McDermott and DOJ Embrace Predictive Coding
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The legal community has been increasingly eager to identify opportunities to leverage review technology to better manage the scope and cost of discovery. McDermott Will & Emery recently took advantage of such an opportunity when members of its antitrust and discovery groups negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a win-win predictive coding protocol that met the department’s and our client’s needs.
McDermott is an international firm, with more than 1,100 lawyers and 20 litigation support personnel. We have eight offices in the United States, 10 overseas and an alliance with MWE China Law Offices.
In the summer of 2012, our client, Constellation Brands, agreed to purchase the U.S. beer businesses of Corona and related brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev. That purchase was contingent upon the results of a DOJ investigation into Anheuser-Busch Inbev’s acquisition of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo. Time was of the essence for all parties. The deal, if approved, would transform Constellation Brands into the third largest brewer in the U.S. market.
The mutual decision between the DOJ and Constellation Brands to use predictive coding (aka technology-assisted review) proved to speed the review process and the DOJ’s investigation of the merger.
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