Case Study: BP Oil Spill plaintiffs achieve scalable, rapid review of nearly 1 billion pages with iCONECT nXT

Complex Multidistrict Litigation BP Oil Spill Plaintiffs Employ iCONECT nXT

BP's Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) faced an immense eDiscovery challenge after the Deepwater Horizon spill: just under 1 billion relevant pages in multiple formats produced on a rolling basis, dozens of geographically dispersed case teams and experts, roughly 300 reviewers from 90+ law firms, and aggressive deposition and pretrial timelines requiring granular security and flexible workflows. To meet these demands the PSC selected iCONECT and its iCONECT nXT web‑based review platform to provide scale, multi‑format support, browser access, and strict work‑product segregation.

iCONECT deployed iCONECT nXT (with Avansic providing litigation‑support services) to host and manage the review, coding, and production activities, enabling secure, concurrent access for 300+ reviewers and access by 100+ outside firms. iCONECT nXT’s customizable workflows, browser interface, and granular security let teams share relevant documents while protecting privilege, reduced duplicative review, lowered eDiscovery infrastructure costs, and met the PSC’s tight turnaround requirements.

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