Article: Seven Ways to Ease the Pain of Second Request Responses

Jul 1, 2021

As M&A activity is expected to accelerate in 2021, we also can expect to see an inevitable rise in the number of second requests – the discovery procedures that regulators use when scrutinizing M&A activity

Few legal endeavors are as complex as second requests. Responses are typically high-volume, deadline-driven projects characterized by non-negotiable, extremely tight timeframes. Many involve millions of documents requiring hundreds of reviewers to address.

Without the right technology, teams, communications, and processes, second request matters can be put at risk.

In this Law Technology Today article, Director of Client Solutions Daniel Bonner shares seven proven strategies that can reduce the challenges and headaches associated with complex second requests.

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Understand.

During this phase, we work to step away from any assumptions and guesses about what our customers needs, and let our research findings inform our decision-making. We learn more about our customers, their problems, wants, and needs, and the environment or context in which they will use the solution we offer.

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Define.

During the Define phase, we analyze our research findings from the Understand phase and determine what is the most important problem to solve — and why. This step defines the goal. Then we can give a clear problem statement, describing what our customers’ needs are that we are trying to solve, making sure that we heard and defined their problem correctly.

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Solve.

This phase is an important part of the discipline in our process. People often settle for the first solution, but the most obvious solution is often not the right one. During the Solve phase, we brainstorm collaboratively with multiple stakeholders to generate many unique solutions. We then analyze our potential solutions and make choices about which are the best to pursue based on learnings in the Understand phase.

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Build & Test.

This phase is critical in developing the right solution to our customers’ problem. An organized approach to testing can help avoid rework and create exceptional outcomes. Starting small and testing the solution, we iterate quickly, before deploying solutions across the entire project.

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Act.

During this phase, the hard work of prior phases comes to life in our customers’ best solution. The research, collaboration, and testing performed prior to project kick-off ensure optimal results.

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Feedback.

At the project completion, we convene all stakeholders to discuss what went well, what could have been better, and how we might improve going forward. We call these meetings “Retrospectives,” and we perform them internally as a project team, and with our external customers. The Retrospective is one of the most powerful, meaningful tools in our framework.

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