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Page Volume Estimates

Paperless litigation seems the buzzword these days though the move to on-line litigation management tools to replace paper began more than a decade ago. Let's have a look at a one-to-one comparison of an electronic litigation management repository versus paper. The comparison is dramatic and the savings obvious.

tress vs paper

How Many Trees Does a Typical Litigation
Cost Our Planet?

• A Small Litigation involves over 250,000 sheets of paper
Hosting this litigation online at doeLEGAL saves 30 trees!
• A Mid-sized Litigation involves over 1,300,000 sheets of paper
Hosting this litigation online at doeLEGAL saves 156 trees!
• A Large Litigation involves over 12,500,000 sheets of paper
Hosting this litigation online at doeLEGAL saves over 300 trees!


paper vs. cd

Container

Estimated Pages

Bankers Box

2,000 to 2,500 pages

File Drawer

3,500 to 5,000 pages

Open Shelving

1,500 pages per linear foot

Unbound paper

100 to 125 pages per inch

CD

12,000 to 15,000 pages

DVD

72,000 to 90,000 pages

Typical document types with average pages per document:

Document Type

Average Pages per Document

Average Pages per Gig (GB)

Average Pages per Meg (MB)

Microsoft Word files

8

64,782

63

Email files

1.5

100,099

97

Microsoft Excel files

50

165,791

161

Lotus 1-2-3 files

55

287,917

280

Microsoft PowerPoint files

14

17,552

17

Text files

20

677,963

662

Image files

1.4

15,477

15

Of course, the actual number of pages cannot be determined until the data is actually processed. These figures are meant for estimation purposes only.

Relative storage values are shown in the table below:

Storage Value

Relative Definition

Kilobyte (KB)

1,000 bytes
2 Kilobytes = 1 typewritten page

Megabyte (MB)

1,000,000 bytes
1 Megabyte = 1 small novel OR a 3.5" floppy disk
2 Megabytes = 1 high-resolution photograph
5 Megabytes = The complete works of Shakespeare
10 Megabytes = 1 minute of high fidelity sound
100 Megabytes = 1 meter of shelved books
500 Megabytes = 1 CD-ROM

Gigabyte (GB)

1,000,000,000 bytes
1 Gigabyte = 1 pickup truck filled with books
20 Gigabytes = Collection of the works of Beethoven
100 Gigabytes = A library floor of academic journals

Terabyte (TB)

1,000,000,000,000 bytes
1 Terabyte = 50,000 trees made into paper and printed
2 Terabytes = An academic research library
10 Terabytes = The print collections of the US Library of Congress
400 Terabytes = National Climactic Data Center (NOAA) database

 
Web Legal Resources

doeLEGAL has assembled the following resources to assist in-house counsel and law firms to keep up-to-date on the evolving legal industry. Here you will find everything from court rulings, case summaries, and white papers to industrial news.

ABA Journal
www.abanet.org/journal
IOMA
www.ioma.com
ALA News
www.alanet.org
Law.com
www.law.com
American Lawyer Media
www.alm.com
Law Firm Inc.
www.lawfirminc.com
Daily Journal - Law
www.dailyjournal.com
The American Lawyer
www.americanlawyer.com
Litigation Support Today
http://litigationsupporttoday.com/
Law Practice
http://www.americanbar.org/publications/
Commercial Law Bulletin
www.clla.org
Law Technology News
www.lawtechnews.com
Corporate Counsel Magazine
www.corpcounsel.com
Legal Assistant Today www.legalassistanttoday.com
Counsel to Counsel Magazine
www.martindale.com
Legal Management
http://www.alanet.org/publications
Federal Trade Commission
www.ftc.gov
Martindale-Hubbell
www.martindale.com
For the Defense
www.dri.org
Techno Lawyer
www.technolawyer.com
IP Insider
www.ipww.com
e-Legal Technology
www.e-legaltechnology.org

Expert Witness  - Hire an expert witness for forensics, fraud investigation, and litigation support.
www.b2bcfo.com

Attorney Help - Visit The Attorneys Forum for free Legal Help. Find qualified Attorneys.
www.theattorneysforum.com
WebPageStar - Website Submission
Manufacturers
Legal Relay - Help in choosing legal technology
www.legalrelay.com
 

Guides

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