Lateral Data's Viewpoint™ All-in-One e-Discovery Platform Takes Central Role at Assist Legal Technologies

HOUSTON, Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Discovery technology leader Lateral Data, LP today announced that Assist Legal Technologies LLC, a full-service litigation support and document management services provider since 2003, has selected Lateral Data's Viewpoint™ all-inclusive e-Discovery platform as its core service application.  Using Viewpoint, Assist Legal Technologies will be able to execute all phases of e-Discovery, from processing and ECA of data to review and production.

Assist Legal Technologies LLC, serving a national client base, is a leader in providing discovery lifecycle management solutions used for the acquisition, processing, review, analysis, and production of documentary evidence required by the legal and compliance marketplaces. Assist's extensive experience in the design, development and implementation of advanced strategies and services helps corporate counsels, IT and law firms reduce cost and become more efficient when dealing with document intensive efforts. Assist offers reliable, accountable, single-source oversight of initiatives involving discovery support services and document review solutions.

"While Assist Legal has been in business since 2003, our experience in the e-Discovery field runs back many years.  We're unusually impressed with the powerful, all-in-one capabilities of Viewpoint," said Trey Herbert, CEO of Assist Legal Technologies.  "Viewpoint has already given us the ability to both compete for and win larger projects with its broad range of included technologies.  We look forward to leveraging these technologies in addition to the improved efficiencies that only an all-in-one system like Viewpoint can offer."

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, it also offers advanced capabilities including complex analytics, email threading, visual conceptual analysis and near-duplicate comparisons to keep pace with the needs of sophisticated requirements.

"Assist Legal Technologies is known for its commitment to employing the best, most effective and cost-efficient technologies and working methods.  Its installation of Viewpoint at the center of its e-Discovery service program is a tribute to Viewpoint's capabilities," said Matt Berry, Founder and CEO of Lateral Data, LP.  "We're pleased that Viewpoint continues to find a key role in many of America's most prominent litigation support service providers, law firms and corporate legal departments."

Viewpoint, now in Version 5.0, is currently available for licensing.  For more details or to schedule a demo, log on to www.lateraldata.com or call (713) 592-8585. Lateral Data will be at booth # 1511 at LegalTech New York from January 31st to February 2nd. Please sign up for a demo in the Lincoln Suite on February 1st on their website or by clicking here. We look forward to seeing you at LegalTech.

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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