Document review often accounts for 60 percent or more of the cost of litigation. And although the size and nature of document reviews can vary, the basic goal is to identify documents that meet predefined criteria as specified in a document request. That said, document review needn’t be just a “cost of doing business” in discovery; instead, a well-devised and managed review can be a tool that furthers case strategy. Good processes, training, team management, and the right mix of people and technology...
Over the last few years, predictive coding has led the way as a hot topic. Recently the new buzzwords have been technology-assisted review and computer-assisted review.
While these are nice words to throw around, questions arise: How many cases have any of these been applied and what are the metrics of savings and time to the client? How many cases actually require the use of these items?
I can recall that this was the way of future document review, but we find only a few years later that...
