Case Study: Freeport-McMoRan achieves $500K+ in e-discovery savings during COVID-19 with RelativityOne (Relativity)

Freeport Saves $500k+ During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Switching to RelativityOne

Freeport-McMoRan, a global mining company, was facing rising and ongoing e‑discovery and hosting costs and wanted greater control over its data and legal workflows. Already familiar with Relativity from service providers, Freeport evaluated a new in‑house legal hold and discovery approach and decided to standardize on Relativity’s cloud platform, RelativityOne, to reduce reliance on external vendors and simplify processes.

Relativity helped Freeport migrate to a dedicated RelativityOne instance, consolidate processing, analytics, and hosting, and adopt Relativity’s flex‑commit pricing while working with partner Legility for on‑demand managed services. The move enabled a lean, centralized litigation team and immediate cost reductions—Relativity delivered about $750k in hosting savings when first adopted, Freeport realized nearly $500k more by consolidating during the COVID‑19 pandemic, and projected roughly $750k in total savings by the end of 2020.

Freeport-McMoRan

Tony LaMacchia

Global e-Discovery and Litigation Lead