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• SEC Production Protocol Template
• Single-PDF Production Protocol Template

An Everlaw production protocol template is essentially a set of defaults commonly used for a particular type of production. You will be able to select a production protocol template as a starting point, make any desired modifications, and save that modified protocol as a custom protocol.

To use an Everlaw production protocol template, navigate to the Productions page and select the New Protocol tab. You will see the option to start with a blank protocol or one of the Everlaw production protocol templates.

Selecting “Blank” will bring you to the standard production protocol wizard, with the same Everlaw defaults as before. Selecting any of the template options will also bring you to the standard production protocol wizard, but with new defaults that match the specifications of your selected template.

After reaching the end of the production protocol wizard, you will be asked to save your production protocol. This protocol will be accessible through the Protocols tab alongside all other user-created protocols. The Everlaw protocol template will not be modified, and users will be able to create a different custom protocol using the same template as a starting point.

You will also be able to use your own custom protocols (within the same project) as a starting point to create new protocols. To do so, navigate to the New Protocol tab and select the option to “Use an existing protocol as a template”. From there, you will be able to select the desired existing protocol from the dropdown.

Everlaw currently offers the following templates: SEC Production Protocol Template and Single-PDF Production Protocol Template.

SEC Production Protocol Template

The default settings in the SEC Production Protocol Template will create a production that matches the specifications for file and metadata formatting laid out in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Data Delivery Standards, which can be found on the public SEC website. 

However, please note that Everlaw is not able to satisfy all SEC production requirements automatically. Users must still ensure that their documents are in the correct file format with the necessary metadata, separately provide a cover letter and passwords for encrypted data, ensure that the correct information has been redacted, ensure that filenames include only allowed characters, and so on. This template is only intended to be used as a starting point for producing to the SEC; users will still need to independently verify that their production has met the specifications.

The defaults in the SEC template differ from the standard Everlaw defaults as follows:

Details page	Sort by family, then custodian
Image details page	TIFF by default, with type CAD or type Image produced as Color JPGs. Users are responsible for refining this search to exclude images that do not need to be produced in color.
Redactions, natives, and text	Include natives for all documents  Do not automatically generate placeholders for all documents produced in native
Withheld or privileged	No difference
Placeholders	No default placeholders
Load file metadata fields*	The following fields will be included by default: Begin Bates, renamed to FIRSTBATES End Bates, renamed to LASTBATES Family Range, renamed to ATTACHRANGE AttachBates, renamed to BEGATTACH EndFamily, renamed to ENDATTACH Parent Id, renamed to PARENT_BATES Child Bates, renamed to CHILD_BATES Custodian, renamed to CUSTODIAN From, renamed to FROM To, renamed to TO Cc, renamed to CC Bcc, renamed to BCC Subject, renamed to SUBJECT Date Sent, renamed to DATE_SENT Time and Zone: (field: Date Sent), renamed to TIME_SENT/TIME_ZONE Custom field “UTC”, renamed to TIME_ZONE NativePath, renamed to LINK Mime Type, renamed to MIME_TYPE File Extension, renamed to FILE_EXTEN Author, renamed to AUTHOR Date Only: (field: Date Created), renamed to DATE_CREATED Time Only: (field: Time Created), renamed to TIME_CREATED Date Only: (field: Date Modified), renamed to DATE_MOD Time Only: (field: Time Modified), renamed to TIME_MOD Date Printed, renamed to PRINTED_DATE File Size in KB, renamed to FILE_SIZE Pages, renamed to PGCOUNT Mailbox Path, renamed to INTFILEPATH Message Id, renamed to INTMSGID MD5 Hash, renamed to MD5HASH TextPath, renamed to OCRPATH
Additional Options	Packaging: 500 files per folder

*When you reach the load file creation step, you may see the following dialog box: 

You will see this dialog box if your project does not already contain all of the standard SEC metadata fields. By default, Everlaw projects do not contain the SEC metadata fields Date Accessed, Original Filename, and Original Path. Therefore, you will see this message if you have not uploaded any documents to your project at this time, or if you have uploaded only documents without Date Accessed, Original Filename, and Original Path.

If you have already uploaded the documents to be produced, we recommend selecting No here, as any additional metadata fields added will simply be blank for all documents in the load file.

However, if you are creating the production protocol before adding any documents to your project, you may want to consider adding the missing metadata fields to the project and protocol so that you won't have to add them to the protocol later.

Please feel free to contact Support if you have additional questions regarding SEC metadata fields.

Single-PDF Production Protocol Template

The default settings in the Single-PDF Production Protocol Template will create a production that combines all images into a single PDF, with no text files, load files, or privilege logs. This production format is often used for DSAR (Data Subject Access Request), FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), and other public record request productions.

The defaults in the Single-PDF Production Protocol template differ from the standard Everlaw defaults as follows:

Details page	Prefix is empty by default
Image details page	No difference
Redactions, natives, and text	No difference
Withheld or privileged	No difference
Placeholders	No difference
Load file metadata fields	Do not include load files
Additional Options	Packaging: One folder for all files; combine all images into one PDF file named images.PDF