Litigation Support Software or Litigation Management Software?
MasterFile lets you manage all the moving parts of even the most complex litigation from end to end all in one place.
Regardless of what you call it, litigation software is no longer simply “nice to have” for a law firm. A case that is prosecuted with notepads and Word simply won’t meet the demands of today’s modern litigation. Nor will just managing digital evidence in typical ediscovery software.
As an end-to-end litigation management system, MasterFile not only lets you organize and classify documents, handle review and production, etc., it lets legal professionals intuitively outline the elements of a case, perform a deep assessment of the evidence, develop case strategies and create necessary work product.
So whether you call MasterFile litigation software, litigation support software, litigation management software, litigation fact management software, or case management software, what you really mean, is legal software able to manage a litigation file throughout its litigation lifecycle: its critical documents, key facts, key issues, key people and key transcripts and key testimony.
MasterFile lets you take a deep dive into the story behind the evidence – and win more.
Outline the claims and core issues of your case
Every case’s DNA is made up of claims, counterclaims, and defenses; organize them easily in MasterFile. Claims, counterclaims, defenses and their related factual issues are all keywords. Set out the claim and add issues and other probative factors in one step. It’s effective litigation management software that’s simple and intuitive.
Your case “master file”. Locate and relate any material in two or three clicks by author, type, issue, etc. Or, use our Google-type search. MasterFile’s efficient litigation management features let you dive into a deep understanding of every component and intricacy of your case, to pull thousands of pieces of information together into a larger picture. Because strategic insights can be lost when case information is disconnected.
Your case “master file”. Locate and relate any material in two or three clicks by author, type, issue, etc. Or, use our Google-type search.
Complete control over your case master file
MasterFile’s workspace centralizes all tools and content giving you complete control over your cases, litigation documents and analysis. Each case resides in its own secure database: the central store for evidence, research, work-product, pleadings, e-mails, notes, facts and argument – i.e. the litigation “master file” where you turn to find everything related to it
Import evidence whichever way works for you – with or without a load file, in CSV or Excel format. Whether you have 50 or 100,000 documents, there are no extra processing fees or costs; the tools your law office needs are all built-in.
Documents, facts and extracts with questions are shown here. Keep track of questions and tasks related to any evidence or witness. Work product stemming from any view including witness lists, privilege logs, deposition questions, etc., are automatically created in tabular or report format.
MasterFile’s live colour coded analysis views you how your case is shaping up. Facts by relevance are shown here.
Chronologies and timelines made easy
Chronologies make sure everything that should be done is being noted, without which, events can slip through the cracks. Add events to the case chronology by highlighting key facts on-the-fly as you review. It’s as simple as assigning a date and MasterFile does the rest. View the entire case timeline, or events related to a specific period, documents, key people, or issues and switch between a chronological or graphical view in one click.
A subset of the colour-coded treatment chronology by medication lets you see what happened, when. Click to see two timelines created from this view. Vertical timelines show you events with elapsed time between them that can help you uncover new insights. On the horizontal timeline, bars on the right represent other issues; hovering and clicking on one, presents all its related events.
Colour-coded treatment chronology by medication. Click to see two timelines created from this view.
Collaborative case analysis: What happened, when, and why
MasterFile’s ingenious set of visual tools help you instinctively spot what’s key and easily identify and follow patterns, contradictions and relationships amongst case-related evidence, events and witnesses to develop a better litigation strategy. You can see what’s important across dozens of documents at a glance so nothing gets lost. Sticky notes and Post-its become a relic of the past. Firm staff and legal teams can work on a case concurrently, benefiting not only from each other’s analysis, but also building upon each other’s insights – for a winning outcome. It’s easy to bring on co-counsel and external lawyers enabling law firms and litigation teams to collaborate on complex litigation matters, too.
MasterFile’s live colour coded analysis views you how your case is shaping up. Facts by relevance are shown here. Click to see the issue ‘Arterial Gas’ being probed in medical litigation; related facts and documents are shown.
MasterFile’s live colour coded analysis views you how your case is shaping up. Facts by relevance are shown here.
Flexible document import, DIY e-discovery and easy production
MasterFile makes e-discovery, conversion and production tasks a fast and painless process.
You can
- quickly load documents in native, image and other formats,
- import native email, Outlook, and webmail,
- cull irrelevant material to focus on what’s responsive,
- perform near-duplicate document analysis and thread e-mails by content to cut review time, and
- review and extract facts and key evidence in one click.
A simple 3-step production process lets you respond to disclosure requests fast.
The bottom line: Dramatically more productive use of your time!
Production history by disclosure. Clean copies are retained and production history tracked in MasterFile; produced documents, stamped with Bates numbers, etc., are created in a MasterFile archive and can be disseminated in different formats including TIF, PDF and native.
Production history by disclosure. Clean copies are retained and production history tracked in MasterFile.
Why MasterFile for civil litigation and trial lawyers
As a litigation attorney, you know how complex and fact-laden your cases can be. Even in smaller cases, with thousands or tens of thousands of pages of documents, managing a case file’s litigation process on your own can be difficult. With a legal team in the mix, it’s even more so.
With MasterFile, you can streamline the litigation process: Firstly, your entire litigation team can easily collaborate, review and share notes and insight about case-related evidence and documents, whether they’re depositions, stacks of transcripts, or production evidence – any influx of digital information.
And secondly, since fact development is a fundamental part of any case, every litigation professional needs to understand the story of their case and collaborate around a single source of truth. That means being able to understand key issues and events, uncovering how they transpired over time and viewing the underlying documents.
MasterFile will give you the insight you need.
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