STAR™ – Select, Track, Analyze and Retain

Collection always begins with an experienced consulting team and the tools to identify and track documents and/or data. Through our experience in Big Four Consulting, Investment Banking and with many international clients, FRA has become the frontrunner in e-forensics and data management.

Our E-Discovery management tool STAR™ drastically reduces the time, expense of implementing robust and defensible litigation holds. Recognizing data accuracy and time sensitivity, we have developed flexible data tracking and collection tools that are able to identify and notify relevant custodians quickly and efficiently. STAR™ also reduces the time and expense of the collection process by managing many of the key services necessary to produce accurate and compliant documents.

Together, with our experienced forensic team, we can find, track and manage the collection of hard to reach data. This product becomes increasingly powerful in the context of spoliation issues as per Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 220 F.R.D. 212, 216 (S.D.N.Y.2003) and recently In re NTL, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2007 WL 241344 (S.D.N.Y.).

Some of the management features of STAR™ include:
Selection of Key Players
Serving Hold Notices
Tracking & Preserving Important Data
Acknowledgement
Locating, Retaining, Reviewing, and Segregating Data
Producing Accurate Data
Managing Risks Surrounding Preservation Concerns
100% Audit Trail and Defensible Reporting

STAR™ provides tools for tracking and analysis across cases. It accurately locates key custodians, dates, cases, data, and tasks in a cost efficient and timely manner. STAR™ is accessible to clients, outside counsel, and other legal team members as a hosted tool or via in-house server. We have developed STAR™ to be compatible with existing systems (e.g., case management, HRIS,) to maximize the comprehensiveness of the data sources and minimize management time. Finally because every case is different we have made STAR™ completely scalable and customizable.