativity’s format. This helped them cut the time spent on data transfer by about 30% per case. The team liked that they could do all of this without leaving the RelativityOne platform.
RelativityOne Automated Workflows helped Miller Thomson save time on legal cases. Attorneys used Automated Workflows on over 92.5% of cases. The tool let them start reviews as soon as documents were ...added. This saved 30 to 60 minutes per search term and per analytics set. In total, they saved 290 hours, or 36 days. The team could focus more on data analysis and case strategy.
RelativityOne helped Borden Ladner Gervais move from a server-based system to the cloud. They completed a 45TB migration with zero downtime. The firm used features like Automated Workflows and Analyt...ics to increase time to value. RelativityOne turned their e-discovery business from a cost center into a profit center. The move gave them more time to focus on innovation beyond e-discovery.
Ballard Spahr helped a client who needed to check 15,000 pages of documents for errors. The client had problems with legal forms in the past and wanted to avoid mistakes with a new system. Ballard Sp...ahr used Relativity to automatically compare the documents. They finished the project in 23 days and saved the client over $125,000. The total cost to the client was $18,000.
icourts helped investigate anti-money laundering breaches at a large international bank. A whistleblower reported concerns, leading to a regulator's investigation and a notice to produce $50 million ...in transaction data. icourts used Early Case Assessment and Analytics to review 75 million pages of data. They built profiles of key players and prepared for interviews using Case Dynamics. They identified a pattern of non-compliant behavior among senior compliance managers.
Relativity helped Reilly Pozner cut settlement calculation time by 75%. The firm built a custom app on the Relativity platform to handle mass tort award scenarios. Before, they exported data out of R...elativity Server, which caused tracking and version control problems. Now, all analysis and forecasts stay within Relativity, keeping data secure. The IT director says this improved efficiency and transformed their mass tort resolution process.
Relativity Active Learning helped icourts review 1.4 million documents in one month. The team used analytics, search terms, and active learning to reduce the set to 1,500 documents. This saved 28,000... hours of review time. icourts saved $5 million for their client. The solution handled emails, Excel files, and financial reports during a court-mandated deadline.
RelativityOne helped Troutman Pepper save 30% time per case using the Collect feature. The firm used Collect to pull data from Box, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365 into RelativityOne. They also c...ollected Google Chat and Slack conversations and converted them into Relativity’s short message format. This reduced time spent on data transfer tasks. Troutman Pepper’s litigation technology manager praised the seamless data integration and time savings.
Relativity helped Kilpatrick Townsend speed up exhibit stamping. The LitSmart E-Discovery Team built the LitSmart Exhibit Sticker app with the Relativity developer community. They stamped 500 exhibit...s in about five minutes. Before, the team had to move documents out of Relativity and fix stickers by hand. The new process made exhibit stamping 60 times faster. This saved time for paralegals and litigation support teams.
Relativity helped Troutman Pepper reduce a large reviewable data set. The team used email threading to group and label emails by conversation. This eliminated nearly 150,000 emails and over 85,000 at...tachments from review. Their client saved an estimated $233,000. Troutman Pepper used Relativity's analytics to handle a government subpoena involving 742,000 documents.
RelativityOne helped ENSafrica translate urgent documents in multiple languages within 24 hours. The law firm used RelativityOne to mass translate foreign language data and review content in its nati...ve format. ENSafrica set up workflows to quickly incorporate translated information into their workspaces overnight. The review team learned the system in minutes. ENSafrica improved compliance risk assessments and document review speed for their multinational clients.
RelativityOne helped Thompson Coburn save money and work more efficiently. The firm brought RelativityOne in house and gained better support. They migrated 70 workspaces in one month. They used Redac...t to automate redactions and save time. Automated Workflows helped them manage more cases. Monthly check-ins with Relativity keep them updated on new features.
Review Center by RelativityOne helped Miller Thomson LLP cut review time by over 50%. The law firm consolidated 13 separate reviews into one workstream to handle more than 400,000 documents. Document... classification accuracy improved by 33%. The firm simplified processes and increased efficiency for both teams and clients. Review Center's AI and tools reduced project setup time and sped up retraining of large projects.
Relativity aiR for Review helped Cimplifi cut review time in half. Cimplifi used generative AI to review 14,000 documents for a law firm client with minimal manual review. They worked with an expert ...attorney to set up prompts and guide the AI, saving over 250 hours of review time. An elusion test showed aiR for Review missed zero responsive documents in the expert-reviewed sample. Cimplifi adopted this technology early to drive efficiency and savings for their clients.
Relativity aiR for Review helped JND eDiscovery save over 750 hours and $85,000 on a single corporate client matter. JND used generative AI to review hundreds of thousands of documents. They created ...a repeatable process for using aiR for Review. In a large antitrust case, they achieved over 96% recall and 71% precision. JND improved review speed and cut costs by nearly 60%.
JND eDiscovery wanted to save time and money for their clients. They used Relativity aiR for Review to review hundreds of thousands of documents. They created a repeatable process to use the tool wit...h confidence. On one project, they saved over 750 hours and $85,000. For a large antitrust case, they reached over 96% recall and 71% precision.
Relativity helped McDermott Will & Emery save over $2 million in review costs. The law firm worked with the U.S. Department of Justice to set up an Assisted Review protocol. They delivered the first ...production in just 10 days. The whole project finished in six weeks. Relativity's tools made the review process faster and more cost-effective for the client.
