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SPS for Lawyers

SPS gives attorneys the ability to leverage their instinct and intuition without a computer-science degree.

Ask attorneys why they don't embrace e-discovery search and navigation tools, and the responses range from "I don't have time," to "my paralegal is better at it than I am."

Whenever an attorney - especially a seasoned, senior attorney - delegates the investigation of e-discovery documents, he or she is giving away a huge asset - the insights and instincts years of practicing law hones.

SPS Synthetix technology changes that - marrying the power of a patented, proprietary Bayesian pattern matching technology with the ease of simplicity of a simple desktop interface.

SPS allows law firms to take massive data sets in almost any format and create a comprehensive index of the data, identifying and grouping near-duplicate documents to speed document reviews and achieve consistent treatment of like records. With that complete, SPS then gives the attorney unmatched power in searching and navigating the data using Synthetix Search where search formulation is as simple as pointing to text that is of interest.

Synthetix Search allows attorneys to leverage their insight and experience by empowering them to navigate even the largest collections, finding relevant documents by typing in a general description of what the attorney would like to find.

Synthetix is now easier than ever to use since it is integrated with leading review platforms, including Concordance, iCONECT, CaseLogistix and IPRO View.

SPS for Paralegals

SPS enables paralegals and legal assistants to perform tasks like redacting for privilege or trade secrets in a far more consistent and productive manner. Synthetix Search is easy to formulate - simply click and drag the text to use as the source or comparison search text - and the results are presented in the order of their likely significance. Synthetix Search provides a way to consistently redact e-discovery and scanned documents using powerful and precise search capability.

This same technology and approach can be used to:

• Audit incoming discovery to determine whether opposing counsel has consistent redactions or, possibly, waived privileges;
• Locate the copy of an exhibit that has the most pertinent marginalia or comes from the most damaging source - (just select a portion of the document and ask Synthetix Search to find other documents that are the most "like" the source or comparison text); and
• More thoroughly prepare witness binders for depositions and much more.

As an added benefit, Syndex™ auto-coding is also available which permits the creation of a database with normal litigation support fields at a fraction of the time and effort of human coding.

SPS for Litigation Support Managers

Synthetix Search provides powerful, precise searching of e-discovery and scanned documents. It is now integrated with Concordance, iCONECT, CaseLogistix and IPRO View, enabling firm personnel to work in the environment to which they are accustomed and most productive. Synthetix is extremely easy to use and requires minimal training time.

An SPS license also enables litigation support departments to run Syndex auto-coding - the fees associated with processing scanned documents or e-discovery entitle the firm to receive the data (Synthetix linguistic pattern matching search capabilities, Syndex auto-coding data plus full text) in the format of the firm's choice.

Syndex data can also be provided via virtually any Web-based hosting platform to permit multiple location access to the data.

SPS for Corporate Counsel

SPS helps corporate legal teams take control at all stages of litigation. By using SPS from the inception of the litigation timeline, corporations can control their documents, costs and outcome.

SPS gives corporate counsel the ability to:

• Identify duplicates, drafts, and copies;
• Locate near-duplicate documents;
• Locate e-mail threads;
• Find un-redacted copies of documents inadvertently disclosed by the opposition;
• Prevent inadvertent disclosure of privileged content; and
• Issue code documents;
• Improve the efficiency of litigation support using tools that help provide insight into the key facts of the case; and
• Know the strengths and weaknesses of a case early-on to make better informed decisions related to how and where to spend money.

Take control of your outcome:

• Test best or worst case scenarios potentially discovering a smoking-gun document leading to settlement on terms favorable to you; and
• Better prepare your own witnesses and be better prepared to cross-examine the opposition's.

Another benefit of SPS is that it can be used to retrofit legacy databases. Those databases which are outdated, but still need to be maintained for litigation purposes can likely be processed for Synthetix searching. Instead of searching page-by-page, users can find results with Synthetix Search in a fraction of the time.

SPS for Government Agencies

SPS enables government agencies to manage and analyze more data in more cases. With finite resources, government agencies have to focus on winnable cases and get to the heart of those cases quickly. SPS provides government agencies with a way to quickly gain powerful access to scanned documents and electronic discovery involved in investigations and cases.

Synthetix is also integrated with Concordance, iCONECT, CaseLogistix and IPRO View, enabling government personnel to work in the environment to which they are accustomed and most productive. SPS is extremely easy to use and requires minimal training time. Syndex data can also be provided via Web-based hosting to permit access to the data for users from multiple locations.