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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 |
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Image details page |
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Redactions, natives, and text |
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Withheld or privileged |
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Placeholders |
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Load file metadata fields* |
The following fields will be included by default:
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Additional Options |
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*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 |
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Image details page |
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Redactions, natives, and text |
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Withheld or privileged |
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Placeholders |
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Load file metadata fields |
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Additional Options |
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