TyMetrix, a legal management software provider, has announced a partnership with e-discovery software provider Exterro.

TyMetrix is adding legal hold and e-discovery management capabilities by integrating the Exterro Fusion e-discovery suite with its TyMetrix 360°e-billing and management software portfolio. The joint service with Exterro Fusion, which pairs with existing technology for faster execution of litigation tasks, will help clients using both platforms understand how to more effectively control e-discovery costs. 

This partnership will allow TyMetrix clients to immediately tag matters requiring a legal hold in TyMetrix 360° and automatically dispatch relevant matter details to Fusion Legal Hold, an application in the Exterro Fusion suite that automatically sends and manages all legal hold notices from a common software platform. Exterro Fusion will then regularly update TyMetrix 360° with the status of e-discovery efforts, such as the number of custodians, collection details and internal costs associated with the matter for full visibility into activities and costs.

In addition, TyMetrix Legal Analytics, a TyMetrix service that combines big data, critical expertise and intuitive tools to deliver business intelligence and benchmark solutions, will further develop integrated processes and capabilities for tracking discovery costs across matters. Clients will also benefit from the clearer picture of total legal costs attached to litigation that Exterro Fusion's e-discovery suite supports.

Benefits of this integration between TyMetrix 360° and Exterro Fusion include:

Streamlined management of matters involving preservation holds and collections;

Ability to leverage matter information in subsequent legal hold, early case assessment and collection activity;

Elimination of duplicated work and re-keying of information;

Reduced reporting burdens on the status of legal hold and collection requests; and

Increased ability to track budgets and capture e-discovery costs incurred by internal and contract staff when collecting and preparing evidence for active matters.  

The new partnership and integration will be launched at LegalTech New York taking place Jan. 29.