A Maryland law firm that has been engaged in an on-going court case was able to put to rest their case with the help of information found by an e-discovery software program.
(prHWY.com) December 15, 2011 - Seattle, WA -- A Maryland law firm that has been engaged in an on-going court case was able to put to rest their case with the help of information found by an e-discovery software program. The Maryland law firm was representing a major retailer who was locked in a legal battle with a local city government. The battle revolved around whether or not the retail giant had the legal authority to move a giant warehouse to the quiet little town in Maryland.
"You'd think in this economy smaller cities that are hurting for jobs would welcome companies like our client who want to bring business and jobs to their town", a representative for the Maryland law firm said on condition of anonymity. "What it boiled down to was a bunch of small-town folks who were scared of change fighting a retail giant. In this case the giant won."
For over three years the retail giant and the city government have battled their way through several different courts finally making their way to the Maryland Supreme Court. With a 50/50 chance of having the courts rule in their favor, Randy Sweet, one of the attorneys on the case, decided to turn to his e-discovery software program for help.
E-discovery software is a downloadable program that allows individuals to search documents, books and other resources for information.
"I just typed in a few key phrases that were relevant to the case and hoped that I'd turn up something that was helpful", Sweet said in a news conference that followed the court's ruling. "I found a passage in a book that talked about a case that happened in Oregon. It was the same situation where a major retailer was battling a small city government."
Using the information Mike Sweet found in the book, the Maryland law firm was able to successfully present their case for why the retailer should be allowed to expand into this small town and how the government didn't have the legal authority to prevent such an expansion. The court deliberated for an hour before the decision to allow the retail giant to expand was announced. The final voting was 5 to 2 in favor of the expansion.
"Two of the judges just weren't convinced but you don't need to win them all over to allow our client to expand their business", the anonymous source said. "I guess you can't win over everyone but to think without the help of that software our client might have been looking for a new city and state to move their business to."
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