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Business information about the lit support industry that maybe of interest to litigation support professionals and vendors. Including acquisitions & mergers, funding news, significant business successes, new alliances, product announcements and relative links. Please feel free to forward news worthy information to jenkins@ev1.net for posting consideration.
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Last Entry: March 25, 2013 at 19:11:00

eLit To Merge With Texas Based Altep

Posted on March 25, 2013
March 18, 2013 -- Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, eLitigation Solutions (eLit) provides discovery processing and hosting services for mid- to large-sized corporations and law firms throughout Arizona, California and the Pacific Northwest. With nearly twenty years? experience in data-intensive litigation, Altep has offices throughout the southern and northeastern US, and has managed high-profile cases for some of the largest law firms and corporations in the nation...

AccessData Receives $45M Investment From Silicon Valley Bank and Sorenson Capital

Posted on March 16, 2013
TechCrunch reports, AccessData announced that it has received a $45 million investment from Sorenson Capital Partners and Silicon Valley Bank. This funding, the company says, allows it to ?reduce outside ownership and add Sorenson as a strategic, long-term partner...

Axiom Receives $28 Million Investment

Posted on February 15, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6, 2013 -- Carrick Capital Partners, LLC announced the firm's investment in Axiom, a 1,000 person new model firm that helps general counsel manage their workload more effectively. This announcement marks Carrick's first deal since closing the firm's first fund in November of 2012...

IBM Acquiring StoredIQ

Posted on January 11, 2013
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced last month it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire StoredIQ Inc., a privately held company based in Austin, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.StoredIQ will advance IBM?s efforts to help clients derive value from big data and respond more efficiently to litigation and regulations, dispose of information that has outlived its purpose and lower data storage costs...

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DTI Acquires Fios

Posted on November 30, 2012
ATLANTA, GA and PORTLAND, OR?November 29, 2012?DTI, the nation?s largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced its acquisition of Fios, Inc., a pioneering firm in electronic discovery and one of the industry?s most recognized brands...

Elite Document Technology Acquires Dallas based Peritia Data Discovery

Posted on November 01, 2012
Dallas, Texas -- November 01, 2012 Terry Reeves, CEO of Elite Document Technology, today announced that the company has acquired Peritia Data Discovery. Peritia was formerly Litigation Solution, Inc. and has been a well-known litigation support provider in Texas since 1994...

Xact Data Discovery Acquirers Houston Based Flash Discovery

Posted on October 19, 2012
October 17, 2012 --Xact Data Discovery (XDD), an international leading provider of data discovery and management services to law firms, corporations and government agencies with 16 offices nationally, recently acquired Flash Discovery in Houston, Texas helping to further expand the company?s nationwide presence...

Digital Reef Acquired By TransPerfect

Posted on October 08, 2012
NEW YORK and BOSTON, October 4, 2012 ? TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS), a leading global provider of legal support services, announced the acquisition of Boston-based Digital Reef, Inc. Digital Reef will become a division of TransPerfect Legal Solutions...

DTI Continues to Expand Document Review and Legal Staffing Capabilities Through Providus Acquisition

Posted on October 04, 2012
ATLANTA, GA and HOUSTON, TX, Sep 18, 2012 -- DTI, the nation's largest independent provider of discovery services, facilities management, and knowledge process outsourcing, today announced the acquisition of Texas-based Providus, a leading provider of legal staffing, recruiting, and document review services...

eDiscovery Industry M&A Activities Over The Past 10 Years

Posted on September 13, 2012
ComplexDiscovery updated their webpage: 10 Years of eDiscovery Mergers, Acquisitions and Investments on 8/6/12.Some of the highlights included in the 2012 list are:7/2/12 Xerox acquired Lateral Data for $30M.4/10/12 FTV Capital invested $37M in Catalyst Repository Systems...

eDiscovery (Software and Service) Market is Expected to Reach $9.9 Billion Globally in 2017

Posted on August 08, 2012
ALBANY, New York -- August 8, 2012According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "eDiscovery (Software and Service) Market - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2010 - 2017," the global e-discovery market was worth USD 3...

Kenyon Group Advises Lateral Data on its Sale to Xerox Litigation Services

Posted on August 08, 2012
Kenyon Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that Xerox has acquired their client, LateralData of Houston, Texas, for $30 million. The acquisition solidifies Xerox's position in the e-discovery market by complementing the services, technology, and consulting offerings of Xerox Litigation Services...

Xact Data Discovery Acquires K&B Document Technologies

Posted on August 08, 2012
Minneapolis, MN -- August 3, 2012 Mission, Kan.-based Xact Data Discovery will absorb Minneapolis-based K&B Document Technologies in a deal that closed on August 1, said Xact President and CEO Bob Polus and K&B President Nick Barry.Xact is a data-discovery and management service provider with legal, corporate and government clients and 16 offices outside of Minnesota...

D4 Acquires Target Litigation Solutions

Posted on August 08, 2012
ROCHESTER, NY ? August 02, 2012 ? D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and eDiscovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced the launch of its full-service operation in Phoenix. The expansion into Phoenix, through the acquisition of On Target Litigation Solutions, increases D4?s national footprint and compliments services in the western region of the U...

Xerox Acquirers Houston Based Lateral Data

Posted on July 02, 2012
DALLAS -- Xerox (NYSE: XRX), today announced the acquisition of Lateral Data, a leading e-discovery technology provider, for $30 million. Lateral Data?s flagship software, Viewpoint?, brings simplicity and affordability to e-discovery by enabling corporate legal departments and law firms to manage the entire e-discovery lifecycle using a single, in-house solution...

