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A Bird's-eye View Of e-Discovery

By Ari Kaplan
April 28, 2005

Law firms are often faced with the dilemma of deciding how to collect, process and review discovery documents associated with major litigation. Discovery now typically includes the review of hard copies as well as “soft” copies of electronic media files in a variety of formats. It can get so complicated that attorneys sometimes feel they must conduct full discovery just to find out how to manage their discovery efforts.

There's even a nonprofit organization called the Litigation Support Vendor Association (www.lsva.com). Why? Well, there are more than 300 companies that claim to service some sector of the electronic data discovery (EDD) market. The list of vendors begins with 1stlegal Inc. and ends with ZyLAB Technologies. An inventory of all 339 companies in the space is available at Socha Consulting LLC.

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