Global Real-Estate Developer Tackles Nine-Figure Construction Dispute

An international developer is pursuing a large-scale legal claim over alleged misconduct on a major construction project. The matter required reviewing over three million documents—emails, RFIs, CCD logs, and contract drafts—spanning five years. With tight deposition and motion deadlines, the document volume presented significant legal and operational challenges, potentially adding millions in litigation costs.

The developer turned to August to manage this complexity through its proprietary Deep Research Agent, which leverages advanced retrieval, reasoning models specifically trained in construction law, and an agentic orchestration layer purpose-built for long-running tasks. The agent processed the entire document archive, uncovering critical fraud indicators and key CCD approvals within seconds. Automated document analysis flagged important inconsistencies across thousands of emails, ensuring comprehensive preparation for deposition testimony.

Following a successful pilot on historical depositions, August's solution was implemented for ongoing depositions, enhancing the existing legal team's capabilities. Structured deposition outlines that previously required weeks to create were completed in under a day. August's privileged-review module also isolated sensitive attorney-client communications quickly without requiring additional staff attorneys.

The impact was immediate: accelerated deposition preparation, recovery of previously lost evidence and emails, and a unified timeline that strengthened the client's position. August's scalable evidence pipeline transformed chaotic discovery into repeatable, defensible workflows that will serve the developer throughout ongoing litigation and future disputes.