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Case Study: Fortune 500 construction company cuts matter cost 70% by bringing ediscovery in-house with Everlaw

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Fortune 500 construction company
Industry
Construction
Challenge
High outside-vendor ediscovery costs and limited strategic control over large litigation data volumes.
Headline result
A Fortune 500 construction legal team moved ediscovery in-house on Everlaw and cut cost per matter from $260K to $75K

Key results

70%
Lower cost per matter
$260K to $75K
$75K
Cost per matter
down from $260K
~3 weeks
Initial review of 400,000 records
200K
Docs cut from outside-counsel review
from 400,000

The challenge

A Fortune 500 construction company's legal team managed large litigation data volumes across legacy systems and relied on expensive third-party vendors for ediscovery. That dependence limited strategic control and drove up cost per matter.

The solution

The team brought ediscovery in-house on Everlaw, building repeatable internal workflows and using AI-assisted document prioritization to control data management directly and reduce reliance on outside counsel.

The results, in context

On a single matter, the team narrowed 700,000 records to 400,000 responsive documents and completed initial review of the 400,000 records in about three weeks, cutting documents sent to outside-counsel review from 400,000 to 200,000. Cost per matter fell from $260,000 to $75,000, roughly a 70% saving.

Products used

Everlaw Everlaw platformEverlaw AI-assisted document prioritization