Sfile is a legal service provider with proven experience in document discovery for high risk, multi-party “mega” environmental matters.

 

Sfile’s integrated, unified Electronic Document Discovery (EDD) platform combines evidence archiving, processing, early case assessment, document review (native, TIFF-On-Demand and scanned documents) and production in a hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) service model. Sfile also provides highly scalable and adaptable enterprise content management (ECM), eServe “file & serve” and virtual data room solutions.

 

Sfile’s company experience includes supporting industries such as energy, chemical, mining, manufacturing, pipeline, construction and transportation in complex environmental matters including clients defending in federal and state cost-recovery and enforcement actions and defending contractual indemnity litigation involving historical environmental contamination.

 

Our experience also includes PRP allocation matters for CERCLA, RCRA and state analogous claims for Superfund and environmental sites across the country both seeking to recover costs incurred from potentially responsible parties and defense to minimize liability.

 

Corporations and law firm clients have used Sfile’s products and services while contesting rulemakings and permit and violation proceedings under EPA, RCRA, NPDES, CAA, DOT, DOE, NRC, RRC and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. These engagements include ecological and health risk issues in rivers, remediation measures at chromium plants, air toxics, PSD, NSPS, surface and groundwater contamination claims and cost recovery claims.

 

Our team has decades of experience designing information management and control systems in process manufacturing and utilities from water to energy. This unique experience qualifies us to handle complex collections of relevant and potentially relevant data from all sources including AutoCAD, PLC, DCS, SIS, using an array industry specific software and systems.

 

• Sfile’s E-Discovery services were used by a petrochemical manufacturing company and their outside counsel in contractual indemnification litigation seeking to recover costs incurred in connection with a Superfund site including contribution for CERCLA cleanup costs, natural resource damages and cost share under WRDA cleanup projects.




• Sfile’s E-Discovery services were used by a petrochemical manufacturing company and their outside defense counsel during a six week PRP allocation negotiation of cleanup costs for soil, groundwater and sediment contamination in connection with a settlement of litigation.




• Sfile’s E-Discovery services were used by an AMLAW 100 firm while prosecuting a 20-party cost recovery action -- while simultaneously defending a state enforcement action -- involving a client's investigation and remediation of a 1,200-acre former chemical plant site located near the Great Lakes.




• Sfile’s E-Discovery services were used by an AMLAW 100 firm representing one of 10 defendants -- and joining in the prosecution of multiple third-party claims -- to allocate $250 million in EPA-incurred response costs at a Superfund site in the Southwest.