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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.

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!
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 |
Megabyte (MB) |
1,000,000 bytes |
Gigabyte (GB) |
1,000,000,000 bytes |
Terabyte (TB) |
1,000,000,000,000 bytes |
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| 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 |
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