RelativityOne helped PLUSnxt collect 565 GB of Microsoft Office 365 data in one day. They used analytics to reduce 750,000 documents to 167,000 for review. PLUSnxt enabled their law firm client to re...spond to a second request within a week. The process cut data volume by 77%. RelativityOne streamlined e-discovery and improved efficiency for PLUSnxt.
Relativity helped Dickinson Wright process and review legal data fast. Dickinson Wright had to review and produce 232,350 records in 28 days for a court case. Using Relativity, they processed 161 GB ...of raw data in just 32 hours. The team started reviewing documents right away thanks to rolling data processing. This let them meet tight court deadlines and simplify their workflow.
RelativityOne helped Haystack complete an IP matter in just one weekend. Haystack had to process, review, and produce 45,000 documents in four days. They used analytics features like email threading,... near-duplicate detection, and categorization. This workflow let two reviewers find the most relevant documents fast. Haystack met the court-ordered deadline on time.
Relativity Analytics helped Drinker Biddle investigate a whistleblower claim. The team used analytics to review one million emails and thousands of financial reports. Clustering tools helped them pri...oritize the review and find new evidence. They uncovered emails that proved the whistleblower claim was false. Drinker Biddle shut down the defense in just 7 days.
Drinker Biddle faced a whistleblower claim after a senior executive was fired. They needed to quickly investigate the claim to decide how to respond. They used Analytics to review one million emails ...and thousands of financial reports. Clustering helped them prioritize their review and find new evidence. They uncovered emails that proved the whistleblower claim was false. They resolved the case in just 7 days.
Government Administration Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency needed a simple tool to handle many FOIA requests each year. They created an e-discovery workgroup and used Relativity to help. This helped them lower costs and re...duce risks. Their process for FOIA requests became faster and more consistent. The EPA now relies on Relativity for efficient information production.
CASE STUDY Serious Fraud Office (SFO) of the Ontario Provincial Police
RelativityOne helped the Serious Fraud Office of the Ontario Provincial Police save $150,000 on a single case. Before using RelativityOne, the SFO relied on third-party specialists for document revie...w. With active learning in RelativityOne, a two-person team completed the review themselves. They processed thousands of documents in three months. This reduced costs and improved efficiency for their investigations.
Relativity helped the Environmental Protection Agency handle over 10,000 FOIA requests each year. The EPA needed a simple tool for a consistent and repeatable process. They formed an e-discovery work...group and used Relativity to lower costs and reduce risks. The agency now processes requests faster and more efficiently. Relativity supports the EPA in building strong e-discovery practices across the agency.
Telecommunications Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY Fortune 100 telecom company
Relativity aiR for Privilege helped a Fortune 100 telecom company speed up e-discovery. The team used aiR for Privilege on 93,000 documents. Manual review by contract attorneys took two months. aiR f...or Privilege cut review time by 80%. The company saved months of work and thousands of dollars. They also stopped 5,000 costly mistakes from happening.
Information Technology and Services Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY Cimplifi
Cimplifi used Relativity to help Bowman and Brooke LLP expand their business. They built custom workflows and workarounds using Relativity’s APIs. This gave Bowman and Brooke more control over their ...technology. Relativity helped manage all e-discovery needs in one place. Cimplifi’s expertise made the software work the way Bowman and Brooke needed.
A UK-based technology firm got a DSAR from a former employee. They had one month to find the right documents and needed help to meet the deadline. They worked with Complete Discovery Source (CDS). CD...S used analytics to cut the data set from one million to just 12,544 documents. The firm met the GDPR deadline with only four reviewers. This helped them save time and money.
Swiss FTS used Relativity to investigate a money laundering case for a large financial institution. They managed data from 300 account managers and 300,000 transactions. The team built a custom appli...cation with dynamic objects to help reviewers focus on people, not just documents. This custodian-centric approach made the investigation faster and more flexible. Swiss FTS specializes in IT forensics, e-discovery, and information governance.
ProSearch faced a big challenge with a large project backlog for a Fortune 500 client. They needed to manage many small legal matters, cut down on repeated work, and lower costs. ProSearch used Relat...ivityOne with custom workflows, automation, and analytics. This improved review accuracy and efficiency. Paralegals could focus more on supporting attorneys. ProSearch cleared the project backlog in just 10 days.
RelativityOne helped Complete Discovery Source handle a large data subject access request for a UK technology firm. The team used analytics to cut the data set from one million to just 12,544 documen...ts. They met the GDPR deadline with only four reviewers. The solution made the process faster and more cost-effective. The project shows how RelativityOne supports compliance and efficiency in legal data review.
Other Industry Case Studies and Success Stories with Relativity
CASE STUDY Sylvie Stulic
Sylvie Stulic used RelativityOne for early case assessment. The software helped create a simple, repeatable process to reduce the number of documents. This made the work faster and easier. The proces...s is easy for anyone to use. They no longer need to start from scratch each time.
RelativityOne helped Freeport-McMoRan save over $500,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company switched to RelativityOne to make workflows easier and less burdensome. They consolidated processing..., analytics, and hosting functions. Freeport-McMoRan managed their spend using RelativityOne’s flex commit pricing plan. This move allowed them to bring processes in-house and reduce costs.
