Client: U.S. EV manufacturer (name withheld by request)
Sector: Automotive • Manufacturing • Technology
Summary
A U.S. EV manufacturer needed discovery power that could scale with rapid hiring, rising case volume, and a new plant coming online. Warp9 delivered a monthly flat fee subscription with 24/7 coverage, Reveal expertise, and elastic staffing. Result: 40%+ savings, $1.0M+ avoided cost over 2 years, $500K additional staffing savings, and a governed team live in weeks.
Situation
Growth was the plan. Litigation and investigations grew with it. A small legal support team needed to expand capacity, adopt advanced tools, and control spend while operations spread across time zones.
Challenges
- Staffing: A lean team could not meet rising demand.
- Technology: Needed advanced eDiscovery without long commitments.
- Budget: Predictable, efficient spend to match growth.
Solution
Warp9 provided a monthly flat fee subscription and a plug and play team operating 24/7 across time zones.
What we deployed
Dedicated Reveal experts as an extension of Legal Ops, coordinating with multiple law firms and internal IT.
Advanced eDiscovery software with low upfront investment.
Elastic capacity to surge resources for intake → ECA → review → production.
Defensible by design controls: SSO and RBAC, encryption, audit trails, variance logs, dual tier QC.
Implementation
Warp9 integrated within weeks, established workflows with in house counsel and IT, and standardized handoffs with outside counsel through a shared issue model, coding guide, and production specs.
Results
40%+ cost savings and $1.0M+ avoided over 2 years by skipping a long software commitment and using Warp9’s subscription.
$500K additional savings by avoiding recruitment and maintenance of a larger internal support team; the client reallocated budget to 2 higher priority legal support roles.
Time to value: Fully functioning legal support capability in weeks, not months.
Low upfront investment: Immediate access to leading tools and expertise with predictable spend.
Operational continuity: Playbooks, coding guides, and a single variance log reduced the impact of turnover.
Impact
The client met internal and external deadlines across time zones while keeping spend predictable. With Warp9 running discovery and governance, Legal focused on strategy and growth initiatives, including increased EV production and a new manufacturing facility.
By the numbers
40%+ overall savings
$1.0M+ avoided in 2 years
$500K staffing savings
24/7 coverage with 15-minute human response
Go live in weeks
Why Warp9
Calm at 2 a.m. Always on response with clear escalation.
Defensible by design. SSO and RBAC, encryption, audit trails, dual tier QC.
Scale and continuity. Elastic capacity, playbooks, variance logs.
Predictable ROI. Scope matched pricing, low upfront, real adoption.
Fewer duplicated hours. Standard handoffs reduce outside counsel re work.
*All figures provided by the client and anonymized at their request.
Author: Marc Schreiber
