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Many lawyers are finding that having the evidence readily available and at their so-called fingertips is helping them win cases, either those presented within the courtroom, or those that are settled out of court. Litigation support software allows the legal firm to source and collate data and information, and puts all of the relevant evidence including documents and transcripts and other electronic data at the easy reach of the lawyer. In fact, legal firms that adopt some form of ediscovery tool actually cut costs during the discovery phase. Another tool that supports the ediscovery toolset is a litigation presentation software or application toolset. This allows for lawyers to quickly call up testimony, videos, audio and other related evidence quickly and efficiently. There are numerous vendors and providers of this type of software, but when selecting or going out to purchase, make sure that you have done your homework and researched the pros and cons of each vendor and each software solution. Some of the tools are really on the cheaper side, however for a presentation software solution, you need to be looking in the mid level range of over $500. However, this does not take into account costs related to a fully fledged ediscovery tool, which will run into quite substantially more.