Deloitte Acquires Assets of IE Discovery

Posted on June 25, 2012
NEW YORK, June 25, 2012 -- Deloitte today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of IE Discovery, a provider of electronic discovery (e-discovery) management and litigation support solutions that primarily serves federal government clients...

eDiscovery Funding and M&A Activity, May - June 2012

Posted on June 25, 2012
Below is a summary of recent funding and M&A activity over the last few weeks in the eDiscovery space. RVM Enterprises, Inc. Acquires N-Tier DiscoveryNEW YORK, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- RVM, a leading provider of litigation support and corporate data solutions, announced today that it has acquired the business and assets of N-Tier Discovery, a leading-edge managed document review, staffing, and consulting firm specializing in the application of advanced analytics in document review...

Catalyst Receives $32 Million Equity Investment

Posted on April 13, 2012
DENVER?April 10, 2012?Catalyst Repository Systems, a pioneer in providing cloud-based document repositories for e-discovery and other complex legal matters, today announced that FTV Capital, a multi-stage growth equity firm that invests in innovative, high-growth companies, acquired a significant stake in the company, investing a total of $32 million...

TransPerfect Acquires Counselor Resource Group

Posted on April 09, 2012
NEW YORK & WASHINGTON, DC, April 6, 2012 ? TransPerfect Legal Solutions (TLS), a leading global provider of legal support services, today announced the acquisition of Washington DC-based Counselor Resource Group, LLC (CRG).Founded in 2003, CRG is an industry leader in litigation support and electronic discovery with a core focus on proactive and reactive e-discovery consulting and service-based solutions, including digital forensics, data processing, document hosting, and project management for law firms, corporations, and government agencies...

eDiscovery Industry Investor Review by VRA Partners, LLC

Posted on April 02, 2012
VRA Partners, LLC published its electronic discovery industry investor review last week. The report provides details about the topics & trends in the eDiscovery industry: M&A, Private Equity and Public Markets; along with a list of relevant M&A transactions in the sector (listing target and acquiring companies)...

RVM Acquires e-Discovery Consulting Firm EDiscover-E

Posted on March 29, 2012
New York, NY ? March 28, 2012 RVM, a leading provider of litigation support and corporate solutions, announces its acquisition of litigation consulting firm, EDiscover-E. This acquisition will enhance RVM?s growing suite of electronic discovery services, adding a best practice section concentrating on corporate litigation readiness, e-Discovery response process, and individual case management...

D4 Acquires Detroit Legal Imaging

Posted on March 15, 2012
ROCHESTER, NY and DETROIT, MI ? March 15, 2012 ? D4, LLC, a national leader in litigation support and e-discovery services to law firms and corporate law departments, today announced its further expansion in Michigan with the acquisition of Detroit Legal Imaging in Detroit...

Ivize and Modus Announce Merger

Posted on March 08, 2012
Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA -- March 07, 2012Modus, LLC, an industry-leading provider of electronic discovery services and Ivize Services, Inc., a national litigation support organization recognized for excellent service, announce the companies have merged...

Guidance Software to Acquire CaseCentral

Posted on February 08, 2012
PASADENA, California. ? Feb 7, 2012 ? Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held CaseCentral, Inc., a leader in the electronic discovery (e-discovery) market for Cloud-based review and production software...

HSSK Forensics Announces the Closing of the Sale to Ricoh Americas, Inc.

Posted on February 02, 2012
Houston, TX -- February 02, 2012Hill Schwartz Spilker Keller LLC, a leading professional services firm devoted to Business Valuation and Litigation Consulting, announced on Monday that a definitive agreement has been signed to sell HSSK Forensics, Inc...

Document Solutions Inc. Merges with Knoxville Document Pros

Posted on January 21, 2012
Consolidation in the document management industry continues as two businesses with operations in Knoxville have announced a merger.Document Solutions Inc., headquartered in Nashville with offices in Knoxville and Cincinnati, is merging with Knoxville Document Pros...

Cinven takes out Intermediate Capital Group to Acquire CPA Global

Posted on January 19, 2012
On February 08, 2010 we reported that Intermediate Capital Group had acquired a significant stake in CPA Global. Now the European private equity firm Cinven, which is headquartered in London, has purchased intellectual property (IP) management business CPA Global...

Litigation Support Market 2012 Predictions

Posted on January 19, 2012
Greater Competition, Technology-based Offerings and Regulatory Amendments seen as factors altering the 2012 Litigation Support Outsourcing Market, reports legal management consultancy Fronterion LLCAs reported on the CPA Global website "LSO?s expansion into new legal disciplines next year will take place against the backdrop of a tougher contest for clients? hearts and minds, says forecast"Changes will sweep through the legal services outsourcing (LSO) sector in 2012 as competition for potential clients heats up, according to legal management consultancy Fronterion LLC...

Symantec Buys LiveOffice for $115M

Posted on January 16, 2012
Symantec has acquired email archiving specialist LiveOffice for $115 million, and intends to use that software to put e-discovery applications in the cloud, officials said today.The pairing had long been rumored, as the companies have a history together...

Siris Capital Buys Applied Discovery (ADI)

Posted on January 09, 2012
LexisNexis has sold its Applied Discovery division to equity firm Siris Capital, the companies said Friday, clearing the way for Lexis' Concordance Evolution to be a flagship e-discovery product.Lexis acquired Applied, one of the early leaders in e-discovery, for a reported $95 million in 2003...

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