EDD Industry Veterans Select Lateral Data Viewpoint™ as Sole E-discovery Platform Behind New Venture

HOUSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- E-discovery technology leader Lateral Data, LP announced today that its Viewpoint™ all-in-one E-discovery software has been selected as the central service platform for Robinson Weeks EDD Management Services LLC, a new Electronic Data Discovery (EDD) managed services provider based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  Robinson Weeks, headed by E-discovery veterans Greg Robinson and Calvin Weeks, believes Viewpoint will enable the startup to deliver a new class of end-to-end E-discovery that better meets the critical needs of law firms and corporate legal departments.

"Many clients of our other legal services companies have been asking us, "Isn't there a way to make E-discovery easier and more streamlined?  Can't someone make it less expensive?'" said Robinson.  "We're convinced that a more unified approach to E-discovery will be well received by the legal community.  Viewpoint fit our business model better than any other product on the market."

Viewpoint, Lateral Data's flagship product, is a licensed solution that facilitates virtually all the major components of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) spectrum including collection and preservation of data, pre-processing, full processing, analysis, review and production.  Featuring a familiar Outlook-style interface, the technology can execute tasks at speeds two to five times that of other leading platforms.  

Weeks, principal of computer forensics firm Calvin Weeks and Associates, and Robinson, a longtime EDD services professional, see the features and capabilities of Viewpoint as a breakthrough in the E-discovery field.  "No other software company offers the all-in-one capabilities of Lateral Data's solution.  There are more limited pieces to the E-discovery software puzzle out there, but they are cumbersome and not very fast or cost-effective," stated Weeks.  "Our tests demonstrate that Viewpoint will trim our review time by 20 to 30%.  It will allow us to upload data today and review the results tomorrow."

Robinson Weeks has begun operations in partnership with Oklahoma City-based TR Legal, one of the nation's premier litigation support companies.  Serving clients from TR Legal's offices, Robinson Weeks is leveraging TR Legal's ancillary services to enhance its own core EDD capabilities.

"Viewpoint allows us to integrate with TR Legal's software environment, yet still operate independently," added Robinson.  "Our model calls for a hosted services platform that delivers E-discovery virtually over the Internet.  Viewpoint does that—plus it excels at mission-critical tasks like near-dup comparisons."

Robinson Weeks anticipates Viewpoint will provide further efficiencies under the startup's unique business model.  Viewpoint, now available in Version 4.5, offers a full suite of early case assessment capabilities including complex analytics, email threading, visual conceptual analysis and relationship analysis to keep pace with the needs of sophisticated requirements.

"Our industry research showed us that most E-discovery platforms are being developed for the enterprise environment.  We believe that to win clients, law firms need to partner with top quality EDD service providers in order to lower their support costs," Robinson stated.  "Viewpoint is not only a cost-effective solution, but also a battle-hardened product that's been proven in years of daily use."

Viewpoint 4.5 is now available for licensing to service providers, corporate legal departments and law firms.  For more details on Viewpoint 4.5 or to schedule a demo, log on to www.lateraldata.com or call (713) 592-8585.

About Lateral Data:

Lateral Data, LP is a software development and data processing company headquartered in Houston, Texas.  Founded in 2003, the company has focused its software development and services efforts in the E-discovery market; its flagship software application, Viewpoint™, covers the primary components of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, bringing end-to-end simplicity and affordability to service providers, corporate legal departments, law firms and OEMs.  Viewpoint is available stand-alone or for multi-tenant environments.  To learn more, visit www.lateraldata.com.

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