Certification of completeness
Every production is certified as complete and correct as of the date of production, with a signed certification workflow.
The most defensible privilege-logged production a litigation team can deliver.
eDiscovery Managed Review Engine assembles a documentation-complete production pack — every responsive document coded, every privileged document withheld and logged, and a statistically validated quality record — checked against the FRCP and a defensibility protocol before a licensed attorney signs the certification.
Every production certified under FRCP 26(g)Privilege log drafted and attorney-approvedResponsiveness, privilege, issue-tag codingAttorney-supervised exception queue5-business-day SLA
Why productions fail
A single privilege waiver or missing responsive document can derail the entire case.
A litigation team's production is only as strong as the review behind it. Miss a responsive document, misclassify a privileged communication, or fail to log a withheld document — and the result can be sanctions, privilege waiver, or a blown deadline.
Most small and mid-size firms run review by hand, from memory, on a tight budget. The FRCP has not been read end-to-end since the last production. That is exactly where defensibility gaps hide.
eDiscovery Managed Review Engine exists to close that gap with a single, exhaustive standard applied identically to every matter.
60–73%
of eDiscovery cost is document review — the largest, most risk-concentrated line item
The benchmark
Measured against the letter of the FRCP and defensibility protocol — document by document.
We do not summarize the rules and hope. Every production is scored against a versioned rule pack tied to the exact text of FRCP 26(g) and the governing ESI protocol. These are the provisions each pack is held to.
Privilege log
All withheld documents are logged with the required information: privilege asserted, basis, and description sufficient to challenge.
Proportionality
Review scope is calibrated to the needs of the case, with a documented proportionality analysis.
Form of production
Documents are produced in the form specified in the request or agreed by the parties, with metadata intact.
Supplementation
A process for timely supplementation of responses and privilege logs is documented and followed.
Sanctions for improper certification
The certification is made after reasonable inquiry; failure results in sanctions, which our protocol is designed to avoid.
How a pack is built
Intake to attorney-supervised release, with deterministic gates the AI cannot overrule.
AI extracts and drafts. Deterministic rules — running as code, outside the model — decide what is complete. A licensed attorney signs every release. That order is never reversed.
01
Defensibility & Cost Scan
Upload a data extract. We return a free defensibility read: document/GB count, fixed per-document quote, and a one-page defensibility protocol.
02
Data processing & ingestion
We process the ESI, extract metadata, and load into a review platform with the agreed protocol and issue tags.
03
AI first-pass review
The AI engine performs relevance and privilege classification, issue-tagging, and drafts the privilege log — all with measurable recall.
04
Deterministic completeness gates
Responsiveness calls are reconciled against the protocol; privilege calls are validated; the log is checked for completeness; any failure blocks release.
05
Attorney exception queue & sign-off
A licensed attorney reviews the exception queue, makes close privilege calls, and signs the FRCP 26(g) certification workflow.
06
Delivery
You receive the production pack: responsive documents, privilege log, validation report, and certification — ready for production.
The bar we hold
Rigor you can measure.
100%
Attorney-supervised
No production ships without a licensed attorney's sign-off.
5 days
Standard SLA
From complete intake to released production pack.
<1%
Critical-defect target
Tracked against a gold-standard production library.
98%
Human review hours removed
Independent study of gen-AI review vs. active learning.
Why eDiscovery Managed Review Engine
Built to be the most defensible option a litigation team has.
Documentation-complete, by design
The deliverable is defensibility itself — every responsive document coded, every privilege logged, and a validation report that withstands challenge.
Deterministic, not vibes
The gates that decide completeness are code, not a model's opinion. A classification error cannot slip past a protocol requirement.
In its lane, on purpose
We prepare documentation and run review as your clerical agent. We never provide legal advice or make final privilege calls without attorney supervision.
Engagement
Flat per-document fee, per matter. No hourly contract-attorney billing, ever.
Simple, predictable, and aligned with a defensibility standard — not a cut of any recovery.
- A free Defensibility & Cost Scan before you commit — see exactly what is missing.
- One flat per-document fee per released production pack; disclosed pass-through processing costs.
- Optional fixed-fee validation package for statistically validated quality metrics.
- Optional privilege-log-only service for matters where review is complete but logging is needed.
FAQ
Questions, answered precisely.
Is eDiscovery Managed Review Engine a law firm?
No. eDiscovery Managed Review Engine, a service of Your Deputy, Obuke LLC, provides documentation-completeness services. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not represent you in any legal matter. Attorney supervision is built into every pack; final privilege and responsiveness calls are made by a licensed attorney.
Do you make final privilege calls?
No. The AI drafts the privilege log and flags close calls, but every privilege determination is reviewed and approved by a licensed attorney. The attorney signs the FRCP 26(g) certification.
What makes a production 'defensible'?
Defensibility is defined by the FRCP and the ESI protocol: all responsive documents produced, all privileged documents logged, a statistically validated quality record, and a signed certification. Deterministic gates enforce each one before release.
How fast is it?
The standard SLA is five business days from complete intake to an attorney-supervised release. The free Defensibility & Cost Scan is returned much sooner and tells you exactly what is still needed.
How are you priced?
A flat per-document fee per released production pack, plus disclosed pass-through processing costs. No hourly contract-attorney billing and no percentage of any recovery.
See what's missing before it costs you a case.
Start with a free Defensibility & Cost Scan. Send a data extract and we'll return a defensibility read against every relevant FRCP provision.
Documentation-completeness service · not legal advice · the litigation team makes every production decision.