Early Case Assessment

Early Case Assessment, or ECA for short:

With this product, reThinkLegal provides a quick and solid basis of information when there is a suspicion of a breach of commercial law: a prerequisite for setting the right course of action.

ECA: a reliable assessment of the case at an early stage

What potential and what risks are involved in the new case? How much time, resources and fighting spirit is the matter worth? How does it affect due diligence? What are the prospects if the case goes to court?

To enable you to make a decision based on reliable information, we evaluate the relevant documents in close consultation with you, multilingually and efficiently, in an early case assessment. You benefit from a quick, reliable overview of the facts of the case.

Your advantage: a reliable overview as a decisive information advantage

What critical information is hidden in the large number of documents and e-mails that could be relevant to the case? The answer is crucial for the further strategy in international commercial law. At this point, the Early Case Assessment from reThinkLegal gives you a decisive information advantage. ECA provides you with answers:

• Do certain keywords, phrases and names appear in the contracts, invoices, e-mails and chat messages? If so, how often and where?
• Which transactions, projects, locations, companies and organizations are involved?
• How large and complex is the document pool? How expensive will e-discovery and litigation be if you pursue the matter?

ECA: a special form of E-discovery

Our ECA project teams work closely with you and your specialist departments. In consultation with you, we identify relevant keywords and document segments. We then ensure that the relevant data sets are quickly captured and analyzed.

We use intelligent search algorithms combined with human expertise. Our teams consist of project managers with legal degrees, business experts and IT specialists. Legal tech projects in an international, multilingual context are our bread and butter. reThinkLegal is one of the leading German providers in the field of E-discovery.

With ECA, we apply this know-how to a specific area of application – so that you are fully informed in the early stages of deciding whether to take on a case.

ECA: an elegant response to growing demands

• The situation: 
  The demands on corporate governance and integrity are becoming increasingly stringent. This increasingly includes the ability to investigate suspicious cases quickly and effectively. Companies must be able to correctly identify issues, for example in response to whistleblowing or as part of audit and reporting requirements.
• The challenge:
  The infrastructure for research and e-discovery requires a large investment in technology, personnel and expertise. In addition, there are high running costs: technical development, new regulations, training requirements.
  On the other hand, demand is difficult to calculate from a business point of view. What is the risk of a whistleblower leading to an investigation, and in which area? 
• The answer:
  the optimal solution is Early Case Assessment in cooperation with reThinkLegal. We provide you with technology, expertise and experience at the highest level. You receive competent clarification on demand instead of continuous costs.

Our employees have experience with many different types of scenarios and use efficient technology. We are not deterred by complex international interdependencies. We guarantee data protection and respect for personal rights and have heuristics to turn confusing problem situations into feasible projects. In doing so, we adapt to your needs and provide exactly what your company requires: from providing the system and training your employees to handling the project from start to finish.