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CASE STUDY  Energy | United States

Gas Pipeline Company Cuts Cost With First-Level Document Review, Quality Control, and Risk Management

Epiq Solutions

First-Level Document Review
Pre-Production Quality Control
Cost Optimization and Risk Management

Client Need

  •  Manage document review across multiple matters with limited internal legal resources.
  •  Reduce reliance on outside counsel for document review to improve efficiency and control costs.
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  • Maintain consistent, high-quality review outcomes without increasing legal spend.

Client Solution

  •  Provide first-level document review support to reduce burden on the legal department and outside counsel.
  •  Pre-screen documents so outside counsel could focus on a narrower review set.
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  • Use consistent review managers and repeatable processes across matters.
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  • Maintain question logs, daily progress updates, and quality control (QC) workflows.
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  • Support cost savings by eliminating unnecessary review of non-responsive material.

Why Epiq

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  • Delivering both review tools and project management support.
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  • Providing a consistent team familiar with the client’s documents and business.
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  • Offering consultative guidance, repeatable processes, and strong QC.

They have given us a consistent team throughout. We haven’t had people coming and going. We always get the same couple of review managers. The advantage for us, of course, is that they learn what our documents look like and how we do business.

— Senior Paralegal, Midwestern Gas Pipeline Company 

Results and Benefits

Reduction in document review costs 25 – 75%.

Reduction in outside counsel time by pre-screening review sets.

Improving matter familiarity with a consistent review team.

Increasing counsel confidence with strong QC.