Archive for the ‘e-discovery’ Category
The Text Retrieval Conference (TREC) Legal Track, also known as the TREC Legal Track, is a government sponsored project designed to assess the ability of information retrieval techniques to meet the needs of the legal profession. On July 13, 2012, TREC released its 2011 study results. The results have been referred to as “a virtual vote […]
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Tags: ESI, information retrieval techniques, it-security, Standards, TAR
Total Recall and Precision
Recall is the proportion of responsive documents retrieved by information retrieval methods such as keyword searches. Precision is the proportion of the retrieved documents that are responsive. The goal of a document review is high precision. That means a smaller number of non-relevant documents will have been gathered in the data set that require review. Lawyers […]
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Tags: e-discovery, ESI, Federal Rules Change, project management, trends
E-Discovery Lessons for 2011
Legal teams and judges faced a complex and ever-changing E-discovery landscape in 2011. Here are some of the trends I noted throughout the year: (1) In the midst of the trend of outsourcing e-discovery, a consistent and robust QC workflow is crucial. Performing the QC ensures attorneys are accurately reviewing outsourced work and protects clients from future […]
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Tags: electronic discovery, legal technology, trends
In 2011, according to a Digital University Study, a staggering 1.8 zettabytes of information was created and duplicated. It is estimated that by 2020, we will generate 50 times that amount of information. The impact of this growth has posed a peculiar burden upon the legal industry. This is mainly due to the fact that […]
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Tags: document review, legal technology, project manager, review team, staff attorney, statistical sampling, trends, zettabytes
Quality Checking the Review
The Quality Check (QC) process should begin after a first pass review of the documents has been completed. The QC team should consist of reviewers and project managers that have demonstrated a high level of understanding about the case and documents. Although the QC process will be different for each case, there are some general steps that […]
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