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Data (Management) is Not Only a 4 Letter Word in Electronic Discovery
The electronic discovery process poses significant opportunities and challenges for attorneys, their clients, technical advisers and the courts. Understanding the scope of and identifying discoverable sources of electronically stored information (or, ESI) is crucial. How much data do you have? One gigabyte of data can yield up to 100 thousand pages, which is about 25 bankers’ boxes. The amount of targeted data collected must be narrowed, but determining what targeted data is likely to contain is not always intuitive. For example, email containers … Continue reading
Not all Data Culling and Key Word Searches are Created Equal in E-Discovery
Failure to employ the proper method for a given search scenario may result in inadvertent disclosure of privileged or otherwise protected information to an opposing party, potentially waiving the privilege or protection. Failure to identify and produce relevant documents may result in sanctions. Key word searching is a basic technique employed to locate specific words or terms within a collection of documents. Key word searches have been historically used to identify documents that are either responsive to a document request … Continue reading
Utilizing Analytics for Review Efficiency in Litigation Document Review
The advent of intelligent technology has revolutionized litigation document review, increasing both speed and accuracy. Using analytics for review efficiency is the cornerstone of reviewing in 2011 and beyond. Advanced Discovery’s unique analytics workflow design provides an easy-to-use path for utilizing analytics, such as • concept searching, • smart tagging, • guided workflow • and topic clustering. The consultants at Advanced Discovery have taken “hard to understand” technology and made it accessible, easy-to-use, and most importantly, effective. FirstLook™ is Advanced … Continue reading
