Everlaw

Everlaw is a company that provides a cloud-native ediscovery platform designed for legal professionals, helping them manage litigation and investigations with advanced technology. Everlaw offers AI-powered features, including generative AI tools such as Everlaw AI Assistant and Deep Dive, which enable legal teams to quickly analyze large volumes of documents, find answers, and build case strategies. The AI products are specifically targeted at legal professionals and teams, aiming to accelerate document review, evidence discovery, and case preparation through automation and advanced analytics.

Everlaw offers a cloud-native ediscovery platform with a wide range of features and functions, including: - Homepage customization and messaging/sharing tools - Case configuration (project settings, database settings, assignments, organization administration) - Data exploration (advanced search, search term reports, data visualizer, early case assessment) - Data processing (native and processed data loading, productions) - Everlaw AI (AI-powered document analysis, clustering, predictive coding, deep dive analytics) - Legal holds management - Review tools (results table, review window, context panel, redaction, DSARs) - Storybuilder (fact timelines, key evidence, drafts, depositions) These features support legal teams in document review, case management, and litigation workflows.

Everlaw primarily supports the practice area of Litigation, with a strong focus on ediscovery, trial preparation, internal investigations, early case assessment, legal holds, and data privacy. Its features are designed for legal teams handling complex litigation and investigations, including those in law firms, corporations, and government sectors. Key features and functions of Everlaw include: - AI-powered document review and analysis (Deep Dive, Coding Suggestions, Predictive Coding, Clustering) - Writing Assistant for drafting case narratives and arguments - Early Case Assessment to quickly identify relevant documents - Legal Holds management - Internal investigations support (e.g., for cyber breaches, subpoenas) - Trial preparation tools (collaborative deposition and trial prep) - Data privacy and FOIA/public records request management - Cloud-native platform with rapid search, uploads, and analytics - Security and compliance features for sensitive legal data Everlaw is tailored for litigation and investigation workflows, rather than transactional or regulatory practice areas.

Everlaw is SOC 2 Type II certified in security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy. It also supports HIPAA compliance and processes customer data as a service provider under the CCPA. There is no evidence that Everlaw is ISO 27001 certified or explicitly claims GDPR compliance, though it does address privacy and data protection standards.

Everlaw explicitly states in its Customer Data Processing Addendum that: - No data retention: Everlaw will not retain, use, or disclose Customer Data other than as permitted under the agreement and applicable privacy law. After termination, Customer Data is deleted from the production environment within a commercially reasonable timeframe, unless retention is required by law. - Client data not used for training: Everlaw will not sell Customer Data or use it outside the direct business relationship, and may only de-identify or anonymize Customer Data for internal business purposes, without attempting to re-identify it. - On-prem deployment: There is no mention of on-premises deployment; Everlaw operates using AWS cloud infrastructure. - Private cloud: Everlaw uses AWS cloud hosting infrastructure with logically and physically segregated environments for customers, including multi-tenant and region-specific options. - Customer-managed encryption keys: Everlaw uses AWS Key Management System (KMS) managed server-side encryption keys for data encryption in its cloud infrastructure, but these are managed by AWS, not directly by customers. Encryption is enforced for data in transit and at rest, and customers can export or delete their data at any time. Everlaw’s security and privacy practices are aligned with industry standards and compliance frameworks.