Just hit 100 hours on a single document review and it changed my view on these cases

I was working on a big merger case for a client in Chicago, and the initial discovery haul was huge. My team thought we could get through the main document set in about 60 hours. Last night, my tracker hit 100 hours just on the initial review, and we're not even halfway done. The sheer volume of internal emails and draft agreements we found has completely shifted the strategy. It's not just about the contract terms anymore, it's about the negotiation trail. Anyone else had a case where the prep time blew past your first guess by that much?

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jadeg819d ago

Man, I feel that. Had a product liability review where we thought it was just spec sheets. What saved us was making a really simple coding system early on. Like, one color for "safety mention," another for "cost talk," and a third for "boss knew." It turned a mountain of tech memos into a clear picture of who dropped the ball and when. Stopped trying to read every word and just hunted for those flags.

sagea889d ago

Wait, you had a color code for "boss knew"?? That's wild, @jadeg81. That must have painted a seriously clear picture real fast.