Early Case Assessment
TeamConnect Early Case Assessment gives in-house counsel a strategic view in the potential risks and costs of a matter while there is still time to have a meaningful impact on its course and disposition. Based upon TeamConnect’s e-billing and matter management technology, ECA offers unique insight into a case’s scope and implications.
Cut litigation costs and minimize risks with informed lawsuit resolution
Comprehensive assessment of incoming and existing litigation for informed disposition requires combined review across multiple functional teams. TeamConnect unifies workflow and collaboration through an easy, common UI, leveling the requirements for participation regardless whether participants are legal staff, operations managers, inside or outside counsel.
The TeamConnect Early Case Assessment solution allows you to strategically manage litigation, gather and analyze relevant facts, assess risks leveraging the wisdom of the group, and determine the best resolution for each case. Counsel can conduct a preliminary analysis of a case’s legal claims, merits, and defenses to determine probable outcomes and estimated costs.
Assess litigation risks and estimate costs and damages
Counsel can take an aggressive approach to litigation, gathering information quickly and efficiently to formulate a case resolution scenario within 90 - 120 days. TeamConnect Early Case Assessment captures all relevant case details to enable informed decision-making. A pre-defined and/or client-defined matrix helps counsel assess litigation risks, estimate damages, and determine the best course of action.
Examine key facts for a business-driven resolution
TeamConnect Early Case Assessment unifies legal data in a central repository, capturing all case-related information, from allegations to assignees, involved parties, evaluations, relations, and documents. With access to critical details in the early stages of a case, counsel will be able to make financially-viable resolutions and avoid unnecessary, costly litigation.
Using TeamConnect, counsel can more accurately estimate the cost of attorney’s fees and other expenses required to defend a case appropriately. The system helps evaluate the time required by all involved parties to respond to and assist in the litigation. With information on judges, opposing counsel and key witnesses for both sides, legal departments are able to determine likely outcomes and costs.
Focus on resolution and gain insight into litigation costs
Effectively formulate a case resolution scenario within the first 90 - 120 days
- Identify key discovery issues
- Examine key facts, allegations, applicable laws and venues
- Analyze potential trial themes for both sides early in the process and assess the strengths and risks of each
- Pursue the best resolution as determined by your early case assessment
Refine strategies to better mitigate costs and risks
The web-based TeamConnect Early Case Assessment solution allows in-house and outside counsel to collaboratively game dispute resolution with a central source for trial themes and strategies. An independent view of the facts empowers clients to determine whether to mediate, identify settlement options, or to take the case to trial.
