CASE STUDY Technology | Global
Global Telecom Company Recovers US$291K Credit and Improves Invoice Oversight
Client Need
- Control legal spend on a high-stakes IP matter that exceeds the original budget.
- Implement invoice processing and review procedures with no existing processes.
- Improve visibility into outside counsel billing practices to strengthen legal spend oversight.
- Gain expert guidance to establish effective outside counsel management practices.
Client Solutions
- Convert non-standard legal invoices into structured data to enable analysis and oversight.
- Use proprietary AI models to identify billing entries that exceed reasonable and customary benchmarks.
- Provide data-driven findings to support fee discussions with outside counsel.
Why Epiq
- Identify cost savings opportunities with Epiq expert-trained AI models for litigation.
- Act on cost savings opportunities through a single provider with litigation spend experience.
Epiq delivered immediate financial impact while helping us build a long-term framework for legal spend oversight. Their ability to identify billing issues, support fee negotiations, and establish best practices with outside counsel generated value far beyond the initial engagement.
—Litigation Counsel
Results and Benefits
Negotiate immediate $291K credit on backlogged invoices.
Secure agreement to outside counsel guidelines (OCG) for future invoices.
Ongoing AI Invoice review identifies an additional $350K in savings over the life of the matter.