Technology-Assisted Document Review: Is it Defensible?

Technology has changed the way we communicate and, in so doing, has changed the discovery phase of litigation. Parties must sift through ever-growing data volumes to find relevant material, significantly increasing time and cost requirements. Technology has also changed the way attorneys meet discovery demands. New technologies like “machine learning” and “predictive coding” give lawyers important new tools to manage the growing volume of electronically stored information (“ESI”).