Unless you take steps to choose a discrete team which will deal with the attorneys and the inevitable requests for information from the other side, valuable resources can be wasted. The team should have a point person whose principal duty is act as a conduit for information and requests flowing between your business and your attorney. It is important to choose someone who can devote significant time and who can be trusted with confidential information. Avoid including any marginal or disgruntled employees on the team who may be terminated, demoted or otherwise reprimanded during the course of the lawsuit. Establish a Secure Litigation File.
Lawsuits are document-intensive endeavors.
Within a few weeks, you may find yourself overwhelmed with court filings, correspondence, notes and the like. It is particularly important to segregate the communications with your attorney from other documents you have related to the lawsuit. Those communications are privileged and the opposition has no right to see them. By separately maintaining the privileged documents, you can avoid inadvertent disclosure. Also, be careful about disposing of privileged documents.