Civil Litigation
Jan. 7, 2012
eDiscovery: Road to cost reduction and time-saving methods
Is the discovery function of lawyers evolving or diminishing?
A. Marco Turk
Emeritus Professor, CSU Dominguez Hills
Email: amarcoturk.commentary@gmail.com
A. Marco Turk is a contributing writer, professor emeritus and former director of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding program at CSU Dominguez Hills, and currently adjunct professor of law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law.
A recent issue of the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal featured a blog by Jason Krause discussing the bottom line realities for eDiscovery: Is the current state of technology such that it is 100 percent reliable when searching documents in litigation? Unfortunately for lawyers and vendor technology providers, the jury is still out.
Computer review versus human evaluation: According to Krause, theoretically, computers can replace humans who traditionally perf...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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