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Rant: The $1,200 document review service that saved our case
We were in a contract dispute with a supplier last year, and our internal legal team was drowning in discovery. There were thousands of emails and old project files to sort through. I pushed to hire an outside document review firm, which cost roughly $1,200 for their initial analysis. I was nervous about the expense, but they found three key emails from 2019 that our team had completely missed. These emails showed the other side had acknowledged the delivery delay issue in writing, which directly contradicted their current position. It completely changed the tone of our settlement talks. We ended up settling for much more favorable terms, all because of that one deep dive. Has anyone else had a similar experience where a specific, focused legal service paid for itself many times over?
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jade3216d ago
How much did you pay for that review? We had a similar thing with a property line dispute. Our lawyer wanted to dig through decades of county records himself, which would have cost a ton in billable hours. We hired a local title search person for maybe $800. She found an old survey from the 70s that showed our fence was actually in the right place. Showed that to the neighbor's lawyer and they backed down in a week. That small fee saved us thousands in a long court fight.
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dylanwilliams16d ago
That $800 title search was a brilliant move, honestly.
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