Case Study: McDermott Will & Emery achieves $2M+ client savings and rapid six-week review with Relativity Assisted Review

McDermott Will & Emery Saves Client Over $2 Million with Assisted Review

McDermott Will & Emery faced a tight, high‑stakes e-discovery challenge after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a second request in the proposed Anheuser‑Busch InBev/Grupo Modelo merger, leaving the parties just over two months to sift through millions of documents. As a Relativity customer since 2007, McDermott used Relativity’s Assisted Review workflow to manage the large, time‑sensitive review and to collaborate transparently with DOJ reviewers on an agreed protocol.

Using Relativity’s Assisted Review, McDermott ran two tailored review tracks, trained a small team of subject‑matter expert reviewers, and incorporated additional server data midstream; their first production was delivered in 10 days and all responsive documents were produced within six weeks. Relativity’s solution enabled McDermott to limit manual review to 21% of the original data set, earn DOJ validation of the process, save clients more than $2 million in review costs, and help secure DOJ approval of the merger.

McDermott Will & Emery

Martha Louks

Consultant