Why is eDiscovery So Hot? | ABA Law Practice Today

While now old hat to litigators, the advanced technology and procedural rules governing eDiscovery in its present form have only been around for about 15 years. That’s when a cottage industry of savvy tech providers started offering outsourcing services to law firms attempting to identify, preserve, collect and process the often overwhelming amounts of documents and metadata that could be evidence in a lawsuit. All that happened with little general public or investor notice. What accounts for the seemingly sudden interest in the relatively obscure service used predominantly in litigation? And why now?

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