CASE STUDY Steel and Mining Production/Manufacturing | United States
United States Steel Improves Cost Predictability With Structured Rate Governance
Client Need
- Unify fragmented rate management into a structured process.
- Standardize rate submissions and reduce ad hoc negotiations.
- Increase governance, cost predictability, and legal spend oversight.
- Free legal teams to focus on higher-value work.
Client Solutions
- Create a structured rate governance program.
- Integrate rate management into the managed invoice review process.
- Standardize annual rate submission process.
- Align outside counsel guidelines with annual reviews and e-billing requirements.
- Establish requirements for rate approvals, timekeeper oversight, and rate submissions.
- Conduct monthly compliance and rate reviews.
Why Epiq
- Identify cost savings opportunities with expert-trained AI models.
- Capture more savings through a single provider for litigation spend management.
- Increase cost predictability through expert oversight of the full spend lifecycle.
Having a skilled partner to serve as your first line of review has created real value for my company.
—Timothy Cornetti, Esq.
Associate General Counsel, US Steel.
Results and Benefits
Stronger rate approval governance.
Greater savings through consistent compliance review.
More predictable legal spend.
Lower administrative burden through a single program.