Case Study: Handel Food Law achieves rapid eDiscovery turnaround and 88% document reduction with Nextpoint

Small Firm Wins Big Food Law Case with End-toEnd Ediscovery and Case Preparation Software

Handel Food Law, a two-person firm led by Lauren Handel, was thrust into a federal intellectual property case on an expedited timeline and needed to collect, review, and produce documents in days while coordinating with multiple co-counsel. Facing four days to collect data from three custodians (including cell phones and an email file without web backup), the firm also had to cull massive irrelevant productions and establish a single secure repository for collaboration. To meet these challenges they turned to Nextpoint’s end-to-end eDiscovery platform and Data Strategy team.

Nextpoint’s team immediately collected, processed, and loaded data into its universally accessible review platform (using features like Document Splitting and metadata mining), enabling rapid review and coordinated access for co-counsel. The vendor completed the first production in fewer than seven days and cut the review set by 88% (from 137,144 to 16,848 documents), sped deposition prep, streamlined follow-up productions, and helped identify noncompliant opposing-party productions — outcomes Lauren credits to Nextpoint’s software and services.

Handel Food Law

Lauren Handel

Handel Food Law